The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-24
Hyphens Lost To St. al
bans Yesterday
In A MISERABLE CONTEST
Home Team 0utelasssd, Appearing To
Play Ii a Trance Two Home
Runs Made.

Br-rr! Boom Bang Help Help
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xxuvyk. Swish ker-ohng. So far as the
types allow that is the portrayal Of the
descent Of the Barre Montpelier team from
lofty heights tc the mud Of second place
The tmbers which had been built aboat
the pedestal shiyered, the crowd shIyered
and the proud figure fell with crash, in
spite OF the best efforts Of aFirst-Ald-to-
the-Injured" Charlie Paul aud the soulful
glances of whats the-score9N Charlie
Lord. We are Ia second place. There is
no doubt about 1t. A blind man could
see II. And how are the mighty fallen
For eight long delicious weeks have we
gazed with pride on our pets, only to see
them ruthlessly torn from their vantage
point.
st. Albans did il, that little town whose
chief claim to fame is that the Central
Vermont r. r. runs through It and occa-
sionally stops long enough for lunch. And
the ball-tossers from that town did ii so
easily that good many people thought
they were falling of the log instead Of the
tAG11t ACf tAHQ t1C E4tHN
from the start with as much certainty as
that the Democrats will not carry Yer
mont this fall. And 1t is remarkable that
they did not run the goad Of defeat In far
ther and break 1t OIL Ia the wound They
might have done it without even winking.
But the score was only 5 to 2
The strange pail which has hung over
the Intercity team was there yesterday
and enveloyed the players in SO dense a
cloud that they couldn't see the ball. They
might have been pardoned for not seeing
the ball when at bat, for no man ever
pitched more clever and masterful game
than Williams, surnamed Pop But
their failure to place their optics on the
horsehide in the field was inexcusable
Four hits won't win a game when the
other fellows are swatting your own pitch
er all over the lot. Failure TO catch balls
directly in your hands never won game
and Oftentimes has lost them. 1t lost the
game yesterday. Combined with poor
hitting the team in general put up the
most ragged exhibition of base ball seen
here this season. And the crowd can't
fathom the mystery. The men can play
ball. They have demonstrated that. Ap-
perious ana Stewart, generally sure of fy
balls, dropped them like hot Goals yester-
day Capt, Morgan's fingers were but
tered; the aperture between Dorman's
legs grew visibly more yawning. Others
fell all over themselves and with one or
two exceptions the team acted as IL in a
trance
To be entirely fair, the luck was all
with the st. Albans aggregation When
the mythical thing, called luck broke, II
always broke against the home team,
while the tickle goddess ever smiled on
the visitors. The most notable illustra-
tration was when Loughlin knocked a ball
which dropped on top Of the right field
fence and toppled over for home run.
But I4oughlln's hitting was no luck. In
five times at the bat he swatted four safe
ones, with total Of seven bases Bennett
slashed out three Of the remainder for st,
Albans, the two making seven Of the ten
hits BY their side. Harry Briggs Page
Of Haverhill was sent into the box aud he
pitched a peculiar mixture Of good and
poor ball. In spite OF the fact that he
was touched for ten of the eleanest hits a
ball team could make he struck out IA.
He gave but two bases on balls,
Williams, too, had the home team polk
ing into the air and breaking their backs.
He famed II and the day was not very
hot either. One Of the four hits off him
was a scratch the other three were safe
enough Poland dropped one over the
center field fence In the fifth and scored
the only runs for Montpelier, bring
ing In Stewart who had got to first on an
error and had stolen second. That was
our limit.
st. Albans went after Page In the sec
ond. Higgins singled Uniac sacrificed.
McGraw singled, Cox singled and two
men went in. They got another in the
third. Loughlin and Bennett singled,
with Grant striking out between. Then
Apperious decided not to catch Higgins
fly, for which he scarcely had to move;
and Loughlin went In. Loughlin seemed to
havea presentiment that Apperiuos would
drop It as with only one out he streaked
it from second for home when the ball
left Higgins bat. st. Albans made their
fourth In the fifth. Loughlin singled for
the third time, was advanced by two sac
rifees and scored, whenl Higgins ground
er found vacant spot through Dorman's
foundation. They got their last one in
the seventh when Loughlin scratched his
home run over the fence
From the home standpoint, 1t was
miserable exhibition from start to finish.
The score was as follows: