Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-07-08
BARTON
Baseball Notes.

week Thursday and Friday, 1t lei
more championship ball and after
seeing these two games you will have
a rest of nearly two weeks as the next
game on the home grounds after the
Ludlow games will not be until July
q. You won't be sorry to have seer
these two games as Ludlow is fast.
In the report of the Barton-Wood-
stock games here the Vermont Stan
dard published at Woodstock says: I'm
the third Kelly. first up was hit. The
next three men hit hard, but Heath
would not have it, having a hand in all
three plays. He is a fast man, about
the best you see in the tall grass
country. x x x The team was used by
the people of Barton so white and so
good that l can't tell it. In Barton
they all pull the same string, all at
once and in the same direction. Every
thing was done for US to make us feel
at home:a ride around the lake and
a banquet Thursday night. Friday
night at the clubhouse by the lake
there was a dance and the whole team
was there. Everybody tried to make
things good for you. The Hotel Bar
ton is a gem and Mr.. Rowen a
diamond Of the first water. Barton
and its people for me. The two best
features Of the games were Bumps
hitting and the hit Kelly made with
the ladies'. Barton's runs all came in
the second an error and a wild throw
and then two hits, and three runs were
in. After this they really had no show.
as the Deacon was going his best,
which is some.-WM. S. EATON"
Hardwick and Barton played a list
less game of ball on the new grounds
in the morning, July 4, at $50. Hard
wick succeeded in crossing the plate
twice in the nine innings, while Bar
ton was able to make Is %tallies. Lyon,
who proved SO effective with the Iras-
burg team against Barton. was hit
hard and often, and with poor support
was unable to do anything against our
team. Wilder pitched splendid ball as
Gid Heath for Barton and Hardwick
should have been shut out. The final
scor was Is to 2. The afternoon game
with Barton Landing was another ex-
hibition of first-class ball from the
very start Of the game. Thomas pitch
ed good ball from the first but our
boys were able to connect for seven
hits. Every man on Barton Landing
team played the best kind Of a game
and had not Thomas support been
nearly perfect, the game would have
resulted differently. We are perfectly
willing to confess that Barton Landing
has a better team than We gave them
credit for having. Barton on the other
hand played clean fast ball and Bishop
held the visitors down to threeNhits,
and through no fault of his was the
game lost. It would seem however
that he should have madean attempt to
field two short hits. There is not any
criticism to be made against our play
ers, errors will occur in almost every
game, and you must remember thew
are so much more apparent when we
lose. The ninth inning was wholly
unsatisfactory, and while we must
abide by the officials decision. we
are not and never shall be satisfied
with a decision against Webster on.
first base. If in a close decision the
base runner is entitled as per the
rules to the benefit of the decision.
we are still asking ourselves if We
game and let's be good losers. The
management of both teams have ar
ranged to hire an umpire for the series
of six games which commence with a
game at Barton on Wednesday, July
%, who shall be competent and in
every way unprecedented. The atten-
dance of over 500 people at the game
is unprecedented at any game except
during the fair. Much credit is due
the officers for the way in which they
handled the crowd, and to the people
for not %crowding onto the field. Be-
low is tabulated score.
ChTTrDnhv EOpENOON