The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-15
" JEFFS' DOWN IN
LAST HALF OF
THE NINTH
Schenectady Boys Defeated by
Score of 8 to 7
GAME OF UPS AND DOWNS
Long Wait Caused by "kick" over
Pneumatic BaII-tieavy Batting
by Locals.

II Is always an interesting day In
baseball circles when the Jeffersoni-
ans of Schenectady come to Benning-
ton and Saturday was no exception to
the rule. To the crank who Is pleased
with nothing short OF perfect baseball
the game was disappointment but
the average spectator who wants to
see something doing" all the while
got more than his moneys worth.
II was long game, a kick. on the
lpart of the visitors over a pneumatic
ball, taking up considerable time But
for this delay the contest would have
been unusually fast
The visitors had in the box Harvey
who has always pitched strong game
against Bennington. On his last ap-
pearance here the locals secured but
two hits. Saturday. however, Ben
nington went after him with ven
geance and raped out seven hits. only
two OF which were singles. Bressette
got couple Of two baggers. Prindle
and Spring one apiece and Louder put
out triple.
The Jeffersonians scored the first
run OF the game In the second inning,
a base on balls and an error by Blan-
chan in right field being responsible
for the tally.
Ferns scored one for Bennington in
the third on a free pass to first and
Bressette's two-bagger. The locals
got another in the fourth on Prindle's
two-bagger. wild throw by Pitcher
Harvey and sacrifice fly by Spring.
The Jeffs tied the score In the fifth,
an error at short, steal and wild
pitch being the responsible features.
Bennington forged ahead again In
the sixth. This was the inning which
introduced the hot air" or pneumatic
ball. Prindle was the first man up
and went out to right field. Spring
was the second batter and he banged
the ball into left field for two bases
When the left fielder recovered the
ball he came running In toward the
grand stand and a kick al once went
up that the ball was not legal spher
Ioid, being branded Pneumatic League
Ball" The ball was cut open with a
knife and found to contain In the cen
ter a hollow instead of solid rubber
center Umpire Jones declared the
ball to be illegal and 1t was decided
to start the inning over from the be
lginning. This time Harvey pitched
a bad one on the fourth strike, Prinde
lswatted at II and ran for first, the bal
going by the JEFF catcher. Apparently
thinking that the runner could take
but one base the catcher made no ef
fort TO recover the ball and Prindle
made the circuit of the bases.
In the seventh the Jeffs got theiI
first safe hit Of the game, followed 1,
with another and assisted by a wild
throw from short made the score 3-3
Bennington went ahead in its hall
of the. seventh on Bressette's double
and Louders triple.
The Jeffs drew blanks in the eighth
but Bennington on one hit, two bases
on balls, sacrifice and a wild pitch
scored three runs.
It. Looked as though the locals had
put the game In the refrigerator Lul
in the ninth the Jeffs got two more
hits, Hazel helped them along with a
couple of free passes and Lewis with
an error and when the panic ceased
the Schenectady boys had scored foui
and the game was at a tie once more
Bennington won out In the ninth or
q free pass to Prindle, steal Uf sec
ond and wild throw OF the Science
tady first baseman to catch the fast
Bennington captain at third. The tab
ulatior follows.