The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-19

Under conditions that were anything
but favorable to baseball, Company | and
the S. A Smith Mfg. Co. battled for two
hours and 80 minutes Saturday for SUI
premacy in the Brattleboro local league.
The Soldiers by superior hitting, de-
feated the Toymakers to and thereby
won the championship of the league, end
ing what has been in some respects a
very successful season. This was post
season game to play off tie.
At the specified starting time baseball
looked to be an impossibility, as 1t was
raining hard, but it was in a way impor-
tant that the game be played and at 3.l3
the storm had diminished to a drizzle and
a start was made.
There was not a game throughout the
season that caused so much excitement
and tense situations, both among the play
ers as well as the fans, and in spite of
the condition of the ball and the field both
teams played a fairly tight game. There
were times that seemingly foolish plays
took the keen edge off, but these were off
set in a measure by some good plays ana
the wild excitement of the Soldiers sup
porters who pulled hard at all times for
them to win.
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worth seeing and as a climax to the
league season nothing could have been
more thrilling. In spite of the weather a
good sized crowd witnessed the contest.
Neither team showed a great amount of
punch in the first three innings, but from
the fourth on the Soldiers had the better
of the argument, Outhitting the TOymak-
ers, who got only two hits off Burke up
to the seventh. All the champions runs
except the one in the eighth came as the
result of clean hitting.
Manning who up to this game had
played only ordinary baseball, was the
big noise in the field for the Soldiers,
making two pretty plays which probably
saved Burke considerable trouble If not
the game He started fast double play
in the first inning which retired the side
and made a running shOeString catch of
a liner in the fifth that robbed Ingram of
a hit and doubtless shut off two runs as
there were two on at the time.
Burke's pitching. also Winchesters and
Fishers hitting, were features of the
game.
Company I won the toss and took the
field. Graves for the Toymakers was first
up and drew a pass. Plumb famed.
Moore drove a sharp bounder just inside
second that Manning sco0ped on the run,
touching second and playing the first for
a pretty double Martell hit a weak
roller to Adams for the Soldiers first out.
and Staples famed both Manning and
Wells.
In the second with two down Ingram
got life when BrOuilette dropped his fly
to left, but was thrown out trying to
steal second. In the Soldiers half Yarker
singled with one down. Winchester fol-
lowed with a single over second, but
Yarker was picked off. Staples to Fisher,
when he took too big lead off the bag.
Winchester stole second. Burke walked,
but in attempting to steal third Winches-
ter was nipped.
With one down in the third Ingram was
safe on Manning's handling of his
grOunder. He stole second, went to third
on a passed bail but took too many
chances on the base paths and was
snuffed. Wells to Yarker. for a third out
The Soldiers went out in order in their
half, Brouilette and AIartell tanning,
Lynch popping a fly to Moore.
After Graves had flied out in the fourth
Plumb got hit by a pitched ball, stole sec
Ond, and after Moore had flied out to
Brouilette Plumb was retired attempting
TO steal third Company / landed on
Staples with both feet. Manning opened
by hitting to Staples and was retired at
first. Wells singled and Stowell smashed
out double, scoring Wells with the first
counter of the game. Austin, playing in
the place of Garker also doubled, scoring
StCwell. Winchester raised Il pop fly in
front of the plate that Staples called for,
bat AIoquin butted in and the ball fell
safe. Burke singled to right. scoring
Austin. Both runners were left on when
Brouilette famed and Lynch hit to Sta
pies.
Adams and Moquin famed to start the
fifth, but Fisher poked a single over see
ond. the first hit of the game off Burke
Staples hit to AIartell. who mussed up
the play and both runners were safe In
gram hit low fast travelling liner just
to the left of second that Manning made a
great catch of, retiring the side, snufing
the TOymakers' rally. Staples came back
strong after hning hit 50 freely in tho