The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-30
Besides Holding Goddard
Players to Four Hits, He
Whaled Out Home Run
MONTPELIER SEM.
WON EXCITING GAME
Kelly Pitched Well for God
dard but Was Poorly
Supported

The question that caused so much dis
pute all during the early part of the
baseball season which team was the
better, Goddard seminary or Montpelier
seminary was settled Saturday after
noon in tight nine inning contest that
ended as victory for Montpelier with
the score of 5 to 3. 1t was a thrilling
game and, regardless of the chilly winds
that blew across the diamond and in the
grandstand at Intereity park, large
number OF fans from Barre and Mont
pelier forgot the weather in the excite
ment of the game. 1t was a pitchers
battle and a good one until the eighth
inning, when objectionable errors threw
the game away,
These two teams had long been pre-
pairing for this contest and il was every
players ambition to take this victory.
Kelly, the pitcher for Goddard, outclassed
his opponent in the box and pitched an
excellent game. Six hits were gathered
from his delivery, but only one cost a
run. Poor support from the infelders
simply sacrificed the game for the God
dard team, which had three scores from
the third inning against Montpelier's one
in the same period. But Montpelier was
constantly on the offensive, fighting ev-
cry minute Of the game, for which they
were Justly rewarded
Much 70 the surprise Of most Of the
Barre fans, Duba did not appear for
Montpelier, but in his stead Granai had
his foot in the pitchers box when the
umpire called, "Play BALI! He had some
nice curves that bafHed most Of the bat
tiers. and only the top notch men OF the
local team could hit safely Besides
pitching good game, he brought in two
runs. one Of which he made BY driving
the ball over the fence in center field
into the river and then circling the bases
for home run Il WAS this run that
tied The score in the seventh inning and,
naturally, put more vim into the Mont
pelier players. The next inning was the
fateful one for the Goddard team, when
two errors were made by infelders, Ne
Garghan, who muffed a grounder, and
Beattie. who made a wide throw TO first
eliminating the hopes Of the boys in red
and blue for a victory.
They tried hard in the ninth TO come
back strong, believing two pinch hitters,
Slayton and Howard, might connect with
the ball and save the game, but this
could not be done. Slayton struck out,
Howard flied to Granai, and Pilgrim
grounded to Granai, who threw him out
at first.
The first two innings we're upcyentful,
both sides being retired in short order.
The third created little excitement and
ended with poor outlook for Mont
pelier. King. the first 10 bat, struck out I;
| Pilgrim introduced q clean hit to left
field. Gormley advanced him 20 third by
two.base hit. Beattie, the next up,
waited for q walk This put Granai in a
bad hole, since only one man was out.
He made wild pitch, whereupon Pill
grim raced home The other two men
reached home on Grandfelds errors, two
| in succession.
Montpelier managed 10 get a run in
the latter part OF the same period be-
cause two errors were made by the God
dard players. In the next inning two
hits scored for them one more; and in
the seventh Granai's home turn turned
the tables The score: