The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-06
Storm Yesterday Prevented
All Sports Except a
Baseball Game
ATHLETICS GAVE
K. C. TEAM DRUBBING
Large Crowd Saw Cne- Sided Contest
Hat Passed and $50 Was Received
- Foot Races and Horse Trotting
Scheduled for Next Tuesday.

The managers of the field dav
scheduled to be held on the fair
grounds yesterday had tough time
feeding what to do, with the weather
oS fractions as it was The ball came
5rheaulcd Tor the morning was ont Of
the question and it was not until of
ter II clock that It was decided ~
cal off the sports program for the az
tcrnoon Track conditions would have
Deen hopeless for trotting or foot rae.
ing ana II was decided to postpone ev-
erything to Tuesday afternoon, July
13. '"''
a few minutes after that decision
was made the sun broke through the
clouds. BY that time the band had
been told there would be no music re-
4ulrcd and the street railway com
Pany had been notified that no speciaI|
cars would be wanted. Then the
members of the teams scheduled to|
play the afternoon ball game wanted
to play The diamond was in good
shape and the outfield fairly GOOD
footing and word was sent around
that the game would be PLAYED.
Several men, women and chiIdrenI
headed for the fairgrounds soon after
l.3o O'Clock and when play was start
ed few minutes after 3 O'Clock a
crowd that overlooked the new bleach
ers and stretched along both base
lines to say nothing Of those seated
1n automobiles and carriages back of
the third baseline, was on hand. AsI
1T had been advertised that there
would be foot races, horse racing andl
n band concert in addition to the af-I
ternoon ball game no admission was
charged but the hat was passed andI
nearly everyone was glad to contrib
ute towards the fund for the athletic
ned, to which 90 the entire receipts
of all the local ball games, after the
expenses are paid. Over $50 wasI
realized.
As for the game itself it was hard
shedding for the Knights of Columbus.
Nothing seemed to 90 right with
with them in the field and at the bat
Although they insisted that TaylorI
had nothing they made only three
hits in the nine innings
1t seemed pity, after several close
and really good ball games had been
played by the teams of the Brattlc-
bore league, that such poor exhi-
bition had to be furnished for a bioI
holiday crowd
. After five innings Capt. Riley took
himself out of the game and gave
Kennedy q chance in center field
kaine replaced Filion and "Happy|
Atkins, who had on an Athletics uni
form was given a chance at short in
the last inning. "IIappy' amused
the crowd by shaking in pre-
tended fear but when a hard hit
bah went towards him he ran in on
it. scooped it up and, with some eff
fort. hurled it to first in time for the
ont He was not so successful on his
second attempt. At bat he popped out
to the first baseman.
The Athletics did not have to work
very hard for their runs, the errors
Of their opponents mixing nicely with
their hits Capt. Riley's one put out
was a pretty running catch back of
second base. Ferriter caught a hard
ono and turned back somersault
coming up with the bali to the as
tonishment of the blcachers. Bob An
gicr' : first base play was nigh class
aud the laundering infeld work wa
now and then penetrated with a really
fine play but the game was no com
parison with the others that have been
piqvCd. The score: