The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-12
knights of Columbus Missed
Chance to Force Game
Another Round
ATHLETICS WHITENED
FORT GUNNER TEAM
Textiles Gave Haywood Wobbly Sup
port and Were Outclassed - John
sons Pitching Feature of First
Game, Slow Curve Being Effective.


While the first of the two games in
tho Brattleboro league played Satur-
day afternoon at the fair grounds was
nothing to boast of, the second was a
real ball game and went an extra in
ming for a decision.
Tie Fort Dummer team was out
classed by the Athletics in the first
game and lost s to O., but the Wheel
club and Athletics had to 90 eight in
nugs before the Wheel club squeezed
home winner, 3 to ,, because the
il. G. players were not alive to a fine
point of the game.
So Jack Chesbro lost champion
ship on wild pitch and "Johnny''
Evers won one by calling for a ball
TO be thrown to him to touch a base
after base runner had failed to
touch it. The X. c. invoked both
these famous stunts i'm losing their
game.
In the second inning of the second
game Thompson caught one where he
wanted it and belted the ball to deep
left for a triple. A more accurate
throw-in of the ball might have held
him ut second. One man was out at
the time.
Clune famed for the first time and
then Blake Embossed one of his wild
pitches and Thompson trotted home.
Allen was passed and went to second
when f. Dunlevy dropped Blake s easy
toss of Brackets grounder. Another
wild pitch advanced the runners but
Belden famed. If Blake had not
made the wild pitch or f. Dunlevy had
not dropped an easy toss Thompson
would not have scored.
A pass to Kirby, who was playing
his first game with the Wheel club,
put man ON first to open the last
half of the third inning. Kirby stole
second unmolested as no one of the
*. G.. infelders took the trouble to
cover the base. He stole third on a
close play. After Space had popped to
Blake, Kirby scored on March s tap
TO Norwood. Ferriter dropped Hud-
son 5 short fly to center which B. Dun
levy and Harwood were each ready to
take when Ferriter came charging in
and the runner stole second, but was
left when Baker made a fine running
catch of Thompson's foul fly.
Not until their last chance at bat in
the regulation seven innings did the X.
9. team get runner home and then
they tied the score. +. Dunlevy
banged one so hard at Belden that he
could not field it and the ball bound
ed so high and far into the field that,
by good running, the runner made sec
ond. After Ferriter failed to advance
him b. Dunlevy banged one close to
the foul line in right, scoring his
brother and taking second himself.
Blake flied to center, but Harwood
singled to right, and although B. Dun
levy failed to touch third in rounding
it and went back to perform that duty
he managed to score, HARDWOOD taking
second on the throw to the plate. He
stole third on very close play, then
Baker famed.
Clume opened the last of the seventh
with his third strikeout Allen sin
gled to center and took second on a
wild pitch Blake passed the next two
men, but he got out of the hole by
tanning Kirby and by forcing Space
to tap n gentle grounder to him.
G. Dunlevy reached first in the open
ing half of the eighth on an error by
Bclden but was forced at second on
Busby s tap to Kirby, who tossed to
Hudson for the out. Hudson s at
tempt to complete a double play re-
suited i'll his hitting G.. Dunlevy with
his hand as he was about to throw.
Busby stole second but f. Dunlevy
famed.
March opened the last half of the
eighth by tanning. Hudson IS ground
er rolled peacefully through +. Dun
levy. Thompson S single to left center
put men on first and second Clune
HE'D to Baker but Allen singled to cen.
ter and Hudson, rounding third with
out coming near to touching the bag
scored and Thompson followed him.
Baker waited at third, apparently
expecting some of his mates to throw
the ball to him that he might touch
the bag to have Hudson declared out
for failure to touch the base Umpire
Murphy stood in the field and waited
until every X. G. player had left and
then walked off Failure to call fol
the ball on the part of Baker and fail
uro to see the play on the part OF
eight others of the X. @. team cost
them the game at that point for Hud
son would have made the third out
and the game would have been forced
into another inning.
Johnson 8 pitching was the feature
of the first game. He slow curved his
opponents to their deaths. He allow
cd three scattered singles, hit two me1
and issued one pass but was never il
trouble. Oscar, catching for For
Dummer, gave a good exhibition for ;
time of throwing to bases, ands caugh
some of the Athletics yards off thei
bags, but towards the last poor throw
cost runs. Haywood could not keel
the ball away from the batters AM