The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-26
HardWick Made Ten Runs and
Tied the Score in Ninth
BUT HOME TEAM CAME BACK
The Ninth Was One Of the Weirdest
Performances Ever Seen on a Barre
Baseball Field - The Final
Score Was IL to II.

A crowd of 700 people saw the Barre
Athletics defeat the much -tooted Hard
wick Independents II to IL, at the
campus Saturday afternoon, saw thu
home boys speed on through eight in
nings with the score at the eighth juno
tion point standing II to ! in theil
favor and then witnessed the invaders
overcome the wide margin in one weird
round, the ninth. The tally sheet read
III all when the Athletics came out OF
the field in the last half of the ninth
to battle with the Caledonia forces for
the decision. Brave Fowlie drew free
one and then young Alex. Mckenzie
smote the leather with horrible ven
geance and waltzed around the sacks
while a platoon of the visitors searched
for the errant ball down near the east
end OF Addison street.
An impartial view of the contest dis
closes little that appertains to real base
ball as it has been played before. True,
there were frequent flashes of splendid
form displayed by the Athletics, but OF
errors there were enough to almost oblit-
crate the memory of its good features.
Jack Berry, the pride of Norwich uni
'versity, took things easily for nine in
ninas, nearly, and had kept the hits
down TO a minimum of four, when the
dirgible started on its upward career.
One or two men on the visiting outfit
contributed number Of wellnigh phe-
nomenal plays; but the work Of the
Hardwick team as a whole was a disap-
pontment to the fans who crowded the
bleachers and lined the field on three
sides.
Big Hi Hatch did the tossing for the
championship claimants, and he was the
easiest kind of meat for the hard-hitting
locals. A budget of 10 safeties was
garnered from his offerings, and likely
enough the total would have been larger
II occasion had demanded in the middle
Innings. Hatch apparently lacked all OF
his old-time steam and his poor form
was the butt of many gibes from the
hleachers. He was opposed by Jack
Perry, and Jack demonstrated that he
tan still deliver the merchandise, even
Though his services were evidently
spurned at Norwich last year. The
ninth-inning holocaust seemed to take
the sap out of the Concord boy, and after
two hits had been sandwiched in be-
tween a bag full Of miscues, he was
given the hook IN favor OF Gay, the EaA-
dolph portsider. Gay advanced man
on balls and was touched for triple;
but he ended the agony innings when
Shepard came to bat and vainly struck
three times for more pay and higher
wages.
Barre started the opening round by
rorraling three runs on two miscues and
two safe ones by Mute and Davidson,
the latter a former I. A. C. infelder,
who appeared in the Barre uniform Sat
hrday for the first time. And by the
way, his work was of the gilt-edge vari-
ETY., except in the NINTH when nearly
everyone had reserve pile of three
errors each upon which to pull Another
counter followed in the second, and a
trio more in the third. Thereafter, thr
locals contented themselves with gath
ering single score in the fifth and three
In the sixth. 1t was when runs came