The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-17
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 Bridgeport. July 16.-New Haven took a decided brace here to-day and handily took the locals in.o camp by a score of 7-2. The visitors won sim ply because they hit Jerry Nops when men were on bases. something they have failed to do for a ong success sion of games. Just what happened cannot be stated, but little incident took place prior to the contest that may have had some effect on the club. As the train, which carried the club. was passing over the tres.ie near tho railroad station, George Simmons, the big second baseman, upon seeing peculiarly beautiful type of the eter- nal feminine hot-footed out to thel platform to get another gaze at the fair one. Just as he stepped out a gentle zepher was waited up on the panama in It's arms. Away sailed zepher and skypiecc while superstit- ious George. quickly forgetting the object of his gaze, followed the course of his fast disappearing hat. Down 1t went and landed in the water which flows In from the sound. That seem- ed to settle the baseball game then and there and his teammates gather ed around him offering advice as to how to find the bonnet. of sudden. as by a miracle about fifty urchins appeared to greet the team with GUS tomary epithets. Simmons gathered them about him and offered one large dollar to the youth who would recover and deliver at the ball park his hat. To make a long story short Ephraim Washington Lee Jackson, sen of Afrl- ca, was the lucky chap and when tn, hat appeared everyone took q brace. Simmons grinned all over and Kid Sherwood bet a local friend on the re- suit. After this episode there was nothing to it. Clyde Waters had days vacation and Jerry Connell went behind the timber. while Steve O'Rourke of Holy Cross fame. went to the short field and Havel took Con nell's place in right. This new man O'Rourke handled himself most favor ably, accepting four difficllt chances out of five. At the bat he was hard to pitch to and the'veteran Nops passed him twice while he secured neat sacrifice and really was at bat but once. Phil Corcoran was invncible when hits were needed while Nops was not, and there you are.
 The visitors opened on Nops at the getaway. Cornell was passed and went base further on a neat sacri- flee by Pleiss. Zacher sent a long fly out to Cassidy but Sherwood singled, lowed by a crack for three bases by Eddie Havel, which allowed Sherwood to tally. Simmons famed Three more came in the fifth when s. O,Rourke was given a free ticket, was advanced to third when J. O'Rourke booted Corcoran's sacrifice bunt to Nops. Cornell got tim sly swat and s. O'Rourke cantered home while Bertwhistle, who went after Councils hit threw to Swick to- head eff Corcor- an. The ball got past the local third baseman and Corconan 'anie in and Cornell halted on the dizzy corner Pleiss went out, but Blondy Zacher worked the squeeze play to perfection Cornell scoring after which Sherwood was retired
 In the eighth the visitors added two more to their total of runs. After Pleiss had been called out on strikes Zacher singled and scored on Sher- woods stinger to the left field fence for two sacks. Havel iied out to Beaumont Simmons hit to Hit, who booted and Sherwood sprinted across the rubber Simmons was thrown out moment later, attempting to steal. The locals scored their first run in the fifth after Ladd had been disposed of. Hilt got a three-bagger which ought to have been homer ana scored on Phalen's out, Simmons to Lachanco. Their other tally came in the eighth. Swick opened with TWO base hit, who made nice attempt to retire him. J. O'Rourke lined % left where Pleiss made characters ltic difficult fly look easy. Cassidy, after hitting q foul which Cornell and Lachance got crossed on, singled and Swick scored The next two men were easy money.
 In the sixth they were retired by a double by Simmons and LachancA Here Cassidy failed to slow up be- tween first and second to allow O'Rourke to score and deprived ORourke's club of run. The regu. lar "ump'' failed to appear and Terry Rogers offlciated to the satisfaction oi both teams. Hats off to New Haven.
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