Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-08-13
MARRIED HEN vs.. BACHELORS.

MARRIED HEN vs.. BACHELORS
All the town turned out to the bal
game Tuesday between the Married
Men and Bachelors OF Woodstock
and for three hours the contestants,
most of them chosen for their spec.
ial umtitness for their respective pc.
sit'ons, ran the bases, slipped, stun
bled, rose and fell, nutfled "easy
ones" and did everything but play
the game. But the game was not
slow; the umpircs kept things hum
ming and crowd OF spectators, on
foot and in gail\ decorated car
riages, enjoyed but few dull mo-
mcnts. Pink and green were the
colors and the costumes and decola-
tions made the field y picturesque
and pretty scene.
The parade opened the after
noon's festivities and was led by the
Bridgewate: band. Following the
music were the umpires ma CAR
riage-George Marble, DR.. Logan,
Harold S. Dana and w. II. H..
Moore. Their costumes were snowy
white, with out of date silk hats,
and each wore large-cnhbrc pistol
suspended from belt. The "scales
of justice" were also carried by each
one.
Behind the umpires were the
Married Men, Captain Fra kiln S.
Billings, in blue coats and white
"knickers," straw hats anil urtis ic
pink streamers. Several baby car
riagrs pushed by small boys and
their mascot, Il darL.colorrd small
boy, Louis Pierce, in pink, followed
on Il horse led by Clinton Mower.
The bachelors mascot was another
coIorcd boy, CT, dc Hart, on II big
black OK guided by Gc-roe Clark
Boy and OK wore green.
l he Bachelors, George Winslow
Captain, wore white "jn.np.l u.s."
blue AMI white knee brccch,s, hats
of odd sizes tllmmcd with srcra,
and following them were the water
carriers. The s. ity ambulance" II
terrifying dingv-colored. arrange
mcnt on wlsesiS, was driven bv
Henry WhltcoNb, whose pony was
in the shafts. Scorer w. II. Owen
made Il hit with an extraordinary
costume. Win Eaton represented
Uncle Sam, carving a book to re-
cord the errors: Frank Wentworth
carried the banner for the married
men and Hal Fairbanks tor the
bachelors.
The drag from Townsend's stable
followed the parade, gorgeous IN
green and pink, and carrying ten
Young ladies', Misses Bartlett, Col
lamer. dickson, Eckhar.lt, Castle,
Sabine, Ingraham, Semple and
Vail.
The players names follow:
Married Men--H. =. Clark #, F.
F. Billings, II. II. Symonds c, ].
l.. Dana ID, w. f. Jones p, p. Nc
MILAN S., Henry Gushing 3b, E. X.
Wright p, F. T. Kid'ler Ct. -. G.
Shcrwin ab, c. Z. Billings If, Nj.
Il. Morrill, c, w. II. II. Moore,
umpire; 6. w. Marble, umpire
Harold s. Dana, umpire; Mitchell,
spare man.
Bachelors Kali Pcmber 80,
George W,nslow c, Fredk Billings
1t, George Merrill 3b, John French
2b, ]. II. Bryson CT, W. N. Camp
bell ri, Ralph Boyce, c. X Koch
lb, E. w. Gilman, " S. Hewitt If,
N. w. Bartlett p, Hugh Philips,
DIR. Logan, umpire.
The Bachelors, Norman Bartlett
pitcher, George Winslow catcher,
took the field and the Married Men
rolled up half dozen scores in the
first inning. For the Married Men
W. f. Jones pitched, with Morrill,
behind the bat. The teams kept
fairly we'll together, but with the
assistance of the umpires the Mar
ried Men took lead that couldn't
be overcome. Score, Married Men
70, Bachelors IS.
FEATURES OF THE GAME.
The umpires.
The mascots.
The brilliant work of kidder IN
right both IN fielding the ball and in
cutting off several at home
plate by one throw.
The beautiful assist of Mitchell in
the sixth retiring his own side and
winning the game for the |
married men.
The fine base running of Fred
erick Billings
The marvellous running catch of a
difficult ilv by Umpire Dana and his
fine assist to second, max ing Il
double play and tlerby saving the
day for the married men,