Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-10-06
One. Sided Baseball Saturday.

The baseball aggregation from Bel
lows Falls, representing the Young
Mems club made its third appearance
on Reeds field Saturday afternoon and
encountered its second defeat The first
game was on the Fourth of July wher
they won by the score of TO 6. The
second game was played Sept. 2, with
the score of to in favor OF Towns
bend After two such close games an
exciting contest was expected Satur
day
owing to the lateness of the hour
at which the Bellows Falls team ar
rived. only seven innings couid De
played, and even then, darkness over
took the last inning. There was con-
siderable Bellows Falls talk during
the first part Of the game, but this
subsidized to a large extent after the
fifth inning. with the score IL 10 IN
favor Of the local team.
One Of the features of the game was
the originality of the umpires-one OF
them calling what appeared to be
strike, ball, because 1t only went
over the corner of the plate and the
other settling the fate of base run
ner in this way: You are not out.
but we will call you out" Taken as
whole, however. the game was $40"
and too one sided to be exciting.
Bush pitched a good game. striking
out ten men and keeping the hits wen
scattered while the daylight lasted.
Three of the visitors six hits were
made in the last inning. when darkness
interfered with sharp fielding, Three
of the home team distinguished them
selves in three different ways-Law-
renee by making three errors and no
nut outs or assists. Dexter by bring
ing in three runs without having MADE
a hit. and Rand by making three hits,
hut no assists or put outs. Another
feature not always Incorporated in a
game was that in the first inning the
second man at bat on each team mace
a safe hit. but was unable to score.
For the visitors. Brady played ball
all the time and tried for everything
that came his way Moultrop put up
good game at first, and Kelley, the
short stop, was much in evidence,
making plays good or bad and on one
or two occasions not talking
The game opened with Bellows Faiis
at the bat, and when the nrst man,
Brady, reached the initial bag on an
error and the next man deposited
safe hit over back of third base, 1t be-
gan to look like scores, but BUSH
thought otherwise and the next three
men struck out. The first runs were
made in the last of the second inning
when four errors, a base on balls, ana
A safe hit Melted the locals three
scores In the first of the fourtn
inning after two men had been re-
.ired Moultrop drew Bush's only
cheap base. stole some others ana
scored on Kelley's hit. History did not
mite repeat itself in the last hall OF !
he inning. but after two men had peer,
.etired Bush was hit by pitched
,au Osgood hit safely and Harry
Togo" got first while they were try
ne to catch Bush at the home plate.
But the Waterloo came for Bellows
calls in the last of the next inning
when seven hits reinforced by three
errors and some other unprontaple
Having enabled the locals TO make
light runs. In the first of the sevehth
ming three hits. one error ana the
.athering darkness netted the visitors
orr runs In order to have the bene-
it of these four runs made In lne
irst half of the inning it was neces-
airy for the visitors to take the nelo
gain, although by this time 1t was
o dark the ball could not be seen AT
II distinctly. Two more runs were
made in the cleaning before the pro-
rieties of the rule book were COM
lied with. Score. Townshend H. Bel
,ws Falls 5. Following is the score: