Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-07-26
NO SCORE IN SEVEN INNINGS.
Randolph and Woodstock Played .
Remarkable Game Saturday.

nenarkaote tame Saturday.
The Randolph s. BIS and the redoubt-
able WoodstOcks played each other to a
standstill IN their baseball game at Wood
stock last Saturday. Neither side could
score even once during the seven innings
that were played before darkness fell. II
was the closest and most exciting contest
ever played in Woodstock, and a remark
able struggle in many respects.
The game had been set for 4 o'clock.
At noon, after the visiting team arrived, il
! began to rain. Shower followed shower
! in rapid succession, with no intermission.
At 4 o'clock IL was still raining hard, with
no sign OF a let-up. Manager Howe of
the locals said "No game,n and a disap-
| pointed lot OF players and rooters hung
around with detected faces, for this con-
test had been widely heralded and much
anticipated.
/ Another hour the rain kept on, but
suddenly at O'Clock it stopped, the sun
came out and "Play ball 70 was the cry.
| II was late and the grounds were flooded,
| but finally came the word that the game
would proceed as soon as possible and
continue five innings or longer. Up went
a shout Of delight and the players quickly
! donned their toys and repaired TO the
| field, where they were followed by a good
crowd, numbering quite bunch OF Ran
| dolph rooters who had made the long trip
| to see their fayorites brush up sgainst the
/ famed Woodstock team. Woodstock has
skinned diamond, and brooms and
sawdust quickly disposed OF most OF the
standing water, though the soil was left
soft and slippery.
! The game that followed was a nerve
/ wearer. No teams ever fought harder
/ But in spite OF all effort neither side could
quite score. Once Randolph got man to
/ third, once to second and once to trst
while in two innings Woodstock had men
4 on first and second and in another innlng
one reached first. All others persisted be-
/ fore reaching first.
The feature OF the game was the work Of
/ the two pitchers, both well supported by
their backstops. Neither pitcher gave a
4 base, or hit batter or pitched Wild With
I the ball wet their control was wonderful.
i Randolph got three hits off Wyatt, who is
a clever left handler, with plenty OF speed
and sharp shoots. Thompson let down
/ the Woodstock batters with but two hits.
4 He fooled them all tbs way with his
l "breaku ball. Randolph's three hits were
clean, while Woodstock's were Of the
''dinkyn kind that with fast Iniield work
would have been outs. Thompson struck
out eleven; Wyatt seven. OF whom hve
were in the first two innings.
Woodstock outielded Randolph, max
] ing but one error to three for the visitors,
who were on a fast dialond for the nrst
/ time. Taking it all around the teams
played evenly, and we're as well matched
/ as the result indicates.
| Randolph was first at bat, and after
| Grant had struck out, Goodhart mt safely,
| but was left as Stearns and Thompson
| famed. In Woodstock's half, walker got
| first on Grants tumble. Goodies fly ball
was doubled by Thompson at first and
/ Fitzmorris struck out.
! In the second, after Fitzgerald and
Wort hen had famed, Grow hit TO right
and took second on Goodies only passed
4 ball. Bass flied out to deep center.
/ Ii was one. two, three until Noodstock's
/ half of the fifth, when, after DAVIS hau re-
! tired, Ordway 10 Stearns, Dumas beat out
little tap between catcher aud pitcher:
Oshea struck out. Wyatt gol 70 nrst
ahead OF a short hit'to Grant, Dumas tax
| ing second. Shaw's strikeout ended the
/ chance to score. -
Randolph had a look-in in the sixth.
After Ordway had retired, Fitzmorrls 70
4 Davis, Grant hit sharply through wyatt.
\ Wyatt threw wildly to first to catch MIN
mapping and Grant took third, out was
| left there as Goodhart fouled out 10 hrst
and Stearns famed.
After Randolph had been retired IN the
seventh Woodstock came to bat with
last chance to win. as IL had been agreeo
/ 10 quit at the close Of that inning. tllz-
morris struck out. A grounder IRON
/ Davis bounded away from Grant ana ne
was safe. Goodhart didn't connecl
cleanly with Dumas hat and be reached
first, with Davis at second. Oshea struck
out. Wyatt met the ball squarely s aqo
swav il sailed toward left field. Inc
crowd yelled as the runners ran Tor IN,
plate. But Worthen was out IN lell
garden. the fellow who never misses, anc
as soon as he spied the ball in the gather.
ing darkness he sped Tor II lar oack ~.
70 one side. II seemed that he could mol
reach II. AS the ball fell, down be wenl
with il, rolling over and over, but he hele
up the ball. II was caught and the gam'
was saved.
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