The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-06
LOST LAST
HOME GAME
Poor Base Running by Island
ders Gave Victory to
Greenfield
RYAN AND SOLOMON
STAR PERFORMERS
Former Nipped Longest Clout of the
Season Under Difficult Circumstances
Latter COPIED Low Foul and Rolled
i'll the Grass.


Latter COPIED Low Foul and Rolled
i'll the Grass
1t was, perhaps, fitting that the last
game played by the Brattleboro team
at island park for this season should
have been double barrelled exhibi-
ton of how not to win ball games. .
One OF the principal reasons why the /
cellar champions are such was mani /
| Tested in the base running YESTERDAY. |
Greenfield, the team we played the .
| first game with and won, played the
| last here and won it by a score of 3
| to l.
Two stellar performances stood out
above the stupid showing of the home
| aggregation-catches by Ryan and
| solomon. Ryan, whose tendency toward
robbery has been manifested on sun
| dry occasions this season, started with
the crack of Sullivan 5 bat at the
| opening of the last half of the second
| inning and when he made the catch
| with his back to the diamond out in
deep center Sullivan was nearly to
second base, and Sullv wears no med
ais for sprintiing ability. 1t was a
magnificent catch Of the longest clout
Of the season at Island park The
| ball travelled very high or RYAN could
never have reached it even on his fast
working legs.
solomon 5 catch was the antithesis
of that. 1t was . case of three quick
jumps and a lunge forward with his
big mitt after a low foul The ball
lighted in it from Cosgrove's bat in
the eighth and Solomon rolled over
and over with the mitt slammed
against his chest. He got up with the
ball in it and the crowd got up.too.
just as they did to Ryan.
Take out those two stunts and the
glooms have the floor Cosgrove
scored in the first on a pass, a steal,
Hartman : long fly to Dixie and Rid
dell 5 clean single to left Meehan
scored in the second on Brown S boot
Sager 5 single to short right, on which
Meehan took third, and then on the
double steal Brown : return of the ball
being to one side. Greenfeld's last
, was in the fifth on Mayforth 5 single
his steal, Ryan 5 out, Proulx to Sulli-
van, and Cosgrove 5 rap over second
which Gelle managed to get with his
| bare hand. but could not get the bali
to first in time for the out there.
! The difference between how to score
: runs and how to avoid it viii now he
I | exempliied Take the last half OF the
fourth, for instance:
Beran clipped his second single of
the game to left Yelle 5 best was a
! tap down the third base line, but
q | Meehau missed it and both men were
I safe Two on, no one out. Sullivan,
v,-bp ;aI+ =. 4;
ing, hunted down the first base line
to Riddell, who was playing on a line
! with the pitchers slab. He hurled the
! b@ll to Meehan and Beran was easily
4 forced at third. Hammond singled to
right and the bases were full with
only one out. Crandall hit to center
and Yellc, who was ten feet off third
| trotted back to the bag, touched il
q aud then started for home at che
r speed of the West River train in a
heavy snow. Mayforth, after waiting
. impatientiy, discovered Yelle coming
in the Of1ing and went out and touch
0 ed him for the completion of a double
4 playa very fast one, so fast it re
, quired a trained memory to remember
that the catch in center and the play
at the plate were connected.
Example No .: Brown, who ha!
% gathered as many hits in the last two
games as in all of his preceding eff
forts since a member of the Islanders
: singled to center. Proulx, who heads
the batting list, but does not lead it
bounced one off Sager 5 shins and mel
were on first and second with no ont
out Dixie laid down perfect bun
and beat it. but after Mayforth ha'
diverted the bali and before I'm
pirc Ready could come up from behin'
the pitcher. it was a foul and so an
nounced. Dixie repeated the stunt an
Meehan made a hurried, low throw
that partly broke through Riddel
Brown broke for the plate, but May
forth stood in the baseline an
Brown 5 leg or foot did not touch tn
plate. Out No. l with two still o
bases. Solomon banged one tina
Crowther tossed to Hartman, forcin
Dixie at second, but placing Proulx o
third and leaving Solomon on frs
Benny had heard of the delayed stef
and he started one. Proulx stuck t
third and Solomon suddenly decide
that he would get away with tn
whole steal and dove for the bag I
be gently, but decisiyely touched OF
by Hartman.
The run we made came in til
eighth, when Dixie led off with ia
Just inside the third base line Q
which he made second before Mallor
could field the ball Solomon single
hard over Crowther 3 head, that play'
/ barely touching it with his glove