The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-18

Get Away to Flying Start and Roll Up
Total of Is to ; Company L Gets
Men on Bases. but Necessary Hits Are
Not Forthcoming.
As a general rule all ball teams have
at one time or another an off day when
everything goes wrong, and the BrattIe-
boro local league teams had one of those
DAYS Saturday afternoon. when the Last
and Wood Heel Co. defeated the 5. n.
Smith Mfg. Co. team 13 to Z, while Fort
Dummer landed on Company l 10 to ..
There was not a team in the bunch that
nut ND q real game of ball, but that is all
in the game.
The 5. 4. Smith Mfg. Co. and Company
I were the worst offenders, playing ragged
ball and demoraIizing their chances of de
welcoming teamwork by Grabbing" every
PLAYER who made a misplay. discouraging
instead of encouraging any effort to play
better ball.
In spite of the loose ball playing which
prevailed there were spots in which good
plays broke forth to relieve the monotony
of the day.
Young Graves probably never was
given so much to do as he was Saturday
and played both good and bad baseball
having chance after chance at third base
which he seemed unable to cope with.
He was shifted to short. but evidently 1t
was to be his day, for the chances shifted
with him In all this player had II OPP
portunities to retire the runner but only
succeeded in making one-half of them
good Two of the six that he did make
good however. were nearly enough TO
offset the ones he missed for he got
pretty handed catch of n high fly
1 ut,
short outfeld for another, turning in
nice catch.
Both teams turned in an error on the
first player Mt bat in the first game and
the S a Smith Mfg. Go. benefited to
the extent of two runs while the LaSterS
got one. The TOymakers failed to hold
the advantage they had gained very long
however. as they started in playing loose
ball in the next frame. continuing in the
following inning. allowing the LaSterS
eight runs in the two innings or enough
to win the game.
The TOymakers got to Burke and the
Lasters in the fourth and fifth innings
for five runs but just to make the game
sure for the league leaders the Toymak-
ers passed them four in return in the
fifth on some more poor playing.
The triple play that ended the first
game of the afternoon was a questionable
affair, with men on first and second.
Moore dropped one INTO snort centerneht
that Columbus came in fast for and he
might or might not have gotten it just
as it was about to touch the ground. He
fell and after an apparent effort got up
with the ball. Both base runners adj
vanced and as CIune allowed the catch
both runners were called out wien play
was made to the base which they had
left. The decision was close and there is
reason for thinking that the ball was not
caught by the fielder
In. the second game Fort Drummer got
away to a flying start, collecting five
runs in each of the first and second inn
ings on eight hits. three passes and three
passed balls, sandwiched with five errors.
This alone put the game away, as the sol
der boys could not seem to fathom Mo
quins pitching.
The soldier boys only runs came one
at a time in the first, second and third
innings. After that there was nothing
doing so far as a run was concerned.
Although they got men on the bases the
necessary hits were not forthcoming
On the other hand Fort Drummer, be-
sides getting 10 in the first two frames.
collected two in the fifth and three in
the seventh on some light hitting and some
loose playing, along with a couple of wild
pitches by Staples.
The Summa ripS