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SNAPPY PLAYING
BY BOTH TEAMS
Johnson in Box for Brattleboro Turns
In Nifty Performance Crowd on
Toes All the Time - Seven Fouls
in Succession by B. Dnlevy.

/ Toes All the Time - seven 1ouIS
in Succession by B. Dunlevy.
BY playing the same good brand Of
baseball that they have been showing
the past four weeks the Brattleboro
Athletics took the measure of the fast
team representing the West Boylston
Recreation association of Easthampton,
Mass, yesterday afternoon on the Val
lev Fair grounds by a score of 3 to |.
The visitors were fine bunch of ball
players and put up a good fight, but
were unable to connect with Johnson's
slants when hits were necessary. On
the other hand the Athletics, while they
only collected seven hits, got them at OPP
perfume times, thereby forcing the visit
ors to swallow the bitter pill of defeat
! GUY johnson, home for the weekend
was on the mound for the locals and had
Easthampton at his mercy without APP
| parentIy exerting himself much the last
| two innings. He allowed only five hits,
/ two of which were ON the scratch intield
order. and struck out six batters, getting
two via this route when things looked
rather dubious All in all johnson
turned in a nifty performance and well
deserved the win which came home.
Tt is of course understood that not all
| the credit belongs to johnson, for there
were others very much in evidence. The
work of F. Dunlevy at second was of the
Stonewall variety, turning in seven
chances without an error He is playing
great ball these days and somehow
seems to have the Bnack of being where
the ball is. This proved so yesterday, as
on two different occasions he was camp
| ing on the trail of a line drive. b. Dun
| levy also turned in two pretty running
catches, coming from deep field and cap
turing them while travelling at full speed.
The good playing was not entirely all
on the Brattleboro team, however, as
| Coughlin for the visitors put up clever
Egame at third having eight chances and
making good in all but one, and that one
misplay did not prove costly.
Curtain at short pulled off pretty
| pIav in the fifth on Clune, taking the
! bali with the bare hand we'll over towards
third and getting the runner at first.
| The work of Lux at first also was good,
he accepting all of the l6 chances offered
/ him.
| On the whole the game was after the
order of last weeks game, fast and
snappy, keeping ones interest every sec
| ond as the lead of the home team was not
! large enough to make the game abso
Iutely sure, for although Johnson was
! travelling very smoothly it was one of
those games that could 90 wrong most
/ any minute.
| From the very first play it was evident
| that the Athletics were on their toes,
| retiring the side in one two, three order.
| The second inning brought a possibility
/ of a run for the visitors when Barry
mis- Judged Coughin's fly, getting under it
only to have it get away from him, put
| ting the batter on second. The run did
not materialize, however, as f. Dun
| levy took care of Lux's roller and Tredo
hit to Johnson.
Easthampton came through with the
| first run of the game in their half of the
| fourth, when Woods, first up, scratched
an infeld hit down the third base line,
| taking second when johnson threw wide
to first trying to catch him off the base.
| Mcdonald sacrificed him to third. Brown
| famed for the second out and Coughlin
! lined one down the third base line which
Yarker played to first, but Coughlin beat
the throw, Woods scoring. Lux grounded
to second, retiring the side.
Brattleboro came back strong in their
| half of the same inning. Underwood led
off with clean single through short.
Yarker hit one to Curtain, who mussed
the play. Underwood and Yarller were
safe Tredo threw to second to catch
! Underwood off the sack, but no one was
there Underwood took third. f. Dun
| levy, running for Yarker, took second.
Taylor raped one to second, scoring
| Underwood and advancing Dunlevy.
Kennedy raised high fly 90 centerfeld,
Dunlevy scoring after the catch. B. |
Dunevy then proceeded to furnish con
siderable amusement to the fans when
he caught one squareiy on the nose, max
| ing the circuit only to find out the drive
was foul. He followed this with no less
than six more fouls before she. connected
with one that proved to Be a. fair hit
Tredo tried to catch him off first, but
he was, pp lis way. to secopd, cont inuhg
| to fhirtf When lie took the throw from
first in the back, the ball rolling to the
outfeld. He was left at third as Barry ]
! famed 80 <IiU1 i8, 1855
| The locals added another in the seventh
| Kennedy singled and stOLe second. b.
| Dunlevy popped to third and on the hit
ana Arln play Kennedy was over the
plate on Barry's Texas Lacquer. Ciune
| forced Barry at second and was left
when johnson grounded to the pitcher.
Easthampton threatened in the fifth,
sixth and ninth, but sharp fielding to-
gether with good pitching by Johnson
kept them from crossing the plate, Barry
| bearing the brunt of the work in the
ninth when he gathered in two line drives
after short runs, she last one ending the
game.
The score:
/! Brattleboro. alb bh pc 81
i. Dunlevy, 2b., 4 o o 4 O
Underwood, SIS. 4 -0~-~D.
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