The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-29
northampton Pitcher Fo 'ced
Two Runs, Giving Five
Successive Passes
FIVE TO -FOUR WIN !. ~,
FOR ISLANDERS
Visiting Worcester Academy Twirler
Was Protege of Connie EIacl-Sny-
der Gave way to Old Reliable Dixie,
WHO Maintained Cnc- Run Lead.

That old saw about giving calf enough
rope and he will commit unintentional
suicide the Bratteboro baseball team
proved true in the great national pastime
yesterday at Island park in the game with
Northampton, when Northampton was
beaten by score OF > to f. 1t was no
fault of Brattleboro that they won Their
offensive tactics went for ndught They
just waited for Haass, the youthful Wor-
cester academy tWirIer, to hang himself
After he had nearly choked to death in
the third White finished the job for him
in the fifth
Bases on balls are now and then PARTS
Of Il game. Haas made them nine parts
Of this game and i've of those parts he
| punched in the third inning When he
wasn't passing Islanders along and White
was not aiding them in the round of the
| sacks seven of them were waiting the
| breezes pr popping zap weakly 20 the in
| field Only eight times did Egattleboro
! knock the ball outside the diamond and
not a visiting nGclder, except the first
| baseman. had an assist, although White
missed two chances that were very costly.
White punched his errors as Haass
punched his misses OF the plate
! Interest conferred in the work OF Haas,
who is a protegc of Connie" Mack and
| for two innings he looked worth the
title, He showed at the outset that he
| knew how to Ecld his position and in the
second he made it clear that he knew how
to pitch when he famed Dcyine. Johnston
and Andrews in succession. During the
same period Snyder had been sending the
opponents back in order, aided 10y bril-
liant running stop and throw by John
ston.
/ Snyder was the first Of the pitchers To
go wrong He passed 4laloney to open
the third Shea tried to XIII the bah and
flied to Kennedy in short center, Haas
laid down a pretty buut and snyder, after
trying twice gave Up the effort to pick
up the ball. Snyder then tried to picl
IIaass off first and threw To the bleach
crs, Maloney scoring and Haass taking
third. Darlington connected for his first
single, scoring Haas Mills popped f,
Snyder and White raped to Cargo, whG
4 iugglcd the ball, but got it to O1Iara II
y tiine for the out at second had not tbs
manager sqHarcly mutlCI the throw
ICon,oy lined to O'Hara.
The two runs looked hig, but Haas
went wrong, He went so far wrong i
; the third that he passed in succession
Delaney. SNYDER, Cargo and Dixie, the lat
q. ter forcing IN Delaney q HHrd was t1cT
passed and Snyder walked in. kenncdl
fouled to Conroy and Devine drove Ion.
sacrifice fly to Darlington. Cargo scoring
but Dixie was caught trying to make thirl
on the play at the plate
northampton Immediately tied the scor,
in the first of the fourth Conley rappe,
at Cargo and the ball hoped over hi
head Tormey sacrificed Maloney don
bled to center. Kennedy was playing to,
short field and got only one hand ol
the ball, Conley scoring. Shea was hit OF
the foot. but Haass flied to Andrews
Haas then recovered from his errati
work and famed Johnston for the secon,