The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-29
Italian A. G. Went Down to
5 to 2 Defeat Before
Bethel
LATTER RECRUITED
FROM LEAGUE TEAMS
Game Was Good for Five
Innings and Then Wea-
fer's Support Wabbled


Before crowd OF 500 shiyering fans
at the Berlin street grounds Saturday
afternoon, the Italian Athletic club for
feited lien on the state baseball cham
pionship by losing its second fail to
an aggregation OF big and little league
talent recruited at Bethel. The score
was to 2. The weather was better
suited to a well.known PigsSin pastime
THAT is launched in the late days OF
September, but both teams furnished for
five innings brend Of baseball that
discounted the weather and made the
fans forget the temperature. Lefty
Smith OF Pittsfeld and Lowell, Mass,
did the cunning for the ont of town
players and among The pitching requi-
sites which he possessed We're; speed,
hooks, cross-fire and Confidence world
OF confidence. He famed Is and retired
the ]. A. G. men in order in seven in
nings
Until the appalling spectacle OF the
sixth, the home town boys gave glitter
ing support TO Joe Weaferi, whose hurl-
ing should have been rewarded with a
better showing in the score column. Ex-
cept for an earned run in the first, the
invaders were dependent almost entirely
upon their opponents miseues for their
remaining tallies. In the fifth eanto'
Charles Hoernle, erstwhile catcher for
the B. A. G., lost a finger nail IN the
scuiIling around home plate. Charlie
took to the bench while physician
dressed the injured digit and after es-
saying to catch another inning, he re.
tired from the game in favor Of Waters,
who took the blckstop post.
No matter what anyone says about
the first five rounds and they were good
the latter chapters developed some OF
the best comedy the season has seen.
Umpire Thompson, who combined set
of burnside whiskers with seeming
disposition to be ridiculous, furnished
the most mirth provoking performance
when he suddenly grabbed Weaferfs
arm, prevented delivery OF the ball, |
and then explained that he couldn't |
hear what the batter Wa SAYING The
batter happened to be Miller, who had
been joshing everybody all afternoon. |
Mr.. Thompson's rulings finally became |
50 humorous that be was hustled away |
to the rear ranks and replaced by Pur |
cell 1t saved the crowd from hysteria. |
The Scoring.
Bethel's first tally came in the OPEN |
ing brush when Whalen, the second man |
up, poled out double to the chip back |
of first base and presentely counted on |
NJ, L, al
call on scores was sounded in the sixth, |
when the Athletics duiTed in and helped |
the all east from Bethel push their |
total up to four. One lonely hit, a sim |
gle by Gay, and indifferent playing by |
Glare. Weaferi and Giacamuzzi, togeth-
er with a pass allowed Waters, Whal |
en- and Hannafor to cross the pan. In |
the next round. Whalen cuffed the bali |
for three pillows and scored Smith, who
had been camping at first after Weaferi
had clipped him at the plate. Bethel
had men on the sacks in the next two
innings, but Weaferi frightened up in
the pinches.
Barre's scoring duo was pulled off in
the fifth. 1t was when Hoernle fell in
with misfortune and Harry Calcagni,
getting pass, was able to prance to
second without any interference. There
were two men down and Bottigi sent a
long -necker to second, who threw wild
to first Caleagni started to third and
the ball, recovered from first, went Wild
TO third John Brown sent ii to the
grandstand in vain effort to catch the
manager at the fourth station. Bottigi
Tailed on Giacamuzzi's safe one to cen
ter. Only on one other occasion did
the l. A. c. get man to first. 1t
was Giacamuzzi and he got no further
after drawing free one in the eighth.
AS last move, Pape was sent in as
pinch hitter in the ninth, but the side
retired in order. The score: