The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-23
CLUNE'S OUTFIT
TRIMS LOCALS
Murphy's Poor Pitching
Gives Springfield Visitors
s to 7 Victory
DONOVAN ALLOWS
BUT SIX BINGLES
But in Spite of This Locals Secured
Early Lead Which Ought to Have
Been Good for Win - Comerford
Makes Pretty Stop and Throw.

bring the team advertised, what he
brought was just good enough to take
yesterdays game from Brattleboro by
the score of s to Z
The lead that the locals secured in
the early innings of the game off Don
pitcher to work on bat Murphy was
not in condition to pitch even a high
school team, and as the Athletics had
no other pitcher on hand Murphy had
to go through. 1t was due to Murphy s
ineffective pitching the Athletics were
nosed out of the game. The local
players gave him nearly perfect sup
port making only two errors and
neither of these We're in any way re-
sponsible for the scores made by
Springfield.
1t was evident at the start that Muir
ply was off color for he passed the
first man up. Mcdonald then beat out
IAN attempted sacrifice and Murphy
passed the next hitter filling the bases.
Murphy had just about enough speed
to get sthem over the plate and Conner
ford caught one of these slow offerings
on the nose good for two bases and two
runs. White hit one to Taylor who
tossed to F. Dunlevy covering first.
Davis popped one to Murphy and then
johnson picked one over first, scoring
Comerford. j. Clune hit to Murphy for
an out at first.
Brattleboro had chance in its half
of the inning and collected two runs.
F. Dunlevy went out to short, Under
wood drew a free ticket, Yarker was
safe when Donohue juggled his ground
err Taylor hit one to Denault and all
hands were safe as he juggled the ball.
Wild Bill'' Donovan took big wind
up and Underwood was off for the
plate. As he slid in Kennedy laid down
the bunt and fell over Underwood but
managed to get up and off toward first
with the catcher chasing him, leaving
| the plate uncovered The. catcher got
Kennedy but Yarker took advantage of
the uncovered plate and scored. Tay-
Ior was stranded on third as B. Dun
levy raised one to the veteran Jack,
who nearly squeezed the cover off the
| ball in right field.
For three innings the visitors were
unable to do much with the slow ball
which Murphy was serving to them,
while the locals got to "Wild Bill
again in the second frame and went
into the lead, getting four runs. Barry
started the inning by ripping off
single over short, T. Clune was hit by a
| pitched ball. Murphy went out on a
grounder to third, Barry and Clune
moving up on the play. Comerford neg
! Iecting to play for either base runner,
f. Dunlevy hit one to short, who came
| in for the ball and shot it over the
| catcher's head in the attempt to get
Barry at the plate, this play also scor-
| ing F. Clune, F. Dunlevy pulling up at
| second. Underwood came through with
! "a songle over short, scoring f. Dun
| levy, and then stole second, Yarker
raised one for the catcher, Taylor rolled
on to third, who made a bad peg to
! first. Underwood scoring. Taylor stole
second, but was left as Kennedy
famed
Brattleboro added one more and the
last in the third as B. Dunlevy singled
| through the pitcher s box, stole second
and third and came home as Donovan
uncorked a wild pitch. This inning
ended ''Wild Bill" Donovan and John
son took up the burden in the fourth
| keeping the Athletics well in hand I'M
! fiji the ninth.
Springfield added one to its total in
tie fifth ON Whites single steal; Davis
was PASSED and johnson advanced them
by sacrificing, on the hit and rum
White scored on Manager Jack 3 roller
down the first base line. Donovan
| famed.
Springfield then began to get on to
Murphy's slow stuff and put over
three runs in the sixth Donahue first
up lead off with a single, Mcdonald
hit a line drive, Barry misjudging the
hop, the ball getting through him, go
inc for a double, scoring DOnahue, Nc
Donald took third on the throw in,
Denault drew pass and stole second,
C5merford raised high one the deep
left. Mcdonald scoring after the catch;
DenauIt taking third scoring as White.
Il raising a sacrifice fly, bringing the
4 score to to and it remained so to
|; the end. although the locals looked like
J winners in the ninth.
T. Clune, first up, connected right
, and the ball sailed over the left field
! cr's head good for two sacks. Murphy
hit one to short who juggled IL long
J enough for Clune to make third, Muir
J nhv stole, F. Dunlevy hit to short who
, bluffed a throw to first and then threw
to- third, who dropped the ball as
, sMucler slid for the bag Things
} looked rosy with the bases filed and
} meme out, but Underwood s best was a
} foul fly for White, Yarker hit a hot one
} to Denault, who whipped the ball to
} Donahue on second Donahue finishing
: a pretty double play and saving the
4 game by pretty peg to White at first
The Athletics kept the ball on the
carpet most of the time, the outfield
having only two putouts. Comerford