The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-25
Defeated st. Johnsbury, 2 to
0, at Intercity Park on
Saturday
PITCHERS BATTLE
WITH HCNORS EASY
Speare of the Visiting Team
Had a Poor Start, Will
liams Always Strong

By virtue of fielding errors of The
visitors during the first two braces 81
SATURDAYS game at Intercity park, the
Barre Athletics were enabled to merge
from the mucl-heralded St. Johnsbury
game 2 to 0 winner. 1t was a dark
and dingy day, overtopped with heavy
clouds. but nevertheless these atmos
pheric conditions had no effect on one
OF the best games OF the 1913 season
With the first two innings sunk into
oblivion the affair assumed proportions
Of real, royal pitchers battle between
kid" Williams and Speare, the Wis
itors' best mound bet.
Williams had the upper hand of the
argument between the pitchers and al
though touched up for one more hit
than his opponent, was dictator SUI
preme when in precarious pinches- His
control was almost perfect, passing but
one batter. His speed was unlimited
and his Splitter" was breaking ideally,
He used both to. great advantage, fan
ming Ia batters.
Williams opponent, Speare, was not
in the best of form and failed to show
anything during the first two innings.
After these two innings, Speare seemed
to find himself and was yeritable
stumbling block to the Barre clouters.
In the first inning the st. Adams high
school winder was hit safely twice. But
two more hits were negotiated off him
during the remainder of the game, one
coming in the fifth and the other in the
eighth.
The game was replete with brilliant
fielding features. The best playing OF
the day was furnished by John Scott,
once we'll known through his affiliations
with juvenile baseball in this city and
later at St. Michael's college. Scott was
pcketed at the last resting station and
covered the territory to the queens
taste. Not before this season has such
formidable exponent been seen in ac-
ton at the third hassock- In the first
inning by remarkably fast fielding Of
bgint, he robbed the Barre team Of a
run. Later in that session he speared
a yiciously driven grounder with his
goved hand and threw the runner out at
first by a spectacular throw across the
diamond. This play headed off anoth-
err counter Both of his other chances
were brilliant and the last occasion in
the seventh inning, shut off another run.
Ghfilan, the former st. Johnsbury
academy athlete and one-time member
of the Barre team, gave grand exhibit
tion of fielding in center field. Two
catches by this fleet-footed lad deprived
Barre of scores.
The Scoring.
In the first session, Mute planted q
hit in right field. Johnston followed
with sharp bingle into the same terri
tory. j. Brown nit sharp drive to
Scott, who threw Mute out at home. j..
Brown attracted the attention of the
visitors by establishing himself between
first and second. When Speare threw
to second to run him down, Writers al
lowed the ball to roll by him. john
son scored on this blunder. Scott robbed
Hoernle Of hit by pretty stop. Sol
DIM flied out to Gilfillan.
Peduzzi, the first batter up in the
subsequent inning, was escorted to first
on -four wide ones. Gay sacrificed,
Speare fumbling, and both runners
reached their destination. A passed ball
advanced both. Speare then heayed a
ball by Barrows, allowing Peduzzt to
count. Brown famed. Williams was
robbed of a hit by Gilfllan and Mute
grounded ont to short. The score: