The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-11
Islanders Trimmed Up-River
Wonders i'm Rafting
thinning Game
CATCHER SOLOMON
PLAYED BRILLIANTLY
hind the Bat He Drove in the Win
ming Run-Hammond a Star in the
Middle Garden

Benny Solomon jumped still farther
into the high estimation of the fandom
of Brattleboro Saturday afternoon by
saving a probable score by wonder
fully quick catch Of pop foul with
only his NIT, and finally, in the 18th
inning, by .ialhming a hard hit between
third and short that scored Proulx with
the winning run. This registered
Brattleboro 5 first defeat of Bellows
Falls this season, the score reading ,
to l. 1t was due and it had to come,
although it was a long time coming.
Green, he of American and Eastern
league fame, and "'Joe = Harrington,
who reflects in some measure the light
of his younger brother, who has Just
been sold by Lynn to Cincinnati, hook
ed up at the outset in the best pitch
ers battle of the season. Joe had
the better of it at the start, but the
finish was what counted most and
. Paddy was there in the pinch
Aside from the work of the pitch
ers Hammond 5 center field play stood
out prominently. He played for every
batter and by so doing made easy
work Of outs that would have been
hard chances for others playing that
position. His accurate throw to third,
cutting down Donahue in the first Of
the llth, stalled off bad situation
There should be mentioned among
among the prizewinning stunts Of the
afternoon, for which plaudits were lib
orally awarded, Wright S catch Of
| high foul off Sullivan up against the
grandstand, Conrov 5 one-hand robbery
of a liner by Solomon, a corking stop
Of a red hot liner from Delaney 5 bat
| by ProulX and his subsequent throw to
| first, Delaney 5 stop and throw of
| Mulvey. which alone prevented more
| than one run i'm the seventh, and Fish
/ burn 5 beautiful catch near the left
/ foul line and throw to first, doubling
| Bcran at first on what seemed an i'm
possible play.
| But the real play was made by Sol
ONION. DonnelIv was ON first by rca-
son of a nice single to center in tho
| eighth. No one was out. Donahue at
tempted a sacrifice and popped little
| fly 10 feet in front Of the plate. Solo
mon plunged forward and managed to
stick his big NIT under the ball. In
| two steps he recovered his balance and
snapped the bah to Sullivan for a
double play that viii not be cquallcd
on the island this season.
1t fairly may lie supposed from the
foregoing that there was some real bail
IpIaying and in the presence of really
enthusiastic crowd Saturday afternoon
at Island park.
Delaney got double in the first and
Conroy a single in the second, both
opening their respective innings but
neither could score Donahue opened
the third with a single and stole sec
ond, aided by rather high throw. De
laney flied to Hammond. \ passed ball
gave Donahue third Cawley ripped
off a single TO right, scoring Domaine
with Bellows Falls : only run. Cawley
stole, but the next two were easy outs.
IN the next six innings only three men
went to bat in each.
Brattleboro failed to raise any real
excitement with the war clubs until the
sixth, when, with two out Proulx trip
led to right, but Dixie could not get the
ball past Cawley.
The 18th saw excitement for both
sides. Donahue nearly tore a hand of
Proulx with hard rip. DELANEY
tried to sacrifice and when ProulS
threw high, Sullivan doing well Il
block the ball both men were safe
Cawley flied 10 Hammond in deep cen
ter and Donahue tried to make third
only to be cut down by a perfect throw
to Proulx. The scrapping sehoolmaste
, struck out to the great delight of tht
fans.