The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-24
Barre Montpelier Team
Getting Practice
A SWIFT AGGREGATION
Defeated a Local Picked Team BY
the Score IA to Yesterday
Afternoon.

The indications are that Barre. and
Montpelier win have fast ball team In
the Northern league this season The
team lined up for the first practice game Of
the season with picked team from the
two cities, at the new grounds on the Pit
kin farm yesterday afternoon and won
about as 1t pleased, wi a score OF IL to
one. There was really no comparison
between the two teams, as the players On
the league team we're far aud away supe.
rior. But the game gave an opportunity
for 500 enthusiasts to size up the individ-
uai players who will wear the .'BM this
season.
Two Of the team. Hart and Boweoek did
not arrive In time for the game, but came
late in the afternoon, and will don their
uniforms for the game between the same
teams this afternoon. Hart is a catcher,
and In his absence ApperiOus whose po-
sition is in the outfield, went behind the
bat and did well. In place Of Bowcoek,
the second baseman, Poland also an out
fielder, covered the second bag with fair
success. Burke on the initial bag was ia
the game all the time and handled him
self we'll. Dormau at short covered a lot
OF ground, and ran bases well. he pleased
the crowd when he stole home plate while
Fraser was winding up for delivering the
ball. 1t was apparently a new wrinkle
| for Fraser, and something that he will not
let happen again. Dorman got the plate
easily.
/ Captain Morgan covered third base and
showed that he is thorough and finished
ball player. Stewart was In center field
but didn't have mneh to do. as the picked
team had difficulty in connecting with the
twisters of the three pitchers who we're
given trying out, The pitchers played
In the outheld when not In the box. Dress
er droppeda fly after hard run and also
let a bali 20 through his legs bat when he
got into the box, showed where bis posi-
tlon Is. Dresser Is a gouth-pawH and
the way be dishes them up augurs well
for the prospects OF the team this summer
sheldon, the Hbig fellow was In the box
for the intercity team FIRST aud made fa-
yorable impression. also welding the wii-
low 70 good advantage. Johnson bad good
speed and had little difficulty in disposing
Of the opposing batsmen
With the practice game this afternoon,
/ the men wiz have become accustomed to
each other, There is no doubt. whatever,
that the men are fast individual players,
and all that is needed now to make them
winning combination Is team work.
Many Of them have regulations as heavy
stickersn and their batting yesterday
fully made good that reputation. Minnie,
who pitched for the picked team at the
the start, was easy for them, and they
1 landed on the ball for keeps When they
got on the bases also, they were right on
their toes, and there was no halfway
work about it either Fraser, who relieY-
ed Minnie in The latter part Of the game
was a little more OF a puzzle, but the
leagueTs landed ON his curves for several
good ones
The grounds are in pretty good eondi-
tion. The diamond was fairly fast, hav-
ing been rolled we'll The outiield was
somewhat rough, and the ieldeFs we're
also bothered by the sun. "Blll Whel-
an, who played center for the picked
team, had to turn his back on one fly
which would ordinarily have been an easy
out Standish, in right, made a pretty
running catch, falling over a hummoek
Just as he made it.
The picked team played as follows.
Buchanan, catcher; Minnie, pitcher
Fraser, pitcher and FIRST base Berry, sec
ond; Seaver short Huntington, third
Grape, left; Whalen, center; Standish,
right field,
The electric railroad service was entire
ly inadequate for satisfactorily handling
the crowd that attended yesterday game.
Added to the discomforts Of crowded
car, the passengers had to fret for some
time for lack Of Juice with which to
take them home. The cars were stalled
at intervals along the route. The Nj. 4
Nv. RI r. r. Is making arrangements to
assist ii handling the Big crowd that Ii
expected to attend the opening Of the
league season tomorrow and will probably
run special trains to all the games
big crowd oi Burlington rooteFs Is ex.
pected at the opening game between Bur-
lington and Barre Montpelier tomorrow.
The excursion train from that city will
run direct to the grounds.