The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-20
.SRELBURNE FALLS
TEAM HUMbLED
Athletics Pound Out II to 4
Victory in Sunday
Game
GET BIG LEAD
IN FIRST INNING
Peltier, Visiting Twirler, Driven from
Slab After Four Runs Are Scored i'm
the Initial Frame-Other Features.

The Brattleboro Athletics went on a
batting rampage yesterday afternoon in
their game with Shelburne Falls and
easily defeated the lads from down the
! line by score of II to 1.
The Athletics welded heavy stick
and proceeded to show that all pitchers
looked alike to them by bouncing on Pei
tier, Shelburne Falls slab artist. in the
first inning, driving him to cover before
the side was retired by touching him
up for four runs. Luce took up the bur-
den with two hands down and AIoquin.
the first batter to face him, laced out a
single over second bringing in the fifth
run of the frame.
The locals kept banging away at Luce
throughout the game collecting IS hits
Tor total of ~ bases. They did not do
any serious damage, however until the
eighth. when they touched him up for
I'VE singles and homer good for four
runs.
Shelburne- Falls as a rule has n pretty
good team aud may have had such yes
terday, but it was evident that Murphy
had something on the ball for his oppOn-
entS only connected for five hits, showing
that they either were weak with the
stuck or Chick was pitching better
pail than he showed here last season.
Being a question in doubt we give
Chick the benefits
The Athletics have wealth of ma
terIal this year and have so far showed
more inside baseball than in the past
and from the way they have started out
swatting the hOTsehide it's going to take
some pretty good pitching to stop them
as nearly every player on the team is
pretty handy with the war club.
The Athletics threatened to repeat
their performance of last week of scor-
ing IN every inning but after counting
Tor three innings either got tired or let
again until the eighth although they
threatened in every inning except the
sixth.
Shelburne Falls gave the fans slight
thrill in the first inning when the FIRST
man up cracked the first ball served up
by Murphy for a pretty single over Sec
ond. Cardweli sacrificed him to second
An out at first put him on third and then
Murphy camped under a high twister off
the bat of Dige but let it get away from
him. giving Shelburne Falls the first run.
Their efforts from then on up TO the
eighth were rather weak for. although
they got men on. the necessary hits were
not forthcoming Their only honest to-
goodness opportunity, in the second inn i
ing. was squaShed in a method that the
fans enjoyed. With a man on first andi
third. and two down. the Athletics pulled
play that everyone likes to see but
which has not been tried to any great ex-
tent by local teams-in fact in the past
when this situation has come up the man
on first has been allowed to go down to
second unmolested. Yesterday MOquin
pegged fsr the sack and as the running
on third base started for home B. Dun
levy came in fast on the throw and in
tercepted it making a perfect return to
the plate, getting the runner.
In the eighth inning Shelburne Falls
showed Hash of hitting which netted
them three runs. CusSon first up Lead
off with a two-sacker. stole third and
scored on Cardwell's grounder to Ken
nedy who played for the runner too late
at the plate. Peltier singled over second. |
Cardwell slid into second. twisting his
leg, CusSOn going in to run for him. Both |
runners moved up n base on passed |
ball. CuSSon scored on a roller to F. |
Dunlevy which he iuggled. but got the |
runner at first. Luce singled, scoring
Peltier but was left when Monahan
popped to +. Dunlevy
BrattlebOros runs came as result |
of hitting and oppOrtune errors except |
in the eighth inning when their four runs |
came in on good sweet hitting Il. Dun
levy started the inning by clouting a line |
drive over the fielders' heads and by a
clever bit of headwOrk stretched it into |
a home run. He was nearly to third |
base when the fielder started the throw-in |
and Stacked his pace Just enough to let
the fielder think he was going to pull up |
at third. This worked ont for the fielder
threw to third but Burn" put on speed |
and when the ball reached third he was
nearly home and beat the third base
mans throw-in a. the plate. Moquin, |
Murphy, F. DunTvy, Kennedy and Fill |
ion all added singles to this good for
three more runs the last of the game.
Sparks is coming along at a good clip |
on the hot corner. knocking down hit |
off Cusson's bat, getting his man at first |
by a pretty throw. The summary: