The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-09
Long And Timely Hits
 Give Americans Victory
 I'm Overtime Game. 5-4
Braun and Brackets Doubles Tn 12th Win for LOcals-Wa- terbury Nine Here Again To- morrow.

HAVING won a Thinning game with ka ngf1eld yesterday afternoon at Newfeld park by the score of to 1, following the manufacture of two doubles by Braun and Bracket, the Bridgeport Americans today were laying their plans for d most busy week. Today the team was to be en- tertained by New Haven, but chances are that rain will prevent the game. Tomorrow the Americans return for a clash with Jack Hymns Waterbury aggregation.
 Tomorrow's game will be the Americans last appearance here this week, for on Wednesday and Thurs
 day they will be in Worcester, and Friday and Saturday at Hartford.
 What the trip will net the team is
 Lblematical, for the opposition will be furnished by two of the hardest
 teams on the circuit.
 Although the weather was far
 from being ideal for baseball pur-
 poses, the New HaYen-Hartford game
 in the Elm City having been post
 poned because of cold and rain, the
 Americans went through with the scheduled contest with the Spring
 field Ponies yesterday. And it was an
 exciting game, too-pe ehaps, one of SoNtN9CAA- until the 12th inning was the game decided.
 It was a zig-zag affair. The Ponies l scored in the first inning, but were tied in the locals turn at bat. In the l fourth Springfield scored three more runs. Polan walked and went to | second on Belfrich's hit. Bentley | foul bunted out, but Hart doubled to | left, scoring Polan and Helfrich. The | runner got to third when Bracket 1 fumbled. Wilder's single brought
 Hart home with the third run of the inning.
 Then in the sixth Bridgeport tack l ed two runs to it's list. Braun hit.
 but was forced at second by Lai.
 Bentley fumbIed Brackets easy 1 grounder in an effort to make a dou-
 ble play. The runners each advanced 1 a base on a wild throw and came home when Ray Grimes doubled In
 the seventh Lennon tripled, but was
 held at third. Martin triplled in the l eleventh, but was caught off third | by Wilder's swift peg
 | It was in he ninth, however, that | Bridgeport tied the score again. Mar i tin doubled to left and, was sacrificed
 to third by K. Grimes squeeze. A ! squeeze play was started with Skiff l up ana engineered SuCCGSSIuily, M ar | tin scoring the tieing run.
 The game was an exciting one l throughout. Eddie Lennon pitched winning ball, allowing the opposition | but five hits, while the Bridgeporters ! touched Sprin gfield's best bet Lowe. ! for F bingles. In addition to the i spectacular hurling of Lennon the
 game was also featured by the heavy ] lartillery work of the locals and the | snappy fielding of both teams. Each
 nine turned in two double plays. Also another bout was averted between Baker and Lowe, the latter having l Ibeaned the local player, but claiming | it was an accident---someth the
 Bridgeport player did not believe Vernon Clemens, who never made | much of a hit with the Cubs, is
 catching in fine style for Cardinals.
 Jeff Pfeffer, the Brooklyn Robins 1 big right handler, recently had a | streak of hard luck. Altar winning | his first seven games he was defeated | twice. and in both of the games he | lost he was forced 10 work overtime. ] The Cardinals first broke his winning l streak in a game that went to thir- | teen innings. and four days later at | Ebbetts Field the Phillies scored the | deciding run of the game in the l lfAfrp p1,fs ', 7s,eA