The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-07-19
BATTING-FEST
FOR RUTLAND
Hits Rolled Off ICY" MOrey
Like Rain Drops Off a Duck.
SEVEN INNING MATINEE
Home Team Couldn't Have Won the
Game if It Had Been Handed Out
to Burlington Beat
Plattsburg.

The fans came back from Intercity
Park laughing yesterday afternoon. The
reason for that joy-in-defeat maniies-
tation was because they had just wit
messed farce comedy in which the To-
Gals assumed the chief role and did most
Of the acting. 1t was one Of those
days that all good ball teams have
a day when they couldn't take the game
If it were handed to them. Rutland
didn't offer the game yesterday, but on
the contrary took advantage of the In
tercity's comatose condition and admin
istered one Of the easiest wallopings Of
the season, s to 8.
10y" Morey was like a piece of punk
to the visitors. scoring his second de-
feat OF the season. He was touched
up for eleven hits, with % bases for
1 q total including two home runs, a
three Dagger and three doubles. Even
with that basting he would have got
out of it with 4 defeat just half as
severe had the team been up to stand
ard. More sickness broke up the COM
bination, however. Standard is down
tride too fine and took a day off,
necessitating the playing Of Shaughnessy
ut first and Ashmore On second. Shaugh.
messy did fairly good work in his new
position, but his being there may have
bad something TO do with Uniac's yell
low work. The maniac made three err
Tors, one a tumble and the others poor
throws to FIRST. Apperious dropped a
fly. Shanghnessy made a wild throw,
as did Mcmahon, who was shifted to
left field Rutland showed symptoms
OF catching the fever in the last inning
but their fielding in the main was fast
and sure.
Still there were some bright spots. Ap.
perious made one good running catch at
critical time, and Coombs in right
field made two magnificent put outs,
while at the bat he secured two hits
Of the seven off the left-hander, Does
cheer The locals drove the ball on
line into some fielder's hands.
O'Hara contributed the star play for
the visitors, taking q line drive BY Uniac
after a long run. Everybody, including
Uniac, had the drive scored for a hit
until Tommy got his clutches on it.
Dyer had no trouble with AIorey, get
ting single and two doubles in -four
times at the bat Ray, the big first
baseman, surprised himself and the
crowd by planking out two home runs
over the right field fence.
Morey must have seen the handwrit-
ing on the wall in the first inning,
when Rutland slammed out four clean
hits. Carroll started off with q long one
which Mcmahon lost in the sun, and
which yielded the runner three bases.
O'Hara popped to Uniac but Cotter
brought Carroll in with single. Shean
and Dyer followed with singles, filing
the sucks Then Duff hit into double
play, Dorman taking the grounder, touch
ing third and getting Duff at first The
locals evened matters up In the second
when with two down, Shaughnessy
slammed hard for three bags the ball
going into deep left Coombs followed
with q scratch hit down the third base
line, and shaughnessy scored. Morey
was easy, pitcher to first.
Ray worked in a home run in the
third, putting the visitors one to the
good, and they made the home crowd
miserable IN the fifth by tallyinq three
more. There should have been three
out in this inning, but Uniao, with two
out, made a poor throw to first on
Duff's grounder. Duff stole Little
Shannon connected with "Cy" for a
double, and Of course Duff scored Then
the unexpected happened again and Ray
lifted the ball over the fence for a home
run, Shannon trotting in ahead Of him,
The Giants squeezed ont another run
in the sixth when Shannon gave them
start BY picking up Apperious' ground.
er and firing the ball to the right field
fence, Sam going to second. Mcmahon
put Apperious on third with d punk
bit over the infleld. Mcmahon drew a
throw to second and Duff made a miser-
able throw, Apperious scoring and Nc
Mahon elawing back to first. Eaton and
Shaughnessy couldn't do anything but
Coombs singled to right center. Me-
Mahon foolishly overran second and was
caught, O'Ifara to Dyer
Two more were ehalked up for Rut-
land in the seventh on a two-bagger by
Dyer, an error by Shaughnessy, a stolen
base By Duff and single BY Doescher
after shannon and Ray had struck out.
Doescher walked down to second and
purposely allowed himself to be caught.
The visitors wished to catch the after
noon train for home as they have two
games with Burlington.
The game was called at the end of
the seventh, according to agreement be.
fore the farce, after the Giants had
scored one on a single by Morev on
hit too hot for Shannon to field, a
sacrifice by Dorman and hit by Uniae.
The score:
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