The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-06-19
Exciting Finish in Game With
Montpelier
AT INTERCITY GROUNDS
With Score Standing 2 to Q Goddard
Went in and Smashed Out Four
Scores and Prevented Mont
pelier from Scoring.


Raw, Raw, Rawl' @Chaw, Chaw,
chaw!" sIsari, Isariin @We-e-ow-w-w
That's the way it sounded, any way, for
Goddard won and consequently MontpeI-
ier lost.
In the third and decisive game of
this years base ball series, played at
the Intercity grounds Saturday after
noon, Goddard rubbed the sting Of de-
feat into the seminary from the neigh
boring city, In q game characterized BY
a whirlwind finish which picked up the
Montpelier team and whirled them about
| in maelstrom of hits. When the hur-
ricane subsded in the tenth inning
Montpelier landed in heap, four scores
to the bad, and with the final total OF
six runs to two. About 600 supporters
of the two teams witnessed the game,
and there has not been so much excite
ment at Intercity park since early last
| season when the Hyphens did stunts
with their opponents. Most Of the en-
| thusiasm came, of course, from the ad
herents of the red and white, but they
were equal to the occasion.
And there was plenty of chance for
excitement. For five innings Montpelier
lead; then Goddard scored one in the
sixth, and there was some enthusiasm.
Goddard scored another in the seventh.
| tying the tally, and barrels Of choruses
and high pitched solos were let loose
Then two innings passed by, without
either team being able to break the dead
lock, and the tenth inning started. That
was all that was necessary. Goddard,
constantly growing stronger as the game
progressed, fell to with vengeance.
One, two three, four, came the scores.
And it was all up with Montpelier
They drew a goose-egg In their try at
the bat, and the game was over.
| While the game was exciting, ii was
not exceptionally we'll played. In fact,
the only thing which kept it from being
a bore was the evesnress Of the teams.
There were few brilliant spots. Bige-
low, Montpelier's left FEEDER. wriggIed
after two flies which seemed likely to
drop to the ground He got them. Both
Wells, the Montpelier catcher. to bases
4
runners had their ambitious careers cut
off at the second station. There wasn't
| a star performance by any Goddard
player. Laffe caught consistently
| good game, and Pike, on first, was
steady generally. On one occasion He
fired the ball over Fraser's head when
the latter was covering the base. But
the misplay was partly excusabIe az
Pike lost his balance In going after
/ the grounder and had to throw from d
reclining position on the ground. He
also missed q fast grounder.
Fraser had the advantage over Mont
| peller's star twirier, Dutton, and seemed
to grow stronger with every inning.
while Dutton weakened perceptibly
/ toward the last of the game. The hits
were not long ones as the ball was so
| soggy from the wet ground that ii
/ dropped like lead, and the same damp
ness interfered with the pitchers. They
couldn't work their curves Fraser, too,
couldn't use his speed. Fraser struck
out eleven men and did not give d free
pass. Dutton fooled only four and gave
two free passes to first, one of which
coming at the start of the tenth inning
was costly.
The game started when Dutton felt
satisfied with the condition of the pitch
er's box. The rain had left it IN q
soggy condition. The start was delayed
fifteen minutes while the sEsirmishers
were sent out for sawdust, and there
were further delays all through the
game because the management had fail
ed to lay in enough balls. Something
| like dozen were pocketed by kids
or lost In the grass outside the grounds.
The delays were exceedingly vexatious.
Montpelier broke the ice in the second
inning. Blgelow pounded q hot one at
Fraser and was credited with d hit.
and Dutton sent him to second with
a sacrifice to Pike. Butler made mess
of Hills grounder, and the two runners
were safe. Fraser famed Henson, but
Wells singled to right and BigeIow
scored. Wiley followed suit with an
/ other safe one into the same territory.
and Hill crossed the plate. Fraser
speeded up and Mitchell struck out.
With two runs to the good their sun
porters yelled as If the game was theirs
already. But it was energy lost.
1t did look gloomy for Goddard, how
ever for In Ave innings they had been
unable to get beyond second base. In
that time Wells threw out three men
who wanted second base. The fourth
man to try to piifer was Knapp, in the
fifth, he having got first on HuIlss er-
ror Knapp got there, but was doubted
up minute later when he tried to
make third on Pickering's out from short
to first. Butler followed with i sinale.
but Booth fouled out. In the same III.
ming it looked like another score far
Montpelier. After Mitchell had struck
out, Hull planked one to center field
for base, went to second when like
and Fraser miseued on the atternnA Is
| put out Fill at first, and took third