The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-21
IL to 0 Written by Greenfield
Saturday on HeadstOne
in Cellar Hole
IMPORTED PITCHER
MADE POOR SHOWING
Good Hitting by Visitors and Poor
Throwing and Loose Playing by
Islanders Summarizes the Story-Lo
calls Filled Bases in Ninth.

Having dug its own grave in the
| cellar, Brattleboro was buried and A
headstone erected Saturday afternoon
| by Greenfield, who inscribed the epi
taph ''1l to o. Hitting bv the Wis
ltors, who got square for three de-
teats at the hands of Brattleboro
their base running made easy by poor
| throwing and bonehead work generally.
and catch by Crowther were the fea
lures of game that was tiresome and
so mserably played by the home team
that nothing but intense loyalty on
the part of 500 faithful could have
kept them in the stands.
Kennedy was imported with an ell
legged recommend from Jesse Burkett
OF Worcester. What the recommend
was is not made public What Kennedy
may have been as a pitcher he did not
exhibit here. He was kept on the lob
three innings and until two runs were
IN and man on first in the fourth
with no one out. Then Light went to
work. With the score to against
nm and Bellevue apparently pitching
the best of ball there was no call for
hlm to exert himself, and he didn t.
F1nnegan at short mussed up things
IN the early part of the game and
threw wild or wide to first on his first
three chances. After that he PLAYED
better, but the damage had been done.
In he ninth he and Whalen mixed M
on a pop fly back of third which cost
two runs. Whalen 5 third-base pIav
was good and so was the work Of
Crowther and Bellevue, the latter hay-
ing seven assists.
Greenfield worked the double steal
IN the last inning, Tewhill, who has
been made captain of the Brattleboro
team, holding the ball until too late
to get Maloney at the plate, Crowther,
who was running for Mayforth. easily
making second.
Brattleboro had two chances to
score. In the second inning, with two
out, tlnnegan singled to left and
turned third after Leid had singled to
right and Sager fumbIed the bali.
Breck sent him home, but the ban
beat him. I'm the last inning the bases
were filed with one out, but Light
tapped to Bellevue, who tossed 10
Mayforth, forcing Sullivan at the
plate aud Light was easily doubled at
first. Only in the second inning did
the home team get two hits in one
inning.
In the second Finnegan made a two
base wild throw off Miller The next
two men went out, but Mayforth
doubled over Leid s head
Bellevue was passed by Kennedy to
open the third. Ryan sacrificed. Jones
singled. Crowther doubled. Whalen
and Sullivan got Miller. but Weigold
81 fal n tn4t
had come in.
Mayforth got on first to open the
fourth, when Finnegan 5 throw pulled
Sullivan off the bag. Crowther was
put on to run for him and stole see
ond. SGger popped bunt fly which
Kennedy muffed and lost his man.
Crowther and Sager stole BelleviIle
singled over second and Light was
sent in. 1t was raining a little and
imp Reed called time, which Light
improved to warm up. Ryan sacrificed
after five minutes delay for rain.
Jones doubled to right and took third
on Crowther's long fly to Hammond.
On t1nnegan S third error Crowther
scored
Light held the enemy for two in
nIngs, but with one out in the sevenh.
Weigold got credit for scratch sin
gle that hit Finnegan on the shoulder.
| he stole. Maloney went out, Whalen
to Sullivan, but Mayforth nearly took
a leg off Light with wicked drive
| through the box, good for one run.
| With two out in the ninth Weigold
Maloney and Mayforh singled in sue
cession and Maloney scored the last
run on steal home. The score: