The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-21
Especial to the Journnl-CourIer0

Hartford, Aug. 20.-The Hartford nine simply couldn't afford to take chances in their exciting fight for the pennant, and therefore took the game from the New Haven baseball team to- day. Things came their way as did also the game and all kinds of stunts were indulged in by Tom Dowds band.
 1t became apparent to the locals that as the season is gradually coming to close, their batting averages if somewhat raised, would not be an un pleasant sight. Accordingly they commenced to have clout and swat feast banging the sphere in all di- rections George Bone's men became real generous and immensely helped Clarkins' babes. by booting the ball and making wild heaves. It was the same old story, in the same old way, the visitors supporting Paige in rank style.
 Their five errors, assisted by slow playing made the contest look sick. Their work at bat was miserable and figured greatly in their being smeared with nine big goose eggs. With men on bases, the hardest and most relia- ble of the visiting hitters flunked and put up weak exhibition. Besides this poor fielding and batting. their ! base running coincided with their pre- vious exhibitions. Murray being the prime leader In this move. After a long no-hlt vacation he got single and was caught sleeping on first and bagger he got out at third. trying to stretch his clout
 Gigantic Schuman proved the stum- bling block for George Bones men. pltchipg steady ball and not allowing a man to walk He moved them down .in'1-2-S order. only having 20 Elm City players face him. He was effective throughout the contest, al- lowing five widely separated bingos and receivevd excellent support, his team mates playing errorless ball. He surprised the fans by getting a two base hit after having a nap in the swatting line.
 Jerry Connell made a pretty catch in the seventh inning pulling down the sphere after a hard run, YanceS helped put on the whitewash brusf on the visitors by getting Murray's sure homer and turning 1t into s two bagger He ran with so great speed as to collide with the earth the same time performing few tum. ble sets. He regalned his balance ant quickly felded the ball.
 Gardner, the local second baseman had his eye peeled, and connected safely, getting two singles and q triplt off Paige out of three chances. Forgue the visitors short stop, felded 1T quick style, letting one easy line drive shoot by him in hls haste to pick i up, Simmons. on the dizzy corner played poor ball, bootlng the bal twice, and being responsible for twt of the locals runs. His hand Is bad ly swollen and that may account fol his poor playing lately.
 Murrays throwing to bases was no up to the standard and many men re. ceived bases on his poor throws
 Havel, who was supposed to have been canned, was used. He will con tinue playing until Kid Sherwood whose ankle was sprained Wednesday in New Britain, returns. Havel fig ured In neat double play.
 The capital city nine got two run! right away collecting three hits in [ batch It looked like a bunch o more runs in the next few innings foi they began to send men all around the bags They were content how ever, with getting ohe in the fifth ant one in the sixth, Just to make surc :. of the contest they got two more il the eight, making a total of six
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