The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-24

Whoever nailed on the lid of the
Twin State league season here last
when it was time to quit clinched the
nails, for it took two hours and % min
utes to get it off. The job was not
very satisfactory either, for Newport
did most of the opening, the Brattle
boro contingent sort of standing
around and occasionally lending a hand.
1t was a muggy day and a crowd of
nearly 1000 was perfectly willing to
sit around and let the other fellows do
the exercising Of everything but
tongues. Newport did it to the tune
of to A. Thet band was there. the
flag was raised and with thdl excep-
tion of enthusiasm all the necfssares,
popcorn, seore cards and oftEdrinks,
were on tap,
Umpire Fahey could not seem to get
any speed out of the teams and failed |
to rile anyone except Carpenter, who /
became real peeved several times on
Fahey s opinion of balls and strikes. |
He did not have so much right to
| peevishness as Murphy had in the last
| of the NINTH when Mr.. Fahev called
! third strike on him that looked from
the press seats to be we'll inside the in
] nermost corner of the plate. Murphy,
/ by the way, was fired from the coach
! ing line in the opening inning because
| he repeatedly called the arbiter s at
/ tention, or rather, tried to, to some
thing Murphy insisted was wrong I'M
| the delivery of Pitcher Winkler.
Winkler, by the way, appeared to-
have nothing that by right should fool
hitting team. He had no speed and
but little curve, but he worked the cor
ners fairly well and Carpenter caught
fine game, handling some wide ones
8 better than he did last year with Brat
tleboro.
Dixie, the only local player of year
!, ago, pitched the best of ball for four
innings and then appeared to let up
after Eggers had muffed a short fly off
Briekley on the run Bricklev took
second on the error by good running
and scored a moment later on! Nolk 5
/. clean single, the first Of the game De
s laney s.. good pegging stopped Volk on
his attempted steal and he turned back
) every runner who attempted it except
. Carpenter and he stole second on n
short peg to Fishburne in the fifth.
Fishburne got the ball back to De
laney in time to nail holt at the plate.
Only one connected with the Brattlc-
Dbip team UIttItt Hltl Il titItHN-
The Brattleboro outfeld, composed
J yesterday of two pitchers and sub
stitute catcher, appeared to be in fear
of colliding with something and when
Il ever a lift went towards left center
the Alphonse and Castor act was
staged accurately. Their supposed hit
I ting strength was evident from the po-
! sitions they occupied in the batting or
! der. The infield worked well on de
r Tense, Fishburne and Murphy s errors
being on balls that apparently did not
bound accurately.
: Dixie took the slab without tap Of
e applause o 'Mara and Crowther both
tapped to Fishburne, but Gilligan drop
4 ped Brickley's fly. The ex-Athletic
. player failed to steal, Fishburne hand
) ling the throw we'll With two down
" johnson muffed squarely Fishburne :,
s liner and the short stop tried n steal
. but Carpenter had the ball there wei
i ahead of him.
/ Murphy made a pretty running
n catch of Volk S short hit to right, TAX
!. ing the ball with his back to the dia
+ mond in the second. The next tw,
- were easy. Brattleboro. filled the bases
Holt threw. poorly on Devine's roller
as Dixie beat out an attempted sacrifice
/ Andrews sacrificed. BRAZIL tried
hunt and popped to Winkler. Egger
worked pass, but Giligan famed.
The third inning was marked by
double play, Murphy, who had work
~ ed a pass, being doubled off first whel
Delaney popped to Winkler on an at
ID tempted sacrifice.
q Newport s first run came in tn
fourth and Devine opened the last hal
w of that inning with clean drive t
nj center. He never left first.
Dixie lost his cunning in the fiftf
nd Johnson singled to left and Proctor t
in right, but Gilligan and Devine 90
nd johnson trying to make third. Murph
lost Holt S roller. Carpenter singled t
L. right, scoring Proctor. Holt was OF
- at the plate on an attempted doubl
=. steal. Winkler was passed and o Mar
i. singled to left, scoring Carpente
Crowther walked, but Bricllley fame
viciously to the delight of the crow
nj In the home team 5 half after +,
he gers had famed, Proctor fooled Gil
'ur ligan s grounder Murphy fouled on
t. Delaney was safe on Holt 8 second G
IN. ror and then Fishburne delivered a RI
at with a hard single to right. Proct'
'en and Volk got Devine.
Oh A double by Proctor and q single |
op- Lesey, who had entered the game VII
nd Holt, withdrawn, gave the fourth ri
DIS, TO Newport, Carpenter ending the i
ard ming by tanning.
ew Winkler opened the seventh with
hat single to center. o Mara sacrifice
s. Crowther singled to right and Brickl
/ tripled to left center, being aided
I'M slow fielding, all of which was good f
Her two runs.
ae- Eggers came in to pitch the eight
oHs Proctor and Lesey sat down after
'om had pitched six balls, everyone
was them strikes and four being offered
by the batsman. Carpenter singled