The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-16
Chief Meyers Blunder In Fourth And Grimes
 Hit Help Locals Win
New Havener'S Tumble Ena- bles Bridgeport to Score Two RunS-NiSitOrS Tie Score In Ninth But Flop In Eleventh.

With first home series safely tucked away, the Bridgeport Americans to- day went to New Haven, where, weather permitting, they were to aid the Elm City contingent in opening the Eastern League season with much the same pomp and ceremony that attended the local inauguration on "Wednesday afternoon.
 The New Haven team, when 1t de- parted from these diggings late yes- terday afternoon for its home. its players were a very much displeased lot. And there were several reasons for such feeling. In the first place the New Haveners lost to the Bridge porters in an Thinning game by the score of to 3. And secondly, it was the second straight defeat sustained at the hands of the Park City.
 But there is not a New Havener who wouldn't have complimented the visitors had he been here yesterday. True. Bridgeport did win that game yesterday, but not without battle. As Q matter of fact 1t was a quiet affair in comparison to the fist-hying clash of the previous day. Yet it was a well played game, featured with long hitting and spectacular fielding and a pitching duel between Courtney for New Haven and Marty Walsh of this city.
 The belated return of Marty
 Walsh to the mound---he had
 been announced to open the sea-
 son here---was made suspicious
 only through the timely banging
 of his teammates and successful
 application of the more or less
 notorious squeeze play" It was
 in the 11th that the tie was broken
 and the Americans incidentally
 took the game.
 Ray Grimes opened the inning with a long double between center and left fields. Baker let go of an easy one and was given credit with a sacrifice when the first baseman moved along to third and he was thrown out at first Then came .he squeeze" Nit terling gently tapped the ball a few feet in front of the plate on the third base trail. Ray darted home and beat Courtney's throw and at the same time won for Bridgeport
 Courtney had the better of the pitching duel with veteran Walsh. The latter was a hard worker, but somehow he found the going tough. He was touched for nine hits. which netted New Haven batters 14 bases. Courtney. however. allowed Bridge port only five hits. But one---the winning tally---was an earned run for | | Haven's pointers were deserved. The sad feature. however. was not with the ball game or ball players but, on the contrary, with the fans They refused to turn out yesterday | There were not more than 180 fans gathered at the park yesterday. But | these were well rewarded for they were treated to the first overtime game of the season and at the same time saw a good clash between two | bitter rivals.
 | Big Chief Meyers is not the "star'' he wanted the scrfbes to believe in a statement he made the other day. N, I iir, the Chief done went and did it | gesterday afternoon. for it was an CT | TOT of judgment on his part in tn,
 .ourth inning that cen be held re
 sponsible for the Bridgeport victor, and New Haven downfall.
 | Lai was the first batter in that | inning and beat out a slow roller
 along the third base line. Court
 ney gave -Brackett four wide ones
 and Hank planted himself on first.
 Crimes sacrifice moved the play
 CTS base apiece. Baker fled out
 to left field. holding Tai on third. | The signal was given for the hit
 and run. but the throw back to the
 infield was wide. Meyers, how
 ever, got the ball in time to catch
 Tai off third
 Bill. seeing that he had been caught off his bag. tried to return, but was run up and down between that sta ton and home. Finally Tai made ons mad dash homeward: So puzzled wa. i the Indian chief that he dropped ths ball and the Bridgsporter scored. Nit.