The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-30
TIL MEL O|GGERS
WON AGAIN FROM
HOME TEAM
Good Sized Crowd of R0Oters
Witnessed Trouncing
THE SCORE WAS 6 TO I.
Bennington Made Eight Hits, But
Were Unable to Make But
One Run.

A good-sized crowd OF rooters went
down to North Adams Saturday az
ternoon to witness the defeat of the
local baseball team at the hands of
Manager Flagherty's Tunnel Diggers.
1t was an out and out trouncing by
score of to /, but the contest would
have looked more like a real base
ball game had the Huckleberry boys
not been quite so unfortunate. Ben
nington made more hits than North
Adams, but the safe ones nearly all
came when two men were out and
chances to score were slim. Then
again the visitors were given the
snort end of game by the man with
the indicator Jump" Bunting might
have been worse, but 1t Is difficult TO
see how man could attempt to hold
the job and make a more complete
botch of 1t. He started off, apparent
| ly, to make the game sure for the
manager from whom he draws his
salary and then when ne was sure
that Bennington couldn't possibly win
ne began to even up" by making
some rank decisions against the home
team. Bennington never had a chance
to win the game. but the afternoon
would have been far more enjoyable
for the players of both teams and the
spectators with a competent man Civ
ing out the decisions.
Corey started in to pitch for Ben
nington and was bumped for FIVE hits
in five innings, one good for three
sacks and one for two. He was then
relieved by Haynes WAC held the
Tunnel Diggers down to a single hit
during the remainder of the game.
the hitter being the only man to
reach first base. II would have been
advisable to have relieved Corey
earlier in the game. Not that he was
being hit hard, but the change would
have been to an advantage to the team
which began to go wrong in the sec
ond inning, "Christy" Matthewson
couldn't have won the game for Ben
nington, for the Huckleberry boys
had only one opportunity to
score, when Corey opened the sixth
with a two-bagger and tailed on Wat
sons single.
Of the eight hits made by Benning-
the first two were made when two
men were out. burlington opened
the fourth inning with hit, but he
and Watson were both forced out at
second base Corey opened the sixth
with a two-base hit, but there were
two men out when Watson made the
ait that brought him home. In the
nintl with one out, King and Waters
singled to center field, but the Tunnel
Diggers first baseman picked Car
rolls foul fly of the fence and Prin-
die struck out.
Bennington during the entire game
failed to hit when the hits would
count, while on the other hand North
Adams was fortunate in that not on
ly the hits, but the base on balls and
the errors all came in a bunch. North
Adams made four runs, two in the
second and two in the fourth, after
two men were out. Cherry's error
was responsible for the first two and
in the fourth after two had gone out
the third man was given base on
balls and advanced a base by Wat
sons error. In the fifth a wild throw
by Waters, with-one man out was re-
sponsible for two runs as the next
man went out to Prindle and the side
would have been retired without
scoring. Every error that Benning
ton made was costly, even more cost
ly than the hits, while the misplays of
the home team did no damage.