St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-07-08
ST. ]. THREE STRAIGHT
Defeated Boston Reds In Fourth Of
July Games-SOme Good
Horse Racing.

The local entertainment for the
Fourth was furnished by the Gale
donia Fair Company which gave two
ball games and three good horse
races at the fair ground Saturday.
About 1000 people witnessed the
sports and also were interested in
the tug of war between st. Johns
bury and Concord, in which the Wis
iting giants were defeated.
St. Johnsbury took three straight
games from the Boston Reds over
the Fourth. Originally slated to play
a double-header on Saturday, they
stayed over and played one Monday
morning, and the local team had lit
tie difficulty dn winning. The total
runs were 33 to IA. The first game,
Saturday morning was a walk-over,
abounding in free hitting by ST.
Johnsbury and clever fielding by
both teams. The game was long
drawn out, and somewhat tiresome
to the spectators before the end. st.
Johnsbury began it's run getting in
the first inning and kept at it pret-
ty steadily through the game. The
seventh inning was the Waterloo for
the Boston team however, IL men
batting, and a combination of four
singles, a double, a hit batsman, a
double steal and two single steals
netting seven runs. The batting fea-
lures were contributed by Connor,
with a single and three bagger. J.
Moore with two singles and two
Dagger, Gray with three singles, and
Levasseur with two doubles. The
fielding features were a one-handed
catch of a fly by Witt, and a snappy
double play by the Red shOrtstop,
second baseman and first baseman.
The score:
II 945 789
St. ]. 2 8 l 0 8 0 7 0 x-1e
Reds 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
Batteries: Levasseur and Hoern-
lie, Hastings and Martin. Hits: St.
Johnsbury, 16; Reds, 4. Runs made
by Connor 2, J. Moore 2, Hoernle 3,
Witt, Gray 2. Smythe, F. Moore2,
Scott, Levasseur 2, Wholley, Daley,
O'DonnelI 3, Hastings. Struck OUT
by Levasseur 6, by Hastings Z.
Bases on balls off Levasseur 4, off
Hastings 4. Umpire: Brown.
St. j. 9--Reds 3.
The afternoon game was about as
one sided as the morning. Both
teams played their best pitchers and
both were none too effective. Speare
did very well for seven innings, but
weakened in the last two, while o.
Donnell was touched up freely in
the early stages of the game and at
the end. There was plenty of hit
ting in this game. Connor found the /!
pitching to his liking and banged
out a triple and a double, Witt a
double and two singles, and others (
at least one hit. Harber found |
Speare for triple in the fourth in !
ming but was caught at the plate by |
Scott on Darling's hit. Some loose |
playing at the end of the game al |
lowed all three of the Reds scores, |
else Speare would have had a shut |
out. A queer play in the sixth was
when Speare lodged a wide in |
shoot of O'Donnell's and the ball |
struck his bat, rolling fair, so the
catcher threw him out at first al
most before he had picked himself
up. The score:
12 3 4 5 6 z g.
st. ]. 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 --9
Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 --3
Batteries: Speare and Hoernle, H
O'Donnell and Donnelly. Hits: st.
Johnsbury, IL; Reds, 7. Runs made
by: Connor 8, j. Moore, Hoernle 2,
Witt, Smythe, Speare, Wholley, Dali
ey, O'Donnell Struck out: by Speare
8; by O'Donnell 2. Bases on balls:
off Speare 4; off O'Donnell l. Um-
)ire: Brown.
st. j. S--Reds ,
Monday morning the Reds again
lost to st. Johnsbury, though the
score was closer than the preceding
games. The visitors were roundly
in practically all depart
nents. With six runs to overcome
n the ninth inning, the Reds found
2ritchard for three hits, and as many
'uns, but were held to that score.
Both Keefe and Pritchard on Mon
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