The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-06-23
Intercity Ball Players Tried
Out Yesterday
AND SHOWED THEIR PAGES
Fast Work by Fielders, Heavy Hitting,
Clever Base Running and Crack
Pitching -weliingtons Wiped
Out, to 0,

The ball team which will represent
Barre and Montpelier under the name Of
''Intercitys' in the Northern League this
summer had its first try-out on the home
grounds yesterday afternoon against the
strong semi.professionals Wellingtons
from Dorchester, Mass, and showed up
strongly. The visiting team, although
fast aggregation, had little chance and
was defeated by the score of eight TO
nothing. A crowd Of 500 enthusiasts
saws the team 90 through its PAGES
and was much pleased with the per-
fermanee. The attendance and the APP
plause show that the two cities are Just
as hot for base ball as they were last
| year, hoping all the time that the team
win end better than was its fate last
year.
The crowd saw only two familiar
faces Of the team of 1904, although
there were several other players who
are not new to Northern League pa
irons. Capt. Dorman, shifted from
short to third, and Apperious, changed
from left to right field, were the vet
erans, and they were given a glad hand
i when they came to the bat. Sam
brought delight by dropping one OF his
old-timers over the fence for d home
run and trotted around the bases as IL
he was going to his grandfather's fun
eral. Dorman was all over the field
as usual and scooped 'em up clean as
Il a whistle. Til fact, he was inclined to
90 over into Uniac's territory The lat
ter was with St. Albans last year and
was considered strong player. He
didn't have much chance to show his
calibre yesterday, except with the stick.
He raped out two safe ones for to-
, tai Of three bases. Boots Mcmahon,
! last year with Rutland, didn't have d
thing to do out In center field but att
! the bat once hit for two bases when
J d hit was needed.
4 OF the new players, Ashmore, the fell
low from the University Of Illinois,
! showed himself to be thoroughly famil-
lar with the first base position and
ss a worker AT the bat he was thorn
in the pitchers side because Of his habit
of crouching like D prize-fghter. Stank
: ard, the old Holy Cross player, did good
work on second. The outtield remained
| in their positions, and that's about all.
j The one possible chance went TO Ap-
: Iperioais, and he took il. Shaughnassey.
. the left fielder. did execution with the
J bat, securing two hits.
! According to the prediction, the pitch
| ing department promises to be strong.
J Eddie Burns, aSouthpawn Davis and
M0rey were each given try for three
! innings, and the best the Massachusetts
} bunch could do with them was two hits,
] neither of which could be considered
really fair and square swat The one
) off Davis was a hot one which Davis
: touched but could not hold, and fhe
other, OIL M0rey, was an easy grpunder
? between first and second, which stank-
. ard went after and just missed. Burns,
who is hailed as ADaIey's find. com
E pletely mystified the batters, and only
nine men faced him in three innings.
Seven Of them struck ouG and the other
I two rolled easy greunders. Burns, who-
! ever he II, ii star box artist His
, movements remind one Of the only Shell
don, last years Northern league prem
. ier Of the box. He is stocky chap and
!, apparently with d good deal of reserve
power. His motions are easy and he
Q will not be the kind to lose his head.
4 A. Sheldon's successor he bids fair To
t make good
1 Davis is also soiidly built, with pow
: erfuI shoulders that should carry him
g through hard contest. He is of d
I more nervous temperament than Burns.
Z Like all good Ieftswheelers he has de.
e ceptixe curves. He also has the habit
; OF swapping the ball down to first which
g will keep base runners within safe
distance Of that base. Morey, the elon-
d gated, the man the big leagues are af-
e ter. allowed one scratch hit in his three
i innings. Like Burns he has speed enough
e for all purposes, and besides be has q
!. drop bali with break that Is like slid
d ing of the caves Of roof. Morey IL
/ q Vermont boy, coming from the viein.
d itY of Rutland. He has been pitching
+. for Beloit college in Wisconsin for three
t years. He will undoubtedly get the
n nickname Of @Cys
n Eaton, who comes from the Nashua,
". H., team, was the baekstDp, and
he will be a good performer for the
Intercitys. He had little trouble In tax
ing everything that the three pitchers
i. offered yesterday, and besides went after
everything within a radius of several
square rods. Eaton seems to be will
!, ing fellow, and the way he dug around
/, pleased the crowd
II A. hitters the Intercitys made Kuss-
|. maui, the opposing pitcher, tired, aud
! kussmaui was pitching good ball at
/ that. They punched their bingies ID
Y good shape. There were no ping pong
i, taps; the bat rang true whenever the
le ball came i1 contact. Most of the shots
were on the ground, too. The total of
- eight, with thirteen bases, shows what
it good execution they did with the vii.
t low.
d. The visiting team came with q good
rs reputation and they played good ball
h except BY streaks. Their stnfE stop VA
or
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