The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-01
SIMMONS WINSGAME
Slashing Three Dagger Clears
Bases In Ninth and Over
comes Brass City's Lead.
ZACHER AND PLEISS STAR
Capital City Team Takes Another
Ponies and Hanna's Men Also
Take Games
CONNECTICUT LEAGUE STANDING
GAMES TO-DAY.
Bridgeport at New Haven.
Menden at Waterbury,
Holyoke at New Britain.
Hartford at Springfield

Meriden at Waterbury.
Holyoke at New Britain.
Hartford at Springfield
Tho unexpected will happen and at
yesterdays game at the Prairie. It
occurred In the last part Of the ninth
inning in very brilliant and hair
raising finish. The local team had
Just begun to recuperate from their
hike Of three days and met the Wa
terbury contingent at the savin Rock
grounds yesterday. It was the last
inning Of play and the visitors had ac-
cummulated six runs, while the locals
q bunch Of zsrcer, goose eggs, and
cyphers. To adj to their misfortune
the locals had two of their warriors
thrown out sirlmcns at second and
Candy Lachance at the home plate.
Before the players persisted, however
Murray, the local backstop, had
something to say and scored zacher
on bingo to the center garden. Mat
tsrs looked gloomy for George Bones
workers and the spectators were fig
uring on sixth consecutive defeat for
them and to the tailenders at that
The majority Of the fans began to
dispense and were abandoning the
field when 6toup, the local twlrler,
singled, to left field, advancing Muir
ray peg. Murray then proceeded
on his trip to the third section of the
suck region on, a throw In to home,
to catch Lachance mentioned above.
Jerry Council, guardian OF right field,
had had hard luck previously with
three men on bases. and tanning, af-
ter letting two good benders get by
him. This time. however. Jerry was
there with the goods and atoned for
his previous failure to qualify by get
ting spotted with the ball and help
Ing along the pitchers nervousness.
Jerry, smiling. trotted to the first sta
ton Of the bag monopoly. causing the
bases to be full.
Manager Durant sitting on the
bench. allowed young slllery to ron
'tinue twirling, which act. practically
lost the clinched game. Sillery had,
by, good support. held the locals with
out q tally until this inning and Du-
rant, realizing that two were already
!, out. expected that the next man would
get out as his players were fielding
beautifully.
6illcry, however. was all In and
could not locate the plate, giving Far
mer Pleiss, cultivator of left patch, O.
pass and forcing in run. making
two for New Haven. At this juncture
the outgoing spectators thought It
would be worth their while to remain
and watch the long hoped for scoring.
AS soon as Sillery sent the sphere
against Capt. Eddie Havel's anatomy,
another run was found. When Kid
Sherwood. the performer Of the dizzy
corner, was rewarded with walking
ticket forcing in Cornell for the
fourth run, the fans could hardly
credit their senses and believe the way
tho tide had turned. Shouting and
yelling for nothing but victory, they
filled the greensward about the dia-
mond.
Formidable hatless Simmons, about
whom there is rumor of being foot
light performer during the stormy
winter days, began to wonder Just
who 1t was that said something about
his kingdom. Anyway, MY king.
dom; for safe swat to tie the score
or at the most twoAbagger was the
desired wish Of second baseman Sim.
mons The gentleman with the al,
travelling noodle protector, crowded
into positicl and sent a stlnger neal
the third base line. This was fou
and with two strikes and three ball,
the crowd with held breath awaited
results. Was hoodo Casey around
The next ball would decide. It Ger,
fainly did and Casey must have beer
twenty miles away from the prairie
even more, for he counted infinitely
Mr.. Simmons walloped the pill plenty
and proper, smashing 1t against thu
center field fence. My, how pleasan
q sight for sore eyes It was to see on
players go waltzing about the bag
snd the visiting f1elders cropping abou
In the soil for the pill. Simmons fin
ally stopped on the dizzy corner, 10y
GUS al, the humor he had caused
amongst the visitors over the gam
he had won and over his three hit
during the game.
The game was hummer and de
served a gallant finish. The fielding O
both clubs was snappy and full of spir
It, both teams accomplishing doubl
plays, Waterbury making two Pleis
in the second inning prevented a two
Dagger by making a wonderful cate
Of a ball way over his head Will
running backwards he stuck up hi
gloved hand and stopped the sphere 0
Its aerial Journey. zaoher came mex
with a still more important catch /
the third inning, which kept the Bras
City delegation from scoring Fitzpat
rick drove a hot one that had all tn
earmarks of a single, but Zacher afte
q hard sprint from deep center, pickle
1t off the grass with his bare hanC
He quickly threw to Havel, who tosse
It to Simmons, completing sensations
double play The visitors double play
were accomplished In such neat mar
ner as to draw unstinted applause frol
the fans The first one came In til
first inning with two men on base
apd tha sennnd in the sixth with NV