The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-27
But st. Johnsbury Objected
Vigorously to Home
Run in Auto
PLAYERS TALKED TILL
1T BECAME DARK
I. A. C. and st. Johnsbury
Played a Very Loose
Game

For the second time this year the ltal-
ian Athletic club tied the score with the
st. Johnsbury aggregation, the last time
being yesterday afternoon at the Italian
A. c. grounds off Berlin street, when the
result ended up with the score to 8
The last inning was a little more than
half finished when, after an half-hour
OF argument the game was called on ac.
count of darkness by Umpire Recette,
who called it tie, the Italians having
evened up in the ninth.
Not only in the ninth inning did the
players get into an argument, but at
several other times the play was inter
rupted by misunderstanding. Witt got
a hit over the fence and was able to cross
home plate, but ground rules interfered,
as only two bases were given. This
caused considerable talk and when Grow
of the /. A. G. hit the ball into an auto
mobile in right field in the ninth and
crossed the rubber, another kick came.
The st. .Johnsbury men tried to say he
was entitled to two bases only, as was
Witt, but in this case no ground rules
had been made. Here was where the
game ended, it being too dark to play
after the argument finished.
Again several minutes were taken up
in discussion about dead ball. Witt
again was the cause, he hitting the pill
out into center field. A spectator with
little regard for the game, and in an en-
deavor to assist the Italians, picked the
ball up and tossed it to Gay. But Witt
was reasonable and only took two bases.
He was standing on second when the
ball was put back into play by going
into the pitchers box. Recette gave him
third, but Coach Scampini Immediately
objected and showed rules in the rule
book that sent him back to second
II looked very bad for the Italians in
the very beginning Of the game when
the st. Johnsbury boys crossed the rub
Der five times. Weaferi was pretty wild
and they FLASHED against him rather hard
A three Dagger, double and a single
were pounded out in the very first d.
vision. But the home team did not lose
heart and stuck like glue. In the second
they got to Davidson for three hits and
scored twice During the rest of the
game up to the ninth inning the visitors
got as far as eight and the Italians as
far as six.
Weaferi continued to let several men
walk and was in very poor form. II
was in the seventh, eighth and ninth that
he frightened and kept them from scor-
ing. Up until the seventh he had walked |
eight men and allowed seven hits. In |
the whole game he got four strikeouts.
But the fielding behind Weaferi was
all that could be asked of any semi |
professional team. Three errors were
made in all. Calcagni was given an err
ror when a fast throw was received from |
Grow that he dropped when run into by |
the haserunner Grow failed to handle
speedy grounder quick enough and Co
molli threw wild at second base at an.
other time. Aside from these times no
errors were made
Twice the st. Johnsbury men made
plumbers that went down as errors
against them. One very serious error
cost a score and advanced others. Scam.
PM was on first and Gay at bat Gay
hit little bunt in front of home plate
and Haskins and Davidson both tried to
get IL. The catcher was the one sue
cessful and slid il along down toward
first base. II hit the ground and rolled
along over among the automobiles parked
there. Scsmpini, acting as pinch hit
ter, got hit by. pitched ball, advanced
TO third, and Gay got second. When
Lyons sent line drive into center field ,
both scored, as did Lyons later when
Moore fumbled the ball out there and
then threw in wildly. The bungle Of |
Noore's 10 center Geld went down as an
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With the score 20 in the visitors
isvor, Calcagni came 10 bat in the ninth.
4 nice SINCE into right field put him on
irst Tomasi, who had taken the place {
b Ricciarell in right field after the /
after had been taken from play on ac- I
cunt Of scnmpini batting IN bic place. /
anne mp and famed. Grow. the Rich \
mend man the Italians secured 90 cover
hifd base. came up with HE liner that 1
vent into the car in right fieid Both >
men crossed the rubber. Grow barely !
setting safe. Here the talk fest started !
ind most II the zoo fans that had wit. 4
lessed the game crowded out to the field
Ind had word 30 say. After at least 4
" Minutes Of tai back and forth the /,
,sms was called with the score a tie =
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