The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-23
BrattlebOrO and Keene Had
Stubborn Battle at Island
Park Yesterday
SULLIVAN DROVE IN
TWO RUNS IN NINTH
And After That There Was No Scoring
Game Called on Account of Dark
ness-Two Ont When Score Was
Tied

~N>SSNN3AS
ness-Two Ont When Score Was
Tied.
After jogging along for eight and
half innings apparently content to
take a defeat at the hands of their
old rivals from Keene, the Islanders
suddenly awoke from their semi-torpor
and turned the contest into 12-inning
tie that came to close III the cleaning
OF yesterday afternoon with the score
4all. The boy with the good ed Irish
name OF Sullivan was the lad respon-
size for the startling transformation,
Whaling single into right field when
| the bases were full in the last half
| OF the ninth. He had previously Sc
| cured three hits, two of which were re-
sponsible for runs for the home team.
Sullivan 5 batting and the fact that
the game went l. innings without a
decision We're the features which saved
the occasion from being a doleful one
from the Brattleboro standpoint Light.
who pitched nine innings for the home
club. was not in good form and his
support in the early innings was any
or hand. kept his hits well scattered
and appeared TO be master of the stu
alton until the score was tied. After
that he was frequently in difficulty
and was lucky to escape defeat.
keene scored in the first when Swa-
zey drew pass, went TO second ON
| Light : wild heave and scored when
| Ostergren singled after two were out
| In its half of this stanza Brattleboro
| evened things after two were down
solomon drawing a pass and scoring on
| Sullivan 5 two-base drive to deep cen
| ter field
Swazev opened the third inning by
| taking first when he was hit. going to
second on Twomblev's sacrifice and
scoring ON another single by Ostergrcn.
who Immediately stole second and
came home when Durgin singled only
to be caught at the second station.
| Brattleboro got one run in its half
when Rudolph walked went to second
on an infeld hit by solomon and seor-
ed when Sullivan connected safely.
| With none out and two on the local
fans hoped to see the score tied, but
Yelle grounded out to Proctor, Berau
| laid down grounder that enabled Me
| l2lwee to nail Sullivan at the plate
and Hammond flied out
Keene S fourth run, which came in
the NINTH was a gift pure and simple.
| With one down Proctor got n life on
Light $ error and stole second while
Anderson was striking out for the
third time Swazey then reached first
on Brown 5 error. and Twombley fol
lowed with n slow and easy bouuder to
! Gellc which should have been the third
out The local second baseman, how
ever, fumbled the ball and Proctor
scored on the play.
Dixie went to bat in place of Brown
in the last of the ninth and flied out
to Ostcrgren. Crandall who took
Light 5 place, reached first on an er
ror by Morris, Proulx drew a base oil
balls, Rudolph flied out and Solomon
was passed, filing the bases. BY this
time the crowd was delirious with Joy
and exhortcd Sullivan to leone
through for the fourth time. SuilN
Whitfield the first one, fouled the second
let the third go 10y and then caught
the fourth for a clean drive into right
scoring Crandall and Rudolph and put
ting Solomon on third. With Yell,
up it looked as if the winning run
might be driven in, but fly to Procto
dispclled this vision Immediately.
The extra innings were notable
chiefly on account of Dixie 5 fine twirl
ing and the home team 5 rally in thu
10Th With Brown and Light out o
the game YelIe went to short an,
Crandall took his place at second
Dixie going to the mound. In the l0tl
one Keene man saw first on an erro
by Rudolph In the 1lth Proctor an,
Swazey both got on only to watcl
Twombley and MeElwee expire. II
the 18th, after Ostergren had tiie'
out, Durgin singled and was caugh
trying to steal second after Fish ha,
famed
Brattleboro's big attempt to win tn
game came after two were out IN TIL
18th. At this point Beran singled an
Hammond followed with a double
Dixie, next up, was deliberately passe
by Anderson, who took q chance o
Crandall and get him on three strikes