The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-09-02

saHititts HNRttN Aht kaHlc III the aaNtf
noo,l. Score: Haymakers 0. Olympic
?. and this with lively ball tone incI
Of rubber az its center1 while later VI
had what WAS called the "red dead
Carver and Dan Giles We're the rcg
ular battery. Shaw AZ first, Fred Gilei
al second and many a boy received ,
lsurprise from him before reaching
second base. He never reached fol
the bali before IL was delivered but
would stand with hands at his side q
as not TO hurry the runner, then in.
stantly grab the ball and il was "oui
on second" Merritt Barden at third
! just TO hold the bag down and keep in
close communion with Shaw at first
Merritt Dean was short-stop and the
worm of the diamond and he backed
up all the. infeld to perfection.
Lengthy Jim Scott played in left field
and / have seen him vault parasol
and guard rail on the race track at
Rutland and corral a long fowl fly
while prone upon the ground, thus
winning for Us the game from the
Brattleboro club Warren Simonds
and Grant Morey were the other field
ers and this bunch were proficient in
the delivery of the ball no matter how
close or short the throw. 1t was al
ways thrown with the least possible
trajectory above the horizontal line
and each boy always played the same
position. There was no gloves (or
bags) to catch the ball and we never
saw a mask or breast protector until
the last of our games. The first mask
we ever saw WAS when we played
Brattleboro at Rutland end they had
n battery from Boston. The catcher
carried a large rubber disc between
his teeth with the edges folded to-
getker. This game was for stake of
5000 and there was much money
placed on this game as we had lost
but one game during the entire sea-
son. Rutland had been trimmed and
the old sports put up the job to re-
cuperate their losses. When the Jim
Fisks Of Brattleboro had played their
ninth inning the score was skies. The
Stars took the bat and scored cne
man. Hoodums rushed in with clubs
and stones and demanded that the
umpire change his decision. John
Mead was the umpire and not OF
mind. Then they wanted
to withdrew their bets but the. Stars
friends had backed them TO their last
dollar and stood for their rights.
Fin:lly it was agreed TO leave Il TO
the Spirit of the Times, an authorita-
tive paper on such queries. person
ally rescued an Algierene with blood
running down his neck, he having been
nit many times by stones, thus avoid
ng a REPETITION Of the death of James
Carver (father of bud, our pitcher) 1
rho was stoned to death there many
years ago by man by the name of
McQuade, who was never caught. We
.oon heard from the Spirit Of the
Times which sad, "Your umpire was
light. the Stars win" We won the {
bat, as large as any bat, |
made from the most valuable woods 1
,laced in segments with solid silver ,
,a..ds. and bearing the names of clubs ,
hat had won il. No nine ever got
wo games on the Stars to bear It
way and the Stars was the last name
yer inscribed on it. This bat hung 7
or many years in the Office Of the 7
,entral Hose in Granville.
No player Of the Stars was over 2
eventeen years old when we in com q
laccncy challenged the then flower a
( the diamond, the old Eurekas OF q
,ranville, whom we badly trimmed. d
.fter this our headquarters were IN \
,ranville on the old race track Of VIII I
Iollister's. The Eurckas played the n
Whitehall team in the morning, the 1
isitors being easy winners, and Z
ame was arranged for the afternoon
18th the little Stars, none Of them d
eighing over 1870 pounds. When the r,
aird inning WIS played the Stars had I,
yer 80 runs, Whithall having two and Il
ley quit. It was on this ground we n
rst saw the manly form Of J. l.. Nc N
rthur with the bloom Of youth upon o
.at smooth round face. From whence h
, came we knew not but soon learned K
iat to him Granville was the center A
attraction. Since, he has done N
ore to build up the village Of Gran
lie than any other one man and we o.
NV 1rd the moral assets Of J. l.. Nc 81
rthur to the Lambs Book Of Life p
ftcr this our team was monarch Of a
Diamonds north Of Troy \ - q,
ID through the fast gathering clouds S
Forgetfulncs We. too. viii be oi =,
= past But We imagine that some y !,
.ose balls battoi b. viii Shaw will =
.rpetuate his name as satellites of
lr collar system. for they never have