The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-05
DUBA FORCED
OUT OF BOX
And Spaulding High Defeat
ed Montpelier Semi
nary, s to 3
POLLI HARD HIT
BY THE VISITORS
Game, Which Was Listless
and Uninteresting, Was
Spaulding's Last

One bad inning was enough to fore,
Duba, the star Montpelier seminary
pitcher, to retire from the box in favor
OF Ward at the end Of the third inning
at the Lincoln campus yesterday after
noon, when the Spaulding high school
baseball team played the last game on
the schedule by defeating the seminary
aggregation by score of to in a
listless aud uninteresting game. Duba at
the outset of the season doomed up as
Coach Maiden's best bet, but the effects
OF severe wound in his right hand,
which he suffered several weeks ago while
opening window at the seminary, were
plainly observable and had a great deal
to do with hindering his hurting during
the three innings in which he was in the
box. He was succeeded by Ward. who
pitched an effective game during the re-
naming innings, allowing only two more
runs.
Polli, the Spaulding mainstay, pitched
for the high school aggregation, and al
though touched up for II safe bingles, he
managed TO keep them well scattered
and, had not the four errors coupled with
a lone single in the fifth inning occurred,
ii is likely that he would have held them
TO lone run.
During several of the innings slight
drizzle of rain tended TO slow up the
fielding and caused several errors, while
the outfield, which resembled some of the
vast meadows and hills in the rural dis
trcts during the haying season. did not
tend to make the game faster, several
hits being credited when the ball became
lost in the vernal depths long enough TO
allow the baserunners to make all the
bases they desired,
Mann OF the Spaulding team had big
day both at the bat and in the field, poll
ing out long triple into left field on
his first trip to the plate and hitting a
double and single in two out of the
other three occasions. He accepted ] |
several of which were on good
plays, and slipped up only twice during
he afternoon, although both of the miss
'ues were caused in degree by the con
lition of the field. Capt. Geals came |
through with his usual big day at bat, |
,ettiug three singles out of four times
lp. For the losing aggregation, Duba and |
ldttH uiu TIE HtdfN dltilitiN dltdChlHEs
he former hitting two singles and a dou-
lie in four times at bat, while the latter
vas credited with three hits out of four
rips to the plate.
Things looked bad for Polli at the very
utset of the game, when, after Lance
ad flied out to Parks, Hatch hit single
fhich went over by scant margin of a
ew inches at first base. He stole second
nd advanced to third on a single by
rons, who stole second a few minutes
,ter, Both players remained on their re-
pective positions. however, while Poll
ulled out of bad hole by causing Ward
nd Dodds to hit weak grounders to the
field.
The Spaulding team started the scor
" in their half of the first inning on
-iple by Mann, an infield hit by Geals,
nd an error by Duba on high fly, II
hich fell about foot in front of the
ONE plate. Four hits, coupled with a
ase on balls, Melted four more runs in {
le third inning and consequently caused
uba's retirement. The other two runs a
ere scored in the fifth and seventh in
ngs. The Montpelier team brought I
ross two of their three runs in the fifth c
ming of the game on a single and four a
rors, while the other run was scored in I
lie seventh inning, when, after Irons had 2
'en hit by pitched ball, Ward hit n |
'uble into left field.
The score. [