Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-26

The game Wednesday morning be-
tween Orleans and st. Johnsbury.
started very we'll for ST. Johnsbury as
they made three runs in the first inn
ing and with this lead seemed we'll
content. but their box artist was con-
tinually losing control and the Orleans
aggregation was commencing to hit
the ball hard. (they have bunch of
hitters on that Orleans team that once
started, can't be headed.) In the
sixth inning Orleans tied the score
and then the st. Johnsbury manage
ment commenced to kick at the umpire
and finally decided to forfeit the game
: on called strike and did so. the
official score being to 0. forfeited
game. while the actual tally was three
and three. with two men on and no
: one out at the sixth inning. 1t looked
very much as though st. Johnsbury.
! department of the game, had quit with
D cold feet.
I The second game was one of the
i cleanest, fastest pitchers duels ever
q witnessed on local grounds "Pop"
Gardyne working for North Troy
e against Bernard Lee for Orleans, and
/, it was toss-up between these two men
q all through the game. 1t must be
e borne in mind that the tension of every
: one of the eighteen men who were
r playing alright ball for nine innings
q was at the breaking point, and wher
Y, on very close play at third in tht
"a last of the ninth the umpire called ;
,, man safe on the Orleans team ther'
TO was trouble and North Troy protested
IN The umpire plainly told the Nort
Or Troy management that he gave tn
play as he saw it and could not revers
, his decision, whereupOn North Tro
co proceeded to forfeit the game b
IS. refusing to continue. In justice to tn
rs North Troy players it should be sal
ca that it was not their own fault tia
ne the game was forfeited but rather tn
~ fault of some over ardent admirers {
vn their team. The game might hav
n, been won by Orleans in that inning b
rd score of l to O, but in that case
ed would have been recorded as one of tt
best games ever played on loo
ne grounds. while the refusal to play tt
IRE game out, made every one except tt
to aforementioned North Troy partisan
ED feel disguised with the team. Ne1
rs; port came down for the last game
ull Friday and although there was diffe
me ent umpire, it seemed to make
ND difference to Orleans and they handi
captured the game by score of z to
OF The races were just about OF t
tie usual order, which means good, b
IL there was no exceptionally fast tir
I'm, made in any of the heats and some
est the classes did not have quite enou
entries to make them interesting.
the Wednesday afternoon there were t.
on, events. the 2. 16 pace. which was eas
ere captured by Slayton with Betty De
olt, in three straight heats and the 2.
the trot in which the local horse, Cover
yer ment Bond, again showed what col
odd ing good piece of horsefesh he is,
is taking three straight heats with Hal
ing driving.
vas Thursday the 2.30 pace was hand
Ugh won by Tom Longboat, with Holbro
ems driving, in straight heats. The 2.
ere pace was taken in three straight hes
ock by Lady A, one Eof Pickles strin
which has been trained here duri
vas the summer. In the green race Sin
ep- with A. ]. Briggs, captured the mon
9th and his horse shows symptoms of bel
vn. an actual conner.
wn Friday showed some mighty go
ost racing from the spectators standpoi
because it took five heats for Cover
rye ment Bond to show hissssuperiority ov
of Almont, but after dropping the seco
lille and third heats, Harding came ba
as hard and drove Government Bond in
unbeatable way and took both seco
try and first money. In the 2.13 pa
rly Pickle had little difficulty in taking
ion three straight heats, but, again in
Der 2. "a pace, the last race on the Cal
of Harding lost one heat, the secor
SITS, with Kleet, but came back again /
of the last two.
YER Harding is certainly making ever
ere thing take notice this season w
hit these two wonderful horses, Kleet a
per Government Bond, and we expect tt
xed he will add very materially to the Fl
VIA wins already to his credit before
season finishes.
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