The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-13

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Visitors Score Six Runs Follow
Rally With Three in Ninth, Making
Final Tally II to 4.
For six innings the Athletics
looked like a million dollar bet in their
last game of the season, but in the
seventh the South Hadley Falls X. of
C. team got under a and johnson,
who had held them to four hits up to
this inning, lost his effectiveness, and
was pounded to all corners of the lot
and was driven from the box in the
eighth.
The only alibi that can be offered for
Johnson is that he must have been out
of condition, for as a general rule this
season if he could get by the first two
innings it was nearly impossible to
beat him.
The South Hadley Falls aggregation
was a strong hitting team and it was
evident early in the game that if they
ever got started they would be a hard
bunch to stop.
Wall, first up for the visitors,
cracked out a single to right field and
was sacrificed to second. Fitzgerald
drove a long single to left center, seor-
ing Wall. Ranger drew a pass, Stat
terry Whitfield and Natorick rolled one
to johnson.
Brattleboro went into the lead in
their half of the first on a pass to
Austin, his steal of second, reaching
third on F. Dunlevy's single to left.
+. Dunlevy took a big lead off first
and had started to steal when the
pitchcr threw to first. The throw was
high, going into the crowd, Austin
scoring. Dunlevv going to third, scor-
ing in Underwood's long fly to right
field. Taylor skied to left and Barry
gave the pitcher a chance.
TAYLOR furnished Il feature play in
the second when with two on and two
out he made a pretty one-hand catch of
q line drive from Kennedy's bat, get
ting his NIT under the ball Just as it
was about to touch the ground.
The Athletics added one to their to-
tai in the second. B. Dunlevy was hit
but forced at second on Clune's rap to
the pitcher, Clune beating the try for
a double. Johnson caught the one in
the ally and drove it over the right
felder's head scoring Clune. johnson
was left when Austin raised one to the
pitcher.
The locals pushed over their last
tally in the fifth on a pass to Austin,
advancing to second on F. Dunlevy's
single. Both moved up on Under
woods sacrifice, Austin scoring on
Taylor's single to right. Dunlevy and
Taylor were left on as Barry famed.
With a three-run lead and Johnson
apparently going along nicely, things
looked rosy until the fatal seventh.
Johnson famed the first hitter, then
lost himself, passing the next. Fitz-
gerald, who had already made two hits,
drove Il screeching two-bagger between
Austin and Barry, scoring one. Ranger
drove one OF a line over second that
Austin misjudged, coming in only tC
sec the ball sail high over his head into
deep center. This was good for two
sacks and scored Fitzgerald. Slattery
bounced a single off Yarker's shins
which held Ranger on second. Nato.
wick hit to johnson, forcing Ranger al
third. Barry then showed up some fast
fielding. Long drove one between Tay
Tor and Dunlevy which ordinarily
would nave been good for a single bur
Barry came in on the jump, took tn,
ball on the first bound and threw on.
the runner at first.
The visitors turned them loose in thu
eighth as Smith, first up, doubled
Mitchell scratched an inield hit. Wal
hit to +. Dunlevv, whose throw to tn
plate was too late to get the runner
Kennedy hit one in the front of tn
plate that Clune iuggled and all hand
We're safe. Johnson passed Fitzgerald
forcing in a rum. Ranger whanged on
ever B.. Dunlevv' s head for two sacks
scoring three runs. Slattery popped t
F. D~unlevy for the first out. Natovic
gave Underwood a chance for a secon
out. Ranger scored on Longs sing1
to center. johnson uncorked a viii
pitch, Long going to second.
Smith, up for the second time in tn
inning, drew a pass and then withot
calling for time Johnson was yanke
walking in to the bench and handin
the ball to Moore. Long took adval
tage of the slip and went to thir
Smith stole second, and Moore, WI
had not warmed up, passed Mitche,
filling the cushions, but underwood
took care of the next hitter's offerin
ending a painful session.
Moore was touched up freely in II
ninth, the visitors getting three singI
in succession, followed by two outs al
then two more singles, good for thr
runs.
Tho hitting Of Fitzgerald and Rang
was some Of the best seen this seaso
all being good line drivers. The fir
named bumped the apple for three 81
giles and a double. while the latter co
nected for a single and two doubles.