St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-08-18
II INNING BATTLE
St. JOhnsbury Finally Beat The
Yale Aggregation In Most Excit-
ing Contest On Campus.

Those who elected to take in the
ball game between Fabyans and st.
JOhnsbury instead of the circus last
Saturday were privileged to witness
a twelve inning pitching duel between
the renowned PIE" Way and Tommy
Davidson that is bound to go on
record as one the most interesting
events ever staged on the campus.
Tommy was returned a winner af-
ter a most gruelling contest which
was made even more difficult for this
modest young man by the fact that
he had to travel the long distance
with game leg. This fat wheel
bothered him perceptibly at times,
but he stuck gamely to his task.
Things could have been made much
easier for the local moundsman if
he had been accorded the faultless
support with which the Fabyan out
fit backed up the big Eli finger. AS
it was Tommy's support was a bit
wobbly at times and these erratic
periods generally occurred when they
helped along runs for the visitors.
The game should have gone the
regular distance with st. Johnsbury
the winner to 1, but as things broke
the boys were forced to little extra
work and the fans were given con-
siderable more for their money.
Way certainly lived up to his rep
utation and pitched a game that
would have won over the ordinary
teams, but it didn't happen to be one
of the ordinary or mediocre kind that
he was stacked up against Saturday.
The visitors went after the game
at the sound of the bell Campbell,
first up, cracked out a twobagger,
advanced on Early's out at first and
scored when Jack Davidson fumbled
McGuinness' grounder. Willard was
passed, but Tommy got the great
Vaughn on strikes and the best Ken
ney could do was to lay a grounder
down the third base line, which Witt
easily handled, forcing McGuinness
for the third out.
Way showed that he had some
thing besides his glove as neither
Moore nor Hoernle could find the
ball. Jack Davidson managed to
meet it but it fell into Pat Willard's
hands, retiring the side.
In the second a pretty return of
fly by Moore cut off a run and kept
Fabyans advantage at one. Green
ough was out, ]. Davidson to Sulli-
van. McManus dropped a single into
left and Way repeated with one to
center. With McManus on third and
Campbell at bat things looked rather
shaky, but the latter sent a long fly
into center and Joe was there wait
ing for it. The peg home caught Nc
Manus by feet. The locals again re-
tired in order. In the third neither
side were able to get a man by sec
ond, but in the next frame the locals
evened things. Moore started with a
double sacker, was helped along by
Hoernle sacrifice and scored clean
run when Jack Davidson poled one
into left. Witt hit to center, Sulli-
van took the count and Shea forced
Witt, leaving the score one all.
Innings five and six were non-pro-
ductive Of runs for either side, but
the seventh was the liveliest of the
entire bill McManus dropped one
into the diamond which went for a
hit. He advanced when "Pie" Way
got in front of one of Tommy's fast
ones and both advanced on Camp
bells sacrifice. A sacrifice fly by
Early put McManus over but Way
was out attempting to score on Nc
Guinness hit to center, Joe Moore
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