The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-09
LOCAL..
BASEBALL VICTORIES.
ttlcboro II. Bellows Falls TO- Brat
Il, ORC juniors IA, Chesternelds =.

,u,tl boro II. Bellows Falls IO.-Br.,
Il. ORC Juniors IA. C~hesterneIds =.
,July Fourth. for the first time in six
bears. teams representing Bellows Falls
Xii Btattleboro met in Il baseball con.
fs.t. Rivers leA Park was the scene of
f0p battle and n large gathering of
[rDrt lovers were on hand to see the
aaru tavorites win from their old-time
md much defeated rival. Both teams
Fnd imported outside PLAYERS, Brattle-
LOro having Pitcher Young of Cornell.
[hasc Of Amherst and Maynard of Will
iams college. while Bellows Falls had
Pitcher shepard of Cushing academy,
|,yer Of Putney, Reynolds and Hoban
I%CIaremont in their line up. BrattIe-
.ro won, as she always has, in Il close
Epd loosely played contest, by the mar
Lplous pitching of Young and daring
Es.e running. Young sustained his ex-
client college reputation by striking
INF some 10 men, and if given the sup
hart accorded Boyd in that famous 10
|nning Observation-Disclosures game
H the last Fourth, no runs would have
|een occurred off him. His excellent
rork saturday will give him a warn
Dlaee in the affections of local sport low
X. along with pitchers Bowers.
|Woody." Hare, Pond and Louie
|ros.. and his future work will be
watched with interest. He also fielded
m. position we'll and had the privilege
hi tying the o in the ninth inning,
Alter getting his base on balls. He was
aught mapping off first base, but in the
.tempt to run him down he got his
|hsad in the way of the ball so that it
rruck him and rolled to one side. A.
throw was made to catch him at third
|hnt it went wide and he crossed the
,ate with the tying run. Chase played
fine game at third, being strong on
hound balls and he also led both teams
hitting, getting in a timely three base
|6iye which won the game In the ninth
|Dning, Chase also hit two beautiful
doubles and Il single. "Hubby" John
Ion also got his usual single and a
double. Ware caught IA clever game--a
mighty fine game for a man who hasn't
handled Il ball this season. He had
|plentv of hard work and it was done
well.
H. Perry made a sensational catch of
hard hit fly in right field. Reynolds and
Jack Hoban covered third and second
IAso respectively in fine shape, while
Aver caught the ~cleverest game he has
ger played against a local team. Rey-
holds. Aver and Moulton did some very
brtunate hitting for Bellows Falls.
The game: Brattleboro started scor-
IA. =, .In - an rt nA tVnrn rnf hio base |
IN balls. Devine in trying to sacrifice
Ware at second. Devine stole
scond and went to third on Waite's
bit. Waite stole second and scored with
Ieyine on Young's safe drive into cen
kr. Bellows Falls scored five rum in
HE third inning by errors by Maynard.
Waite and Ware and hits by Viau and
and Moulton. Score Bellows Falls ).
2.
In the fourth inning Brattleboro made
I've runs and once o took the lead.
Hhs by Chase. johnson and Ware and
trors by Truax, Aver and Hoban &C
wunted for this sad % state of affairs.
N0re Brattleboro Z, Bellows Falls 5.
No runs were made in the fifth and
;xth innings. but in the eventful sew
Bellows Falls got five runs on
error. Reynolds hit and a field
Ms choice which fell by the way side,
Naite's dropping of Truax's third strike
Which was fielded to first by Ware,
Iyer's single and Johnson's miss judg-
lent of Moulton's drive. Brattleboro
no runs in this inning (seventh)
Devine, Waite and Young got
/: far AS third base. Score Bellows
alls ., Brattleboro Z. In the eighth
ha.e and johnson hit for doubles and
4 error by Blake scored two runs.
hit, a steal and a hit by
IOban scored Reynolds with Bellows
alls tenth and last core.
Brattleboro opened the ninth inning
hitting to Reynolds and Waite
lifting to Blake, both being tielded out
/ first. Then came that old time Yale
nish, which coachers Ware and Devine
ere calling for. Young got his base
balls and scored amid old-time' en-
husiasm by the clever play described
bOye. Then Billy Perry sacrificed
to first on bad balls. stole Sec
and scored what proved to be the
inning run on Chase's beautiful three
drive into center. Bellows Falls
OF Shepard as far as third base in their
af of the ninth. but the great Young
luek out both Chandler and Niau,
hleh ended the game. +
The score:
BRATTLEBORos.
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