The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-07
SWIMMING GAME
WON BY SOLDIERS
South Hadley K. c. Falls
Down in Last Frame
Score 4-3
HEAVY HITTING BY !
TAYLOR AND PLUMB

Burke and Sparks Get Into Error Col
Umn with Three Each - Visitors Led
at End of Fifth - Last Inning Played
After interruption by Rain.
In a six-inning game on the Valley
fair grounds yesterday the Brattleboro
American Legion team squeezed out a
victory over the South Hadley X. of C.
team by playing one inning after being
interrupted by a rainstorm. After five
innings the score stood to l in favor
of the visitors, Rain then stopped the
game about an hour and most of the
crowd left, but later play was resumed
and in the sixth inning Brattleboro put
three runs across to one for South Had
ley, making the final score to 3. Tay-
lor and Plumb were the only local men
to connect with the pill, Taylor getting
a single and a triple and Plumb ham,
mering out two two-baggers. One single
each by AIcCabe and Balm was the ex-
tent of the visitors stick work AL
though Burke was effective in the box
he had three slips, as @i1 Sparks at
short, making the Legion teams error
column total six.
In the first frame De Lance lost KEEL
leys perfect bUnt down the first base
line when he ran to the backStOp in
search for the ball. Burke recovered
the ball and threw it over Taylor's head,
Kelley going to second and McCabe to
third. Both scored d moment later on
Bain's drive to center.
Taylor hit the second ball pitched to
left field for q single and went to second
en- the next pitch, which was passed
ball. ConnOr Immediately uncorked
wild pitch, putting Taylor on third.
Narker hit to Mum, Taylor being out
trying to score. Austin reached third
on the play. Sparks coaching sent Aus
tin home on the next pitched ball, but
he was an easy out for Scott. Poor
coaching by Sparks cost the Legion
team an opportunity to tie the score.
De Lance dropped the third strike on
Smith, the first man up in the second
for the South Hadley team. Smith stole
second. He evidently thought De Lance
was going to let every pitch get by him
and decided to steal third, but this proved
fatal as he was thrown out by De Lance
on short passed ball. The next two
batters struck out.
Connors bounded a fast inshoot off
Plumb's shoulder and Plumb stole sec
ond. Sparks was passed. Plumb scored
on an error by the catcher, and Sparks
was out at third on a very poor bit of
baSe-running. DunleVy sent a long fly
to center, Kelley making a nice catch
after a hard run. De Lance struck out.
Plumb went behind the bat in the
third inning in place of De Lance and
did good work there in addition to get
ting better work out of Burke. McCabe
struck out. Burke played ping-pong
with Heyer's grounder long enough to
lose him at first on a close play. Ram
sey DunIevy took care of the next two
men, making a very pretty stop of hel-
ley's hard-hit grOunder.
Burke was out on a grounder to
Brown. Taylor hit a three-base drive
to right field Poor base-running again
proved the undoing of the home team as
Tyler was out a few minutes later trying
to score on a short passed ball. Aus
tins grounder was taken care OF by
Brown.
To open the fourth Balm hit a high
fly to Dunlevy, who also got Brown at
first. Sparks booted Smiths easy
grounder, but no damage was done as
Scott was out, Burke to Taylor.
McCabe misjudged Plumb's drive and
tie hit went for two bases, but Plumb
fell asleep 10 feet off the 1base and was
cut on a quick throw to second by the
pitcher.
The visitors went out in order in the
fifth, Burke striking Heyer out for the
last man.
Sparks drew a pass, Dunlevy lifted
a long fly to AIcCabe, De Lance was
passed. Burke was out on a short fly
to center and Taylor drew pass, filling
the bases. Austin sent a long fly to
Kelley. thus ending Brattleboro,s hopes,
When play was resumed after the
storm Sparks booted Munn's groundeI
and Mum stole second. Kelley struch
out. Burke slipped up on Bain's slow
hit ball, Mum scoring. Brown flied out
to Austin. and Yarker took care OF
Scott's grounder.
Yarker got life on Bain's error and
Kennedy drew a pass, and both scored
on PIulnbs second two-base hit. Sparks
and Dunlevy struck out. De Lance
reached first on Connors's error, Plumt
scoring by good slide for the plate
Burke went out on a grounder to Con
nors The summary:
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