The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-01
After 16 Defeats Islanders
Shake Jinx and Apply
Brush to Keene
BRILLIANT WORK
BY PONY BATTERY
Brattleboro Now Represented by Real
BAH Team - Perfect Working Ma
chine Brought Joy to the Faithful -
Five Scattered Singles Off Dixie.

chine Brought Joy to the Faithful =
Five Scattered Singles OFF Dixie.
After Is false hope games, Brattle-
orc got started with rush Yesterday
and to the delirious JOY of the faithful
they shut out Keene. 6 to 0. And
there was no fuke about it either.
heene could not hit Dixie, the clever
llttle left-hander being perfectly sup
ported by the team and brilliantly nv
solomon, his partner of the pony bat
terry. Dixie broke the widest and sharp
est curves seen this year at Island
park over the plate, and FIVE scattered
singles were the best Keene could do
] halSton was easy for the new Brat
tleboro team. And his support, at times
sensational, weakened when he needed
| 1T the most and the combination snelt
disaster for him and his mates. Wheth
er 1t was that Brattleboro is still held
so cheaply by the other teams in tho
league that it was believed a lead Of
hive runs could be overcome. or. wba+b.
er 1T was evident to the managerial
! eyes of the Keene aggregation that
there was no hope of getting in on
Dixie, no start was made to relieve
Ralston at any time. Both he and
|
nIngs than they did in the first four.
although at no time was Dike's twirI,
ing anything but A No. l.
| Brattleboro played errorless bali,
nothing that by any stretch of the i'm
aglnatlon could be termed an error
| Spolllng the last column in the box
score. keene contributed six and it
would not have strained the ordinary
imagination to have added one or two
more. -Four of these contributed to the
run column of the home team.
There were some sensational PLAYS.
Hammond gobbled one of his preftv
running catches. Solomon wormed his
way INTO the hearts of the fans with
a sensational running catch of a foul
! OF Fish 5 bat IN the fourth He is Ger
talniy great on those and wonderfully
quick III starting after them. Prouly
turned in pretty running catch of =
long foul off Morris s bat, but probab
lv the two best were stunts pulled off
| by McElwee and Proctor.
McElwee scOoped a wicked ran from
Mulvey 5 bat in the sixth that staoopr
ed HIM, but he made the throw on the
run and got a big hand from the
spectators. With Yelle on second Car
penter drove one to the left Of Proc
| tor and a foot above his ordinary
reach. 1T looked safe for long sinoIe
but the shortStop man unfoldpI and
lcaped at the same time and the ball
! stuck in his hands. Yelle heard the i'm
| pact Just as he was getting under way
for home and turned and broke for see
ond. SO did Proctor. Gelle landed in
a headlong slide with Proctor on ton
OF hlm. 1t was mighty close call to
a sensational double play. 4 minnie
4
/ Chehan lifted a liner to left center
! that looked good and Yelle started
that time in earnest. Smith got under
the ball and snapped it to second for
the easiest sort of double play.
In detail the story of the game reads
we'll for the first time since July in
the morning.
Morris singled in the first with ono
down, but was left, the next two heinz
easy outs For the home team ProuIy
who was playing his first game here
although the second with the team. led
off with an easy one down the third
base line that McElwee fumbled ATnI-
vey tried to bunt a high one for a sac
rifice and popped to Ralston. but
ProulX scrambled back safely to be
caught off yard an instant later.
Fish opened the second with clean
but Proctor and Smith were easy in.
field outs. The Islanders cot their
first run in their half of the second
| McElwee made a pretty play on SuIIi-
van s roller. Dixie drbbled one towards
Morris that he was slow to come in for
and then threw wide to Osteroren
Dixie taking second. Proctor dronnpd .
/ perfect throw to catch him. Hammond
fouled to Fish, but Yelle came across
with a clean single to center. mon
(which Dixie, by good running. scored
carpenter flied to Twombley.
Ralston opened the third bv famine
lTWombley singled to center. Morris
flied to Carpenter and Ostergren forced
lTwombley at second, Mulvey to Yelle.
Then we rsmped around for four but
the first was not scored until after two
We're out McCrehan, who has been
dropped to the bottom of the batting
order. drew the only pass of the game.
Proulx sacrificed him to second. Null
vey famed. Solomon singled to left
center and McCrehan came across. Sol
ONION taking second on the throw
home. Sullivan ripped one that McEl-
wee stuck his gloved hand in front of
and nearly lost both glove and hand
Solomon scoring Dixie scratched a hit
down towards third. Ralston PLAYED it
and threw wild to first after Dixie had
reached the bag, Sullivan making third
on the foolish throw and Dixie taking
second. Hammond drove a grass cutter
that Proctor let get away, Sullivan
counting and Dixie taking third. Yel;e
singled again to left, scoring Dixie, and
Carpenter popped to Morris.
The first Of the fourth was marked
lby English stopping Dixie shoot with
ha Of hiS hack bpt two