The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-18

Islanders at His Mercy-Fast Field
ing Stunts in Part Made Up for
One Sided Score.
keene, team that has been fighting
between third and fourth places for
some time, showed utter disrespect for
the veteran eX-leaeuers of Manager
,Hara 5 command Yesterday afternoon
at Island park and banged away into a
tie Tor second place. When it is consid-
cred that the tail-enders walloped the
league leaders by the score Of lG to o
there Is less cause to regret loss by
the simple score of to d.
Almost from the first instant it felt
like keene. To be sure, the visiting
players allowed supporters of the Is
landers to do some rootIng in the first
when Willard, the redonbtable south
paw of Dartmouth, retired the visitors
in order. After that all the roofing
was done by very small and select
bunch of keene enthusiasts who were
very lady-llke about it, and did not
make the home team supporters feel
any smaller than actually necessary.
There were some coFking good plays
pulled off and, if the two ends of the
other, the players who pulled eff those
stunts would have been hailed with
saivos of applause. As it was it was
hard to dig up enthusiasm.
Ostrich played mighty fine third
base. Matthews picked one off his
shoetops in the ninth that came from
Sullivan 5 bat. This in small measure
miti9ated his isiudgment of Murray :
liner that went, in consequent of Mat
thews running in on it, for triple As
Murray is a member of visiting team
It did not cost shirt Stafford. Proc
tor and Sullivan pulled off n fast dou-
bic play. Bell, who twirled bigger
league bah than is usual here, pulled
off leaPing, gloved-hand catch that
robbed Kennedy of a clean single and
Stafford. a minute later, turned a sim
liar trick on a rap by Ostrich,
Brattleboro got one man to third.
two to second and seven to first. The
real hitting for the home team was
done by the two twirlers, each of whom
got a clean double and Snyder, got
single besides Cargo and Miller are
credited with the two other hits. Muir
lay, Fish and sullivan were conspicu-
out with the stick for the visitors
Willard passed Proctor to open the
second Nc Elwee sacrifced!l Ostrich
made a one hand grab of Sullivan 5
hard rap and got his man, Proctor max
ing third. Murray singled to left, scor-
ing Proctor, and on Fish : scratch, to
Ostrich Murray made third. O'Hara
took Delaney : short throw but failed
to get the ball back In time to prevent
a double steal, Murray scoring.
Two were out in the fourth when
! Sullivan singled over second. Murray
| hit hard on a line to left and Matthews
| started in. When he turned to chase the
| bali it was merely 4 question of wheth-
| or Murray woul stop at third or con
/ tinue home. lie stopped. Fish promptly
/ singled over third and Willard was re-
! tired and Chief Snyder ordered forward
/ to the slaughter. Fish died trying to
| steal.
After one was down in the fifth
| Lynch singled to center. Ferrin was
passed. He took second and Lynch
| took third on Snyder 5 poor throw to
| first to catch Ferrin mapping. Stafford
banged one at Cargo and he got Lynch
at the plate. Proctor singled to right,
scoring FCrrin.
Another run trickIed over in the
| sixth. Sullivan opened with a single
but was out stealing and Murray fan
ned. Fish banged a hot one at the
! Chief and he found it too warm to
handle. Bell was passed. Miller missed
q hot erounder and when Snyder soaked
! Ferrin with the bali a very cheap run
/ scored.
The seventh and last was the product
of the seventh inning. After Proctor
had flied to Kennedy McElwee drew a
pass. Snyder and Miller got Sullivan
but Murray doubled between Devint
and Kennedy, MeElwee scoring. North
ampton will entertain this afternoon
The score: