Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-24
SAME OLD BABY ACT.
rlontpelier Seminary Refuses to
Play the Goddards rlonday-No
Reasonable Excuse Given by
the Montpelierites.

"llistory repeats itself in base ball
life as well as elsewhere. This was
well illustrated on Monday by tae Man
ager and players of the Montpelier
Seminary Base Ball team. When the
schedule Of the Interscholastc Base
Ball league for the season was made,
the Goddards were booked to play at
Montpelier with the team at that place
Monday. The game was to have COM
menced at 2.30 o'clock. Within one
hour of the time the game was to open
Manager Lamb of the Goddards receiv-
ed a telephone message from the Mont
pelier manager saying they could not
play, but gave no reason for the action,
and announced that the game would be
played on Thursday. Manager Lamb
promptly answered that under the rules
of the league the manager of the Mont
pelier team had no right to cancel a.
his own notion, and informed the Mont
pelicr magnate that the Goddards
would be on the diamond in time for the
game. True to his word Joe" had
his team on Seminary hill, Montpelier,
at 2.30 ready for the game. Then the
Montpelier manager gave as his excuse
for not playing the game that the post
ers had been taken down and that no
crowd would be present. Another rea-
son was that no umpire had been agreed
upon. The Montpelier manager then
suggested Thursday of this week, but
the Goddarls would not consent to any
such move as it is apparent why the
Montpelier team is anxious to play this
trick Goddard is booked to play the
St. Johnsbury Academy team here on
Friday, and if they played Montpelier
on Thursday would not be in as good
condition for the st. Johnsbvry game
and perhaps lose it, which would
please the "enemy at Montpelier" The
trouble about umpires is the fault OF
the Montpelier manager. When God
dard would not consent to the man Sc
lectcd by the home manager, it was the
duty of the Montpelier manager to have
requested the advisory board at the Uni
versity OF Vermont to send an umpire
to the game. The Goddard manager
and PLAYERS were very indignant ovei
the action of the Montpelier team, who
refused to play the game without ad'
vancing any reasonable excuse.
Should the advisory board of the
league give the game to the Goddard'
it will be giving justice, but if it does
not 90 as far as that it Is thought tina
the board will inform the Goddard'
that they can suit themselves abou
giving the Goddards another date. Inc
truth of the whole thing is that Mont
pelicr has q poor team while Goddar'
has one of the best for several years
Montpelier will follow the tactics OF th'
Spanish fleet and OILY meet Goddar'
when no faint excuse can be gwen 10
not playing.
The Goddarts are the present cham
pions of the school league, and with 81
Johnsbury are fighting for the lead tn
wear. The final contest will be be
tween the teams from these two schooi
and there will be no Montpelier team II
it at the close If other teams are TO re
ceiye the same kind of treatment at tn
hands of Montpelier as was given
the Goddurds on Monday, it will not D
many weeks before Montpelier Will b
out of the league. What the Goddard
demand is fair play. and that othc
teams fill dates as made or else relll
from the league, In addition to the at
ton of the Montpelier management
some small Drained individual s'atio'
ed in one of the upper window
of the Seminary building wit
the aid of megaphone, kel
insulting both the ladies and gentlem.e
with the Goddards by yelling ."
home. Goddard" "Get out OF her'
Goddard" Such treatment ought ut
to be sanctioned by the officials OF an
school, and we know the Montpeli'
team has lost many friends among u
fairminded citizens of Montpelier WI WI
know their rulian-lke tactics. IL
t,oddar,ls never fail to keep date an
' have the entire Barre public as 10Y
y supporters. and if Montpelier comes
v this city for II game their ladies WI
e not BE nsulted by the use OF amy ar
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