St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-07-26
ST. ] WINS LOOSE GAME
LyndonviIle Nine Completely Out
classed and Is Beaten 1S to 6-Lo-
Gals Try Luck in New Positions.

ST. Johnsbury won from Lyndon
vile in a loosely played game here
Wednesday by a top-heavy score of IS
to 6. The locals completely out
classed the team from Lyndonville
and after the fourth inning when st
Johnsbury had sailed away a seven
run lead and it looked as if they could
score at will everybody Ioosened up
and took it easy.
Hoernle retired to the bench, and
Waller took up the backstopping
job, Faulkner went into center field
Davidson went to third, Shay and E.
McGinnis exchanged positions at
short and first.
The fourteen hits accumulated by
Lyndonville were for the most part
due to the speedy playing of the
above combination and many others
We're of the scratchiest order. Ahern
and Kennison were the exceptions as
to hitting and slammed out five solid
smashes between them, Ahern led
with three hits and Kennison fol-
lowed with two. Three of Lyndon
ville's runs came across on hits by
Kennison.
The game started out well In the
first inning and it looked as if at
least a fair game might be expected
Leland, the first man up, struck out.
Keefe to McGinnis, and Wakefield
famed. Faulkner received trans
portation, Connor went out, pitcher to
first, Berry connected with a solid
smash to center field, sending Faux
ner to third. Shay struck out and
WaIizer ended the inning by flying
out to right.
In the second inning Ahern picked
the second ball pitched for a clean
home run over left field fence. After
the runner had crossed the plate the
umpire sauntered down to the foul
line and gave his decision that the
ball was foul. 1t was the general
opinion that it was a well-earned
home run; even the st. Johnsbury
players thought the decision a rob-
berry, but this decision was a good
sample of the umpiring throughout
the game.
Ahern then flied out to short, Phil
lips was passed, and Land struck out
After the poor decision on Ahern's
hit the Lyndonville team went to
pieces and in the st. Johnsbury
halves of the second and third inning
they were able to score almost at
will. Kennison displaced Millbury in
the third with two men on bases,
after four runs had crossed the plate,
and retired the side, after two more
runs had been added to st. Johns
bury's total.
Again in the fourth, fifth and sixth
innings st. Johnsbury landed on Ken
nison with a bunch of hits that cou-
pied with support that would have
discouraged a Walter Johnson, scored
a total of ten more runs, and yielding
to the calls from the stands to strike
out or in some way end the agony
the locals refrained from adding any
more runs, although they hated to
lose the chance of fattening their
batting averages.
The game ended in the ninth when
Kennison struck out after Philips hit
a grounder to first and Land had flied
out to third.
The lineup
ST. ohnsbury-Faulkner, 3b, C,
Conner, 2b; Berry, IF; Shay, SIS, 1b;
Walizer, CT, C; D. McGinnis, If; E.
McGinnis, Id, SIS; Hoernle, c; Keefe, p,
Davidson, 3b.
yndonville-Leland, 2b; Sherrer,
SIS; Wakefield, 1b; Ahern, 3b; eau
dette, IF; Phlillyss, C; Land, CT; Ken.
nison, If, p; Milbury, p; Hunter, If.
Score by innings: