The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-25
BLONDY AND SIMMY Zacher Beats Springfield After Simmons Ties Score in
 Eighth.
ORATORS ARE SHUT OUT
Nops Battcd Hard by Meriden-IIol- yoke Downs Cubans and Leaders
 Win Two from Waterbury.
CONNECTICUT LEAGUE STANDING.
GAMES TO-DAY.

GAMES TO-DAY.
 Waterbury at New Haven.
 New Britain at Holyoke @ games).
 Merlden at Hartford.
 Springfield at Bridgeport e games).
 There has been seen at .he Rock in years gone by many games of ball, both of the stellar and misflt order. but yesterdays exhibition certainly not only goes in the first named class but also goes down in the records as being the most unique If not sensa- tional that was ever pulled off there. New Haven won in thirteen in- nings by the score of to !. For seven long innings tho local fans had seen some pretty weak baseball displayed by their favori.es and as In the case of thousands of other con- tests they had about given up hope. As early as the third inning Eddie Havel did the Casey act with two men on; in the following period ORourke failed to become a star when Simmons was on second. simply waiting for a hit that never came and again in the fifth with Connell and Pless on the sacks Eddie Havel again punched the ozone. With these great chances to tie the score gone the crowd had about accepted defeat as inevitable and were calmly awaiting the end The first of the eighth saw Dan O'Neils colts run another man over the rubber and only the most optimistic agreed with Dr. Munyon that there was hope"
 In the locals half of this session New Haven started well, Pleiss being a good waiter and trotting to first on four wide ones. Havel banged out clean bingo to left and everyone sat up only to lay back again due more to heart weakness than the sweltering weather, when Kid Sherwood famed. George Simmons walked to the bat--recalled superstltuous tales about his handsome features and pan anna hat-and then and there made up his mind to break up the game. Failing down in my batting am F" he muttered to few imaginary scribes and deftly placed the willow ONCi iils u uSty llbul clouldtI. M d sudden he softly began 10 sing the following touching ballad IS Pitcher Powell cut loose a fast one:
 They say can't hit as other men do :?
 How in blank can hit,
 When they don't cut 'em through?
 Hallelujah give me a high ball"
 Precisely at the. psychological mo- ment lengthy brother Powell wound up and up sped the high one"--and Sum" sure can kill 'em--for he mere ly drew back, got that seventy-five thousand dollar chest and back into his swing and out over the deep right center field timbers sailed the sphere. And then maybe the pessimists didn't crowd in and try to hit the trail for some secluded nook. In trotted Pleiss, Havel and the genial George with the utmost modesty. This drive was simply a beginning of the end. Enter Blondy Zacher, one of tn, worlds greatest art producers ala Alan Platt, Tim Hurst and George Kennedy--the latter being one of New York's great est fans, George Cohan ex 'eptng His appearance came in the eleventh when after two men were out Bill Carrick had singled. Up he came in the place of Eddie Pleiss, who was not feeling up to par on account of he extreme heat. His first hit was an lnfeld hit which brought hopes for something that was to come. Con fell walked and the corners were filled with Ed die Havel left for third time to do the little trick. Not long ago Havel won a great game for us and we haven't forgotten 1t. Yesterday he fell down as the best of them do and no one felt half as badly about It as he did when his best effort was q tap to Powell, which closed things up. The Ponies ran well in the next two innings, but Carrick was stronger as the battle progressed and they couldn't push one over
 Powell, too, was twirling magnifb- gently, but like Napoleon was fated to meet waterloo. This came in the shall we say the unlucky--thirteen Never more! Two men had been re- tired on fly balls when Jerry Cornell was ticketed to the initial bag. Blondy scarcely recovered from hl unusually weakening period of sickness stepped in front of Joe Connor with plenty of pepper sticking out all over him. Powell smiled--and 1t was ! slckly ef- fort at that as if he knew what was to be-and sent up the sphere. Squarely on the nose the ball was met--but what's the use. If you weren't there to see it just ask your neighbor and take it from him. No doubt he is saving this story for some cold, dreary evening in January when the kind old cows are bibernating In much the same kind of stable that Dan O'Neil's lanky pitcher vanished to. It was a great swat and William J. Bryan doesn't know what dem- onstration is after all.
 TO return to earth--the contest was a pippin. Waite, the visiting custod- ian of the middle garden, pulled down some seemingly safe ones in great shape while Sherwood and pleiss were reliable as ever. All in all it was the sort of ball one gets at the big league exhibitions of our national sport Clyde Waters trusty peggtlg arm was missed and there were othar little mis- takes long since forgotten and only the pleasant side goes down into his tory,
 Springfield scored once at the geta- way after Maggart had gone out. Con- nor hit to left and was safe at second