The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-28
Italian A. C. and Middle
bury College Put Up a
Good Exhibition
LOCALS OUTBATTED
THEIR OPPONENTS
But They Lost More Scores
Through Poor Work
on Base Paths

Middlebury college and the Italian
Athletic club went II innings to draw
at the Berlin street grounds yesterday
in the best game that has been uncov-
cred hereabouts in many, many moons.
The tally stood three all when Umpire
Broggi called the game in the early
watches to allow the collegians to catch
their train. 1t was fairly sizeable
crowd that meandered down to the field
and settled back to see the usual nine
inning 60 But it was wildly ex-
cited crowd that stood on its toes from
the ninth to the last chapter. Not since
the Athletics and Norwich university
fought out an extra inning game few
years back has fandom here seen any
thing like it.
In the main it was a pitchers argu-
ment with just enough OF heavy hitting
to give it zest. Joe Weaferi was tickled
for six safeties, but they were well dis
tributed and it was really series of
miseues, coupled with a triple, that
made the three Middlebury runs pos
sible in the sixth. Thereafter, Weaferi
twirled superbly and for the most part
his backing was magnificent. With the
Addison county boys it was different
story. Awkward, the ambidextrous, was
freely touched and the game hung in
line balance after the ninth. More than
once the Italians pushed men around to
the third station, only to forfeit the
chance to score by careless base running
or i'll luck.
If the past two weeks have seen a
general come back on the part of the
home boys, their performances yesterday
gave rise to the opinion that their re-
turn to their former estate is even more
pronounced. Barring few errors that
the most magnanimous critic could not
copdone, their playing was of kind
calculated to strike terror to the brav-
lest. They stung the ball like friends
and had they qualified in the same meas
IRE in base running, the contest would
never have drifted into extras.
Although two men reached the pillows
in the third, the Athletics didn't open
fire until the fourth. In that period,
ComolIi, doubled. but was nipped at
third in trying to stretch it. Weaferi
flied out, but Calcagni got life on Ayl
wards boot and stole second, tallying on
Bottigi's clean single. In the seventh,
Bottigi went down on a safe one through
lies handsome triple. The latter scored
on Davidi's single. Jack got caught at
second, Wits easy one to Loder and
Giacamuzzi's whiting retired the side.
In the 18th the locals had a tempting
opportunity to count, both Comolli and
Calcagni figuring in beautiful bingles.
But poor baserunning and the lack of
ability to hit in the pinches again fig
ured. On Bresnehan's error, Witt got
around to third in the 18th, and Counter
singled but the next two were easy
outs.
Middlebury got her only taste OF scor-
ing in the sixth. Triggs went down on
a free one and stole second. LaMere |
owed his advance to first on Giaca-
muzzi's poor one and Bresnehan gained |
the first sack on Weaferi's bad muss of |
a roller. Triggs came home on passed
ball and LaMere registered when Ayl-
ward hit to the center garden for three
bases. Prior to this move, however,
Bresnehan was caught mapping at sec
ond by Comolli The young Middlebury
player made the third run on Jones' slap
to right Middlebury had look-in at
the run making again in the 10th and
18th innings, but the locals played close
TO the sod and they were never very dam