The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-05-05
1t Was More Than Fort
Ethan Allen Needed to
Win the Game
ITALIAN A. C. COULD
MAKE ONLY FOUR
Visitors Landed on Beaton
and Were Aided by
Errors

Barring certain events that transpired
in the space Of one inning, the ltaliah
Athletics came off first best in thelf nv
tiaI encounter of the season with the
Tenth cavalry from Fort Ethan aiien
at the Berlin street grounds. But since
the narrowing events already mentioned
occurred within the hours when the game
was in progress, it must be confessed
that the contest had an to culmina-
ton in favor of the gentlemen OF color
In short. the visitors gained their eight
runs and incidentally the victory IN one
inning, the sixth.
WHY the slaughter did not happen IN
the dfatal seventh an inning which
the games traditions invariably assocl-
ate with direful occurrences, cannot Dc
stated. But the slaughter, or the hola-
caust as it is more rightly termed hau
its stage setting in the sixth. II WASH
baseball, but it had to 60 down on the
score board just the same
Danne Beaton, the Canadian American
delivery man. had some powerful medl'
cine for the dusky crew in every inning
but the sixth, Matched against Dan
lei was A preeocious young color sergeant
who paraded under the name OF Young
blood Young Yolngblood had oceans
of steam and an elusive outdrop that
had the home boys feeding at various
times. He was still pitching baseball
Of the premier brand when Manager
Richard vanked him in the sixth in favor
of Harris. The latter kept up the last
mace set by his predecessor and where
Younpblood allowed five bingles m as
MANY innings, Harris was touched TOT
three in the remaining four.
Gross errors on the part OF the To-
Gals were abundant enough but the Sc
cret of their defeat is to be found IN
their blunders of commission. Ihey We're
beaten, badly beaten, through bonehead
playing when common sense ana the
recollection of what every back-lot
youppster knows in the baseball me
would have redeemed them on almost
every occasion. Jimmie Giaeamuzzi was
about the only man on the losing slde
who uncovered things that pleased the
snectator and little James was surely on
taps at every turn.
In short field, Jack Clari, once OF La
coma. and lately a performer in the
Mill league made his perennial appear
apee and delighted the fans at times.
of order and on the whole his playing
compared favorably with some Of the
moor work put in by some of the others
during the afternoon. Caleagni worked
well at first, but acted sleepy on bases
as his little nap In the first inning pam
w Indicated Witt, as well as Bottlgl'
sometimes called the peerless tielder,
were affected by the bonehead baeili.
The contest furnished few thrillers'
but they were badly out of proportion
with the things that were Disappointing.
Even when the score was ! to O. the
cavalrvmen made frequent threatening
advances on the coveted goal, and so
that contributed interest sometimes
Those who enjoy long clouts and rap
ia fire professions around the circuit
were certainly amused in the sixth, but
to others who prefer to see the game
in its best dress and behaving well, the
spectacle was anything but satisfactory
Three quarters of the four |. A. {.
runs we're harvested in the third inning,
when with man down, Clari was hit
on the elbow. He advanced to third on
Comolli's drive to center, after Bottgi
had famed. The two of them counted
on Calcagni's humming drive to right.
The latter, however strayed too lar to-
ward second and was caught on the re-
turn by relay throw, Bishop to Brad
lev to Patterson. Run No. came IN
the fifth after Beaton had got a life on
Bradlev's boot Clari famed, but the
baserunner was advanced a couple notehes
on a sacrifice to Bradley and the scor-
ing was presently over, for Comolli NIT
ed a high and easy one to right.
As for their share of the spoils, the
cavalry riders couldn't have rolled up a