The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26
Take Ragged Game by S-3
Score from Inter-
Factories
FORMER LOCAL MAN
VISITING PITCHER
Flannery Surprised Fans by Keeping
Down Athletics Hits - Befuddled
Visitors Mixed Batting Order
Gummed Scoring Process.

Down AthletlcS' Illus - DeAuouIeN
Visitors Mixed Batting Order
Gummed Scoring Process.
The Brattleboro Athletics defeated a
team representing the pick of the Green
field inter-factory league of that town
Saturday afternoon by a score of 8 to
8.
Former residents of this town must
believe either that the local team is
easy picking or else come back here
with hopes of taking a fall out of them,
for the visitors yesterday were piloted
bv a former Brattleboro bay, named
Flannery, he being the third one to
bring team here, only one of whom
was successful in accomplishing the evil
IDENTIFY much desired ambition of de-
feating the old home town team.
Flannery, however, must have I'M
der-estimated the locals for he brought
team that, while they might have
been bali players, failed to show any
thing very alarming, in fact they prae-
ticed so poorly that it apparently had
a bad effect on the local crew, for in the
first three innings they played about
the same way that the visitors prac-
tieed making five errors which resulted
in three tallies for the visitors.
Due credit must be given to Flannery,
however. for his effective pitching, as
lie held the usually hard hitting Ath-
letics TO eight hits. While a resident
here Flannery played very little base
ball. SO his exhibition was something
of a surprise to the fans, who expected
to see him mauled in proper shape by
the local team.
Late in the game Greenfield lost their
bearings which entirely befuddled the
batting order by jumping two hitters,
robbing them of their turn at bat, and,
Just to help matters out, in the next
inning they made changes in their line
UP and again mixed up the batting or
der so that the box score as shown may
or NAV not be correct. 1t was impos-
chile to tell who was batting, but it
developed later that the man who got
to the plate first was the hitter regard
less of whether he batted out of turn.
The visitors scored one in the first
inning on two hits and two errors, but
were retired without further count
with the bases filed.
Brattleboro scored two in the same
inning on pass TO Barry, Underwood 9
hit, two fielder's choices, two errors and
a wild pitch Greenfield came back in
the second, tying the count on two
errors and single, and forged ahead
one in the third on two hits, a wild
pitch and an error. The locals tied the
score at three in their half of the inning
on Yarker' s single, Taylor's sacrifice
and Kennedy two-bagger.
With two out in the fifth Taylor
caught one on the nose for three sacks
and scored when Garvey in right field
dropped Kennedy s drive.
The sixth was the big inning for
Brattleboro, Kaine first up led off with
single and went to third on Moore IS
hit, Moore taking second on the throw
to third Barry was passed filing the
sacks Underwood hit to short and
Kaine scored as the shOrtstop mussed
up the ball. Yarker with two strikes
ON him, swung on a wild pitch and was
allowed to 90 to first instead of being
called out, Moore and Barry scoring
on the play, Taylor was passed again,
filling the bases. Kennedy hit to third,
forcing Underwood at the plate. John
son struck out, ending the inning.
Brattleboro's last count came in the
seventh as " Horseshoe Kaine singled
stole second, third and home. The
score: