The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-06
Crowd of 663 Sees Soldiers
Defeat St. Michael's in
Is Innings
BOTH INFIELDS
PLAY FAST BALL
Murphy in Box for Locals and Johnson
for Visitors Leave Little to Be De
sired - Game Yields S165 for Com
pany Fund.

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sired = Game Yields S165 for Com
pany Fund.
Company I, V. n. G., has a company
fund of $3.50 and the baseball team of
the company earned it yesterday by
playing - innings of hard baseball
and finally defeating the st. Michael s
Athletic association team by a score of
| ) to f. There were 663 spectators.
1t was a whale of a game. The out
fielding was not exactly big league stuff
all of the time but both infields gen
orally put up some very fast ball and |
Johnson and Murphy, so far as their
twiring went, left little to be de
sired. The teams went TO deadlock |
in the sixth and from then until the
first half of the 18th neither team could
get foot on the plate.
Murphy of Bellows Falls, who was
down to twirl for Brattleboro did not
show up at the call of play and Tay
lor, who had been slated to play third,
was shifted to the box and Johnny
Baker, who is back in town, went to
third.
The national guard boys were given
a great greeting by the crowd, espe-
cially Johnson, Bernard and Frank
Dunlevy, Denning, Cavanaugh and
. Henry Harlow, all of Brattleboro. The
others on the team are all from Ben
nington and Slavery, especially, by his
: catching, hitting and base running
caught the crowd.
The spectators all wanted the Wis
! itors to win before the game started
but long before the 18th inning every
time either side got a man on the
e sacks they rooted hard for a run. 1t
!. was probably the most satisfied crowd
o that ever filed out of the park.
: The veteran Dan Riley squarely
I muifed fly by Toomey that opened
J the offensive of the afternoon. Clune
D and Kaine nailed him stealing. After
l. Jimmy Denning had popped out to
st Gray, Greenwood ripped one towards
e right field that hit first base and bound
: ed nearly to center field. He stole and
70 took third base on a passed ball and
- scored when Bernard Dunlecy singled
!. to left field
= Taylor came near to evening up the
s score in the third. He singled to right
T. and Kaine sacrificed him to second. On
ne Bakers long rap to right Taylor tried
is to score but u perfect throw by Har-
o. low nailed him at the plate. In the
h. fourth the score was tied. Riley got
his second single to left and took see
ond on a poor throw by Denning. He
- scored on Gray's first single, a clean
rap to center, after Angler had been
called out on strikes.
When Brattleboro had finished the
last of the fifth it looked as if the
game had been put in cold storage.
Murphy had reached the grounds and
Capt. Riley took himself out of the
game sending the Bellows Falls boy TO
l. center.
Taylor opened the inning with his
second single to right field. lie stole
:, second. KANE raised one a mile high
= over the plate. Slavery circled around
D. under it while Kaine stood waiting
for the out The bali dropped un
a. touched a foot in front of the plate
)r and KANE broke for first. Slavery
threw wild, Kaine taking second and
Taylor third. Baker famed and Muir
- ply popped one to Toomey who dropped
- it, Taylor scoring. Angler drove one
" at Johnson, who did not try for Kant
going to third but tossed Angler out
johnson had depended on Umpire
ne Clune 5 opinion as to the number out
is Goodell had replaced Toomey at see
ond and Gray bounced a victoriou,
drive off his shins, scoring Kaine anC
Murphy. Ferriter scratched q sngl,
- towards third but Tom Clune grounded
le out.
The boys in khaki came right bacl
in the sixth after two were out. Green
all wood got a double to right when Fer
rd ritter lost the fly in the sun He score,
on Bernard Dmlevy's double to lef
that Kennedy did not 90 back ia
enough for. Bernard stole third. Sa
* very doubled to center, Murphy fallin
en- down going after the ball. and Fran
Dunlevy ripped another double to left
putting Slavery across with the ITEM
v's run. Baker and Angler got Cavar
no augh
Murphy went in to pitch for Brattlt
boro and from then until the 18th
was nip and tuck. Both sides continual
)cr ly got men on bases, but the final pune
M was lacking until the first of the 15tl
Slavery singled to left He stole SEE
ond and stole third When Clune
,ox throw to Baker was low and bounde
tte by the guardian of the hot corner, S;
III very picked himself and scored the d,
Gliding run. Clune, Kennedy and Ia,
flor went out in order in the last hal
;oi- The summary:
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