The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-02
Islanders Pounded Pitchers
and Walked Away with
6-2 Victory
EVERY VISITOR
SECURED A HIT
Three Swats by Leonard-Fishburne'
Illness Caused Change in Lineup
Hicks's Failure to Touch Second Cost
at Least Another Run.

Hiclzs's Failure to Touch Second Cost
at Least Another Run.
Brattleboro hammered two more of the
pitchers who work for Manager Jimmie
Burns yesterday at Bellows Falls. and for
the second day in succession trounced the
once league leaders, this time by score
OF to >. The crowd was small and found
very little in the work of its team to
arouse a semblance of enthusiasm
Howard was hammered hard in the four
and one-third innings he did mound duty
and the runs would have been more dur
ing that time had not Hicks neglected |
the rule to touch all bases. This spoiled a
pretty run getting episode in which two |
| tripets and a single figured Every man |
on the BrattIeboro team got at least one |
| hit and Leonard turned in three clean
ones.
Hicks was not hit hard and did not
strike out a man. He appeared to depend |
upon his helders and 50 far as fielding |
| balls off the bat were concerned they |
! failed him only twice, AIcAIoon mufing a |
| foul fly and failing to field a tap down |
| the first base line, the ball being slippery |
so that he dropped it as he drew back his |
arm to throw to Leonard Leonard's error |
was charged against him i'm letting a ball |
thrown 10y Hicks get past him, a run
scoring.
Hicks showed considerable disposition to
wildness, especially after two men were
out or to open an inning, and both men
who scored for Bellows Falls had been
given free transportation and both We're
first batsmen i'm the respective innings.
/ The illness OF FishbuIne forced a change
/ in the lineup and Capt. Delaney went to
q. third and Johnston to short, both men
; putting up fine fielding games. Dixie had
La busy afternoon in right and beautiful
throw from deep right in the first inning
To Johnston caught Martin trying to make
4 himself believe a single to right entitled
2 him to two bases. Johnston leaped in the
air to take bikes throw in his gloved
~ hand and brought it down on the runer
: without waiting for hs own feet to touch
, the ground. 1t was fast baseball and an
= instant later when Burns was caught fiat
- footed off first, after having singled, the
: pep, Went out OF the Bellows Falls team.
\ fast double play, CaWlcy to ParlG,
3 killed off Devue and Leonard in the first
r inning. Devne lining the ball into Caw-
2 ley's hands after Leonard had reached
a second on his first single and a play to
: catch him on Delaneys intield tap. In the
/ second. after Johnston had famed, Dixie
p singled to right and stole. Andrews
o Palle went for it with the result that
<. Howard muffed it. Dixie going to third by
is good running McAloon drove a long fly
is to right that scored Dixie and Hicks drove
+ Andrews home with a hard single to the
same field
= Bellows Falls got one Of the runs back
IODoWd was passed and took second on a
= very wild pitch Hazlett sacrificed and
- Sullivan drove sacrifice fly to Martin,
scoring O'Dowd.
u In the fourth after two were out Nc
II Aloon tripled to right and Hicks drove
lie him home with a hard single to center.
lie Blalely tripled to right center and Hicks
n scored, but upon Burns calling for the bah
IS to be thrown to him at second Umpire
lie Ready declared Hicks out for not touch
it ing that important base, the decision null
e. lifying the score made by that runner.
Two more came in the fifth after Leon
ard had grounded out. Delaney hit one so
hot to Burns that the veteran could not
~ handle it. Devine beat out an infield
u tap. Johnston singled to right and Haz-
II lett fumbled, Delaney scoring and the
- other runners moving up a peg. Harkins
- was then called in to pitch. Dixie hit to
: Burns and Devine was declared out at the
Il plate. Andrews singled to right center,
II scoring Johnston, and AIcAloon famed.
II Our last run came in the sixth. After
II Hicks had flied to O'Dowd, Blakeley sin
II gled over second. Leonard shot one to
II left. After Francis had muffed a foul off
II Delaney the latter hit to Burns, who
II tossed to Parle, forcing Leonard at second
II Delaney started delayed steal and Blake
II ley broke for the plate and scored easily as
III Pare threw five feet over Francis's head
II Devine famed
II Bellows Falls scored their second and
II last run in the last half of the sixth when
H Martin was passed 60 open the half. Burns
II was safe when the ball slipped from Me
H Aloon's hand as he was about to throw
II Burns's tap down the first base line.
II ODowd hit to Johnston who forced Burns
II at second, Martin making third Hicks
H tried to catch ODoWd off the base and
II Leonard let the throw get away from him
II Martin scoring, but Leonard and Devine
II got O'Dowd trying to make second on the
II error
II Francis tried to start something in the
ninth by opening with hard single over
II second. Johnston climbed the hill OF
II foul ground near third and captured Har
II birs's foul. Cawley sent a wicked one al
II Delaney that the catcher took as if ht
II had been eating 'em around third all hi
II life, and with Devine and Leonard com
II pleted very fast double play. The score
II Brattleboro. alb bh pc a
II Blakeley, eff, ; ,