The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-25
That Was Why Goddard Defeat
ed Mortified High, 8 to 4
IN RATHER SLOW CONTEST
Peterson Kept Visiting Batters Down to
Five Hits, While Goddard Sluggers
Were Going After Sylvesters Slants
in Savage Fashion.

Goddard seminary's diamond busters
trounced their unexpected guests from
Mortified high school by the score Of $
to 4 yesterday afternoon. The game
was played at the driving park and it
was the first step taken in what the
followers of the seminary team hope will
be triumphant march TO the champion
ship goal of Vermont preparatory schools.
Yesterdays contest was waged III the
face OF raw wind that hindered fast
play and doubtless had its affect also
on the attendance, which was notlceably
slim. Another circumstance accounting
in a measure for the small crowd, how
ever, grew out of the fact that the Dog
River team came unbeckoned as the
game was already cancelled when the
outfit reached the city at noon. Man
ageg Pattee was therefore unable TO sat
isfactoriy advertise his attraction on
such short notice.
Both teams showed flashes Of speed
in the game. Sylvester, who has time
honored place in the lineup OF North
field high school teams, made his peren-
NAL appearance ON the diamond and for
few. innings he had the hill youngsters
guessing. lie was opposed by Peter
son, the Charlotte twirler, who made
his debut with the Goddard team. The
elongated box artist who is expected to
win games for the seminary this year,
showed excellent control and convinced
the few fans present that he can de-
liver the goods on occasion. McLeay
was on the receiving end and he kept
the infeld working together by his con-
sistant playing at the plate.
Individual features of the game were
furnished by LeCasse, who captured a
difficult foul fly near third base and
Hurley, who speared a fly one-handed
ia the last round r. Rogers led his
Mortified teammates at the bat and
his pair of singles We're both clean.
johnson and McLeay for the seminary
team contributed a couple OF safe ones
each, the latter polling out terrific swat
for two bases in the eighth that put
the game on ice for the home team.
Witt and Martin worked consistently to-
gether att short and second for the sem
irarians The brothers Rogers completed
a good double in the second.
Goddard opened fire in the initial
round by placing two runs on the score
sheet. LeCasse started obviously enough
bv tanning. but Craig followed with a
double to right field that later paved
the way for the first tally. Witt got
life at first on Il, Rogers error and
in the meantime Craig started for home.
Rogers continued to boot the ball over
the greensward, until the runner was on
the last lap, and recovered the Grant
spheroid too late to catch his man.
Witt scored presently on johnson's sim
gle through first McIver famed and
Martin lifted dinky hy to X. Rogers.
Mortified had failed to register in the
first and the opening round closed with
the score to 0 in favor. OF the locals.
Again in the sixth, LeCasse crossed
the pan on mscue by Sylvester for
in an epidemic Of wild throws during
which the ball visited nearly every sec
tion of the field, the little third base
man was able to complete the circuit
with ease. Bush made two errors in
quick succession a few moments later,
but the seminarians could not take adj
vantage Of his misplays. The fourth
and tying counter came in the seventh,
when Merrill singled to center and scored
on a double by LeCasse.
The airship sped its course skyward
for the visitors and their portsided idol,
Sylvester in the eighth, when the God
dard stckers pushed their total up to
eight. Witt johnson, Lindsey and Pet.
erson each tickled the ball for singles
and McLeay pounded out his hard line
double at this interesting stage. To
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Sanborn and Robinson contributed griev-
Gus errors when mistakes were costly
The round of direful results for the
high school boys was brought to a rather
thrilling end when Hurley made his SEN
sational catch in the middle garden.
Northfeld delayed its tallying until
the second inning, when with two men
down Douglas drew pass and stole
second McLeav made a wild heave in
irving to catch him at third and the
high school left fielder legged it home
in good time. In the fourth round, b.
Rogers singled over first and went to
second on Martins muf Bush whitfield
and Rogers came over the rubber with
the second run on Sylvester's fast roller
through second. The latter scored on
McLeay's wild throw and the next two
men to face Peterson were easy outs.
In the last chapter Sanborn got
life on Peterson's error and stole his
way to second. The Goddard box artist
made another wild throw and Sanborn
came home for the fourth and last tally
when Bush lifted sacrifice fly to cen
terfield B. Rogers had famed in the
meantime and the contest ended-when
LeCasse gathered in high foul from
Svlvester's willow
The scorei Mortified H. S.
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