The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-14
Joe Lptak Stars In Bridgeport Markets Shuout Victory
Sliding Derbies
 M Springfield
 TOday For .lGdn,e

lO0Uy FOT .UUDIez
 With five straight defeats~yz3
 hanging under their belts the
 Brown Derbies got an early start
 today for Springfield, where they
 will meet the Ponies in one -ts
 game.
 Tuesday, Albany will be back
 for one game, wIldle 2 double
 header will be staged on Wed-
 nesday for one admission price. =
 In justice to the McCannisters
 the baseball public is informed
 that the Derbs are in sixth place,
 not seventh, yet, as erroneousIy
 stated by a couple of excited
 sport scribes who got caught in
 the draught that accomponied
 the grand slide.
 Pennant Worries Banished.
 Anyhow, the pennant worry is of tho minds of Bridgeport fans. That was the universal agreement of the fans yesterday at Newfe1d Park who witnessed the Derbs go down to their fifth defeat at the hands of the re- juvenated Springfield Ponies who are
 The score was 3 to 2. The wise crackers put the blame on Gary For tune. who allowed but six safe pings cIouted Vines for ten welts, but the Florida lad pitched a good article of ball with the exception of the fourfa round, when the Ponies pounded the ball for four safeties, collecting two runs. Ff9 Same old story. A little more ae- tivity would have given the game to the Derbs. especially in the ninth inn- ing rally which set the fans oN edge for a winning finish. Two runs were Irving had an opportunity to mount l the realms of popularity by tying the score with a homer, but he ended the | game by popping.
 Albany and Worcester split a twan biil in Albany before a. bumper crowd | Morgan, was the winner over Null rennan in in the he first U fit ~1ne aa Lss. fsI 1 innings tilt, beating ThoF1nalep, niS 1 league recruit.
 1 Albany Has New Players. l Albany tried two new third sack" They look good from the noz-score | point of view.
 l Frank woodward pitched another great game, shutting out Aartfofo. ! l to 0, with three hits New Haven nat | ters banged tCotiss and Swaney for 1s safeties in the melee The Wudmen | also took the first encounter. to g. It was pretty pitchers battle oe~ | tween Pennington and Cooney' New Haven players purao1ned nine bases in the second game
 Gene Martin c1outed the bau safe- ly four times.
 There are rumors today that Jim Thorpe will be back Tn the AaIHoIo Q lineup again before the end Of the 1 week. ~
 Excitement in the Ninth.
 Joe sn5sh 5ns1a 1p9uEha pS Sittne tgs q ieases s for two bags. Miller. nnnGan. naIIns fer Vines, was passed EHmeHSn singled to right, scoring Sl.litS S,ornnS wn.is FedIer's fly, being cut off at second. The smallest Sunday z ,s crowd ss@s5,,,1a 1a 1900 spectators being on hand Dick Loftus batted safely for the eighth consecutive time.
 Joe Smiths two-bagger was the only extra base hit in the tilt Derbs tackle the Ponies again to- day in Springfield, returning for a ' three-game series with Albany, doubleheader being on the Dill Tor Wednesday.
 The Ponies are uncorl1ing 8 von- derfu1 brace. They are likely to over haul the Hillies. Waterbury still has hopes of win- ming that pennant, but New Haven has the flag cinched. Brasscos Are Going Strong. Waterbury however, is banking on New Haven cracking. Should such | a thing happen, and the RrasscoS continue their present speedy clip, Brassviile would certainly have a. chance The pennant race has until Sept 24 to go and many things can happen in that space of time.