St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-01
ST. ]. WON TWICE
Defeated Franklin, N. H., On Their
Own GrOunds-Another Draw
With Barre |. A. c.

| TWO W1HS and tie was soI. JOuHS-
bury's record on the diamond for the
past week. On Thursday the boys
motored to Barre and tried hard to
play off the tie with 1. A. c. but
the best they could get out of nine
inning ARRAY was another draw. 1t
is due the locals, however, to say
that if they were ever handed a raw
deal, it was on this trip.
Ground rules, interpreted in every
case to the advantage Of the Italians,
worked against st. Johnsbury and
| finally allowed Barre to tie up a
game which had been safely put
away by their guests. On a former
| trip to Barre ground rules allowed
| but two bases for a ball hit over the
fence or for one hit into the crowd
of spectators and automobiles which
were banked along the playing lines.
Assuming that the rules for one
game governed another the st.
Johnsbury men did not ask for in
formation on this subject but went
after the game.
Weafer was the easiest kind of a
mark and as wild as a hawk. HIS
oppontnts took advantage of this and
in the very first round rung up
count of five. At intervals they add
Il
inning they had piled up eight runs.
Their score remained at eight while
Barre accumulated six. During this
time Witt had lifted one over the
fence and had been given but two
bases on it.
In the ninth, however, Barre got
their chance. With Tomasi on, the
hard hitting Grow came to bat. His
contribution was a fly ball into the
crowd and he instead of stopping at
second, completed the circuit, driv-
ing Tomasi in ahead of him. Ma
turally st. Johnsbury put up a kick
on this play, claiming that Grow
should be allowed only two bases on
the hit, but it seems that this one
of the two ground rules did not look
so good to Barre as the one in
which Witt figured and Umpire Ra-
cette, not only allowed him the
home run but called the game with
the score tied.
AS it was Barre did not steal the
game because there was no game but
they should be given credit for max
ing hard try for it. The score by
innings.
l. A. G. 0 2 0 0 0 81 0 IS 8 8
l. L L 4
Batteries: Davidson and Haskins,
Weafer and ComoIli.
St. JOhnSbury z, FabyanS
About all the comment one heard
on the St. observation-disclosures game
here last Thursday was in reference
to Connor's sensational fielding. An
otherwise listless game was greatly
enlivened by this purely local prod
uct and his work certainly had the
crowd going from start to finish
Extra base hitters for the game
included four locals, Moore, Witt,
Shea and Connor, all connecting for
doubles. The score by innings:
Inn. II 2 3 4 5 6 Z 9-RHE
ST. J. 20 o 8 2 0 2 *-7115
Fab. 20 % L 1 o 0 1 2-51O4
Batteries, Keefe, Gallagher and
Mitchell; Willard and Leary.
st. JOhnsbury 2, Franklin
1t was a real game at Franklin
and the telephone wires were kept
hot all the afternoon with inquiries
from interested fans who were IN
able to make the hundred mile jour-
ney with the team.
Hopeful as local hackers were it
is very much doubted if a great
many of them expected a win over
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their own bulwark. They turned the
trick, however, and reports from
Franklin call it the most exciting
game played there this season.
Franklin was running no chances
against the Green Mountain lads and
sent in Sorrette, their one est bet,
to bring home the bacon. He fail
ed, but it was certainly not on &C
count of Door work as he held CT
Johnsbury to six hits and struck out
twelve.
Lefty Gallagher was Moore's
choice for the day and this young
lad pitched the game of his career.
Seven hits were registered off him
and he also passed four, but at criti-
cal times Lefty always delivered and
pulled through with flying coIors.
Twice during the game the bases
were choked and only one down but
this didn't seem to phase the south
paw in the least.