The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-19
Erratic Playing Defeats
 Locals, But As Grays
 Lose Race Is The Same
Americans Still Leading League Hartford Winds Up Here TOday-Indians Tie A. l.. Leadership.

~ why the Americans today are not in first place in the Eastern their days damage. But as fate would have it, the Bridgeport club, despite its 4-3 defeat at the hands of the tail enders, Hartford Senators. yesterday afternoon, find themselves still tied for the leadership, thanks to the spectacular and brainy play ing of New Haven against the Grays, who lost to A.
 While those who walcned the game can hardly be expected to for give the locals for their poor show ing yesterday, they were today pulled enthusiastically with the team for there is still a chance that before the sun downs the Americans may be in command. The Hartford team winds up it's stay here this afternoon. Immediately this tussle, both teams will depart from these plantations. The Americans will return Sunday.
 But to get back to yesterdays game it was a sort of Grimes family get together. Manager Ray Grimes of the local could not keep himself out the occasion of the visit of his Brother Roy Grimes, pilot of the Hartfords, and placed himself on first base, while Eddie Kelley was showed out in favor of Brother Ken Grimes.
 Royal Grimes put one over on Brother Ray by using a gentleman named Joe Baker. And zowie how Joe could put them over. He had the locals continually in hot water and praying for salvation. With the ex- ception of the fourth and ninth inn ings the Americans found the hurler anything but a generous cuss. They
 tried and they swung, but in vain. Brother Ray Grimes sent Eddie Len non to meet the enemy, but while the former collegian tried hard and worked with all his heart, the ragged support behind him made it impossi- ble for the visitors to lose. On the contrary, the game was handed to the Hartford team by the team on a silver platter.
 And right here it might be said that the Grimes family fielded for .SS9, Brothers Roy and Kenneth each making an error apiece, while Rays work at first was flawless. While he landed but one Diff, he worked hard enough to bring home d tally for the Americans.
 For time it looked as if the Americans would turn the table. But this threat was not made until the last inning when the locals put over two runs.
 Bill Lai opened with triple that was as nifty as it was speedy. Brac- kett drove to center for an out, but Ray Grimes beat out a bunt down to first. Baker drew a base on balls and filled the bases. Martin ground ed out, Ray Grimes to Nuhn, Lai scoring. Kenneth Grimes hit down to Brother Royal, who juggled and Brother Raymond came home from third. Kenneth, under instructions tried to bluff Catcher Flaherty into believing that he was going to steal second and leaving an opening for Baker to score the tieing run.
 Kenneth had to go through with his bluff, but was caught between the bases. He was run up and down. Baker then took a chance on coming home, but he was detected and af- ter being run back and forth was if nally nipped by Simmons who came in from the outfield to take a hand in the affray. With the retirement of Baker went the Americans hope for winning or even tieing the game. The other run the Americans made in the fourth on Bakers double with two down. and Martins neat and long single.
 Erratic fielding accounted for the defeat of the locals in yesterday $ game. Errors by Lai on Wallace's hit and Kenneth Grimes act brought in two runs for Hartford in the sec ond inning. A single by Brazil with Nuhn's sacrifice hit. a passed ball and Flaherty's sacrifice fly gave Hartford still another run in the sixth. In the eighth Brazi1 singled, Nuhn sacrifice ed and on Wallaoes hit the first mentioned player came home with the fourth and final Senators tally.
 IindStrom of the Worcester team | twirled a great game yesterday, fan l ming nine players, despite the fact l that Waterbury won to O. A home | run by Chief Meyers featured the 1 New Haven 9-4 victory over Provi- | dence Hits and the w,ldness of Mill | Ter, the opposition pitcher, enabled | Pittsfield to trim Spr1ngfie to 4. |
 Fifteen thousand people out in St. [ Louis saw the Cards defeat the Giants in the opening game of the series by the score of to 2. Singles by | Miller and Stock in the sixth, to- gether with a double by Miller and | Schultzs sacrifice beat the Giants. Doak was hit hard, but he kept the oingles scattered.
 AS a matter of fact it was a bad day for all the metropolitan teams. In the National the Brooklyns were beaten by the Cubs in Chicago, to 1, as the result of their own poor base running and inability to hit. | Pfeffer of the Dodgers, outpitched l Vaughn, S-14, but the team behind him was weak.
 The Cleveland Indians not only l slammed the Yankees in the Ameri- I can League for a 1 3 to 8 victory, but | also tied the race for first place, the l White Sox having been beaten by the |