Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-09-05
A clean Sweep.

a clean 2WGGp.
The Brookfield base ball team went to
Tunbridge saturday and played return
game with the Tunbridge club ON their
grounds A brief description OF the
grounds may be of interest. They are SIT
uated on the approach TO the 'World' 5
Fair grounds and are bounded ON the
north by sheep and cattle pensi on the
east by the ticket office, 'cooler ana
the frames of several suffers tents the lat
ter occupying the entire left field, almost
covering third base, enough tents, Tor one
lar each PLAYER and two for the umpire,
more or less: on the south by the grand
and Judges stands and on the west by
Floral hall. about twenty feet from the
home base. and the ''town pump. An
effort was made TO procure suitable
ground on the Fair ground proper, but
money couldn't hire 1t.
After making some special rules as 70
halls batted into the "sutler's section" ana
nlacing several carriages, filled with the
wives. children and sweethearts OF the
Brookfeld and their friends, so as TO pro-
tecf the ticket Office and "cooler" and
Guarding the Floral hall by a couple Of
sside Judges several ladies, spectators
and "rootersn for both teams, and repair
ing the town pump, by mailing the handle
on to guard against batted or thrown Dalls
finding sswatery grave the game was
6nallv started with the Brookiield at the
hat. the '.rootersn for Tunbridge opening
m their ssvocal batteries before the
l.tocal battery handled the first ball.
linn. the first man up, had bat with big
hole in it. but as the Tunbridge catcher,
south Royalton man, made some miscaleu-
lation on the third strike, the ball got
past him and Jim, being an "Angell, y just
fiew around the base for "home run be-
fore the ball was found. After that, the
scores FOR Bro0kield came hard until the
eighth inning. as Pitcher Fish. another
Tnnbridge man from South Royalton and
ssthere were others" too from that locality.
with a strong backing, had things pretty
much his own way, doing good work.
On the other hand Pitcher Bigelow OF
the Brookfields, knowing fulI wen that
nearly every player Of the Tun bridge team
was a right hand batter and that II they
hit the ball il meant an effort TO land u IN
sssutler section but having in his veins
small per cent Of Irish blood on one side
and Indian on the other, got his irish up
and went out for scalps, the result beng
that twelve were struck out, and none OF
the others made a safe hit for an open
field. and with the perfect support accord
"a him the Tunbridge boys only got one
man around TO third base-henee were
shut out. They made grand effort to get
n send-off in the ninth inning by sending
nm new mana giant, too-as flrst bats
man. but after tanning the air twice he
managed to make an infield hit, but was
I easily out at first, and the next two fan
ned.
! Pilfering of the second base was not al
lowed bv Catcher Kibbee, who played a
splendid game behind the bat, as his aecu-
rate throwing was a positive notice to base
runners to take no chances, and only two
/ tried it. Ii was a good game all around,
but the Brookfields had the best OF IT,
There vas quite a large delegation from
Rrookfield to witness the game and they
+ were well paid for the trouble they TOOK
bnt evidently they were in need Of brooms
I for when they returned home each team
was supplied with one OF more new
| brooms. Score BY innings
| Brookfield 0 o 0 81
Tunbridge 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 %