The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-07-01

DEFEATED
Barre Montpelier Ball
Team Won Easily
PLATTSBURGERS CHILDISH
They Didn't Want to Play in the Rain
and Delayed the Game Score
Was 7 to 2.

The Barre Montpelier team defeated the
Plattsburghs in the Northern league series
on the local grounds yesterday afternoon,
By score OF to 2, in what might have
been an interesting game had It not been
for the baby tactics used by the visitors Ia
the fourth and fifth innings, seconded BY
the home team when they saw what the
visitors were up to. Barre Montpelier had
secured lead of five to nothing In the
first inning, and there appeared to be little
prospect for the visitors TO win while there
did appear to be good prospects Of rain.
The Plattsburghs saw their chance and
began to play off SO that the required five
innings to make game could not be play
ed. 1t began to sprinkle and then II
raIned, but Umpire Shea held them to
their work, until five innings had been
played. Then he called time. Fifteen
minutes later the game was resumed, the
sraln having stopped and there was some
good base ball.
But the home team had won the game Id
the first inning when il brought in five
runs, and there was little question about
the superiority of the Montpelier
combination. The visitors managed to get
two men around the bases
Another large crowd saw the game, the
bleachers being crowded and the grand
stand almost FULL Dresser was III the
box for the home team, while Seanlon es-
saved to twirl for Plattsburg. Dresser
was a puzzle for the team across the
Lake, what few bits they got being scat
tered so that they did not very heavily
connt. In the fourth inning Dresser re-
tired the side on strikes. He also received
excellent support from his teammates.
ScanIon did fairly well after the first in
ming, but then he was bumped hard enongh
to lose most any game.
After plattsbnrg had been retired easily
Id that inning, Poland came up and sim
| gled to left field DoTman, the next man
up. also singled, which planted Poland
on third from which point he moment
| later took daring chance and ran home
while Scanion was winding up to deliver
| the ball. Had Brennan held the ball Po-
| land would have been ont, but the catcher
failed and the little right fielder went in
with the first score. Meanwhile DOrman
had got around to third and scored later on
Apperi0us' out to center field Nash was
given a base on balls, and Burke singled.
Then with two men on bases Morgan came
to the bat aud dropped the bali over the
center field fence for the first home run 0l
the local league season while Nash and
Burke tr0tted in ahead. BY doing this
| feat Morgan becomes entitled to a pair 0i
shoes offered by shipman Of Montpelier to
the player doingit 1t first Stewart followed
| 1t up with single but Dresser closed the
inning BY going out from the pitcher te
first.
Poland made pretty play in the second
inning when he shut off Shuttle from d
| hit. The latter knocked the ball into right
and every one had started to chalk down
e bit for him, when little Poland came In
on the run, caught the ball on the bound
and snapped il TO Burke two seconds be.
| fore Shuttle could touch the bag. Shuttle
sat d0wu chagrinned, and the crowd cheer.
ed Poland From this point until the
game was resumed after the rain the play.
| Ing was farcical, PIattsburg employing
delay tactics and Barre Montpelier trying
to get through i've innings SO that the
game would count In the league standing
The local players allowed themselves to be
| tagged out, and the visitors threw the
ball all over the field. The crowd was dts,
gusted- When they began to leave the
| bleachers the game was suspended Each
team scored twice afterwards, but the
crowd had lost all interest IN the game, as
| it was only question Of how much tht
victory would be- Attendance 100
The score