The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-09
Hartfords Unbeaten Twirler Assists Bones NIen--Scnntors Also Beat
 Orators in Morning-Paper- . weights and Ponies Win.
CONNECTICUT LEAGUE STANDING. f06icialA
GAMES TO-DAY.
GAMES TO-DAY. New. Haven Waterbury game post poned. Springfield at Meriden. Holyoke at New Britain. Hartford at Bridgeport.

Had the ping pong or hop, skip and jump teams put in an appearance at the Prairie yesterday the odd 300 fans (including, of course, the ball players, managers scrlbes. bat boys, etc. etc.) wolud have been wild with Joy and excitement and would have considered their exhibition a royal treat. Any thing which might prove as a diver sion from that baseball game CD, ending in to for the locals, and which might keep the spectators awake, would have been welcomed with great ardor. Even bawlng Clans |" presence, censuring old Jim O'Rourke, who played left ield, for selling his son. yes. selling his own blood to the Tanks, failed to make things look anyway interesting at the Rock. He was ready to defend the rights of paternal affection and imme- diately threw off his coat to fight Jim for his selling of his son. But no. Only because 1t was too hot.
 The empty bleachers were practic- ally the only ones who suffered the witnessing of the poor performance. Along with the slow, listless and unin- terestine contest came the dozlng half squeaking decisions of Patricia Ma lone, who held the indicator and which decisions in many cases were too much of a joke to be taken seri- ously. s
 Giant Simmons has been preparing for grand spurt in the 300 sticker class. and has let himself loose since Labor day, smashing the pill all around the greensward Yesterday he was again on deck and his two clean singles and two bagger drove in three runs. Big Andy Herbst also worked we'll with the hickory having two bingoes charged to him. Nor was Captain Zacher to be outdone in the willow work. His three bagger to the right field marsh scored Andy in the sixth session, breaking the tie.
 Paige. who lost five, and won one game, added another victory to his recond yesterday. He was in fine form and reminded one of his first stellar exhibition in this game He started right out and famed two Oro- tors immediately and before the game was done he added six more to tha, list. He was effective throughout the contest and could only be touched ur for three widely distributed singles
 George Bone's men scored their first tallie in the first inning on Herbst'. single. Zacher's sacrifice and Sim. mons two bagger, That lasted them for while, the Park City players tie- ing the score in the fourth on Herbst's booting of Hits fly and Phalen's field CTS choice and Waters error. Miller was at the bat and two strikes had been charged against him. The nex one cut the plate in two, and Waters thinking surely 1t was strike, tossed the ball towards the inf1eld In the meanwhile Paige had also started tc go to the bench and was not neal enough to intercept Waters throw with the result that Hit tailed The sixth, seventh and eighth safely stow. ed away the game for the locals, they getting six tallles, two in each inning Romer was wild and walked three men, but three and was connected with for seven safe swats Hits CT. TOT was responsible for one tallie. The Orators made feeble attempt of get ting even in the eighth when the, scored one run. The summary: