The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-08-10
Burlington Baked
20 By Fairbanks
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came Ralph Bracket, who
knocked out to Bob Patrick a long
| fly. This being duly caught per-
mitted Clarence Witty to score
easily from third base, Bracket
! receiving the credit for sacrifice
fly. Fairbanks thus became the
proud possessor of twin scores as
opposed to the blank which Bur
lington drew. This ratio, 2 to 0,
was maintained without varia-
ton throughout the remaining
chapters on the afternoon pro-
gram.
Two sets of double killings help
ed to speed up the game. In the
sixth frame, Jack Maloney singled
or the dried up Passumpsic river
bottom infeld past Red Harris at
/ third. Butler slammed a pretty
monosack into center field. Coach
Hoernle hit to Ray Collins who pi-
voted about and aimed peg
straight and true into the anxious
paws of little Eat" Bell, forcing
Butler Then Eat" with due de
corum, tossed into the hands of
his chief, McGinnis, for the COM
pletion of a neat double. Maloney
had previously tried to pilfer sec
ond but his attempt was discard
ed by a Mayforthian peg, that sa-
Vored of olden days.
Frank Mclaughlin should re-
ccive the onus of the praise for
the locals double play. 1t occurr-
ed in the seventh, after Bell had
driven the ball for a sharp single
to center field. Ray Collins, who
by the way, is not so spry on his
pedal eXtremeties as he was when
he was officiating for the World's
Champion Red SoX-poked a
grounder toward Mclaughlin. The
latter gathered it in and threw to
Tommy Grieve who hoped on
second and returned the pellet TO
first base in time to beat out Col
Inns.
Edward J. McGinnis, an old
favorite with st. Johnsbury fans, I
was given a big reception when he /
came to bat in the first inning.
Mae responded with a sizzler to
right field. lie secured two safe /
swats in four times at bat, as did .
also Bill Burns, the scintillating
left fielder, who collected four
long flies in his territory.
Every member of the Burling |
ton team, with the exception of
Bobby Patrick, has played on 4
University of Vermont Varsity
team. Patrick is just out
OF Edmunds High school where he
dazzled the fans for several years
as a corking shortstop. The way
he is going now he ought to make
the Vermont nine next spring |.
easily.
F. S. cred" Harris Jr., from
Conn, Bill Burns from
Manchester, Vt, E. J, McGinnis
from Dorchester, Mass, Kenneth
X, "Doc" Newton from Cam
bridge, VT, Nelson F. Duba from
Montpelier, VT, are all this years
members of Clyde Engle's Varsity.
Harold A. Mayforth was a star
catcher for several years previous
10 '16 when he graduated, Phil
lips NJ. Fat" Bell was clever
shortstop in the spring of ~ and
Ray Collins, the greatest college
pitcher of his day, is a product
of Burlington in the class of '09.
1t is recorded in the archives at
that Ray Collins, once
famed 10 Holy Cross men in one
game, and ten days out of the Uni
versity of Vermont he shut out
The Detroit Tigers for the Red
Sox in his major league debut Ray
never played in a minor league go
ng straight to the Red SoX and
straight back to his fine big farm
1t Colchester when he decided to
luit the big show.
Tho citt,1 NJ l,.V.