New Haven, Aug. 10 By defeating
New Haven here yesterday afternoon,
Bridgeport went into the first divi
sion again and the best part of it all
was that Walsh's men gave Chief
Bender, regarded as the premier
pitcher in the league, a spanking.
Bridgeport won the game, 8 to 4.
The pilot of the Indians is easily
the best pitcher in the Eastern
League and it looks like a certainty
whenever he takes up the pitching as
signment for the locals that New Ha.
twelve for the visitors. The Indians
had ten men left on bases which
shows an infantile weakness with the
sticit at the necessary time. Ball
Torphy and McGowan hit timelv. but
other than that there was nothing
doing in the base hit line when they
were badly needed. It was one of
those games that are necessarily lost
now and then with no particular de
finable reason.
The visitors went into the run col
lumn with a bang in the first inning,
scoring twice. Buck Lai hit a sinsrle
Deschamps, manager . of Georges!
Carpentie.r, sent word to Gus Wilson,
manager of Marcel Thomas and
Charles Ledeux, that lie" and Carpen-
tier will sail from France on Sept. 6
for America. It is almost a sure thing
that Georges Carpentier will
through with his bout with Battling
Levinsky the latter part of September
or early in October.
ven will win. Yesterday was one or to centertield and Brackett sacrificed.
