The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-05
LEGION SWAMPS
MARLBORO NINE
Granite Staters Unable to
Do Much with Blake's
Delivery
NINE ERRORS MAR
THEIR FIELDING

Circus Ends with Score of IL to 8
Visitors Score Four i'm Seventh Inning,
When Blake Varies MonOtony with
Little Siesta.
The American Legion baseball team
swamped the Marlboro, n. H., nine on
the Valley Fair grounds Sunday after,
noon. Is to 5. The heavy hitting of the
legionaires FEATURED the contest, the
locals collecting 20>safeties off the three
pitchers who presided on the mound for
Marlboro.
The visitors lineup included several
good golf players, and some of the
others had played marbles in their
younger days. Baseball, however. APP
peared to be their unknown sport. Nine
errors married their fielding efforts.
which were at best weak, and their hit
ting was a joke as long as Blake both
cred to toss the ball up to them faster
than four miles an hour.
4arker and Bernard Dunlevy featured
at the bat for the locals with four safe
ties each IN five trips to the plate. Aus
tin was not far behind with three hits
and a walk in five times at bat.
Twelve locals came to bat in the first
inning and their combined efforts netted
seven runs. Taylor singled to start the
inning and Austin got another single,
sending Taylor TO third, Narker'S single
scored Taylor and sent Austin to third
Trask. hit Kennedy, filling the sacks. B.
DunleyY singled. scoring Austin and
Yarker Kennedy and B. Dunlevv scored
on Plumb's long double. Plumb was
barely caught at third trying to stretch
it into a triple. Burke and Blake
E-Frp Cd L.
tripped up on Ninton's grounder and
threw wild to first.
In the second frame the legionaires got
another run on kennedy's single fol-
lowed by Bernard Dunlevy's two base
clout. In the next three frames the
locals rested and got their breath
In the fifth with Hanrahan pitching
Ninton walked and Taylor flied out.
Austin was passed and Yarkcr singled,
scoring Niuton. Kennedy grounded cut
and Bernard Dunleyy cleaned the bases
with long triple. Here Plumb was
pessed, Bringing Francis Dunlevv to bat.
Then the circus began Thinking that
the crowd needed entertainment, Bern
ard starting something over on third.
Each time Hanrahan delivered the ball
Bernard would start on a dead run for
home yelling, hit it Frank, I'm coming
etc At last Bernard did come. but F,
Dunlevy didn't hit the ball and Bernard
was caught at the plate.
In the sixth Blake walked, advanced
to second on Vinton's high fly and
scored on TayioT's single
Yarker opened the seventh with 4
triple Kennedy singled, scoring Yarker.
r. Dunlevy singled h~+ Kennedy was
niDped at the plate Bernard went to
second on tho throw home. Bernard
stole third and after Plumb had reached
first on an error began his chit it
Frank" performance again. much to the
pitchers djs"ust. This time Ramsey
did hit and BERNARD scored on tho Dlav
at first, which retired Ramsey. Plumb
went all the way to third on this play
and scored on IN error.
LheaurpX- singled for the visitors in
the first frame and scored by some ex-
eeIent base running when Holbro0F' :
liner sEDped through the local infeld.
After that Blake passed them I'M to
Plumb in a manner which left the Gran
itc State players in n coTnlete state Of
Justification as to the whereabouts of
the pill until the seventh. BY that time
Blake had gone to sleeD on tho mound
and was passiRg them IN 50 slow that
even five-vear old would have had an
excellent chance to connect. Here the
visitors scored four runs on as many
hits waking Bloke from his afternoon
siesta. After that thor" was n"+h3-@~
II It as PI,rmb kent shOHtiur Mt Blake
ard kent him partially awake. The
summary: