The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-07
Twirled for Barre A. G. to
3 to 2 Victory over a
Hanover Team :
SHARP CONTEST
WENT 10 INNINGS
Large Crowd Dedicated the
New B. A. C. Grounds
at Trotting Park

1t took 10 innings for the Barre Ath
letics to establish their supremacy owe
the All -Collegians of Hanover, n. H., a
the Ayers street grounds Saturday aitei
noon When stakes were pulled Tor tn
day the count was 3 to 2, but it was moi
until the very threshold of the 10Th hat
been reached that the home towneEs were
able to put themselves firmly permanent
W.. unalterably and irrevocably in tht
lead. That an extra chapter should have
To be written for the deectation OF biz
gallery of fans was highly fitting indeed
for the game was made the occasion fol
opening the new B. A, c. ball park. BY
and large it was a game battle which the
teams put up. Time and time again dur
ing the eight innings tnat the contest
was favored with the well known 5000
essence, quadruple slap would have put
the game on the street called Easy for
whosoever should happen to lose the ball
long enough to negotiate the entire CIR
cult.
Opposing pitchers, like the colored
troops at gettysburg, behaved CALAMITY
but it can't be said that the fire from the
plate was ever very CALLING and as mat
ter of fact it was the artillery forces that
really deserved the V. Cs. for standing
up to the rack when a whitening rifle fire
from Speare and Willard was moving
down so many OF them,
Business of stallng the wartime met
aphor and turning again to the W. k. ma
tional pastime.
Seasons come and go without uncover
ing better matched pair of twirlers
than Speare and Willard. The Vermont
boy had the edge on his adversary in
keeping the hits down, but the strikeout
honors and the passes were divided on
the same popular $3.50 basis. Extra base
allowances were dispensed by Willard in
two instances, but Speare kept the five
hits charged against him better distribut-
ed and nearer home. Willard, an angu-
lar fellow who has weathered many stiff
prep. school struggles, seemed to have
shot his bolt when the crash came, al
though Speare, having girded on his ar
NOR with the intention OF staying until
Sunday noon if necessary was getting in
his best liclSs toward the finish.
Tight fielding, a minimum of hits, big
or little, and fine display of grit on
both sides featured the game. First N
ming scores for both teams were in the
nature of dispensations. Gioisa, first up
for New Hampshire, famed, but Lapierre
was compensated for getting the pellet in
the side by a complimentary ticket TO
first. Black sacrificed lin to third, after
he had passed the second pivot on
passed ball, and the score came when the
bali bounded past Fowlie to the net. Two
men were down when Johnston got a life
at first on Scully's poor catch, stole sec
ond and came home when Jones, laying
down a loose one. roasted on first for the
reason that Duhamel shot the ball far
over Scully's head. Jones ended the in
ming when Willard caught him minus his
toe hole on first.
Through six innings the scoring chances
were infrequent. In the eighth Peduzzi
nicked the bali for double 20 center.
went to third on Stuart's sacrifice and
counted when Bill Johnston duplicated
the double.ply performance. Bill, how
ever. tried TO elasticize his double into a
triple. with the result that he suffered an
ienominous end at third. His two sacker
was potential score had ii ended there
for Jones slapped out pretty single.
only 10 die at first as A. Fowlie famed
matters peremptorily had Il not been for
Catcher Fowlie's lugubrious exhibition in
the ninth.
Evidently bent on getting a quick yer
dict, Speare had famed the first two hit
ters in the ninth when Duhamel singled
20 center He advanced 10 third on Hale's
single and evened the score when Brave
attempted 20 catch the runner az third.
II was an indifferent display Of general
ship. but the tossed ball cannot he re-
called Walker whitfield out and though
the colleeians made a desperate stand In
the 10th il was without avail. Just BE- /
fore the curtain went down Spcare bit
safely. negotiated second and scored when
Duhsmel grabbing Peduzzis short time 4
hunt. winged the ball over first base into /
the meadow. The stDry in numcralss