The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-25
Split with Greenfield First
Double Header Played
at Island Park
SHUTOUT VISITORS
IN FIRST CONTEST
Barely Escaped Similar Treatment in
Second-Many Brilliant Plays Made
-Swormstead and Snyder Had OFF
Day-Over 1000 Present.

Manager "Jack' 0 Hara ; Island
ers split yesterday the first double
header in league history at Island
park, winning. the first game from
Greenfield 1 to and losing the second
contest. which, went seven innings only
by agreement. to l. The crowd OF
l,03S got a lot of brilliant baseball
for their single fare tickets. Natur
ally the first game caused the Brattle-I
borO adhereuts to chortle with unsup-
pressed glee, but before the second had
been long in progress the large Green
field delegation found equal satsfac-I
tion in the afternoon 5 pleasure. II
Stimulating stops and throws, run
ming catches in deep field and clever
base running featured both contests
IT was a dull inning, indeed i'm which
at least one play out Of the ordinary
was not made. Johnston and Crow
thci, the rival shortstors, were con-
stantly pulling off hit robherins. An
drcWs saved errors for his mates by
long range pickups and Goodridgc
saved extra bases by grabbing en- out
Cf the hair with his nit Kennedy.
who joined the Islanders Yesterday
noon, found considerable to do i'm his
garden and did it well, while with the
stick he counted for two runs in the
first game. Swasev was the bright par
ticular outiicld star due to the fact
that what CHANCES he had were very.
hard ones and HE made them look
easy. Dixie, by his speed and good
judgment, captured q Texas. leag,Ier,
and, with 0 'IIara lifted the Base run
ming prizes OF the day.
As for the pitchers, Eggcrs so con-
. trolled the first game that only two OPP
! ponents reached third base and but
! four arrived at second. Five singles
/ was the contribution Of Greenfield to
| the hit colmun in this game BrattIe-
| boro got only five hits off Sagcr. but
! punching them with battery errors and
a fielding error gave two runs and the
other two came on punched hits.
In the second game Turnurc seemed
to have a plenty in his assortment to
hold o 'Ilara 5 men safe without exert
ing himself. Swormstead who was
elected to start for Brattleboro, lacked
control, speed and Blenders. If he. had
/ anything it was carefully concealed
from observation. o 'IIara vanked him
with one run in, two on and two out
in the first inning. Chief Snyder. who
pitched Wednesday, was called to the
rescue. He was constantly in trouble
and in the sixth Greenfield put the
game was on ice. Umpire Ready gave
a fine exhibition of Hnpiring and kept
both games moving at top speed. Their,
was no kicking TO spoil the sport.
The story of Greenfield S. share il
the first game has already been told
They could not hit eonseeutively. II
the third Andrews made pretty pick
up of a low throw from Granfield. Il
the sixth, after Sager had singled an,
been forced at second. Johnston t.
o Hara, the manager, in trying for
double playr threw wide OF &Rdrew
and Sharpe made second. Dewd line,
> a hard one high over o 'Hara 5 head
= o 'Hara leaped and blocked the bal
n and recovered it in time to get tn
4 runner at first. Devine turned in
y feature catch in the seventh and Dix
p. one in the ninth.
- For Brattleboro o Hara scored i
She first without man being charge
with Il time at bat. The manager wa
:. passed and Dixie, as usual laid down
d pretty sacrifice A passed bali b
= Monahan put him on third and Kei
!; nedy, on his first appearance at I'll
!; plate, drove a long sacrifice fv I
= Swasev, easily scoring 'Hara. -------
Kennedy opened tho fourth with