The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-05-02
PLAYED BALL
IN THE SNOW
Goddard Proved Poor Winter
Ball Players
AND LOST TO MONTPELIER
Score Was to The Local Team
Went to Pieces at Critical Stages Of
the Game and Presented Runs
and Refused Them.
AND LOST TO MONTPELIER

Goddard batted snoWilakes at inter
city park yesterday afternoon, and
Montpelier swatted the ball. Montpel
ier's swats counted for more than God
dard's toying with concealed moisture.
Consequently the 8iethodists captured
the first game Of the series by score
of to i, and the local lads came home
with more respect for their rivals. 1t
was Misunderstanding contest for God
dard supporters as their fayofites went
through series Of misplays that would
have lost any game, and many of the
blundefs were most stupid. Faltering
base running was the chief fault and
the runners with a chance to score acted
ike dummies. Montpelier, after the
first few innings, settled down and play
ed 4 consistent if not brilliant game
The two star twirlers, Fraser and
Datton, were pitted against each other,
and the honofs were with the Montpel
Ter lad. The neighboring school has
smooth little man in the box in button,
and the way he played with the God
dard batters was q delight TO his sup
porterA. He had the stickers Of the red
and white going everywhere after the
bah and they found it for safe hits only
at infreqnent intervals, while a large
number took To the bench By the way
Of the strike ont route. But it didn't
do Goddard any good to get on the bases
AZ the runners took stage fright as if
1t were new experience 70 them. They
were easy victims. On the other hand
Montpelier ran bases apparently with an
object III view and that object was to
score.
Fraser who has practically been in
vincible id every game this season got
bumped good and plenty yesterday, al
though the greater part Of the bump
| ing came after the game was lost 90
I. Goddard Weird fielding started his nm
doing and weird fielding kept it up I'M
I'll he was all nndone Ii would have
been hard for any pitcher to have stood
the flisilade and the errors Frasefs
right hand man, Billy Pike, on the first
cushion supported his chief valiantly
and steadfastly while the Others seemed
TO have sunk into the slough Of de-
spond. Pike was there all the time
and his playing should have been an
| inspiration for his teammates. Knapp
| made two good catches in center field.
Butler had only one thing to do and
be did that, nipped off man who was
attempting to steal second base Laffee
| did fairly we'll behind the bat but some
| of Fraser's speedy shoots he couldn't
stop, and tile passed balls were costly.
Davis, on third, and Henson, on second,
played the prettiest fielding game for
| Montpelier, and the former thumped the
ball for three pretty hits, three-bag.
ger. two Dagger and ii single.
1t was football weather, and the small
crowd was we'll chilled before the game
was finished Part of the time snow
fell in binding sheets; other times it
threatened to turn into rain; all times
II was disagreeabe from the spectators
standpoint, and undoubtedly from the
players too, as some of them We're evil |
denty blinded BY snow when they went
To catch the ball.
The scoring started with the first in
ming. Montpelier scored on Davis clean
tWo-bagger to center field, an error by
Fraser on Hull's grounder and Laffee's
passed ball. For Goddard, In the same
inning, Pike planted neat hit. While |
Vivian was striking out Pike advanced.
being aided by q passed ball. Then
Fraser brought him across the plate
with a single to right. That was the
last time Goddard had a glimpse Of
the plate although by decent base rum
ming another might have been scored IN
the fifth. Hunt was given q free pass
and took second. After Knapp had
annihilated three punches Of snow. Pike
made his second hit Of the day, a beauti-
full drive over the center fielder's head. |
Hunt waited until he saw the ball sail
ing toward the fence and then ran to
third, and decided TO make a try for
home. Then he decided he wouldn't. |
And finally he determined to 90 forward |
rather than go back. Meanwhile the |
bali was being relayed in and it caught |
Hunt two yards short Of the goal |
The Reds went down easily after that,
Montpelier swatted harder and often
er, however, adding one in the fifth and
one IN the sixth, and finally exerting
themselves more than necessary and
batting in four in the last inning. A |
single, passed ball and a rap for three
sacks by Hill were the causes in the
fifth. Another three base hit and out
at first did the business in the sixth, |
Hit after bit made the four scores III
the ninth, and all the players figured |
in the fun. The crowd began to move
toward the cars.
The next game between the two
schools comes May 80, and there will be
many people to miss their guess if