The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-02
SHELDON PITCHED FINELY
Burlington Stickers Were Let Down
With -Four Hits But Still Won
Game, 3 to z.

The fortunes Of base ball, like those OF
war, are most uncertain. They were yes-
terday at the InteTclty Park. TO have
ontpitched his opponent in the box and
yet be beaten was the lot of Barre Mont
pelier's star twlrler, Sheldon. In ten in
nings all the Burlington stIekers could do
with the .'big fellow was four hits so
widely scattered that they couldn't have
been brought together with a horse-rake
He was all but invincible Burlington
hit only seven balls, all told, beyond the
infeld. The most Of their efforts were In
field pops or easy grounders. Five Of
them struck ont and only one got first
base through sheldon's fault. He got a
base on balls. 1t was one Of the graudsst
exhibitions of pitching, in the face Of sup
port that was yellow in spots, that has
has ever been witnessed here.
That the score was TO 2 in favor of
Burlington, instead Of 2 to in favor Of
the home team was largely due to an at-
tempt to convert an excellent outdelder
into successful infelder. OHara in
either OF the outfeld gardens in a wonder
but on second base he is anything but a
success The different manner in which
he went after ground balls and flies show
ed that he is out OF position on the second
sack. He made three foozles yesterday
and one OF them was most costly. II
came In the sixth inning, the time when
Burlington made two unearned runs.
@ Hara's error lead up to the first score
and q passed ball by Nash, with two
bagger sandwiched in between, did the
business. Outside Of that the home team
played championship ball. Apperious
dropped a tiy ID right but no damage was
done as he forced a man at second on the
play.
Capt, Morgan played clean game On
third. Harkins, the new left fielder made
one pretty catch and then spoiled the ef
feet of 1t by holding the ball long enough
for base runner to get from second to
third on the catch, when he should have
been held at second. Harkins made up
in the ninth, however, with a stinging
three-bagger into left which brought the
tying score across the plate.
Vickers, In the box for Burlington,
pitched grand game too He was bit for
only five safe swats, two Of which were
punched In the eighth. The Hyphens
pasted the ball hard and far but generally
planted 1t in the waiting hands Of some
fielder, generally little laurence in right
field. Several Of the drives we're labelled
two and three baggeTs, so the crowd
thought, and few were well started for
over-thefence hits Only one of the latter
was made and that by Denninger In the
tenth, scoring the winning run for Bur
lington. The home team got men on Sec
ond and third several times, when runs
seemed almost certain, but the local stick
ers were not equal to the emergency.
For five innings the teams went out
easily, but single hit being secured of
each pitcher. In the sixth Burlington
broke the ice with the assistance Of the
home team. Vickers sent fly to Harklns
and sat down, Laurence hit a grounder
to O'Hara and the latter fumbled the
runner being safe. Brouthers then cot
the second OF BurIington's four hits, a
beauty to left, and Laurence scored.
Hayes famed the atmosphere and while
he was doing it BroutheTs stole third
nicely. Then Nash contributed an unfor-
tunate playa passed ball-and Brouth-
ers went In with the second unearned run.
Hazelton was an easy ont to Hennelly, In
the seventh Simon singled for the visitors,
was sacrificed by Hayes, and went TO third
when Harkins squeezed the ball for thirty
seconds after catching Br0uthers ay.
Simon died on third, however, as Hartman
popped to Dorman.
Nash contributed double-sacker In
the seventh and got as far as third, but
no score resulted, But there was ii the
eighth. After Sheldon had struck out
and Hennelly had flied to center, Apper-
ius singled. his second hit of the game.
'sSamn proceeded to pilfer second aud got
there safely Poland then brought the
crowd to their feet with pretty single
into right and Apperious went across with
the first tally for Barre Montpelier There
was excitement then but it was nothing
compared to tho feveTlshness at the next
inning, when, after Burlington had re-
tired In one, two, three order, Nash rot
first by being hit O'Hara sent him along
with sacrifice. Morgan flied to right.
With two strikes on Harklns the crowd
gave the game up but Harkins was there.
He swatted the cover nearly off the ball.
When Brouthers picked it up Nash was
home with the tying score and Harkins
was on third A terrific din arose. with
man on third the crowd valnly called
upon Sheldon for hit He struck out.
Il was quickly over Ia the tenth. Den
ninger, the first man up for the visitors,
dropped the ball over the center Geld
fence and trotted home unmolested. Three
Of his team mates went out easily but not
as easily as Vickers disposed Of Fleming,
Apperious and Sheldon. They all struck
out. Attendance 1000.