The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-11
Italian A. G. Clouted Ball
Hard at Berlin st.
Grounds
WEAFERI SETTLED
DOWN TO GOOD WORK
Gilbert Of the Visiting Team
Had Some Poor
Support ag

Showing complete reversal from the
early season form of the week previous,
the Italian Athletic club gained its first
solid victory of the year at Rangers
field Saturday afternoon by defeating
the University of Vermont seconds by
Q to score. 1t was a game in which
heavy hitting predominated, but the
Athletics won the contest strictly on
its merits. Not to be undone by bad
start in the first game, Joe Weaferi re-
turned to his old form and was backed
up by as snappy a brand of fielding as
anyone would care to see. The Berlin
street lads had the pep.
Vermont has sent better second teams
down, but the collegians as whole made
a good showing and furnished the fans
considerable entertainment. Gilbert is
not the seasoned pitcher that one must
be to hold in sway such band of hard
hitters as the Athletics. He was backed
at times by Indifferent fielding and when
it came to hitting, his followers were
lamentably weak in meeting the pinches.
Merrill did garrison work at first and
Butler fielded like fiend at short, but
the work of the Others was only medic
ere.
A pair of bingles by Counter and
Fowlie in the first, Davidi's sacrifice
and a bad inield boot started the scor-
ing for the Italians. To the two reg
istered in the opening chapter three
were added in the second. Calcagni sent
a sizzler through second and went down
on Giacamuzzi's pretty sacrifice. Be
ciarelli got life on Flynn's inexcusable
muff and Fowlie and David both hit
safely. 1t was enough to take the sap
out of any pitcher to see Farr let an
easy roller through him in the center
field. And what happened in the fourth
was not calculated to inspire confidence
in the twirler himself Ricciarelli, Coun-
ter, Fowlie and David all connected
safely, but Counter slapped the ball for
a double and Fowlie sent it garroting
toward the brook for three bags. Add
ed those performances to Mandeville's
break at third and who have three more
tallies. making eight all told. In the
fifth, Rieeiarelli clouted a beautiful ho-
mer to the gate and after that there
wasn't much doing on the firing line.
While the score was fairly close, the
college team never really had a smell OF
the palms. Farr negotiated for free
transportation in the third stole second
and counted on Merrill's safe one. Apt
base running, coupled with a triple by
Houston and Gilbert's two saeker, and
Jack Davidi's rather pardonable mis-
step, Melted two runs in the fourth.
Houston's was one of the eleanest hits
of the afternoon. In the sixth the sec
onds circulated toward third but keen
defensive work kept them from scoring.
Two runs came in the seventh. Cal
eagni and Weaferi divided the odium of
an error, Merrill walked and profited by
Farr's pretty sacrifice. OF them all only
Houston hit safely and he was thrown
out, Counter to Giacamuzzi. but not be-
fore Vaudeville and Merrill had tailed.
In the ninth Vaudeville doubled to left
and came along home on Farr's short
bingle. The latter was caught between
first and second and the next two men
were out in order. The score:
Vermont Sanonds