The locals also hold the distinction
of having defeated the Kansas City
High School for the rifle interscho
lastle championship of the' country
and the West, both of which titles
the Westerners claimed, . . . -
Manager Sid Challenger ot . the
football eam at the Bridgeport High
turn at bat, attempted to tell one of
his players, who was & runner on first,
what he should do. Corrigan ruled
that the manager should not so coach
a runner.
Just previous to that he banished
Ed Holly of Springfield and let the
Pony manager know that he would be
fined $50 for stirring the displeasure
of the umpire.
The wierdest stunt pulled by Corri
gan during his career as an umpire,
however, was In the morning game
of Decoration Day between Hartford
and Bridgeport. Tho agreement was
that the game should be stopped by
time lirrflt at noon .When the noon
hour approached Hartford was lead
ing by a score of 8 to 4. With a few
minutes to spare Bridgeport went ln
for its half of the ninth inning the
last half and had scored two runs,
making the score stand 6 and 8, when
the umplre's watch showed 12 o'clock.
Instead of permitting the inning start
ed to be finished, as is the rule in all
well regulated leagues, even if it takes
a few minutes over time, Corrigan
stopped the game and then what did
he do! He declared the two runs scor
ed by Bridgeport in the last half of the
ninth did not count, that the score re
verted to even Innings (the eighth)
and that Hartford had won 6 to 4.
