Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-13
GREATEST CROWD ON RECORD
Ray Collins and Larry" Gard
rer the Particular Heroes
Friends Present Them
with Travelling Bags

came in this city filled Centennial Field
ana saw MANAGER Donovans :.,ston Rel
Sox play the big league variety of the
game. Aside from tho natural
interest arousod bT such celebrated play
crS coming here. the many admirers o.
Ray Collins of darlington and Larry"
Gardner of Enosburg Falls wanted to see
these former university players in u
game with their professional team mates.
The weather which looked threatening
in the carly morning cleared off into an
ideal fall afternoon and fully 3,001 people
Naw the sport Eighty automobiles, Il
good half OF which came from ont OF
them held men prominent in state af-
fairs. The game was won by the aggre-
CATION captaincd by Larry" Gardner,
which defeated that captained by Ray
Collins by score of I To !. The contest
was all that could have been expected
of an exhibition match. An incident of
the afternoons events was the presenta-
ton to Collins and Gardner Of handsome
travelling bags. the gifts of admirers
about town. and in addition to this Gard
ner was given a loving cup by the resi-
dents of his home village, EnosburR
Falls.
The team arrived in the city on the
early morning sleeper and occupied a
private car which was switched off al
the station 50 that the men could have
their sleep ont. After breakfast at tn,
Van Ness House, different people in the
city rendered them the use of their auto
mobiles and the squad went sight seeing
The parade to the base ball grounds AZ
30 u. IN. followed a concert in front
Of the Van Ness house by the 10th caval-
rv band which rendered its services for
that ana for the game The procession
marched up church street and beside
the band consisted of automobiles con-
tanning the players. Governor Mead and
staff, Mayor Burke. Senator Powell, Rep
resentatve Peck. numerous other offi-
c!als and some prominent base ball fans
among the latter being Elias Lyman and
G. l.. Whitney.
ENTIRE FIELD ROPED OFF.
The crowd began to assemble at tho
field an hour before the game was called
and the grandstand and other choice
seats We're taken early. 1t was neces-
sary to adopt ground rules and the en-
tire field was enclosed by ropes, tho
automobiles and spectators encirclinp
the entire enclosure. and more spectators
that the management did not care s,
much about. were on house tops and YER
andas outside the fence. TIL,
cavalry band played at intervals dur
ing the afternoon.
After Umpire Green had announced the
batteries. Elias Lyman made short
speech in presenting Gardner and Col
Inns with the bags, from some of thei,
friends in Burlington" and ]. *. Per
ley gave Gardner handsome lovins
cup on behalf of his friends in Enos
bug rails Then Mayor Burke threw
the ball nearly over home plate and thu
game was on
W men the players got on the fiel,
shortly after two o'clock they wasted n,
time In batting practice and there wa
| only short work on the field Followin,
the presentations to the Vermont mel
ana the announcing of the batteries tn
professionals went at it with a vim
'iardners team took the field and re
Urea Coliinss without run although
the celebrated iris Speaker, who wa
| the third man up, hit clearly into RICH
field
CARnNEp ccooE. ,,oc, ,,
I
When Larry Gardner came to the plat,
he hit clearly into right field took sec
pIN va ''e H''' ''c' ana scored OF
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"'"' WV wen ''e"'s' 'nc 'elt he'o
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~ 'D' "" ""' Ior inc Srouh
g '''''''."' '"tef On Carr'Sahs sac
:" "o''' III 'he last or IN
O''''''', o'""'c' 'arrlSaHs failure 4
N',' '".' '"'o on M'iiaIe's bunt T.
n.r.. louIIa ''''e "". 'a'o
rvs team with two moro r,ns In III
eighth inning. Wapnor nit far TWO hasa
by driving the ban hevond ,ho ro,os /,
| hight center. tool, th,r1 80, ,,,a,,,,.
hit TO short. got third -, ~, ,,,o,,,,,o
force out. which was ,.on,d too Ia,
to do the business. ana scoro1 IVA loo
rum of the game on 1ouh,. ,,a,, ,,.,,
old Jack. 4 fast dn,hI, n,.,. a,,aaa ~,
inning. after Wood b,d ~. Zoo o ,,,s
into left field
Ecatur,s ~ ,,o
Garlner's s,,norh h,ttir. o,,.,s,, ,on
a,,va n fns, do,,,. ,,,n,' -, 49,.
and u.ho, nlaos.d ,ba oro,,,a w. 49,.
tho running down of three ,,,or on n
baao line n f,er lone single. into tho 81,