The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-25
LOCALS OVERCOME
FOUR-RUN LEAD
Defeat South Hadley After
Making a Decrepit
Start
DISASTER AVERTED
IN THE NINTH
Good Pitching by Local MOundsman Pre-
vents Visitors From Pushing to the
Fore Massachusetts Team Shows
Good Work With Stick,

Inc boys from south Hadley rams nVeu
up to the reputation they established last
season of being heavy hitters and turned
! in some swell hitting. but Bowers and his
/ support frightened at critical times and
turned them back.
! Jones, Brattleboro's first pitching Sc
He hit the first batter, issued two passes,
and allowed a single, a double and a
triple up to the time his days work was
! finished. Bowers, WHO relieved him,
played here July 4th with the Camp Mar
quette team and looked to have every
thing but he, too, despite good pitching,
got his bumps.
The game looked to be put away in the
time that the locals first hurler was on
the mound, but after the opening innings
the locals got on their toes and began to
tight and pretty fight they made of it,
putting up the real article in the ninth
when the game looked to be sewed up by
South Hadley Falls outfit
BrattlebOrO also had another importa-
ton in Umpire Sayles, who worked be-
hind the bat, and judging, from the little
objection put up by the PLAYERS did a very
satisfactory job.
The two feature plays of the game were
catch by Syren of a fly in short center
field off the bat of Dunleyy and Plumb's
pretty stop of hot grounder just inside
first base. This play saved trouble as
there were two runners on at the time
and one or possibly both would have
scored had the ball got through and into
the field. He followed this with a pretty
peg across the diamond to third that
nearly nipped the runner off the bag.
Up to the time the locals got the jump
on the visitors some of them played
rather loose ball juggling instead of pick
ing them up clean, and while the base
runners did not get any extra bases on
most of it a little more pep and dash as
we'll as condition will help TO make the
games snapper and merit the support of
the fans. who like clean. fast playing.
The South Hadley aggregation were
late in ARRIVING, delaying the game until
about p. m, but this had its good feat
ure for it allowed the Athletics to get
some good batting practice which from
the last two exhibitions seemed to be
neededA
The visitors got busy in the first frame.
The first hitter got nicked Wall grounded
to the pitcher who had made a bad peg to
first letting the runner down to second.
Fitzgerald drew pass and in an attempt
TO get the runner from second at third
Clune pegged wide and the run counted
Slattery famed but McCabe lined out
4 two-bagger, counting the runner, Balm
sent out a grounder but Plumb dropped
the throw recovering the ball in time,
however, to get McCabe at the plate
when he tried to score from second on the
play. Things started even worse in the
next frame The first batter walked, an
attempted sacrifice resulted in a pop to
the pitcher. Natovick lined one over
short and Syren cleaned the bases with
long drive to right center good for
three sacks. This was where Mr.. Jones
made his exit and Bower took up the
work. Tie first hitter gave him chance
by driving a grOunder at him getting the
runner at first but Syren scored on the
play. The side was retired when Fitz-
gerald famed.
In Brattleboro's half of this inning
three of the five runs in for the visitors
were discounted Taylor, first up, drew a
free ticket to first g. Dunlevy sacrificed
him to second and Filion was safe at first
on the shortstops error, Plumb waited
and walked, filling the bases. Here was
good stage setting for the old war horse
Clune and he connected but it was a fly
to centertield, good for run, however, as
Taylor scored after the catch Bowers
then looked them over and picked one to
his liking driving the ball to right field
scoring Filion and Plumb. Austin raised
one to short center field that Syren made
a good try for but lost +. Dunlevy made
the third out when he grounded to short
South Hadley Falls added two more to
their count in the fourth when Natkovick
singled to right. Syren followed with q
long double to deep left center field, the
runner scoring. Syren reached third
when Kennedy Alggled the throw in from
Austin, scoring while Wall was being
thrown out on a grounder to Taylor.
Brattleboro sailed along until the sixth
without another run and then came the
big drive of the game in which the locals
batted all the way around. F'iliOn, first
up, singled to right field and stole second
Plumb dropped one back of third that
got lost in the grass giving him two bases
scoring EiliOn. Plumb took third when
the fielder threw to the plate to get Fill
ion, Clune hit slow one down third base
line which was played to the plate but
Plumb slid in and the ball got away
from the catcher, Clune making second
Bowers again produced a hit but Clune
was held on third. Austin counted one
run with single over second and Mako
wick was all done for the day, going to
right field. Fitzgerald went in to pitch
and Slattery to cover first base. #. Dun
levy laid down bunt going out at first
While Bowers and Austin moved up
base on the play. Kennedy shot a hot
one to short who hurried the throw and
made bad play, scoring two runs, Ken
nedy going to second Taylor grounded to
second and Il: Dunlevy famed for a third
out but five runs were in and the locals
were now leading, to Z.
This score stood until the eighth when
South Hadley again broke loose with the
war club. Smith, first up, spilled the
dope by dumping one down third base line
good for hit and moved to second when
Scott grounded to first, Natkovick came
through with his third hit of the game
putting Smith on third, going to second on
the first pitched ball. The visitors then
tried to put over run but slipped up
smith came in with the pitch but Syren
Jailed to connect and Smith was caught
nat, run down and tagged out by b. Dun
levy. Syren. however. singled to right
held making the game tie as Natkovick
scored Wall flied out to Kennedy for q