The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-07
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a WrestlIng Mateh.

Wrestling matcn.
Following Mr.. Maekay's address CAME
the catch h.as .catch.eaH wrestling match
between Jack Grace and Philip Chiara-
donna for purse Of 500.
Grace's superior skill and knowledge
Of the game won MIN the match, al
though the young Italian gave him a
hard tussle for the victory
The men were about evenly matched
for weight with the advantage a trihe
In favor Of Grace
The men started the match with 3
give and take game and both attempted
to work On tile offensive, making the
bout much livelier than ii would have
been had one adopted the defensive alto
gether.
They worked evenly for The first quar-
ter Of an hour. neither gaining any adj
vantage. with the chances even at the
end Of the time
They took hold after hold in turn, but
neither was able to produce anything
from his repertoire Of tricks that proved
the nndoing Of his opponent until at the
end Of p minutes Grace suddenly chang
ed from body hold and got Chiaradonna
in a full leg Nelson with which he was
forced 10 the mat for a fall
Both men were apparently in fully as
good condition at the start 81 the second
bout as they were 1T hFst They worked
III about the same manner As before, the
advantage spe.sawing from one man TO
the other Finally AZ the end of is min
utes Grace caught bis opponent in a
crotch hold and this combined with a
hammer lock forced the Italian's shout
ders to the mat, winning the match for
Grace.
Young Bixby otiiciated as referee.
Sports Of the Day.
The other sports and their results were
as followst
Apprentice race. Fl Cglcagni lst, II.
Colombo ID, Charles Thompson Sd.
Boys race, A. Laseot lst, W. Provost
I'd George Booth Sd.
Girls handicap race. Kate Stewart lst,
Margaret Peer ID, Mary Dale 3d
Married ladies race. Mrs James Muir
ray lst. Mrs. William Nanghton 81, Airs.
William Walker 5l
Quoits, James Smith lst, John Glib
"a John Fraser ad.
Married ladies' place kick, Mrs Rob
ert Webster ist, 81 ft int; Mrs, VIII
liam sanester 2d ~ Il. 21h in; AIrs.
Charles Grigg 81 @ tt 2f2 in
The judges Of The sports were, Richard
Orig. Thomas Nichols and William Nc
Donald.
The general committee in charge OF
the celebration was composed Of Alex.
Ironside. James M0teh. M R. Bassett,
L. Averin, j. J sullivan. Edward Ches-
SER George Riddell, II Heughton, Wesley
White 4. j Peterson. John Ciamo, j.
Richards, Andrew Mirris, George Quinn.
Wesley Hoffman. s. r. Dady S, ~
Parker 6. I. Grsgaire John Biorn, and
R. Maekie.
Two Good Ball Games.
The base BAN games we're two 81 the
most important and pleasing events Of
the day. The popular Italian Athletic
club nine was one Of the opposing teams
ia each Of he well played and exciting
contests aud they carried oil both the
victories, beating their opponents in each
game by one point. III the morning they
defeated the GraniteYiile Athletic asso-
citation team 2 to / and in the afternoon
they won from Smiths Independents
TO A The games, as the scores show,
were close enough to be exciting, but
they were made douhly interesting by
clever heldeing stunts contributed by
Chisradonna, Davidi and Nicora.
Scampini had the well earned honor Of
pitching for both The victories, and in the
morning game he held Graniteville to
one hit. this lone single being made BY
Olsen in the ninth inning, which scored
the hill boys only run. Olsen was the
Graniteville pitcher and he was touched
up for seven scattered hits.
The Italians made their two runs IN
the first two innings III the frst inning
after Nicora had famed, Celia raped
out 4 single into center field and Comolli
followed with a two bagger into center
field. In fielding the ball to second,
Miles heaYed the ball over the base
mans head and it rolled to the bleachers,
allowing Celia to score. IN the next
inning Scampini scored the run after
singing and going to second on Maber-
infs hit. from whore he scored when
Calcaoni hit to Olsen. who threw to first
and aPete" Berry mufIed the ball.
The afternoon game with Smiths In
dependents, which was team made UP
Of well known players from this city
and the two Rerrys from Richmond,
was equally as interesting 9 contest as
the FIRST game Seampini and Allan Reid
were the opposing pitchers and they
came out with honors ahont even, each
allowing seven hits. Both sides scored
twice in the first inning, and each team