The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-07-10
BURLINGTON
AGAIN WON.
Defeated Crippled Intercitys
Saturday Afternoon.
ylCKERS WAS THE STAR
The Rube Simply Played Horse With
the Local Batters-coombs Was
Hit Hard But Hits Were
Kept Scattered.
yICKERS WAS THE STAR

Mr. Reaben Yickers Of Burlington.by
the-lake came to town Saturday after
noon with his carpet bag filed with all
sorts Of gee-gaws in the eurvology roper
toire He met nine men afflicted with
the no-hit disease After nine hand
shakes all around Mr. Reuben Viekers
packed tidy game of ball along With
the e.gaws and left the Intcrcity ball
grounds a happier and wiser Of possible1
base ball player None Of the $50 peo-
pie in the audience grudged Mr.. viekers
his joy over the to victory, for
be pitched peerless ball throughout the
game, letting down the home team with
three hits, without giving base on
balls and incidentally causing the bteezes
to blow for twelve Giants.
Opposed to The Reuben and his carpet.
bag vas coombs, the down easter,
and although Coombs had his hands full
he was not entirely responsible for the
loss Of the game nor for the fact that
the visitors swatted the ball for safeties
thirteen times The Giants were Grip
pied With Uniac dat on his back with
a severe strain, with Apperions sulking
on the bench because there was colofed
man On the opposing team, with MeMa-
hon hobbling about because Of being
spiked and with the other members
wearied By the seven games and hard
travelling in the five days previous there
was little wonder that they didn't giye
Coombs the best Of support
Two pitchers had to be drafted into
service, Burns going to third and Dor
man showing over to short and Morey
being put into right field Burns had
an oil day Saturday, as did Dorman at
short Morev hadn't d chance id the field |
but was d failure ait the bat, striking
out twice at critical periods when i
hit would have meant run. The other |
Giants were no better with the stick. |
except Standard and Coombs. The for. |
mer hit To left center ii the fifth and
Deininger rot hold of the ball and then
mutfed it. Stank landed for d clean |
one in the eighth after two were down. /
Coombs followed with four-saeker over
the center field fence, thereby preventing
what looked like d shut.out C0ombs /
hit was . beauty, and was the one
feature Of the fntereity's game, with |
the possible exception Of b corking stop
BY Standard Of Aldinger's sharp ground |
er and throw to first IN the fifth.
Next to Vickers' pitching was his |
hitting. Out 81 four times up be raped |
out three safe ones, on two occasions
the hits being timely. Dowd did i |
stunt very much like Standards after
he had succeeded Hayes ut second base. /
taking Eaton's grounder on the run and /
getting his man at first.
With two exceptions Coombs kept the |
visitors hits well scattered, but in the /
second and fifth the bingIes came togeth-
Ct with snap. IN the second Hayes /
hit safely, but was doubled mp, Coombs /
10 Standard TO Ashmore. on Sin1on's +
grounder 70 the pitcher. Then SkeIlev |
landed on the ball for a double sacker.
Brennan followed it up with d single. /
and Nickers dropped a dinky one In !
short LETT which Dorman foolishly tried
to take from shaughnessy and missed
entirely. One score was made, and /
coombs disposed Of Dowd the third out.
In the flush Of pride over hit Defining
er attempted to steal second in the third |
and died an Eaton-deat Simon sin |
gled in the fourth, without result.
In the fifth, however. Bur1ington's |
swats, coupled with bali playing q triae /
off color, made enough TO win the game.
Yiekers started off with his second safe /
hit. Dowd attempted to sacrifice toward I
first. Both Co0mbs and Ashmore went /
after the ball and Stank satrted to cover
first. CooInbs and Ashy fell short sew
eral feet Of getting the ball and then !
Stank made vain dive for 1t as it t
ta-ta-ed by. In this way Vickers was
freighted to second. neininger hit an
easy gounder to Coombs, Who instead I
Of nipping the numbering Rubep at /
third, was content to get Deininger at I
first. Apperious' antipathy then swat
ted safe swat and Nickers simply had /
to score. The little colored short stop |
drew D throw from Eaton to Standard, I
and Dowd took the cue, starting for /
home. He was headed off easily, and |
then followed fool play which marked
the crisis OF the game. The ball tiuc
tuated back and forth until finally Burns /
dropped q throw and III his haste to
make Up, plnnked Dowd in the back
Dowd didn't mind, as he scored. Mat
thews was dark cloud on third when
the pay ended.
There was more to follow. Standard |
gathered in Aldnger's grounder in a fin.
ished manner and got his man, while
Matthews was held on third. Coombs
had spasm then and passed Hazelton.
Just 10 be in the melee, Pinch Hitter /
Simon pinched seorcher for one base
and Matty went IN SHELLEY kindly went
out on q gronnder to Coombs who tossed /
to Ruth on first.
The Giants prospects were below par
up to the eighth inning, and then just
q little eniiyener was injected. Standard
sliced q beauty off between right and |
center, and the crowd awoke from its
lethaTgy. Mercy followed with three
feeble swings at the elusive ball, and
Burns put up pepper for Simon to
gobble. But Coombs swung good and
hard On the ball. The last seen Of it,
the horsehide was disappearing over the
center field fence, tagged: I'm q home
rum
Eaton, MeMahon and shaughnessy
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