Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-08-23
GLOVER

GLOVER
Mr.. Irene Nye of Orleans was in
town Monday.
Mrs. Nancy Drew is having an ad-
dition made to her house.
Mrs. Clarence Hodgdon of Concord
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Ida Dunn.
The schools of the town of Glover
will open Monday. August 18th. 1884
Many of our people have visited the
blueberry fields at Wenlock with good
success.
Mrs. Lydia Milligan from Barton is
assisting in caring for her sister, Mrs.
Miranda Drew.
Miss Ethel Drew has been spending
week with her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Dunn.
Mrs. Badger came from Bethlehem,
n H., to spend week or two with
her daughter, Mrs Noah Dodge.
Mrs. Sarah McGinnis of Whitefeld.
N. H., has been spending a month
with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Dunn.
Mrs. Chapman wishes to extend her
sincere thanks to the Mems Bible class
and others, who kindly did her hay
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Whitney of
| Concord junction, Mass, are visiting
in town and spending some time at
Stone pond.
Miss Marion Bickford has been stop-
ing for time in the Bickford home
and visiting some of her many friends
here. Howard Bickford was also
visitor here a short time ago.
Mrs. Miranda Drew, who fell and
broke her right leg two weeks ago, is
as comfortable as could be expected.
She has been bountifully remembered
with flowers by her manv friends for
which she is very grateful.
GLOVER GREENSBORO
| In the two hours and twenty minutes
of play Saturday afternoon which en-.
sued from the time Leland curved the
first ball across the plate for strike
Off Harris till the moment Jenness
pulled down Merritt's pop fly and end.
ed Greensboro's last hope of winning.
the Glover and Greensboro teams
handed out all sorts and conditions of
baseball to those who dared to brave
the hot sun to watch it. It was
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IS to 10 in favor Of the home bows.
Glover started not after the game and
the series when Buck whanged the
first ball pitched to him for a double
against the hill in right field Two
more hits that inning brought in a
brace of runs, and after that Glover
continued to add little to their score
in every inning except the second and
fourth. Greensboro did little or moth
ing with Leland's offerings until the
sixth, before that time getting but
two scores, each of which came in
stained by an error. In the seventh
inning, however, they woke up to what
kind Of game was being played, and
aided by the sun which by this time
was getting down into the fielders'
eyes, they hammered in four runs, in
each Of the next two innings. In the
ninth they tried hard to continue their
drive, and had men on second and third
when an easy infield out ended the
co st. Glover hit hard throughout
the contest: Phil Davis, who was sick
and weak, was unable to do better
than get five safe ones out of five
times up, one going for two bases
His teammates followed suit as best
they were able. The Glover runners
had great fun with the Greensboro
basemen, time and again diving under
a waiting ball for pre- tty steal. The
heat at times affected both teams
strangely and several plays were pulled
off which would have done credit to a
team from Brattleboro Even the
umpire was not exempt in pulling
weird ones When Myer. the Greens.
boro catcher. raced up toward first
case after Davis's pop fly, leaving home
plate so vacant that M. Leland came
running down from third for another
counter-and then didn't even get his
nit on the ball, the Glover rooters
laughed loud suggestions. but when q
few minutes later, Wells, the Glover
catcher, after dropping a third strike
threw madly for third to catch run.
ner, who had taken advantage of the
error, the crowd took it just as good
naturedly. After all it is the uncer-
tainty which makes the American
pastime what it is, and the errors anC
worries were only giving the audience
their due share. Next Saturday the
team plays off the tie with Barton anc
a hot contest is to be expected.
The summary:
Score by innings,
1854 56789 Ri F
Glover 2O4 4 2 | IS Is Il
Greensboro 0 0 0 04 4 0 10 Is r
Runs: Glover, Buck 2, C. Phillips
3. Bumpus 2, Leland 5. Davis 2, Dunn
Greensboro, Harris 2, A. w. Stockdale
2, Myer, Merritt, Landon 2, Cotton g
Earned runs Glover 10, Greensboro 4.
Singles: Glover, Buck, C. Phillips
Bumpus, M. Leland 2. Davis 4, Jen
ness, Dunn Greensboro, Harris, A. A
} StockdaIe 2, A. w. Stockdale, Miller q
Myer 2, Merritt 3, Landon. Hooker 2
Two base hits: Glover, Buck 2, Leland
Davis. Three base hits: Greensboro.
A, ". Stockdale, Sacrifice hits,
Greensboro, A. W. Stockdale. Stoler
bases: Glover, c.. Phillips 2, Leland 8,
, Davis 3, Jenness, Dunn, Wells; Green's
boro, Myer, Merritt, Cotton, Hooker 4
} Double plays: Glover, Jenness tc
: Davis; Greensboro, Myer to Merritt.