The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-12
.CRESCENTS EASY
FOR ATHLETICS
Showing of Keene Outfit
Falls Short of Ex-
pectatiOns
RAIN TAKES PEP
OUT OF CONTEST
Adams as Usual Given Excellent Sup
port - f. Dunlevy Accepts IL Out OF
IS Chances at SecOnd-VisitOrs Make
Promising Opening.

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of Keene yesterday afternoon and de-
| fatd thin 6 to =.
The Athletics Jonah, rain, started in
about it's usual time, killing off their
chances of drawing big, although in spite
of lowering clouds and light rain small
crowd turned out. The weather deadened
the teams pep, the ball and the fans
enthusiasm, making the contest sort of
listleSs affair.
The Crescents, from what they showed
the local fans could hardly expect them
to believe that they have even chance
with the Keene White Sox, whom they
said they were able to defeat.
1t was hardly to be expected that any
team could produce real baseball with
wet ball, but the locals were under
the same handicap and played / good
game while the visitors turned in seven
luscious errors, playing like sand letters
in the very first inning, making the To-
| Gals q present of two runs without the
semblance of a hit.
| Adams as usual was given great sup
port by his teammates. Only one of the
| four miscues made by them had any
| bearing on the runs scored by the visit
| ors. +. Dunlevy at second had an ex-
| CtpllOudily UuSN udy HdNlHS
| IL of which he accepted. His two slips
came on the fielding of slow, teasing
| roOters, with very little time TO complete
| the plays in sight.
| Taylor and Kennedy, turned in pretty
catches of fly balls. The formers was a
foul which made the third out in the
sixth with two on at the time and was
plucked with one hand well back of first
| Just in front of an auto. Kennedy's catch
came in the fourth with runners on first
and second. The hit looked to be a per-
feet Texas Lacquer, but he timed the play
| to perfection, making swell one-handed
catch, doubling the runner at second, who
| had every reason to believe that the
catch would never be made.
While the lads from Keene as whole
| played a poor game two members of the
! team helped to furnish something in the
way of a feature.
Woods in the sixth made neat play
off Austin, gathering in his foul fly, pill
| ing into the sideline rope but retaining
| his hold on the ball. Metevier supplied
| the other with his hitting, getting two
singles and a double in three trips to
| the plate.
Keene made a very promising open
tween left and center. Sebastian rolled
one to Taylor for an out, holding the
runner on second. Cook hit to Il. Dun
levy, who played the ball to Yarker
After chasing the runner back towards
second a throw to F. Dunleyy completed
the out. Cook made third when the
throw to get him stealing second went
wrong, but he pulled a boner when Knox
singled to right. He waited to see if
! Plumb would make the catch, then loafed
home. Knox tried to make third on the
fielding of his hit but was thrown out
Plumb to Yarker, and the run which
Cook should have registered did not
count as by loafing on the way home he
did not reach the plate, until after the
runner was retired at third.
3 BrattlebOro got two runs in first with
out a single hit. After two were out
Kennedy got a.life on shorts error. Var
ker hit one down third base that Woods
spilled, Kennedy taking third and Var
ker second. Taylor drew a free ticket,
filling the cushions. B. Dunlevy hit to
third and the ball was played home to
get Kennedy, but the catcher made no
apparent attempt either TO touch the
runner or the plate. Plumb hit down
third base, the ball bouncing off Woods
shins, and for a second was lost by HIM.
Yarker scoring. Clune ended the inning
by grounding to Knox.
The locals added one in the second or
Austin's single with one down, 4. Dun
levy's out at first and kennedy's single.
The Crescents got runner as far as
third in the third frame, but on an at
tempted steal home was tagged out, and
their hopes were squeched in the fourth
when Kennedy started the double play
already referred to.
Brattleboro threatened in the fourth
and fifth but did not tally again until the
| sixth. Adams scratched a hit through
the pitchers box Woods made his catch
off Austin. but F. Dunlevy walked. Ken
nedy famed. Yarker lined one out two
sacks, scoring Adams, and on the second
baseman's wild heave home +. Dunlevy
also scored.
Keene broke into the scoring in the
! seventh Reason led off with a single.
Robbins hit slow roller to +. Dunlevy,
| who in his haste to pick up and throw
missed. The visitors then began the
| bunting game. Woods laid one down
(which Adams could not get hold of, and
the sacks were full Punt, pinch hitting
for Marneii, also dumped one down third
/ base that Yarker shot home for an out.
Metevier spilled the beans by lacing one
over second that scored two. Punt was
left on as Taylor took care OF the next
two batters.
Punt went in to pitch for Keene in the
seventh and got away without a score
but the eighth was different. Austin led
| off with a single, stole second and third,
i scoring when Reasons throw to third
went into the field F. Dunlevy famed.
Kennedy singled and Yarker followed
| suit. Taylor hit one to right that Rob-
| bins came in fast for and in attempting
La one-handed catch near the ground
missed, but Yarker was thrown out al
second. having held up on the play as it
i did look like an out for Robbins. On
lTaylor's drive Kennedy went to third and
Ion the throw to that base Taylor took
second B. Dunlevy made a bid. driving
a screeching liner just inside third that
Woods, playing out of position. grabbed
and held, putting crimp in the locals
run getting
| Keene'S efForts In the ninth were
snuffed by a fast double play. Robbins
scratched an infield hit and was forced
at second. Punt hit to B. Dunlevy, who
started the play which ended the game,
as Punt was unable to beat the throw
to first.