The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-09
SpauIding Thus Threw Away
Game to Montpelier High
SOME HEAVY SWATTING
Both ogston and Laird Were Touched UP
Freely and the Former Was Rather
Free With His Bases on Balls
Score Was 10 to 8.

The besetting sin of Spauldng hlgh
schools braves ON the baseball diamond
again manifested itself at the driving
park yesterday afternoon, when the To-
Gals went down to defeat before Mont
pelier high by the score of 10 to s. All
season the Barre youngsters have dis
played little knowledge of base running,
but the stupid manner in which they
cient to account for the outcome. After
FIVE innings of goose eggs in the run
column, the locals got to Laird, the op
posing pitcher. for all kinds Of drives,
but failed of their purpose to capture
the game through their poor showing
while en- route around the stations. Aft
err the fifth, when Spaulding began to
shown signs of life at the bat, the game
was at all times interesting and the
Capital city team came nearing losing
out in the ninth.
Ogston was on the elevation for the
home team and although he was touched
for a total of ten safeties, he had an
assortment which kept the visitors
guessing some of the time. He was
opposed by Laird, who twirled wisely
and we'll until the sixth and then appar-
emily lost his nerve. when the Spaulding
lads began to come back with the stick.
Ogston issued seven passes while two
OF the Spaulding team drew cheap bases
from Laird. The latter allowed eleven
hits.
Errors OF commission and omission
were kept down to a minimum by both
teams, while startling good plays were
several times pulled off by men on either
team. Chief among these was a hard
fy. which Mcdonald pulled down, and a
whizzing grounder which Stewart of the
MONTPELIER team stabbed. Brown also
came in for recognition by slowing away
a high one that looked good for extra
bases Tomasi had several opportunities
to show his mettle at second, and he
made good on nearly every occasion.
Stuart and Williams took care of their
portion of the inner greensward as was
expected. Other members of the local
team acquitted themselves creditably in
the field and at the bat, but the crazy
baserunnng bug had evidently infected
every player. with no exceptions.
The second inning proved to be the
most disastrous chapter in the whole
game for Spaulding. Two tickets to first
and bingles by +. Laird, Bartlett, Glinnie
and J. Laird paved the way for five
tallies that straightway cinched the
game for Montpelier. There was no fur
tber scoring for the visitors until the
sixth. when Hancock hit safely, went to
second on wild heave and Tailed on
an outfeld error. J. Laird's double, two
passes and miscue were responsible
for the addition of another pair in the
seventh and this feat was repeated in
the following inning. Montpelier tried
vainly to increase the narrowing margin
in the ninth, but the first three men
went the stable route in quick success
sion.
After delaying action altogether for
five innings, Spaulding started in the
fifth to make up for its failure of the
earlier rounds. In this inning. the Mont
pelier team went to pieces for the time
being and for few moments runs could
be had with little effort. Hagan was the
only man to hit safely, but F. Stuart,
+. Laird and H. Laird contributed enough
errors for the home boys to collect three
counters. Clean swats by Williams, Og-
ston and Mcdonald, combined with griev-
Gus errors in the field, sufficed for Spaul-
ding to double the entries in its run
column. The locals rolled their total up
to eight in the last inning and just for
few seconds they had visions of a
victory. With a man down, Birnie pound
cd out beautiful double and presently
scored as did Williams, who drew It
pass, on Hagan's single to center. Two
men had succumbed, however, and the
third fell by the wayside when Browne
lifted fly into J. Laird's outstretched
paws.
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