Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-19
Sporting Notes.
)rugg drugged =?

Was Drugg drugged?
The third in the series next Thurs
/ day.
The local team will not play to-
/ morrow.
Umpire Cressy did not meet with
approval from the Hinsdale rooters,
| Manager Waite has received a chal-
lenge from the Cuban y Giants VINO
have been making tour of the north
ern part of the state.
Pop" Waite was absent from his
accustomed place at the corner OF the
grandstand Wednesday. The G. A. k
encampment in Boston held stronger
attractions for him than my boy
Franks" team,
Manager Amidon did not have his
strongest team on the field Clancy
and Donovan, both better pitchers
than Mccormick, were on the Deneh
as we'll as Hirst, the speedy catcher
formerly with Greenfield. They were
not needed, however.
one thing is certain; If Brattleboro
is going to import a speedy pitcher a
good catcher must be secured 10 take
care of the other end. Aver Is an
right as far as he goes but he couldn't
hold Page, alias Potter, at his high
speed any more than the man in the
moon.
Winchester N. H.. defeated the
Springfield Mass. athletics Saturday
at Winchester by a score of to 3.
Thompson, who was touched for II
hits by the same team two weeks ago,
was in the box again and held the
visitors down to nine scattered SIM
giles. He struck out nine men,
1t is now assured that Brattle-
boro and Hinsdale will play a third
game next Thursday afternoon. Two
defeats by Amidons blue birds" have
put blood in Manager Waite's eye
and he asserts that he will nave
something here next week able to do
a thorough job of trimming. Soak it
to 'em, Deck.
The Hinsdale players assert that
Cressy was way off in his judgment
of balls and strikes-and perhaps
they are right; but that is no excuse
for the filthy language that was used
by some of them. Nobody wants 10
see Sunday school decorum on the
ballfield, but there is limit beyond
which none but ''mucker" Will 60
Batting rallies in the sixth and
eighth innings gave Northampton
victory over Hinsdale last Friday al
ternoon at the former city At the
beginning of the sixth inning tne
score was to l in favor of the New
Hampshire players. Clancy and Hirst
did the battery work for Hinsdale
while Maroney and Roe were in the
points for the Meadow City team.
1t took grit for Cressy to call Allen
ont at the plate in the fifth, but he
was perfectly right in his decision.
Allen ran into Brooks so that the
latter dropped the ball but he failed
10 touch the plate in so doing. Brooks
picked up the leather and tagged Al
len while he was lying within lew
inches of the plate. HAD Alien
thought quickly enough he might have
laid his hand on the slab and scored
run.
DR.. H. H. Dinsmore, formerly of
this town. played center field on the
Burlington team of the northern
league one game last week. He had
no chances in the field and did moth
ing with the stick, and was given
roast by the Burlington papers.
Page or Potter or whatever ms real
name is says that Tommy Guiheen
is the most vicious hitter he has ever
faced. Il wish he had been up
against Mccormick" he remarked
after Wednesdays game, he would
have knocked the cover off the ball.
Melvin Thurber has received no.
tice from the coach of the Colgate
university football team to appear
for preliminary practice Sept. Is. He
will play his old position of right
tackle gain this season. Thurber
saws that Colgate's chances for fast
team are bright, and that the game
with Williams this year will be con-
test worth seeing.
A little. weazen-visaged, over-ripe
looking individual, wrapped 10 his
ears in a breast protector and peer
ing out through the wires Of a catch
er's mask. drifted into the Intercity
bah grounds yesterday afternoon. He
alternately took a position back of the
pitcher and called bali when the
ball sailed over the plate and strike
when the catcher had to make an ef-
fort TO stop il. He occasionally took
a glance around the bases and yelled
safe" and out" as il apparently
pleased his intellect to do. He also
shagged balls for Rutland. BY cour-
tesy. he was called the umpire. In
reality he was the biggest bunch of
that ever crossed the
field in a blue blouse. His name was
Dan Mccormick The crowd mar
veled that so much ignorance of the /
game could be crowded into five foot !