The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-05-21
Goddard Defeated Montpe-
lier High School, 5 to 4,
at Intercity Park
MERRILL WAS HERO OF
REAL SMART GAME
Besides, Batting Well, He
Filled the First Base Po-
sition Very Acceptably

"Freddie" Merrill, the modest first
: baseman of Goddard seminary, was tn,
hero of a 5 to 4 victory against Mont
pelier high school yesterday afternoon
at lntercity park. Merrill proved Ia
be the man of the hour and when things
assumed a gloomy outlook for the sem
i mary he uncorked a ripping tbree-bag
ger into deep left field, permitting Watr
to amble home from first, where he was
. stationed when Coach Hoernle flew the
signals for the hit and run game. When
Merrill cannoaded Pitcher Laird, the
game had nearly reached the wind-up;
two men had checked in and if Merrill
had been found wanting, the game would
have been terminated with no result by
the impending darkness.
A prominent place has also been re-
served in the hall of fame at Goddard
for Roy Cosby, who was promenaacd
into the battle to assume command Of
the battle when Pitcher Tierney was
taken out during the smoky ninth in
ming when the Montpelier sh-heavers
were pressing closely and threatening to
annihilate the seminary aggregation.
The strain of the campaign was com
mencing to be noticeable on Pitcher Tier
ney, who had twirled masterful ball UNI
til the eighth session, when four runs
wera piled up against him. Two men
were decorating the hassocks and with
but one out in the ninth, distress sig
nails were visible to the advisory com
nf hn
dreaded the path to the dugout, Cosby
famed the next batter and then com
PEELED Smith to rocket an easy fly to
Farrell. During the final two innings,
although the lads from the capital city
explored the base zones, Cosby, with
complacency, steamed up and pulled his
mates cleverly out Of bad holes,
Goddard made inroads on Montpelier
in the second inning by placing row
of four digits in the run total column
and held this commanding lead until
the eighth inning, when Montpelier
evened the score by manufacturing a
like number of four counters. The game
then dragged into extra innings and
was not disturbed until that individual
Merrill sent the seminary stands into
pandemonium. Nearly all the runs made
by both teams were of the earned va
riety.
The batting features of the extra ses-
sion affair were divided among Witt, !
Merrill and Tierney for Goddard. Witt i
paved the way for the scoring by open
ing the second with double into right |
field. Tierney brought in the first two
scores with clean single 1t was Mer |
rill's timely bingle that resulted in a |
victory for the local school. Jim Laird |
and Fred Laird played conspicuous parts
in the scoring faction of the lads from
Montpelier Pitcher Laird walloped a
hard drive over centerfield fence, scor
ing the first brace of runs and to II
long single by Fred Laird can be at
tributed the other runs made by Mont
pelier.
Coach Hoernle ushered rather weak
outfit onto the field Owing to the in
ability of Capt. Peterson to go into the
rifle pit, all hopes were pinned to Tier
ney, who previous to the Hardwick game
last Saturday had gained but little pub !,
licity as moundsman. Tierney went
through successfully until the eighth
chapter, when Montpelier opened up a
new page and set their artillery in rap
id action.
L. Laird. the mondsman Of the cap
ital city team, was effective all through
with the exception of the second inning.
After that disastrous session he settled
down and displayed remarkable ar
ray of curves and speed. He succeeded