The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-17
FIRST CONTEST IN
HOOS|CK FALLS
SERIES ON
Opening Game at Morgan Park
Tomorrow Afternoon
"PLAY BALL" AT $50 SHARP
Old Time Rivalry Between Two Towns
as Intense as Ever-5ig Crowd
Expected.

The first game in the annual ser
les of baseball contests between Ben
nington and Hoosick Falls will be
played at Morgan Park tomorrow al
ternoon The game will be called AZ
$3.50 sharp.
In the opening contest Manager
Corbett will play practically the reg
ular team that has put up good ball
during the season and is conceded to
be the best that Bennington has had
IN the field for several years. For
the return game at Hoosick Falls II
will be necessary to secure an out-of-
town pitcher and good reliable man
has been booked Spring will catch
both games.
With good weather the bumper
crowd of the season should be In at
tendance The old time rivalry be-
tween the two towns is as intense as
ever and the interest in the game is
rapidly approaching the boiling point.
That the interest in the game is not
confined to Bennington Is evident
from the comments of baseball writ
ers on papers in this vicinity,
The observations of BILLY" Kirk of
the Hoosick Falls Democrat on the
national game are always interesting
and doubly so when he discussesthe
grapplings OF the Reapertown artists
and their pet antagonists, the Ben
ningtonians. OF the two recent
games he says:
Owing to the failure of the Olym-
pias, of New York, to show up or
send any word to Manager Corbett.
of Bennington, rapid fire arrange
ments were made by telephone with
Hoosick Falls at o'clock, Saturday
afternoon. and the home team. some
what crippled without Mucachy and
a regular third baseman, went over to
Monument town and won a game from
the Huckleberry bunch. outside Of
| Tierenys remarkably good playing
behind the bat, when the fact that he
was out of positions is considered.
the game was only interesting be-
cause of the closeness of the score
THE following day Bennington re-
ciprocated by coming to Hoosick Falls
and stacking up Stewart and Barrett,
of the Troy State league, against us
| Stewart was wearing his Chicago
victory halo, and the home team put
II completely out of business They
hammered him at will Mulcachy made
a three base hit Steinbach one and
Hickey three two base hits. and
every man on the team but Killeen
and Kearns hit him safely Paddy
Mcclure can pitch rings around him,
and Billy Rabbett certainly handed
Corbett his juiciest lemon when he
sent Stewart 10 him. The Benning-
ton team is a good one and would
have made our lads do some hustling
il anyone but the man with the halo
had been In the box. Outside OF the
way he was 'beted" and 'wallaped'
the features were the fielding of the
home team. Barksdale's magnificent
drive over left field fence for a home
run, Mulcachys long hit, Hickeys
remarkable batting, and the all
around good work of Tiemey and
Donohue Killeen pitched fine
lgame Barksdale being the only
Huckleberry TO touch him up to any
lextent."
The Democrat man is also appar
emily looking forward with joyful an
ticipation to the opening of the regu
lar schedule of which he says;
From the Housatonic valley tC
Lake Champlain the Bennington
Hoosick Falls series of games for the
championship is being discussed. NJ
contests equal these in intensity Of
rivalry, and the outcome is always IL
doubt. Both teams will strengthen
for these games, and no limit /.
placed on the ability that may be Sc
cured, Over the Huckleberry line
there lives Just as enthusiastic anC
loyal a lot of fans as there is in the
country, and If we win, well have
to do it on our merits They viii
bring victory to Bennington. II hare
work, liberality and genuine sportinl
blood can do il. We hold that VIZ
have just as much sand and just al
good team as they have, and were
going to fight It out on these lines
People from up the line as far al
Burlington will be on hand Saturday
and North Adams, Pittsfield ant
other places will be interested spec
tators. Gentlemen, the battle is on
Is Bill Watson in the ranks?'
This is how the annual contests o
Bennington and Hoosick Falls look Il
"the Frenzied Fam of the North AID
ans transcript.
There will be lots of fun at tn,
game between Bennington and Hoo
sick Falls in Hoosick Falls next Sun
day. Bennington is going to tina
town with a determination to win ant
there will be some fur flying. Tn,
l games between these towns is an an
} nual affair and always create tn,
greatest interest. Shops shut dow
=. in Bennington when the games oc
: cur and everything that usually HAP
| pens is put on the shelf, while in tn
Falls all who are not sick In bed &,
b Ito the ball game II is a case of al
:, out for the home town and back tn
team to the limit. Just before thes
q games happen the managers la
/. awake nights thinking Of chance t
do the other fellow and as a result tn
l. finest games of the year are played
The teams will start of rather moo
erately using only their own mer
After one of them has taken game
the other strengthens, until towar
the close Of the season both manager
hustle and get material that woul
.