The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-22
LUCKY SEVENTH
FOR GODDARD
The Seminary Boys Scored
Enough to Beat Nor
witch Informals
KELLY TWIRLED
EFFECTIVE GAME
The Collegians Could Do Lit
tie and Lost, a to 2, on
Seminary Campus

The lid on the baseball season was
hftcd Saturday afternoon at tho sem
mary campus. when Barre baseball fans
were given the opportunity to witness
the Goddard nine in action for the first
time of the season, when they defeated
the Norwich informals by the score OF
4 to2. The old time tradition regarding
the lucky seventh inning" was adhered
to by the seminary team, they getting
all OF their runs in that inning, while the
Mortified team crossed the plate Tor
two runs in the fourth.
Kelly, the seminary pitcher, hurled an
effective game throughout the nine IN.
mings. he striking out seven men and
allowing only two free tickets for the
initial sack, and although touched for
seven hits, he managed to keep the scor-
ing in the Norwich teams column at
low ebb The shifting of Tryon, last
years backstop, to the first sack by
Coach McGinnis proved to be a wise
move, Tryon covering that position in
excellent manner and filling in a big gap
in the seminary infield.
Mahoney, former Brookline high
school player. did the receiving for the
hilltop aggregation in fine style. several
of the Norwich players finding to their
disadvantage the ability of his throwing
arm Kopf. a former New Britain, Conn,
PLAYER, covered the short field position in
a manner which marks him as a coming
Witt, he slipping up only once in six
chances. Mig" Smith covered the sec
ond base position in big league style, he
accepting six chances without an error,
while Beattie also covered the hot corner
position in creditable manner, accept |
ing every chance without slip-up. In
the outer garden Clarity, Captain ia
eobs and Leaheay covered the ground |
with case and succeeded in keeping their
opponents hitting at low figure. ia |
robs proved to be the rescue man in turn
ing defeat into victory in the seventh in
ming by lacing out double into far left |
field. which seemed to unnerve Witty, he
hitting two batters and issuing a free
pass during the rest of the inning.
Things looked bad at the outset of the |
game for Kelly when Keefe and Smith,
the first two men at bat, banged out
singles which put them on second and I
first bases, but he pulled out of a bad
position by striking out Seaver and caus-
ing Liston and Harrington TO hit easy
grounders to the infield. The Mortified |
team started scoring in the fourth Seav-
er was given free ticket to first base,
but he was out trying to steal, Mahoney
to Smith Liston, the next man at bat.
hit an easy grounder along the first base
line which Mahoney telded, although
the ball journeyed far into right field
when Liston knocked Tryon over as he
tried to cover first base. Harrington
then famed the breezes, while Martin
Knocked the ball far into center field.
Liston scoring; Douglass then duplicated
this feat by hitting the ball into right
field and scoring Martin, Salmon ended
the Inning by grounding out to Beattie.
The crash came in the seventh inning
when Kelly, the first man at bat, made
first base on mufled third strike, and
after Beattie had flied out Kopf was Civ !
en- base on balls, Kelly advancing to
second base. Jacobs then came through
with hard double, scoring Kelly while
kopf made third, scoring few minutes '
later on a passed ball. Tryon hit a
single through second base. Jacobs scor- '
ng on the hit. Witty then became some
what cratic and after walking Smith,
hit Clarity by a pitched ball Mahoney
Whitfield the breezes, but Witty hit Lea
leay, the next man at bat, forcing in
rryon with the fourth score. Kelly ended
he inning by hitting an easy fly to
Witty.
The only double play of the game was 7