The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18
Diamond DuSl


 Browns another facing in New York yesterday, Ernie Shore joining the ranks of successful pitchers by turn ine the Burke boys back by a score of to ?. As the White Sox trimmed the Athletics at thS last moment, the Tanks are still running a plucky sec ond in the league race. The Cleve- land Indians, who come here today to make trouble, are now right in the thick of the scramble because of their double. victory in Boston With three clubs ga1loping neck and neck, the American League race has the base ball fans scratching their heads.
 Lanky Mir Shore pitched the best game he has shown this season, and although he was hit lively in the last few innings good support Kept them out of trouble. Wellman, who did the fiinging for St. Louis, was easy for the Tanks in the fourth, fifth, and sixth, when he retired in favor of Wright. Sisler, who Is still sporting a black eye, got a couple of hits or Shore. If he can get two hits when his lamps are foggy, what would he do if his eyesight was normal? Cleveland won the morning and af- ternoon games in Boston yesterday, to and 3 to 2, cleaning up the four game series. Ruth's home run into the right field tbleachers in the sixth was the feature of the afternoon game. The winning run came over on Speakers double in the eighth, his advance to third on Woods fly to Strupk and Gardner's safe bunt. Johnson held Detroit to four hits and Washington was able to break even in the series fby taking the final game, 2 to l.
 The PbiIlies beat the Giants in New York on June by a score of s to and then went West. Since leaving | New York the Quakers have dropped ten straight games and their percent age has sagged from ASA to .366. Brooklyn, however has done little better. The Dodgers had a losfnT streak of ten straight before they won their first game of the trip in St. 1 Louis. The Cubs beat the Giants yes terday, 7-2.
 ! Yves a shame how the Athletics ] kidded the Yankee fans yesterday They scored a. block of four runs against the White Sox in the third in ming and the fans whooped it up witt ! joy when the was posted in the Ne.
 York scoreboard. Later the Sox tieG it up, but Philadelphia got a two ruI lead in the sixth. That was the sit uation when the New York game wa over When the fans got downtown
 however, they received the sad news 1 that the White Sox had won out, ' to 6 | Babe Ruth did a little Bunker Hi
 celebrating yesterday when he smacked the ball into the right field
 ileaoher5 in Fenway Park. Boston Any one who is acquainted with the home grounds of Barrow's club knows what a thump this must have been.
 But it couldn't prevent the. worlds champions from slipping further into
 the mire. They lost two games to
 Cleveland. It looks like bad year
 for champions. Jess Willard should
 beware!
 | Joe Birmingham has found it any ! thing but picnic handling the Pitts ! field team. with shortage of players. l etc. Joe planned to boss the job from
 the bench. but had to go to the out ! field and chase a few because of lack of talent to fill out a nine.
 | George Casazza, the Brooklyn sand lot phenom who was picked up by ] Jack Coombs for a trial with the Phillies and later sent to Springfield. has been returneu 10 ti1e FhiilieS Wllii thanks. He may be a. pitcher, in the opinion Of Jack Coombs, but not in the opinion of Ed Holly.
 | Pittsfield had lost eight games in a row when 1t managed to beat Hart ford on June 4. Mickey Devine got back in the game and seemed to put new life in the Hilliee. Devine's attack
 of appendicitis wasn't so severe as re- ported He was only out a matter of | eight days or so.
 | was contemplating the practice of medicine as a life work when Harry | Wright induced him to sign a con