The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-25
Plattsbnrgh Sent Over a Muck
Rake Team
TO MEET THE CHAMPIONS
Intercity Had No Trouble in Shutting
Them Out. to 0, and Then
Stoppedthe Farcc--Fast Work
on the Bases.

For an opening game Of the Northern
league. Saturdays contest between the
Champions and Plattsburg at Intercity
Il park was tame exhibition. This was
due to the combination Of the rain and
the weakness of the team sent here from
across the lake. a heavy downpour stop
ped the game after the fifth inning,
and it is just as well that it did, for
the Plattsburghcrs were 80 weak d lot
THAT they didn't offer an argument. This
latter fact was seen at the outset by
the 800 people who filled the bleachers
and tho erandstand, and there was lit
lie regret that Umpire McClond called
off the game after the last Interc:ty
man had allowed himself TO be put out
| In the fifth inning. Prior to that time
Piattsburg had got one man on the
bases, and he no further than third.
while the home team had tailed six
| times.
1t may he stated, however, that the
plattsburg team was not the aggrega-
tion that will represent that city when
aEiIly" Lush takes active hold. If ii
we're, then the fans over the lake might
as well begin to erect d monument for
their hopes. But in the absence Of
Manager Lush, who is. detained at New
Haven in charge Of the Yale university
team, and in consideration that the
league had sensibly refused to allow
Plattsburg to delay the opening OF the
schedule, they got out a mnck.rake in
the New York city and collected the
men who came here Saturday. As a.
muck-rake collection OF ball players
they might have passed, bnt they were
not by any means Northern league class.
1t is said that only one of them will
probably wear Plattsburg uniform in
two weeks, and he didn't show himself
on the diamond Saturday The entire
team was made up Of high school and
town players.
rho results was what might be ex-
pec.cJ. Their pitcher, AIcIorry. tried
hard. and with the kindly efforts Of
the intercity players closed with record
Of three hits, two passes and FIVE strike
outs in five innings. But after rolling
up FIVE for total the locals purposely
struck out and tapped easy gounders
50 that five innings could be worked in
before the rain fell. And they Just bare
" succeeded. With the third man out
in the fifth inning, the clouds emptied
volumes OF water onto the field, making
the remainder of the game out of the
question.
Still, the game counts in the league
standing. and the locals had fair
working out before ono OF the largest
crowds ever assembled at the park.
Blaine, one Of the new twirlcrs from
the West, partially unlimbered his arm.
Just what else he has got he kept locked
up, but he had enough TO make the Wis
itors look like the schoolboys that they
were. Only sixteen men faced him in
the five innings -one more than the
lowest number allowable by Spaulding's
guide. Every one OF the sixteen died
before he got to first base with the
exception Of LaNountain, who got the
only hit of his side pretty two -bagger
over the left ielderss head The Noun
tain got as far as third, as Eaton threw
poorly to Williams when the runner
went TO third. Had the throw been as
accurate as il was swift, The runner
would have been ont by three feet. Not
pass was handed out by Blaine. and
he struck out five men. The others
gave easy chances to the fielders. and
the latter did the work handed out to
them.
At the bat the Champions did not
exert themselves after the first inning
or So But while they were at IT, they
gave 4 splendid exhibition Of footworlS
on the bases. There were some fast
runners on thc team last season. but
nothing compared with the present
bunch ii they once get OH the bases,
they can lie trusted TO yet around with
amy kind OF show For instance,
man starting from first, on bit Go cen
Ter field, never stopped until lie crossed
the plate That's what Williams did
after he got base on balls in the first
inning. Ashmore also made A score
from second base on Eaton's ont from
second to first base Finally there was
another illustrations Of this speed la
the fifth Elliott beat out Il bunt, stole
second and when the catcher threw into
center field. Elliott heat ont the return
throw TO the plate.
Otherwise. there was little chance to
allage the mon. The thiee hits credited
to them, two by Elliott, might have been
doubled and perhaps tripled il they
hadn't been playing TO heat the rain.
Two Of the hits were good solid faps
for two bases, and the third was acci.
dental, Elliott intending 10 be put ont
and then changing his mind and Logging
il 10 the base. Ashmorc made ono fine
pickup of poorly thrown ball by Viii
liams, and outside OF that there was lit
tie 20 cnthuse over.
The Champions iced the game in the
first inning. WE ms getting Il pass and
starting for second jllsi as Elliott PLANK
ed liner iilto right center for two
bases. The formers thrce.guartcr cir.
cuit was fast. Iiniac sent elliott TO
third with sacrifice 10 McCorry and
when Payette dropped Ashmore's short
lift, Elliott conferred home, Ashinore
going to second Jim started for
third when Eaton liit TO second base.
The fielder fllmhed- but rot Eaton.
Meanwhile Ashmore was over the home
point making The third tally. Daniels
closed by striking qmt
There was Iltfle interesting until the
third, whom Williah landed for twu