St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-29
BASE BALL.

us w SILL 49,
their record and they have reason to be
proud oft.
The team left here last Friday morning
and in the afternoon played the Goddard
Seminary boys at Barre, winning the
game by a score Of IS to II. This was
a~nybody's game up to the Sth inning
when the Academy boys did some excel
lent work with the bat that put them
ahead. The game abounded more in bad
errors than in brilliant plays. The Acad-
envy boys outbatted their opponents
A Barre dispatch in Saturdays Free
Press said that the home team would GER
tainly have won if they had remained
cool at critical points. II the boys here
have cool heads its a point in their favor
and one which the Barre boys should
strive to cultivate. The boys were given
a reception in Barre and report a pleas
ant time during their stop there.
Saturday morning they went to Mont
pelier accompanied by a good crowd OF
Goddard students, who were but a few
days ago badly defeated by the Montpe-
her Seminary. The idea that the Acad-
envy boys might take some ofthe conceit
out Of the Montpeliers was pleasing to
the Barre boys and put them in school
yelling condition. A good crowd at
tended the game and there was lots OF
noise from the start. The game was
well played, both batteries doing spIen-
did work. The Academy did the best
batting and kept ahead throughout the
game, except one inning when there was
a tie. The dispatch from Montpelier in
Mondays Free Press was a bad misrep-
resentation OF the game and might lead
one to suppose that the time was taken
up in rough and tumble squabbles in
stead Of playing ball. Such is far from
the case. Only once or twice was there
any rough work and that was nothing
serious. 1.-THE game was notable for the
frequency of the roastingS given the
home team by the visiting umpire" said
the Free Press article. AS near as can be
a~scertained a good deal of roasting was
done by the home umpire. Moore, accord
ing to the verdict Of all from this section,
did very fair work. He numerically
guyed by the crowd, which was much
disappointed because they couldn'trattle
him. The score at Montpelier vas II to
9 in Academy's favor at end ofSthinning
when game was stopped to allow the
bows to catch the train for home. The
statement in the Free Press that Moore
had money up on the game is false. The
person that sent that dispatch must
have been drowning and catching at
straws. Perhaps he had some money VI
on the game himself, which would ac
count for his soreness.
The boys arrived home at 8 O'Clock
Saturday evening and were met by
crowd of schoolmates, who loaded then
into a carriage and hauled them up thu
avenue to Principal Putney's residence
He made a short appropriate speech anC
the procession again fell into line
marched up Main street, down Summe
street and back to the st. Johnsbur,
House. The demonstration was aide(
by the explosion of guns and fireworks
the blowing Of tin horns and the eve
ready vocal organs Of the small boy
After the public demonstrations William
Mclaughlin rendered the boys a banque
at Atwood's cafe.
The Montpelier boys will play the re
turn game here next Monday afternoon
The game will be an exciting one, but tn
visitors will without doubt, be wei
treated and given every fair opportunit,
to win the game.
At four O'Clock tomorrow Afternoon
the village team will make their first ap
pearance on the campus this season
crossing bats with the Academy boys.
The St. Johnsbury Reds play at Ign
donyille tomorrow.