St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-28
ON THE DIAMOND.
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one time it looked as though the
visitors were to have a veritable
picnic But the game was very
young, and after the shower had
laid the dust the home team went In
for ball playing. Ozro Clayton APP
peared in the box for St. Johnsbury,
and lack Monahan officiated behind
the bat. There was also a change of
battery on the other side, Ryan occu
pying the box. He was not an easy
man to hit, which fact adds to the
credit of the home team for the game
they played In the first inning Clay
ton was getting his hand in, was a lit
tie wild, and the visitors made four
runs, errors on third being responsible
for most ofthem. But Shufelt grew
tired of seeing men run by him, and
he played ball every minute after
that, himselfmaking the only run the
home team sa w that inning.
In the second inning one of the
the visitors saw second base, but
they made no scores, while not St.
Johnsbury man got to first. The
third was shut-Out for both sides,
though at two different times there
was member of the home nine on
every base, and it seemed possible
to secure run; but the visitors
"played ball." and the side was re-
tired without a score, while the
crowd murmured, Hard lines" The
contest WaXed warm. and the Wis
itOrs did not see first base in the
fourth inning, while the home team
placed men on two bases, but did
not get a run.
In the fifth passed ball gave the
Haverhills another score, but St.
Johnsbury did not connect with first
base, and the figures began to have
a gloomy look; in this inning, how
ever, Jack MOnahan entertained the
crowd with a splendid steal of third
while the catcher was throwing the
ball to the pitcher. Goose eggs were
the order in the sixth, the features
being a capital One-hand catch by
Meigs and quick fielding on the part
of the visitors.
In the seventh the Haverhills added
one more to their count, and the
home team got no farther than sec
ond; a feature of this session was
C1ayton's quick throw to second,
which caught runner mapping and
clouded his prospect for a run. In
the eighth two of the visitors failed
to calculate Alright on Clayton's
curves, while the third popped the
ball to the pitcher and subsidized on
first; then ST. Johnsbury scored one,
Bannan coming home on a passed
ball, and the grand stand began to
think that possibly there was a
chance to tie the score.
In the ninth the visitors were re-
tired in short order, and the last
chance of the home team had come;
Greene took base on balls after Meigs
had failed to reach first, then eau
thier found the ball and brought
Greene home and tried to get home
himself, but was put out, narrowly
escaping injury in contact with the
catcher while trying to steal home.
Then the sorrOwful tale was told,
and the score stood to 8 in the
visitors favor. The crowd had seen
great ball playing for eight innings,
during which the Haverhills had
made only two runs. Clayton had
made a good record in the box, the
boys had all attended to business
outside of that first inning. The
score by innings:
St aa Gohnsbarys, ! Q 9 9 . 99-ss
Saturdays Game-A Victory for ST.
Johnsbury.
The audience at the last game of
the series was given a fine exhibition
of ball playing, for Capt. Bannan
and his men were on duty in every
inning, and put up strong, even
game, which resulted in their getting
away with the visitors by a score of
6 to 3. The Haverhills had a new
pitcher, Roach, in the box, who was
hit quite freely, while Shufelt pitched
admirably and held his opponents
down to four hits. The first bout
resulted in a shut-out for both teams,
a prominent feature being Gauthier's
fine running catch in left field. In
the I'd two of the visitors famed the
atmosphere and gave it up, and
catch by Meigs also proved disas-
trous to would-be base runner.
Then Bannan put a fly into the left
fielder's clutches; Moore made a hit
and got first safely; Meigs went to
the bat and found the ball for two
Dagger into left field, but through an
unintentional error by the umpire it
was called a foul and the two men
who had come home were sent back
to the bases, after which Meigs failed
to hit the ball. subsequently o. Clay
ton made splendid hit, and Ide and
Moore, who had been waiting for