The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-06-30
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lntercity Aggregation Beat
Burlington Easily.
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C00MBS A STAR PITCHER
Gave Whitney's Pennant chasers Only
Four Hits, Struck Out Twelve
and Had Them at His
Mercy.
C00MBS A STAR PITCHER

chasers from Burlington, who are just
now side-tracked in last position in the
Northern league, essayed to do things
with the Intercity Giants on the local
grounds yesterday afternoon. That the
pennant chasers escaped shut out was
the merest chance as the smile of the
tickle goddess of luck lighted up the
gloom for them once and transformed
an ordinary hit into a home run. Bill
Hazelton plunked the ball against the
center field fence, near the top, and
a weak board was broken off, causing
the horsehide to drop Just outside the
fence. Bill, as surprised ball player
as ever lived, scampered around the
! bases.
/ The mtereitys scored eight times, and
so it really didn't make much difference,
luck or no luck.
The reason for the victory by the
Intercitys was their pleasure with Mr..
Pitcher Smith, the so-called @spit ball'
artist. Whenever he tried the salivary
spheroid the Giants were waiting to
give it a warm reception. Nine hits
with total of thirteen tells the story
of what happened to Smith, and the
welts were comfortably punched in fam
lies that didn't bear the race suicide
trade mark. -Four hits and base on
balls was the cause of five runs in the
sixth and three hits and two passes
made the reason for three more tallies
in the seventh. II was perfect tattoo
for a time, and MIR. Smith stood up
well under it, considering. !
Against him was the new twirler |
from down east, Coombs, a chap with |
frame of giant, and with apparently
the strength. Whitney's pets were like |
children before him. They got four
hits, including Bill Hazelton's lucky
homer. Fourteen of them famed, but !
Coombs is credited with only twelve |
strike outs, as Eaton failed to hold
the third strike. Coombs gave three
free passes. Altogether his performance
was a corker. He will do.
Outside of Coombs' pitching the feat
ures were beautiful one hand catch
by Aldinger, Burlington's right fielder,
and the doubling Of Dorman on the
same play, the smooth base running Of
Ashmore and his first base play, and
the third base work Of Pitcher Burns,
who replaced Captain Dorman after that
player had been put out of the game
by Umpire Bill Brown after Dorman
had persisted in kicking over decision.
While at the bat Coombs struck at the
ball and didn't hit it, but the ball
hit him. Brown refused to allow Coombs
to take his base, and Dorman kicked.
Brown had hard time of it all the
way through, but he did fairly good
work. Burlington kicked whenever there
was opportunity and sometimes when
there weren't opportunities.
Burlington opened up on Coonbs as
If they were going to send him back
to the Maine forests at once. With
SHELLEY struck out, Aldinger and Hays
singled, and wild pitch advanced both
of them. Hazelton struck out but
Eaton dropped the ball. In his hurry
to throw to first he made wretched
attempt, and Ashmore prevented score
only by the most clever work. Then
Coombs passed Deininger and with the
bases filled, he pulled out of hole
by striking out Simon. During the rest
of the game Coombs had the pets chas
ing rainbows, with the exception of
the sixth, when Hazelton made his fuke
home run. In the second the three men
struck out.
1t was much the same with the In
tercitys until the sixth, and then it
was all up with Smith. Apperious led
off with single to right and went to
second on passed ball. Coombs went
out short to first and Apperions took
third, from which place he scored on a
wild pitch. Ashmore hit to the fence
and easily made it double. Burns
was out on bunt, but Ashy went to
singled to short left, Ashmore and Uniac
scoring. Then Boots McMabon drop
ped it over the center field fence for
straight homer and two more runs
were tailed. Shaughnessy died by the
pitchers assistance.
Smith famed Standard in the seventh
but Apperious worked him for a pass
ana then stole second cleanly. Coombs
also got a pass, and Sam was forced
at third on Ashy's grounder to the
pitcher Burns dropped a fly in short
center and Deininger lost it in the sun,
Ashmore going all the way to third.
Deininger wanted to be tricky and held
the ball. Ashy took the opportunity
to score and beat out Deininger's throw
to the plate, remarkable bit of speed
! ing. Coombs went in some time be-
fore. Uniac planted one over second
and Burns wandered in. Eaton followed
with his second hit, but McMahon pop