The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-09
PONIES VANQUISHED TOO
GREAT ELEVEN-INNING CONTEST
 AT THE ROCK.

Haywards Three-bagger Tied Score in
 Ninth-Meriden Defeats Norwich in
 Overtime Game-HartfOrd Wins from
 New LOndOn-HOIyOke Gets Away
 With the OratOrs-ResuIts in Other
 Leagues
 Pen and ink can hardly do justice to the eleven-inning game which wound up the jack-in-the-box match which yesterday held watch-night festivities over the seasons decease on the Savin Rock prairie. Springfend outbatted and outfelded the ex-tail-enders from Yaleville, but 8 to score was the corrected election returns filed against the Ponies. Off Bill Lupy the Blues were able to ring up cash. fares for only five hits, while Acting Captain Crooks followers found the veteran Phil Corcoran for ten. Springfield had B single error in all the eleven innings, while New Haven had three times as many.
 The New Haven players thought that the game had closed in the ninth inn lng, when Sanfranandre had two strikes and Luby pitched another over the plate, but Umpire Hickey smiled and gave ''Santy'' another chance. "Santy" finally walked, and John Bunyan, who had reached first on hit to Altizer which was first cousin to an error, sWitched into the next section. Captain Bill Hayward was sent into the game in place of Lawlor and he drove out triple to right, scoring both men and tieing the score. Hickey's extension of life to "Santy' had paid a heavy pen alty, although two were out. Hayward looked dangerous for a score and Ro- barge snapped the ball over to third to pin him to the sack. Nagle muffed the throw and the ball fell at his feet. Hayward kicked it away and started For home. He crossed the plate in safe Ey and Hickey called him back. As he approached third Hickey ordered Nagle to touch him, which was done, and Hickey called him out. Some of the players howled and Hickey declared that he had not called out Hayward For interference. He said: Hayward interfered with the ball and had no right to score. The ball was dead"
 Why could he not score if he could be called out when he was ordered back?" he was asked.
 Because he had to get back before Nrgle got the ball. he responded.
 Hickey's decision made the third out and sent the battle into extra innings. Neither side had a look-in- at scoring in the tenth The only feature of the inning was Connells slashing catch of 8 long low fly by Altizer. In the elev- enth the spectators, who had been droning, began to edge up to tip-toe. In springfield's half O'Connor lifted a single into center and that was the only hit of the inning.
 New Haven opened the serenade no more auspictously, as Burke, the slug ger famed for the second consecutive time. Lenox pushed dangerous fly which Tansey handled to the queens taste, but Sherwood negotiated walk and stole second. Bunyan lifted an easy fly, but Pat O'Connor muffed it squarely. Had he caught it the twelfth inning would have been begun. Sher- wood continued the weird play by for getting to leave second when the fly was hit. As there were two out he should have been over the plate. He had to race to reach third. The weird ness was shifted here to the Springfield side, for Bunyan's. progress continued midway between second and third to draw a throw. When Luby tossed the ball over to Altizer, Sherwood, "the fly ing Dutchman," set sail for home and Altizer failed to get the leather to the plate in time to head off the winning run. ,,5
 The rivals scored once each in the first inning. Tansey pasted the first ball pitched over the first bag for a double. Dillon sacrificed and when AL tiger hit to short Tansey beat the throw from sanfranandre to the plate, Jope dropping the ball.
 Cornell found Luby for single to left. Jope sacrificed. Burke was thrown out by Altizer, Connell moving up, and wild pitch scored the run.
 The cleanest hitting of the game gave Springfield in the sixth and eighth inn Ings what should have proved safe lead, and honors for it were divided be- tween Altizer and Crolius.
 Tn the sixth Altizer peppered Cor coran for drive to center and stole, scoring when Crolius picked out one fol & double.
 In the eighth, after Altizer had To- cated Corcoran for double, only to be caught mapping, Crolius singled again and stole, Crooks single scoring him.
 During the game a $50 gun was pre- scented to Captain Hayward, of the New Haven team, as testimonial from his many friends in this city.
 The score:
 New Haven.
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