The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-10
pringfield Ponies Wind LIp Local Engagement Today
Pair or Freak Plays Are
 Victory Features

Two freak plays yesterday that won't happen again in a season. Springfield had a man on first with none out. Emmerich dropped a high fly in right field, but recovered and with a perfect throw got the runner forced to second. On the very next pitched ball another high fly got away from Irving the same way, and he too, got the man going down to second. Two pitched balls. two errors, two assists, and two putouts Try to beat that.
 One of Iife's mysteries was the lift ing of Mayberry in the ninth so that Tommers might pinch hit. Tommers tore off a single, but Mayberry had just dented the score board a mo- ment before with a double that Elm merich fielded in great shape, and saved being a triple
 The Cuban handled a hard hit ground ball in the eighth and cut off a run at the plate a moment be fore that disastrous double by Oberc cleared the sacks. Slim Bornhoeft had no one to blame but himself for the near fatal finish of the game. A double by Mayberry, two successive walks, and the first of the game. a force out at home, and then that horrible double did all the damage.
 First Baseman Attreau of the Ponies started out being sour and ended up being a star. Two errors on his part in the second inning, together with ;felder's choice by Mayberry, caused the Derbies' first run to come across without 8 hit. The Derbs are keep ling Up a good clOuting record. The box score shows that
 Johnny Nagle obliged the fans by coaching on the first base line and F-,- l,i T@L,, ny Is a wise boy and there are worse catchers in the league yet. Silent John HummeI was silent The Ponies Hook like a fairly good ball team, but they need to be vaccinated or some thing to make 'em mad.
 If one more base strap had been shattered by hefty sliding, Clark fIane's suspenders would have been ideputized- He was all ready to take off his coat when the blue shirted trotted out with the second relief strap It was some trot. He ranks as the third feature of a pleasant afternoon.
 Bridgeport is back on the fifty basis in the league standing. The weather doesn't look any too good right now or else our glasses are dirty, but probably a game will be played with Springfield some how or other, and perhaps we can break that tie.
 Another thing. The season is two weeks old today and no double head CTS have piled up as yet. Next home game after today is Sunday, with Eftchburg-
 ''so Fitchburg got Worcester's good ball team, queried Happy Jack Smellin yesterday. We'll Fitchburg always was a liver town than Worces- ter anyway" was the raspberry he handed Worcester He ought to know. He was superintendent with the Bar mum & Bailey circus for about 30 years.
 Bill Conway, contracting agent of parts for a while. yesterdays game. He also saw the Derbies per form Sunday in Hartford. "I see games all over the country every year and that fellow Rodriguez is the greatest fielding first baseman in base ball today" Unanimous.
 The smallest crowd of the season to , 6ate saw the incest ball game.
 The outstanding features were Dick H-.oftus' beautiful running catch in left field. and his fast fielding of Obercs double that cleared the sacks In the eighth, tied the score, and would have been a triple for Loftus, I Efl; mcrich, Kingdom or Gene Martin. :. Next to this clout one of the big things of the game was Joe Smith hacking up first base It happened on 1 wild throw by Kingdom and held a runner on the base. It was the prop CT play but Joe should have served notice on the fans. He will causing heart failure like Ty Cobb does with his home runs
 Gene Martin sat on the bench again yesterday thinking about his batting average of 1000. gained by success fully pinch hitting the day before in ! Waterbury Mysterious Hank Bracket sat in the stands in f'ci-S"