Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-23
NORWICH UNIVERSITY
Goddard Has a Walkover-Booth
In the Box is a Success.
Norwich University Meets a Waterloo.


With the makeup Of the team much
changed, and with Booth, the substitute
pitcher, in the box, Goddard had an
easy time thrashing the Norwich Uni
versity boys on the Goddard campus
Saturday afternoon in a contest where
the final score resulted Goddard "a,
Norwich 6, Our home players, with
desire to 'fatten" their batting average.
had no mercy on the unfortunate man
who pitched for Norwich, and kept hit
ting the ball, driving it many times out
of the lot. For Goddard, Aver caught
his usual good game. Booth was in
the box for Goddard as it was decided
to give Bush a rest before the league
game of to-day. Booth showed that he
had fine control, and that he pitched a
fine game is shown by the score. He
is all right and should be given more
opportunity to show his ability. llulet
at first was the same cool, steady
"Dick" that has covered the bag dur
ing the term. Tenney found himself
in a new position and covered the bag
No. fairly well, although making
errors in his new position. Bush play
ed short as Flagg was "under the
weather. Bush played the game well,
and ".Joe" Lamb at third saved many
wild throws, beside playing every part
of his position we'll. Cole made his
first appearance of the season on the
VARSITY" occupying the left field gar
den, and distinguished his debut with
long running catch. Healey, a new
man in center, PLAYED good game, as
did Dave Gale in the right "orchard." :"
Talbot and Pingree did the best work.
Goddard plays at Montpelier to-day,
this being their fourth game in the
School league, and they will play to
win Tho story of Saturdays game is
as follows
4 hit by Pingree and errors by Bush
and Ilulet gave Norwich two runs in
the first. Goddard in this inning made
three runs on hits by Bush, Cole. Ten
ney. and errors by Talbot. In the Sec
and Norwich drew blank, while God
dard, with hits by Bush, Cole, Aver,
and fumbles by Watson, Leonard,
Smith, Booth, added eight runs to their
column. A double by Talbot brought
Norwich one run in the third. In this
inning Goddard made ten runs and hits
by Bush Cole Gale, lIealcy and lIulet,
and errors by Booth. Smith, Bass and
Talbot The visitors made no runs in
the fourth, and Goddard also went out
in one, two, three order. In the fifth
inning Norwich was given a coat OF
whitewash and returned the dose tc
Goddard In the sixth inning an error
by Tenney and hit by Newton gave
Norwich another run. Three more
runs were gained in this inning by God
dard on errors by Smith. Two runs
came to Norwich in the seventh on hits
by Watson, Talbot and Booth, and er
rors by Tenney and Aver. Norwics
did not score during the next two IN
nnrs. In the seventh Goddard still
made runs to the tune of eight made OF
hits by Bush, Aver and lIealey. and cr
rors by Ellis. In the eighth Goddard
scored two runs on Bush, Cole and
Tenney. The score is as follows:
Score by innings, 2s 8 ! 5 5 9 To'' aa
| Norwich uni.,
Runs made by Bush 6, Cole 1, Ten
ney 5, Aver ?. Gale 3, llealey 4 5ootl
4. Lamb 3, IIulct 3, Watson |, lingre'
Talbot /, Leonard |, Smith |, Ellis |
Three base hits, Bush, two base hit
Cole. Tennry, Talbot. Hits, Goddar'
Goddard, Il; Norwich. IS. Errors
Goddard 9, Norwich II. Struck OH
bv Boolh5, by Watson |.