The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-24
COMPANY / TOOK
FIRST OF SERIES
Defeated Athletics in Opening
Game. II TO 4.
PITCHER GRADY WAS UNSTEADY


Company | defeated the Athletics by 1
score ol ii 10 I SATURDAY afternoon m
The lint game for the local champion
ship, The muskrteen began their run
setling IA the hrst inning aud kept stead
ny al II until they had the contest thor.
onghly iced, In this work they were
asided materially by Grady Of Springfield,
Tor the AthsiS. Scs IN va, With 'S Grnas
was Wild, hitting three men aud passing
Tour; Two OF his complimentary tickets
70 The hrst sack were awarded when the
bases were full, and meant runs. Ia adj.
diiion 10 his tlmidity about getting them
over the rubber the former high school
pitcher was carless ia throwing 90 bases,
using unnecessary speed on occasions
when the distance was short and there
was plenty OF time 10 catch the runner
jimmy Clune pitched clever game for
HE soldiers, and although he was found
lor Ten Wailops these were not ioTthcom.
ing when they were badly needed. Clune
received better support than did Grady
aud his team deserved 20 win, although
II may be fairly said that when luck IN.
tered the contest IL was ON the side OF
company i. The game was attended by
the biggest crowd Of the season Except
ing that at the TubRail setto OF pain.
iul memory, and there was plenty OF
roofing
Riley, Rowe and Stolte went out in or.
der IN the opening inning. Lee, iist man
up Tor the soldiers, made first on an error
by Louis Allen. Grady hit Ferriter, Davis
went out on a gruundcr and then the
bases were filled. March getting a repe.
tltion OF what ferrier received. John.
son sent a long fly 10 left from which
Lee scored. I, Clune made the third
out, going down on strikes. In the sec.
ond inning the Atbletics lost a chance to
score by fool base running l.. Allen |
made n hit, stole second and was caught |
IN hopeless attempt to purloin third. |
Busby got his base on Johnson's error, |
but was caught between first and second |
and tagged out. Frost struck out. Com. |
pany is only run in this inning came as
The result OF a pass with the bases full. |
In the third the Athletics made their
irst run, Harlow drawing the only pass
Slune gave, going TO second on Ellis's
mt and scoring on the bad handling OF
ttileys grounder. From then until the
evcnth Il was goose eggs for the chal
engers. Ellis opened the seventh with a
Pretty double and scored on Riley's sin.
lie, the latter adding another run on
Tommy Clune's second misplay In the
ighth Frost after making single man.
ged TO reach home on Ellis's third hit.
Company | scored two runs in the
ourth and might have had more il it had
lot been for a wrong decision on the
art of Umpire Powers. j. Clune had
cached first on an error, but was caught :
rying TO make third. Ferriter lined
ut two-bagger. Davis was given his
ase on four wide ones and March was
IL for the second time, this making the :
asses full. With two out--Lee having
revious y fanned-Johnson poled out
retty single which sent in Ferriter and
'ayis. March heading for third base un- .,
er full steam ran into Busby as the lat
n attempted to catch the ball from the
elder. Busby was toppled over and
ropped the ball, March completing the |
rcuit, but the latter was called out for d
fought that March deliberately tried to il
jure Busby, but this was not SO. I'm t
ire Powers, whose work by the way was {
as wrong in calling March out, fielder C
lving the right to the base line only on a
batted ball |
In the sixth three hits, an error and c
lss with the bases full gave the soldiers o
it'll the goods when they were in de- "
and In the eighth three more runs p
ere scored as the result of double, two
ngles and brace OF errors. Ct
johnson and Ellis took first honors with b
e stick, while "Laddie" Allen and n
Billy" Lee did yeoman service in the N
tier gardens Onslow Thompson. who tC
vered second for Company |, fielded
5 position well and did more than his b
are with the willow, getting two pretty n
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