The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-23
Town Team Defeated God
dard Seminary, A to 3,
on Saturday
GAME IN DOUBT TILL
LAST MAN WAS OUT
Polli Pitched Well for Barre
and Was Well Sup
ported

With several ball players VINO nave
just completed the seasons playing with
college teams and few of Barre's for
mer baseball leaders, team, the So
called Barre All-Stars, met. and defeated
Saturday afternoon the Goddard sem
mary aggregation to g. These All-Star
men furnished one OF the best contests,
that is, most exciting, games that was
ever staged in Barre Even the last play
could have lost the game for the victors,
for, with two men on bases, one on third
and one on first, though two men had
been retired it was necessary for POLL
to put the last ball over the plate with
a corkscrew twist, which he did. Two
strikes and three balls had been called
on Gormley, the batter, and could he
have connected with the last one another
inning would doubtless have been nee
essary to decide the winner
1t was a game of thrills, exciting to
watch, for with the style that made
them prominent with the B. A. c. and
l. A. C., Jack Davidson and "Bill" Stuart
were back in their baseball togs and
right at home in the infeld, displaying
some of those snappy stunts in running
bases and catching base runners. The
best play OF the afternoon broke through
the screen in the first inning. Pilgrim
was on third base, Bracket ON first. In
a trick play to catch Pilgrim, Hyland,
the catcher, threw to Davidson, second
baseman, pretending to play for Brack-
EFT, who made bluff to steal second.
Pilgrim then started for home, but
Decline throw from Davidson to Hyland
succeeded in catching Pilgrim at home.
Only perfect throwing and quick work
made the play successful.
In the second period the first score of
the game was made by Davidson, who
reached first by a walk Stuart, the
next man up, sacrificed, advancing him
TO second. Young then singled to short
outfield, advancing Davidson to third. A
throw from the fielder to catch Young at
second allowed Davidson to score, for
though the second baseman threw to
Bracket the throw came short, Another
run in the fourth held the game 2 to 0
for several innings, when Goddard tied
the score in the sixth with two runs.
Two two baggers by Bracket and Stay
ton did the trick.
Allan Johnston and Young robbed the
hill boys of two hits that had the ear
marks of home runs, for they were
placed in the same locations as those
made in other games this year. John
ston's opportunities came in the third
I and fourth innings. The best catch of
the two was that of Brackets line drive
to deep center. For this one he had to
run back TO puR it down Young's came
in the sixth and seventh and were cred
tied as excellent catches.
Captain Ogston, in the latter part of
the eighth decided it best to let Polli
hold his opponents down for the next
inning and half; with speed that daz-
zled the batters, the last four men were
retired in short order
Joseph Fraser of Ayers street, one Of
the fans seated in the bleachers, received
a rather bad injury when a wild throw
TO the first baseman struck him squarely
upon the nose. From a small hole made
near the bridge Of the nose blood flowed
profusely and a later examination by a
doctor could not decide satisfactorily
whether or not the bone was broken.
After having the wound dressed he re-
turned to see the game The score: