The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-26

1t was a regular old soakcr of
game yesterday at Island park when
Brattleboro soaked Greenfield, 10 to s. |
Everyone of the nina men who started
the game for the Islanders soaked the |
bali at least once safely RUDE Sa-
ger soaked Devine and Delaney with |
the ball and Eggers retaliated by |
soaking Raftery on the back of the |
head by a misplaced splitter and I'm
pire Cassidy allowed Mcmahon to |
make him believe he had been soaked
very gently with another spitter.4
To land victory it was necessary
for the Islanders to land frequently |
on the ball, for when the ball landed
! on them near them they were quite
| liable to drop it. BRAZIL, who tried
TO play the sunfield, let lofter from
! Donnelly S bat drop safely because he
could not make up his mind whether
/ it was a short or long hit ball. a
minute later he contributed Il very
complete muff of an easy fly from
| Swasey that accounted for two runs.
! Collins, who joined the team an
hour before the game and is said to
be a brother Of Shono Collins Of the
White Sox, made II two-base mun off
| McMahCn and when Partenheimer
shot another short fly to him it
bounded out of his hands, but he man
aged to grab it on the second attempt.
1t was a relief to have a bali driven
in the general direction Of Dixie.
But the poor outfelding was not all
on our side. Swasey, who is captain
elect Of Amherst, played a long drive
by Collins in the fourth like dog
>
up with himself In trying to decide
whether he was going or coming that
he finally sat down to think it over.
Good backing up by Fitzpatrick nailed
Collins at third trying to stretch his
hit. Fitzpatrick played fly by
Dixie poorly and the batsman got a
hit.
Devine at third had an especially
. poor day, but singularlv not one OF
! his four errors counted against us in
the run column. Delaney caught Egg
gers 5 spitters well and threw we'll
not stolen base being recorded
against him. Fishburne at short is
0 charged with one error on a iuggled
l ball, but he accepted his numerous
II other chances cleverly and started
fast double play in the eighth that
closed Greenfield 5 last rally.
The feature play OF the game wa,
. driving catch by Raftery in shor
left that he easily turned into ;
double play with Norton in the third
He robbed BRAZIL Of a Texas league
that would surely have scored An
.drews and Collins if Raftery had no
committed larceny. When Rafter,
caught the ball Collins was at thir,
and Andrews nearly at the plate.
- was not poor base running. 1t wa
wonderful catch.
Rube Sager s lack of control in tn
first in which he passed two and hi
9 two more with single by Fishburn
4 that Mcmahon lost in the sun CAV
$ Brattleboro a start of two runs.
Eggers was passed to open til
fourth and Murphy sacrificed. De
laney singled and stole, sliding aroun
4 Norton. Fishburne walked. Devin
: popped up an infield fly. Dixie single
o. to right center Andrews scratche
G one to short and Collins gave Swase
his opportunity to chase himseI
around. Collins was an easy out tr,
ing to make third.
Three more came our way in IL
fifth when BRAZIL, who had bee
robbed of one hit, singled to lef
Eggers famed. Murphy clipped OF
Just inside the third bag. Rafte1
lost Delaney 5 grounder. Fishburr
was out at first on Partenheimer S a
sist, BRAZIL scoring ON the play, al
Murphy and Delaney scored when d
vine singled to left before Dixie fiji,
to center.
ire Just 13 men faced Eggers in Il
a first four innings but in the fifth, a
lit ter he had been running bases and b
cause he had been weakened by i
ness during the night and day, he Fl
off in his work. After Norton hi
viii popped out to Andrews, McMah
be was allowed to go TO first when
ING ducked his sleeve into pitched ba
Partenheimer and Donnelly singled
- right, the latter being a ball tn
should have been captured. Sager
"a to Fishburne and Mcmahon scor,
Swasey lifted one to right that B
zill squarely muffed and two me
runs came over Raftery was tn
hit on the back of the head with
csc pitched ball and Devine contribut
another error off Sherman, but
drews took care of Fitzpatrick
grounder.
les The last two were in the eigh
bile So, ,e,,a1l In sino1o az
QEo and Fitzpatrick scratched one to
vine. When Eggers passed Mort
e the bases were filled Mcmahon t
gist nod - Andrews who forced sb
ana man at the plate. Partenheimer :
hat ,loa ~ riob+ and two rms scorad :
10 being followed by double pay. !
avg score:
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