The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-08
Witty Wins Pitchers
Duel at Berlin N. III.
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lon had a momentary but disas-
trous relapse.
Witty flied to the. second base
IMAM after he, had the pitcher in
| the hole. Then Conner walked
Downey sent a long fly to right
field which, was, speared, ConloI
was passed and so was ST. Angelo
FILLING the bases. Seanlon, simply
could not find the corner Of the
!, plate and, gave. a ticket to STAR
Ewhle "Mc" was, at bat Coplon app
| st. Angelo, attempted daring
double steal of home, and Conlon
certainly would. have made it and
in all probability, st. Angelo. too,
had not "Mac" fopled the ball.
Both men, were forced TO go. back
to their stations. Conlon was
forced, in as Mclaughlin was pas
sed and St. Angelo registered
while the others advanced a base
when Scanlon, was. unfortunate
enough to put one. of his fast
curves beyond reach of his back
stop. Maher hit the ball on line
between right and center, which
had the anpearanee Of a sure ex-
ira base hit, but Wilder by fast
running. caught the ball.
In the fourth Berlin got one run
back. Jacobs was. safe when Rich
ereli experienced difficulty in field
ing his grounder Morris walked,
but was forced at second by Will
der, Conlon to Richereh.. In his
attempt to complete a double
RcheEei threw wild to, McLaugb-
lin and Wilder took second while
Jacobs tailed. Wagner forced.
Wilder at third, Conlon to Mahs,r
and Veazie ended the rally by fan
ming.
Conlon came within an ace Of
getting injured in the fifth stanza
when Powers grounder took de-
ceiving hop. Jocko was playing
the ball instead of waiting for It
Had he waited he ball might have
struck him in the face and caused
more or less damage to his fea-
lures and perhaps forced him out
of the game. The next three men
We're easy outs SO that hit went
for%naught.
In the. St. Johnsbury half of the
fifth inning, Conlon singled, went
to second on wild pitch and made
third on Stairs sacrifice fly to
right field, but Jocko was deserted
at the hot corner when McLaugh-
lin flied to. the, third base man.
Witty had all kinds of trouble in
the sixth stanza. but he crawled
out of the hole without damage,
first up, singled to, left
field but was forced at, second, by
Morris, Conlon unassisted, w lder
was safe when Coplop iuggledI his
roller, but Wagner forced Morris
at third, Maher. unaided. While,
Veazie was at bat, Bernie, Starr,
usually a. rather upprotestin.,
young fellow, had quite lenthy
and heated argument with Jumps
Lavateau and while the confab was
progressing both Wilder and Wag-
ner proceeded to steal base on
the back stop. Qts the only
change these, birds had of pilfering
a sack on the "little wonder."),
1t seems Bernie had asked the
jumps regarding the. count on
Veazie and had been told it was
2-2, Instead it was 2-1. When
Veazie took a swing at the, next
one of WHY'S spitters Starr re-
moved his mask and started for
the, bench The umpire informed
him there were only two strikes
on the batter. Bernie reminded |
the Jumps that he had told MN it
was 2-2 but the umpire denied |
this. The. argument ended. without |
blood being shed. No runs result
ed.
The. acid, test for Witty came
n the eighth, when with the bases
loaded he caused one man to. strik
)ut and the, last one, to be retired, |
~ an easy play. One little hit at
he psychological moment would;
lave put a decidedly different as
eect on the. old ball game. But the
ounchi was not there and the day
vas saved for the scale town lads.