The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-18
By Defeating Montpelier Base
Ball Team Saturday
IN WEIRD EXHIBITION.
"Rube" Greene's spit Ball was Not
Working Smoothly and Mont
pelier Had Excess of But
tered Fingers.

Montpelier looked prettieT, but Barre
played better ball. Therefore, the pen.
nant comes to Barre.
The ball game between the Barre and
Montpelier stockholders in the Inter.
city Athletic association, for the pos
session Of the Northern League cham.
pionship banner won by the Intereitys,
was pulled off at the local park Satur-
day afternoon. II errors had counted
instead of runs Montpelier would surely
have won, for the bah players from
down the Onion had a corner on them.
Eighteen misplays crowded into eight
innings make an average 81 two and
fourth to each inning. Pitcher ~Rube
Vickers" Greene Of the defeated team
remarked that if he had been given
decent support he would have won; and
certainly the score would have been
closer than 2l to II.
Previous to the starting Of the game
the two teams pranced out to center
field and howled feebly as they raised
aloft the blue banner which the Inter-
city ball team won BIZ dint Of much
effort while few feeble squeaks were
echoed from the two hundred in the au-
dience. The banner was inscribed
Champions 1905" Then Manager
Punch Daley called the game.
The Barreites took the field first, and
incidentally it may be remarked that
they kept it all through the game. At
only one point did they approach the
danger line, or rather did the danger
line approach them That was when
Montpelier got within two Of tying the
score in the seventh inning The Whit
OF victory stirred the supporters Of
Montpelier to unheard of activity, but,
alas, the Barre team unkindly made five
scores in the next inning and nailed the
game 80 high up that Montpelier could
not reach ii.
The two teams presented curious
assortment. On the Barre there was
the banker, Charlie ICY Young" Wishart,
supported behind the bat by Ed. Char
bonneau supported when the balls didn't
get by him), on first the Apollo-like
form Of Willie Reynolds doomed across
the horizon, George Tilden waddled
around second base as fast as his aver
dupois would permit, George 4Dorman"
German tried to play short, Attorney
~BilI' Wishart held down third, Ned
Roberts ambled back and forth between
the bench and left field until Manager
Tom CaTswell replaced him, Cricket"
Carpenter, the only pencil pusher in the
lot, covered several acres in center,
while Biil8 Dnthie stood up in right
field until he got tired and "Billp
NpunaH was sent out to pose statuesque-
". Jimmie Smfeh, Who has been
mopping ant the II. & 81. freight office
every tag 81 s4s ID his muscle for the
gaHss, was gut where he could do the
least damage whiRa was On the bench
syrup 8f Tar" GREENE syiph-like
anatomy Alled 1se hax ter Montpelier,
while sPael.lH DUFF L6hbs sw0re at
him from BGtis1d tia easeher's mask.
Jack I.eIand wore Aaiimases suit, and
- thought ae wa4 siagag first base.
Net RasleY mu4f, B aEz IS playing
seaas ssnU R8senaan GarE Bancroft
did the splla III Snort mlsfEz Hector
Dubae eannmtal Hnf Hbe aaane8 aid al
he eeald 81 atilft I'D gsaz sAe game 10
Barre. W8aa aAHpDas rsaaraE Beauties
in lett gsils., sssH Hfail mas 4 EaEaeY
but eoglda6 eruasgs wist curves.
Attorney Bar Berslo ws8 ulantef Al
mOnHf# fsgHs asiE
Barre failed "a sesek s snsY one IN
ming, and taat MAS saaY seeaesa 81 Aaek
of breath, Hi5e M3asesiee wes agnsel
three times. Ia tss fss a1s1 MORT
pelier took adsanaw ef es faM saat
Barre's battery aefsn kasaf cot
CREASED no and scored s09f san1es nn
three passes, i wild pitch. Hhrse pa4se,l
balls and one scratch Mt. After tire
battery got % going ali RIGHT tie field
ers began to make errors. When s.
Wishart put On little team Bailey
of Montpelier protected fltat he teasfi't
playing q ladyiike game
Montpelier il credited with making
ten hits off "Cy," and Rabce greene's
tnisters yielded 10 bits for Barre
Really there ought To haye been more
scoring By the winners, but they ran
bases with reeklessncAA, especially Jim
mic Smith who, while running for some |
decrepit players, would take d lead of /
the bases Of hall foot and then get
caught.
The game started ait three o'clock,
and it was dark when the last man
went out. Capt. Wishart made a dive
for the pennant, which was then wound
about the person Of one Of Barre's
most loyal rooters, james Campbell. On
the trip home it was spread the length
Of one Of the incoming electric cars and
then suspended across North Main street
The banner win remain in Barre dur
ing the year, but Montpelier will be
allowed to look at it occasionally.
As much Of the scoring as the busy |
man could take was as follows:
BARRE.
alb. :. bh. pc. a. e.