The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-07

New York Americans have been re-
leased to Jersey City.
The Highlanders lost their 18th
straight game yesterday, this time to
Cleveland.
In thinning game yesterday
Speaker is credited with only one time
at bat. He made two runs
Roland Chase the Orange boy, has
been released by New Bedford Chase
has not been feeling well lately and
has been unable to do himself Justice
in the field or at bat.
The Richie Rivers 2O-round match
for July 1 is off because the scrappers
scrapped over whether each should
weight 1874 at 9 clock in the morning
or two hours before they entered the
ring
Tommy Guiheen CONTINUES to pound
the ball. In the game which Danbury
lost to Middletown Tuesday ST. Gui-
heen in five times at bat connected
for two singles and a double He had
two put-outs and four assists at see
The Daley twins, who were with the
Springfield -Charlestown team in the
TwinState league two years ago, are
playing with North Adams, Ed in right
field and Jim as the regular baekstop
IN the game at Northampton yesterday
Jim got three hits in four chances.
Northampton of the Twin State
league and North Adams enjoyed an
old-fashioned swatfest yesterday at the
Northampton driving park, the latter
proving the stronger, IA to s. Thirty
three hits for ~ bases were made. Me
Robbie of North Adams easily led the
| field in hitting, making a safe one
every time at bat, two doubles, two
singles and a triple.
An exchange picks the following ZOO
logical ball club: Salmon est. Paul,
formerly of Holyokc); Hogg (Mobile),
and Swan (Beaumont), pitchers; Wolf
| (Albany, Ga.) first base; Ostrich New
London), third base; Roach (Buffalo),
shortstop Lamb (Victoria), right field;
Trout (Toronto), left field.
Steve White once famous as a
| Princeton pitcher and later less fam
Gus as a twirler with the Boston and
Washington Americans and the Giants,
was tried out by Lawrence in the New
England league Thursday and the
Worcester team found him for nine
runs in three innings.
Capt Flaherty of the University of
Vermont, who was not a pronounced
success with the Brattleboro club last
season, was the hero of the game
which his team won from Holy Cross
in Worcester yesterday 81, IL innings.
Flahertv pitched the entire game and
held the Holy Cross sluggers to eight
scattering hits. In the 18th inning
Flaherty doubled and scored on Gala
CHER S single Smith, who was sub
stitute on the Brattleboro team, hit
for a home run in the third inning.
Arlie Alden of Vcrgennes catcher
of the Dartmouth baseball team, who
has been laid off most of the season
with a bad shoulder, has signed viii
the Boston Nationals His contract
calls for him to report July !, but by
arrangement with Manager Stallings
ii his arm does not become strong
enough this season, his contract hold
good for next season. He has secure,
permission to play near home and i
to manage and play with the Por
Henry, n. y, team. Alden fell on tn,
2 ice last winter, wrcnehing the lga
: ments in his right shoulder and break
t ing the collar bone.
Here is what Nap Rucker, Brooklyn
star southpaw, has to say about tn
ability of John Hummel, the forme
Hclyoke player, to solve the slants o
: left-handers: : Hummel is tough nu
for southpaws to crack because of hi
peculiar style Of batting. Most danger
Gus hitters keep the handle Of the ia
, at pretty much the same level an
: turn the end of the bat down or NJ
according to whether the ball at whic
= they swing is above or below the nat
! ural level of their heads. Humme
entirely different. His whole posture
:, changed according to whether the la
: is high or low, aud he always swing
= his bat in the plane in which the la
? is travelling. That enables him to z,
: a better line on any ball starting fro
J a lcft-h handler and adds to his swee
:. | am glad there are not many like hi
- in our League -