The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-05

Tor Locals Last Year, occupies Mound
for MiIlers Team-Nicked by Locals
for 10 Hits.
The Brattleboro Athletics continued on
their winning pace by defeating AIillers
Falls Sunday afternoon, 4 to ,.
As in past years AIillers Falls produced
a good ball team, but Murphy had some
thing on the ball and had the visitors
completely befuddled, allowing up to the
eighth inning only one measly inield
scratch hit. In the eighth c. Smith
popped one over first base, and had
Johnson started sooner he could have
turned it into putout, so the two hits
made off Murphy were rather puny. In
addition to being stingy with the hits he
had a record of 10 strikeouts. He act
ually struck out II, but two of the four
not credited were dropped by the catsher
and two came in as wild pitches on the
third strike Altogether Chick" pitched
rafting good game.
Opposing Brattleboro on the mound
was Lowney. who twlrled such good ball
for the locals last year. He had no ter
rors for the Athletics, who nicked him
for 10 hits including a three-sacker by
johnson with a runner on. Somehow
Lowney did not seem to have the control
of last season, nor the speed, but even so
Mr.. Lowney was up against a mighty
good striking outfit and the pitcher that
turns them back this season is going to
pitch some ball.
Catcher a Smith of the NIillers Falls
team succumbed to the heat in the sixth
inning, and no wonder. for the weather
was extremely hot; in fact. many of the
spectators were suffering just sitting still.
NIilers Falls did not have another
player to fill the position SO the locals
loaned them their new acquisition, Dunt
ley. who had played half an inning in the
field for the Athletics. What this player
is capable of doing is hard to say on the
strength of a twO-inning workout.
BrattlebOrO started scoring in the first
inning Austin led off with a single over
second, Dunlevy sacrificed him to second
with n pretty bunt, and along came Ken
needy with a swat to right field that Aus
tin scored on. Kennedy stole second, but
was thrown ont a minute after. trying to
steal third. Filion ended the inning by
striking out.
NIillers Falls broke into the running
in the fourth. Robinson. first up, drew a
free ticket. Griffin laid down a pretty
sacrifice, which was followed by another
attempted sacrifice by Davis. AIoquin
got the ball in front of the plate and evil
IDENTIFY figured the man on second was on
the way to third. for he pegged to that
corner of the lot only to discover the
/, runner had not left second. TAen things
broke. {. Smith hit one to + Dunlevy.
who iuggled it long enough to fill 'em
up. T. Smith followed with one in the
same place. but when the ball reached
Ramsey it was too late to get the runner
at the plate, but he did get the runner at
first. This ended the scoring for the
inning, as the next hitter whitfield the
ozone
Brattleboro pulled one of those plays in
the fifth which make the baserunner look
foolish. +. Duncvy led off with a hit.
Kennedy laid one down which Dunlevy,
by good base running and just a little
. luck made third on. Filion then gave the
hit and run signal. Dunlevy started with
the pitch, but Eilion failed to do his part
and the runner was caught fiat at the
plate. The squeeze is a corking good
play when it works, but when it goes
wrong. O boy!
The locals took the lead again in the
fifth on some more inside baseball. Plumb
singled and stole second and went to third
on an out at first Il. Dunlevy gave
Plumb the signal and in he came. but
Burn" foulcd it. On the next pitch they
tried it again and this time it worked.
Dunlevy being thrown out at first, while
( Plumb scored standing up.
The sixth brought the locals last coun-
tiers OF the game. Austin singled and
went to second on n wild pitch. f. Dun
levy popped to second. but Kennedy
again produced the necessary hit, scOr-
| ing Austin. Johnson, batting i'm place of
Filion, caught one squarely, sailing it
away to right field good for three bases
and scoring Kennedy.
| AIillers Falls was looking up in the
! eighth. Griffin, first up, got a life on
+. Dunlevy's error and moved up to sec
ond on a wild pitch Davis rolled one to
+. Dunlevy for an out at first. c. Smith
dropped one over first. scoring the runner.
Z. Smith was safe when his grounder
got away from Plumb. c. Smith got too
| big lead. off second and on quicR
| throw by Murphy was tagged out by F.
| Dunleyy. Il. Robinson hit one that
| Sparks mussed up, but no damage was
| done as billiard whitfield
l. Three errors in one inning by the local
| team Is some session, but they don't get
| that way often, so We'll lay it to the
weather. They have been and are now
| treating the fans to more inside baseball
than has been shown by "A local team for
some time. Look 'em over.
| The summary:
| BRATTLEBORO.