The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-31
Especial to the Journal-courier.,

Springfield, July 30.-Sad but true the
finale OF George Bones squad of ball
ossers on their little trip to the upper
Il cities. ended In the same unsuccessful
manner that It had begun. this time
he Ponies administering the dose OF
defeat. Leaving New Haven with IA
&players the Elm City aggregation lost
1their first double header with Hartford
Tuesday. On Wednesday they duplicat-
led their work, biting the dust against
kHoyoke and today they again failed to
come up to expectation. Excuses for
losing the first two contests could be
readily furnished, for during these con-
tests the umpres' decisions and actions
were subject to dispute. In todays con-
test however the visitors have nothing
as an excuse. They simply lost to the
better team, the locals flying off two
double plays and getting eight hits, two
two.baggers and not making a single
H error. This alone tells the story. The
Jump In this game for the first time
since their leaving New Haven. salts
. fed the visitors as well as the locals.
Finn, late Of Holyoke and basketball
referee was there with the goods and
satisfied both teams to T. Not one
decision was disputed and this made
/ 1.-THE contest one of great interest.
However the visitors certainly show
ed poor form and team work, falling to
pieces In the fourth and fifth innings,
to the surprise Of many who know
each visiting player as former star.
A Springfield scribe was heard to say
that he never saw the New Haven
team play so loosely before. They wal
loped the pin all right as only few
strike outs were credited against them,
but Ythey failed to swat safely. The
players alone seriously feel the brunt
4 of their defeats and know alone that
they will have to win II they expect
any support from the fans. To CEN
sure them would only be tanning the
embers into blaze and the players
/ themselves confessed that they can put
up better exhibition Of ball when
they are encouraged than when they
are knocked numerically by space
filling scribes, whose work cause the
players to feel blue and unable to play
good ball. Many star teams have
been In similar predicament and
have taken a brace and gotten free
from It and 1t Is hoped that the Elm
City nine will. be able to accomplish
the same.
Although Pop" Rising did not
sparkle with the willow still he play
(, ed telling ball on the greensward.
II From the left patch OF the outfleld he
hiked far over the foul line and
4, smothered Havel's foul, performing
the most difficult catch of the game.
Burns, the local shortstop. rendered
q surprise party in the clouting line,
when he smashed out two doubles
Waite also proved powerful with the
stick, getting two singles which scored
three runs. Before doing this Waite
gave little original exhibition. When
the pill was served up to him he
gently smashed 1t over the left field
fence, twice giving the visitors lit
tie scare.
At the opening Of the game, the
heavenly spo/ge was being gently
squeezed and drops of moisture were
falling on the diamond, when the
rumbllng clouds passed over, leaving
"Old Sol" sinking behind II. The
slate was clean until the fourth SEES
sion when the visistors got their lone
tally and the locals three runs. Prior
to this inning the players Of both
teams played great ball and assumed
O. close game. Sherwood saved the
visitors from the whitewash brush by
getting the only twobagger for hi
team. Simmons scored Kid Sher.
wood on liner to center field, bu
persisted on first.
Standard of the locals got a pas!
and when Rising hit, the rumpu'
started. Candy" seeing Pops brunt
let It roll. thinking dame fortune
would favor him and have 1t roll foul
Not SO, however, for the pill rebelet
against crossing the foul line and re
NAMED fair. Pop getting base
Carrick then threw poor to Have
and each man advanced base on tn,
twlrler's error. Waite sent bingo t.
left garden, scoring both Stankart
and Rising. Waite took second ant
third on Yale and Scanlon's outs, re
Il specially, and scored on Burns two
Dagger. The locals score kept on re
trogating, getting two In the next ant
one In the sixth. After Maggert nj
and was sacrificed to second he scor
ed on Standards safe hit. The latte
also crossed the plate, when afte
stealing q base he scored on Waite
single. The locals. last run was Sc
cured by Burns, after q double ant
NJ, Havels poor throw to Lachance.
The summary.