Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-26
SHOEMEN THE CHAMPIONS
DECIDING GAME WON FROM THE Y M. c.
A. SATURDAY AFTER A MAGNIFICENT
STRUGGLE.

STRUGGLE,
Both Sides Played Excellent Ball but Dun
ham Brothers Team Proved the Steadier-
Result in Doubt Until the Eighth Inning
When the shoemen Tailed Four Times and
Secured Lead of Five.
In the presence of one of the largest
crowds which has ever gathered on the
island the local baseball league cham
pionship was decided Saturday in ia.
vor of the Durham Brothers bail band
team by its defeating the !. NJ. G. A..
nine. The game was one of the snap
piest which has been played this sea
son and the outcome was in doubt up
to the eighth inning Both teams put
up good ball but the steadiness of the
shoemen at critical times brought them
out on top. Three times the y NJ. {.
A. was retired with a man on third
base and once, in the seventh inning,
the third out left three men on bases.
The Durham players on the other hand
worked with the sole idea of scoring at
every chance and succeeded remark
ably we'll.
The game began with the shoemen
in the field and Monroe, the first man
to face Ellis, struck out. Crowell who
followed secured the only pass to first
which was given during the game.
March went out at first on a grounder
to Frost but Reed threw wild in at
tempting to catch Crowell at third and
the latter scored. Howe made first on
Stolte's error but was caught trying to
steal second. Allen began the stick
work auspiciously for the shoemen by
l. ta CT lf.ly
out. Frost made first on Howe'S error
advancing Allen to third and the latter
scored on a passed ball. Stowell and
L. Ellis flied out.
In the second and third innings the
sides were retired in waltz time, the
association making double plays in
both. The first of the fourth also saw
the y. NJ. c. A. retired one, two, three,
but in the latter part Frost again Sc
cured the initial bag on an error and
succeeded in scoring before the side
was retired. johnson was the first out
in the fifth on an easy grounder to the
pitcher. Ferriter followed with a two
Dagger. stole third and scored on a
grounder from Stevens bat, the latter
gaining first on a mntf by Reed. Tufts
and Stafford both went out Oh flies to
Dunleyy. In the second half of the
fifth the shoemen scored twice. I.
Ellis was the first man up and went
out Oh a grounder. Tucker got first on
an error by Stafford and scored on an
other passed ball Dunlevy struck out.
Allen then made another two base hit
and Stolte followed suit scoring the for
mer. StOlte succeeded in reaching third
but Frost retired the side on a ground
er 10 March
The sixth inning was a blank for the
y. NJ. c. y. in spite Of ferriter's two
bagger and steal TO third In the sec
ond half Monroe took Crowell's place
in the box and released all his speed
with the result that Stowell. l.. Ellis
and Reed all famed the air, The sey-
euth was heart breaker for the as
sociation. Johnson started things with
a we'll placed two Dagger. Ferriter
was out on a high foul which Allen
caught after hard run. Tufts hit to
third and c, Ellis caught Johnson who
was irving 10 advance base on the
hit An attempt was made for dou-
BILE but Tufts was safe. Stevens then
made single which advanced Tufts to
second and Stafford filled the bases by
securing walk on dead ball. Mon .
roe had a great opportunity when he
came t. bat but the hopes OF the \. NJ.
c. \. supporters fell when he flied out
to Reed Monroe's pitching coutin
ued To be effective in the last Of the
seventh and not Il Shoeman saw first.
In the eighth after Crowell had re-
tired on a grounder March caught the
1all -quarely and sent ii far out into
light center field, Tucker. who was
lla, ing deep. managed to touch the
sphere but could not check lis flight
md it rolled over the bank, allowing
March 10 circle the bases for home
'un Howe and johnson retired the
ide. Allen succeeded in reaching
econd on a wild throw over first by
stevens and scored on Stolte's hit
which was thrown wildly 10y Crowell
u right Frost reached first on a
.rounder on which an attempt was
made 10 catch Stolte who succeeded in
eachln- third. Stowell then sacrificed
n favor IF Stplte and l., Ellis did the
anne thing in favor Of Frost Reed
eut hot sin4lr over first and stole
econd. {. Ellis famed the air three
lines but Tufts dropped the third
trike Instead Of throwing TO first he ,
ricd to catch Reed at third, threw
-ldly, and allowed him t. tally the !
ourth ran for the -hocmen in that |
inning. Tucker retired the side
The \. NJ, c. 4, began the ninth
inning with q lead of five to overcome.
'erriter started in properly by hitting |
TWO bag-ci ana stealing third but
efore he could see a chance to score
ufts and Stevens struck out and Stat |
,rd flied ont to Dunlevy. The score: |