The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-20
SPORTING NEWS
Smith Go. and TT. Drummer
Teams Win in L0CuLLeague
Take Easy Victories from
Last Block and
Company |

Brattleboro's local league opened its
season on the fair grounds Saturday
afternoon before n small crowd of fans
playing two seven inning games which
were won in a decisive manner. The first
game was between the Last Block and
Heel Co. and Fort Drummer, the latter
winning by a score of IS to 3. whatever
chance the Last Block outfit had to win
was discounted by poor pitching. Strong,
twirling for them, had absolutely nothing
on the ball and no speed. This with poor
control and equally as poor support put
them out of the running early in the game,
for the Fort Dummerites clOuted the ball
hard and took advantage of the "BlOckies'
misplays piing up the runs in each and
every inning to that grand total of Is.
Staples on the slab for Fort drummer
had the "lasters' eating out of his hand,
allowing nine hits which were well scat
tered except in the third inning and
too, was somewhat more acceptable ex-
cept for one wabble in the second inning
when two runs came in.
Austin and Wood were the strong men
with the willow for the cloth makers,
Austin getting a single and two twO-bag
gers while Wood connected for three sin
giles and two two-baggers. Altogether
the Fort Dummer outfit collected what
had to be scored as six twO-base hits but
with good judgment and sharp fielding it
is dOubtful~if there would have been so
many hits for extra bases.
After this long-drawn-Out, one-Sidel
game the fans looked for a more interest
ing and better played game between the
s A Smith Mfg. Co. and Company l.
but the former proved to be more fin
ished combination and better hitters and
wallOped the soldier boys even worse than
the cloth makers did the 'Blockies.' -
pounding Manns offerings to all corners
of the lot and pulling the curtain on a
count of % to 3.
Company l took the field with a weak
ened team, three of their regulars being
absent. Strange to say the toy makers
had no regard for their seeming helpless
ness and Immediately proceeded to annex
seven runs in the first frame, y men going
to bat before the side could be retired
Four passes sandwiched with two errors,
4 single and a home run accounted for
the tallies. And then they, too. like Fort
hummer proceeded to add to their score
every inning up to the last inning
In the fifth inning Shaw of the soldiers
caught a foul tip on the end of his finger
and as they had no other player to put in
Staples, who had pitched for Fort Dunn
Iner. went in behind the bat to help out
Fisher was in control of the situation
it iil liILltS Lpt the IVY anu was
ably supported by his teammates who
only made two errors throughout the
game. Coupled with this was their free
hitting. Nearly every player on the team
got at least one hit. Moquin, Moore and
Graves doing the heavy work Moquin
and Graves got two singles and home
run each and Moore a double and home
run. As in the first game. some of the
extra base hits were cases of misjudg-
ment on the part of the felders
If this league is to develop the public
interest it ought to develop, steps should
be taken to strengthen the weak teams to
put all on a more nearly equal basis But
then, of course it is to be expected that
those who are now playing will improve
as the season goes on and when really
down to business viii play much better
bail than in opening games
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