The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-02
Enabled Them to Defeat Yer
mont Ends, 7 to 4 Yesterday
zWICK WAS NOT A PUZZLE
Home Runs and Three-baggers Were Nu-
merous, Although the Home Team
Lost Much of Their Value by
Failing to Bunch Them.

With an ideal day for baseball ane
the Stonecutters' band in attendance
playing selections between the innings
the Berlin street grounds were auspi
ciously opened for 1912 yesterday aft
ernoon when the Italian Athletic clul
defeated the strong university Of Yer,
mont second, which returned to Bur
lington last Saturday with the scalp OF
the Barre Athletic club tucked ;swaE
The score was to The visiting team
was reinforced by the addition OF Uwo
new players. O'Dea, who has played
on the Vermont varsity tean. for the
past three years and captained last
years strong team, covered tie middle
sack for the visitors and Brown, see
ond string catcher was on first.
Laird. the |. A. C's new twirler, the
mainstay of Bartons state champion
ship team last year, was on the firing
line for the home team and acquitted
himself well. He had the college lads
feeding out of his hand all through and
with the ex ,eption of hitting on man,
is control was perfect. The visitors
were able to touch his delivery for only
four hits, two of these OF the scratch
order. He also felded his position in
clean manner, accepting all five of
his chances.
Heavy hitting by the home team fea-
tured the game. Zwick, the Vermont
box artist, proved no puzzle. Every
man on the |. A. G. team hit safely
at least once during the afternoon, with
the exception of Caleagni and Laird.
Comolli, heavy hitting baekstop OF the
local aggregation, led the hitting, he
connected safely every time up, includ-
ing a homer, a triple, and single for
total Of eight bases. David also
cracked out four sacker and three
Dagger. Soldini, who covered right gar
den, hit well, his catch of "Speed"
Standards liner in the fourth inning
was the only fielding feature OF the
game. With the crack of the bat, Sol
DIM came in fast and caught the ball
only few inches from the ground.
Some of the visitors questioned wheth-
Ell the ball was taken on the pickup,
but it was the general opinion that it
was fair catch. Weaferi in center field
had an off day, dropping two easy flies,
but they did not aid in the visitors
scoring.
The home team was the first to score,
when they inserted run in their tally
column in the second inning. Comolli,
the first man up in that session, met
the first ball pitched and gave it ride
to the river. Two more hits were made
this inning, but went for naught, as
Zwick pulled himself together by strik
ing out Stewart and forcing Laird to pop
to Brown. They added three more runs
to their score in the third David
knocked out a three-bagger and count
ed on Calcagni's well-placed sacrifice
down third base line. Weaferi singled
to center, advanced to second when CO.
moll was hit by a pitched ball. Weaf-
eri crossed the plate on Giacamuzzi's
clean bingle to left field, Giaeamuzzi
taking second on the throw in to the
plate. Comolli, who had advanced to
third, attempted to steal home, but was
nipped on Zwick's throw to Pike. Sol
DIM then singled, scoring Giacamuzzi.
In the first half of the fifth, the uni
versity team counted for the first time.
Flynn, who landed on third when Giaca-
muzzi and Soldini allowed his swift
grounder to evade them, scored on Bal
lard's scratch hit along the third base
line. In their half of the same chap
ter the home team Tailed. Comolli
banged out triple to center and fin
ished the circuit on Billiards. tumble of
grounder.
The college boys added two counters
in the sixth. 0'Dea hit to right for
clean single. Brown laid down a nice
bunt and ODea took second. Stank-
ard. the speed boy, came along with
a timely single past Giaeamuzzi, scor-
ing O'Dea. Standard stole second and
crossed the plate on Flynn's safety to
right.
The last runs of the home nine were
in their half of this session. Stewart
bit to right for two bases. Laird flied
put to Farrar. David sent Stewart in
ahead of him on his clout over the
center tielder's head for a complete cir
cult.
The fourth score Of the collegians
came in the seventh as the result of
errors. Weaferi dropped Pixies fly.
Pike was advanced base on Billiards.
sacrifice and went home on Davidi's
miscue. The game was called at the
end of the eighth inning to allow the
visitors to take the $50 train back TO
The score: