St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-28
Base Ball In nontreaI.-Montreal is

base Dali iii IiOutTcdi'-MoHtIedi 10
not base ball town. Enthusiasm for
the great American sport begins to wane
as soon as the Canadian line is reached
and at Montreal it is at low tide. When
it is considered that lacrosse game
Monday afternoon was attended, by
1000 people and base ball game at the
same time by only 800, it is easy to see
in what game Canadian interest centers.
Lacrosse is their national game, one
that has been played by them for many
years, and they evidently think there is
no other, unless it be cricket. Base ball
is mparatively new to them, very few
knowing enough about the game to
enjoy witnessing it, and the great
majority OF Montreaers probably
couldn't tell base ball bat from fence
post. But those who are interested in
the sport think that it is gradually
growing in Montreal, and that il rightly
managed may soon be one OF the leading
games. A good team must be main
tanned during the season to do this, one
somewhat better than the one that now
represents the city, which, with few
changes, could be made firstclass team.
Some Of the ex-ball players picked off
from the park benches in Boston could
be well dispensed with and their places
easily filled to the great improvement of
the team. The team has been organized
several weeks. has made trip through
a section of New England and failed to
win a game until last Monday. This
isn't the kind OF playing to make the
game popular in their city.
The ST. Johnsbury base ball team re-
Gently received an invitation to visit
Montreal and play three games with the
city team. Under the management of
Charlie Carr the boys left for that place
last week Thursday afternoon, expecting
to play the FIRST game Friday afternoon,
but had to give 1t up on account OF rain.
Saturday came off fair The boys donned
their suits in the morning, went down to
the grounds and limbered themselves
with a couple hours of practice In the
afternoon the game was called at 3 80
with St. Johnsbury at the bat. Aldrich
and Williams of Barre did the battery
work for ST. Johnsbury and did well
They received good support. The feat
ures OF the game were the batting of AL
drch and the left field catches of Dono-
van, who spoiled several supposedly good
hits by picking the ball out of the air in
a grand stand manner. St. Johnsbury
led up to the eighth inning, when Mon
treal made two scores and tied the game,
6 to 6. In the ninth inning both teams
scored one and the game remained tie. |
In the first OF the tenth inning, st. Johns
bury scored three runs on Aldrichs long
hit to the left field fence. Donovan made |
a great run for the ball and met with a
painful accident by his head striking a
board sticking out of the fence. A bad
cash was cut over the eye and it will be
several DAYS before he resumes ball play
ing According to the Montreal papers
this lost the home team the game, but it |
IS a puzzle to see how they figure it out
that way. Donovan couldn't possibly
have got the ball, and even il he hadn't |
met with the accident the two men on
bases would have come in. This would
have given St. Johnsbury the game for
Montreal scored blank in their half
The game was close and interesting, well
played by both teams, though for old
and experienced players Montreal didn't
show up nearly as well as expected. 1t
was the first game OF the season for the
st. Johnsbury boys and the first time
they had ever played together. Follow
ing is the score: