Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-12 | Page 11 | Heinie Zimmerman Takes Honors for Staging Prize 'Goat' Play

o Heinie Heinle Zimmerman Takes Honors Honors' For Staging Prize Goat Play Eddie Collins Chased Across Plate During Game for fOJ Worlds World's Title TitleS S Bv Lv Billy Evans 4 Nearly every cry world series genes has Its goat as ns well as Its hero rile Tho 1917 classic was no exception to tho the rule In that event Zimmerman was initiated into the Royal Roal Order Order Order Or Or- der of at Goats Coats The famous Snodgrass muff mutt of oi 1912 stands out as ono of the fatal world series mistakes Heinie Heinle ZImmerman's Zimmerman's Zimmerman's Zim ZIm- merman's run in 1917 was even moro more ludicrous and far more moro cost cost- ly b- The Tho muff b by Snodgrass was a physical error while the time now historic historic his his- tone run of Zimmerman from third to tho the homo home plate was a a. mental a aswell u as well as ns a a. physical lIpIt slip lIp It so that I was the umpire umpire umpire um um- pire In the series that furnished the totting setting for the play that mado made Zimmerman Zimmerman Zim Zim- I merman the goat of at the series It will be rt recalled that Heinle chased I II I Eddie Collins across th the plate in an nn effort to retire him I might add I that I was just in the wage Rge cf d the foot 90 dash daB following tho the steps of Zimmerman It was a dumb pIa play If IC there ever er was one COSTLY MISTAKE There have been beon few co costlier mistakes mistakes mistakes mis mis- takes in baseball Zimmerman was subjected to all kinds of ridicule the he following day but I have o always alwn's felt he was rather har harshly treated In the tho matter There can be no doubt as ns to the mistake e that Zimmerman in his belief that ho he could catch up with Eddie Collins a a. much fu fatter faster ter man That was mistake No 1 1 However when Zimmerman realIzed realized real real- he couldn't Collins he ho was ready to throw the ball to someone and let them try to com corn the pia play Unfortunately there ther was no one covering home plate so 80 Heinle HeInie had keep going with his grotesque race even after it was evident that he was being distanced With the series standing three games to two two two- in favor of Chiago go the sixth and what proved to be bethe bethe bethe the deciding cont contest st was vas staged at atthe atthe atthe the Polo Grounds in New Nev York Yore Chicago won the tho game 4 to 2 Three of the runs were made In the fourth Inning of the game This InnIng in inning inning In- In ning featured Zimmerman's now famous amous run i The three runs scored In n that eventful session decided the ball jail game and series CHICAGO WINS Going Into the fourth Inning neither team had scored both Faber Faber Faer Fa- Fa ber er and Benton Denton pIt pitching airtight ball mil Tho break of ot the game came camen In n Chicago's half of the fourth Zimmerman started the trouble with a bad throw to first on an an InfIeld hit by Collins who raced raced raced- to second on the error If Heinle had lad only retired Collins he would have lave escaped the play that later made him the goat ot of the series Joe Jackson hit a n. short fly to right field which was dropped by nob Robertson Collins racing to third on the Ule pIa play Thus two misplays paved pa the wn way for later events COLLINS STALLS Happy Happ Felsch the tho next batter tapped weakly to Pitcher Benton who trapped Collins between third thin and home Peeling Feeling certain that tha he would eventually be retired Collins dodged hither and thIther in an nn effort to enable the other othe two runners to advance to second and line third before he was retired Catcher was 48 drawn drown fardown far fardown down the line when Zimmerman mado made up his mind that h he could coul catch Collins In such a play 1 It was ss-as the duty of ot time the first baseman to rush In and cover er the tho plate He JIe When Zimmerman realized there was no one ono to throw the ban ball to both he and Collins having rushed past on the base lines there thero was nothing for Heinle to do dc but keep on going As the players neared tho the plate and Collins gained slightly with each step the tho thought occurred to me the time only way Zimmerman could possibly touch him was by bj taking a chance on a a. flying tackle The Tho quick thinking Collins however how ho ever er pulled a stunt that made Heinie Heinle look all the tho more foolish PLAYER SAFE Evidently E Collins feared Zimmerman Zimmer Zimmer- man might dive dho after him for as ns ashe ashe he got within sliding distance o ot of the tho plate h he ho hit the dirt in the most approved ed style This was entirely unexpected b by Zimmerman who who rushed rushed by Collins lying on tho the ground much after atter the fashion in which an express passes a n freight