The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-07-10
HOME RUN
WON GAME
Lewis Homer in Ninth Gives
Victory TO Locals
BEST GAME THIS SEASON
No Runs Had Been Made on Either
Side When Sphere Went Fly.
Ing Over Fence.
BEST GAME THIS SEASON

With onr man oui IN The last hail 81
the ninth inning, Leuls. BeHbingioh'i
star back.,op. knocked ihs sphere oyei
The left Geld fasce and scored the only
run made by either team Ia The gains
ul,h the Jeiicrsonians 81 Schenectady
Saturday afternoon.
Tho fans nearly sent Wild at this
spectacular ending u such 40 inter.
csilng contest aud Immediately Lewis
vas surrounded by host Of admirers
all 81 whom wanted 30 shake hands
uiih him. The popularity Of The cat.
cher. hoscyvr. was not due entirely 10
The fac, that he made a home run az
the opporiunc time. His praises have
been sung AZ every game by those who
recognize good work when they see Il
aud N. magnitude Of expression Of
appreciation FOR cncircllng the bases
carried with Il also appreciation for
his playing during the entire season.
Lewis has bccn putting up an excel
lent exhibition at every game not only
behind the bat bu; In his stick work
aud base running rs well. With Nc.
Gee In the box putting over many low
balls and some Wild ones, the caicher's
task has been unusually difficult aud
the fans appreciate Il.
I, was great game from start TO
finish and rcplete with good fielding
which made II especially interesting.
Only seven Of the home nire we're able
Ia get on the bases and Eve OF those b.
the Jefl's errors. for kotchum, the WIS.,
TORS twirlcr, allowed only two hits,
Lewis homer and double by Worth
ington. In the middle Of the game
thirteen of the locals were retired con-
secutively before reaching the first
corner and only two Of the thirteen
famed out.
Niece as usual pitched a fine game,
allowing but i've hits, one Of which
struck near the base line between home
and third and rolled outside but wa
called fair. The "big boy" gave only
two complimentary tickets to first and
struck out ten Jeffs. He pulled him.
self out OF tight place in the ninth
when he struck out man with visi.
tor on third and another on the second
base. But the box hono.s by no
means fall entirely to the home player
for the VISITORS left handler comes in
for his share, he being unfortunate
enough to have one of his puzzlers
Strengthened out for the entire circuit |
after he had twirled an excellent game.
Both received nice support only three
errors being credited to Bennington
and five to the Jeifersonians. Wiley |
who covered the JefT's right garden
four chances covering a large
area in quick time.
The intense suspense OF the battle as
The innings went by coupled with the
finish when all were pre-
pared to witness one or more innings
made the game all that could be wish
I'd for and it is doubtful il another
such exhibition will be seen here this
year. The attendance was smaller
han usual owing to the fear of rain
out when those who stayed away for
hat reason heard the news, which they
lid If they were on the street Saturday
evening, for it was the talk of the
,own," they we're indignant at them
selves and have been every since.
Those who had no fear of the threaten
ng thunder clouds are happy, so are
he members of the team and so is Lew
s.
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