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eye to follow. Polli rose to the
occasion with all the mastery that
indicates greatness in a pitcher
He became simply unhittable. So
both Butler and Bracket struck
out with the bases loaded. New
ports royal and loyal fans in the
stands breathed sigh of relief
and then cheered their wonderful
pitcher hoarse.
esterday's game marked the
coming together of two teams
that couldn't be more perfectly
matched, if they had been hand
picked by the same manager The
game belonged to anybody and
nobody until the last two men had
been snuffed out in the last of
the ninth.
Sensational home run drives
over the left field barrier gave the
2OO0 fans more varied thrills than
are commonly dispensed for the
mere pittance of four bits. Fair
banks was leading 8 to 0 in the
third when Brainy Bower came to
bat. He usually just skins the
heads of the infielders with his
hits but this time he crossed up
the opposition and Dartmouth hit
dartmouth over the fence for a
circuit smash with two on. New
port now battled on even terms
with st. Johnsbury
Then in the eighth, Fairbanks
lay in the otfing when Ralph
Bracket came to bat with his out
fit two runs behind. Butler had
singled sharply to third Bracket
let POLLS dreaded hook swish by
and lay in wait for his fast one.
Ralph swung with all his might
and the agate sailed high over the
board fence in left field, while he
logged around the hassocks. The
score now stood 7 to 7.
Nels Laird got a scratch hit
in the first inning when Bracket
permitted his hunt to roll along
the third base line, thinking that
it would go foul. Cuddy, however,
trapped the Border City leader
between the sacks and then Bower
popped up to Maloney.
After Butler had flied out to
Bower in Fairbanks first, Bracket
was given a lease of life at first
when Polli fumbled his hit to the
box. Jack Maloney, St. Johns
bury's new second baseman, a.
former Georgetown University
star, made his debut with a fine
double to right field, and Brack
EFT. scored. Maoney, himself,
crossed the saucer when Nicora
dropped a throw to retire Tom
Starr. Score Fairbanks 2, New
port 0.
Fairbanks tailed again in the
second stanza when Grieve was is
sued a base on balls, purloined sec
ond and scored all the way from
that cushion on POLLS bad heave
to first. A neat double play that
began with POLLS peg to Laird
nipped two Fairbanks runners
and prevented further scoring.
The St. Johnsbury clan, how
ever, added another run in the
third and another in the fourth.
In the third Bracket doubled and
was sacrificed to third base by
Maloney's bunt to the pitcher.
Polli's wild pitch allowed Bracket
to dash home with one more score.
Hits by Grieve and Martin, coup
led with Laird's error and But
ler's sacrifice fly gave Fairbanks
its fifth run in the fourth frame.
Bowers home run drive in the
third inning after Nels Browne
had doubled and Laird had secur-
ed his base on balls placed New
port on equal terms with st.
Johnsbury. Newport pecked away
at Cuddy Murphy and tailed run
in each of the three following IN,
nings. In the fourth, Kopf laced
out a long two-bagger, went to
third on Nicora's hit and scored
when Martin allowed the ball to
rol Through him. Laird's base on
balls. Bowers monosack, and the
error by Martin, and Wally
Kopf's third safe hit of the game
produced another Newport mark
err in the fifth. Duosacks by
Hastings and Polli sufficed to
make the Newport total of runs
6 to 5 at the end of the sixth inn
ing.
The Fairbanks ball tossers were
denied ingress to home plate in the
fifth, sixth, and seventh innings,
as Polli frightened up wonderfully.
Then in the eighth came Ralph
Brackets long homer over the
fence. tying the. score 7 to 7.
Newport scored in the eighth
stanza as. a result of hits by Van
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