The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09
ATHLETICS WIN
PITCHERS DUEL
Beat Athol 2 to l, Getting
Five Hits to Three
for Visitors
BUT ONE ERROR
ON EACH SIDE
Moist Ball Used by Pitcher Shea OF
Visitors Until Umpire Investigates
Gilt Edged Work by Fielders as
Well as Slabmen.

Gilt Edged Work by Fielders as
Well as Slabmen.
Moore of the Brattleboro Athletics
and Shea of Athol staged real pitch
ers battle yesterday afternoon at the
Valley fair grounds, Moore pulling
through a winner when Shea lost his
effectiveness for one lone inning, the
eighth, and the locals got to him for
two runs and the game.
Shea, up to the seventh inning, was
freely lubricating the ball from his
cud of slippery elm and was getting
away with it, the locals having gath
cred only three measly hits from his
pitching. At this stage of the game
the locals concluded that something was
wrong and demanded an investigation
from Umpire Ferriter. The outcome
was that Shea was ordered not to con-
tinue pitching the moist ball. He Oc-
casionally tried to slip on some of the
slippery lubrica5or, however, but evil
IDENTIFY got too much on for he appar-
emily could not control the ball. With
two out in. the eighth he passed F.
Dunlevy, who took big lead off first
and was starting to steal when Shea
threw to first. Lamson made a hurried
peg to second to get him but the throw
was bad and as the ball went to left
field Dunlevy continued to third, scor
ing from there shortly after on a
passed ball which he beat to the plate
by inches.
Underwood, who had been unable to
connect squarely with the dope ball
previously, hit the next ball pitched be-
tween third and short for a single.
Yarker, who had been having the same
trouble, caught the dry ball squarely
on the nose, sending it on a line to deep
right field for. three bases, sending in
Underwood with the winning run.
Yarker was left as Taylor rolled one
to second.
Moore gave one of the best exhibit
! tons of pitching seen on the local
grounds this year, only one good clean
hit being made off his pitching, al
| though three were registered. The first
! one, which counted AthoI's first and
only run, was a short fly back of first
base which B. Dunlevy and Taylor went
after. Both pulled up and the ball
| fell between them. Lamson, who was
on second when the bali was hit, scored
on the play and the batter went to
| third when B. Dunlpvy pegged low to
second. He was left there, however, as
the next hitter grounded to Moore. The
second hit and only clean one the Wis
| itors gathered was made by Lamson
! i'm the seventh after two were out. He
stole second and then Dover got credit
| for Atho s third and last hit of the
game by raising a high fly to right cen
ter. b. Dunlevy came in fast for it
but barely got his hands on it, Lam
| son tearing home as the ball hit the
| ground Dunlevy made a quick pick
| up and shot the ball home, Clune did
| clever bit of work by taking the ball
on a short bound and tagging the run
| ner. whom he blocked off from the
plate. turning what looked to be dis
astrous play into a nifty job.
Moore, however, had what threat
| ened to be a bad spell of weather in
| the eighth, hitting the first batter up.
! In an attempt to sacrifice, the batter
I got too much beef behind the ball and
[ forced him at second, Underwood los
| ing the chance fOS double play when
! he lost the sack, recovering too late for
| the play at first. Moore then nicked
| the next batter, putting two on with
only one out His eye and control then
came back and he famed the next
| two hitters.
The game was the fastest one played
this season, consuming only one hour
and / 3 minutes. Outside the three hits
| MENTIONED only one other ball was hit
to. the outfeld by Athol, the infeld
turning in II assists and 26 putouts
Athol. too. had a liberal amount of
work in the infield as u assists and 20
putouts show, only four putouts being
| turned in by the outfeld.
Except for bad throws by B. Dun
! levy and Lamson both teams played
| errorless ball, and to those who enjoy
fast snappy playing with very little
hitting the game surely was a treat.
Yarker, Underwood and Moore were
kept busy fielding ground balls, get
ting rs OF the II chances. Underwood s
work was particularly good, he gather
ing in two hard hit balls and making
perfect pegs to first.
y Athol went down in 1,2, 3 order in
every inning, except the second, seventh
and eighth innings, and while the To-
Gals Jared a bit better in this respect
they had only four men left on bases
up to the eighth inning, which goes co
show that AthoI's one lone tally in the
second looked pretty big to the fans
until the fatal eighth, when the Ath-
letic's came through with the game.
The score:
BRATTLEBORO.
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