The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
TUNNEL DIG GE RS
FAILED TO FIND
THIRD BASE
Terrific Beating for No. Adams
Ends Baseball Season
SHUT-OUT BY 8 TO 0 SCORE
Huckieberry Boys Drove Big Chief
Eastman OFF the Mound in
Two Innings

Benh ~ has been altogether too
I fast for Il. ,er Of teams that have
come here during the season just clos
ed, in fact so fast that several games
have been too one-sided to be inter
esting, but to none of these visiting
aggregations of ball players have tne
Huckleberry boys administered such a
thorough trouncing as was handed out
to North Adams at Tudor park. Not
a Tunnel Digger reached third base
ahd only three had opportunities to
rest their spikes on sack No. 2. The
home team drove one pitcher off the
mound and punched two singles and
a two-bagger on ais successor.
Warner of the New England league,
who in previous years. has pitched for
Bennington. was in the box for Ben
nington and North Adams was able to
secure but four hits, no two of which
came in the same inning Two of
Fthem were good for two sacks but the
batters who made them expired on
the second bag. Warner was support
ed In great form by Hutson of the
Lowell New England league team. He
Aad only one chance to use his wing
but that was sufficient to demonstrate
that he was an allround catcher In
the fourth inning ne threw Mayock
out at second by more than Is feet
and the North Adams third baseman
is more than ordinarily fast
The Huckleberry boys certainly
got back" at Eastman who had pitcn-
ed them to three defeats at Tudor
park. The big chief was in the box
but two innings but it was long
enough for Bennington to pound out
six runs. He was then taken out and
Finnerty finished the game. It look
ed, at first, as though the locals were
going to treat Finnerty as badly as
they had Eastman. With two men
down they went after the little fell
low with two singles and a two bag
ger, earning two runs. After the
third inning, however. Finnerty set
tied down and his puzzling delivery
was too much for Bennington to
solve.
Hickey opened the game with a
clean single to right field. Huston sent
a hot one down to third base and Car
olan dropped the throw. Cherry
banged the ball through the legs of
the Tunnel Digger shortstop and
while the North Adams center fielder.
pitcher and second baseman were en-
gagged in putting out Cherry. both
Hickey and Huston crossed the
plate.
Shultz opened the second inning
with a single to left, Prindle follow
ed with one in the opposite garden.
King sent grounder to Eastman who
nailed Shultz at third. Warner flied
out to right field but Mayock failed
to nold Hickey's grounder and the
bases were full Huston sent Captain
Kennedy chasing out into the oat
stubble for one of the longest hits
made at Tudor park and the three
base runners speedily completed the
circuit. Cherry's single over second
base scored Huston, but the Science
tady boy was caught at first.
In the third inning Carroll went
out third to first, and Brown popped
up a fly to short. WITH two out
ShultZ secured his second hit, this
time in the right garden. Prindle put
out safe one in the same direction
and both were scored by Kings two
Dagger. Warner put grounder
down to short. The ball was fielded
to first apparently for the third out
but Carolan made mess of It and the
big pitcher was safe. The ball was,
however thrown to third in time to
catch King retiring the side. The
third inning saw the end of the scor-
ing Finnerty gave three bases on
balls and Warner reached first twice,
once on an error of short and once
by being hit in the ribs with a pitch
ed ball, but as Bennington was unable
to connect with Finnerty's twisters
there was not much doing on bases
during tne remainder of the game.
Only six Tunnel Diggers reached
first base. In the second inning with
two out Hogan singled to left field but
Ildu6 ITO lui lHti PlO6ANoo IL etiS oSS
ond Warmers only free pass gave An
derson life and he was sacrificed to
second. He stopped there.
In the fourth Brown juggled May
ocks grounder and the Tunnel Dig
ger landed on the initial sack. He at
tempted to make a theft of the sec
ond bag but found Carroll waiting and
was gently tapped on the tummy with
the norsehide. In the fifth Kenny
smashed a two base hit to left field
He was on second base when the side
was retired. In the sixth with one
down Roper singled to right field. He
was forced in the direction of second
base but failed to reach that coveted
spot, for Carroll tagged him out and
completed a pretty double play by
getting Carolan at first. In the
eighth Finnerty connected WITH the
ball for a two-sacker to left field. Two
men were out at the time, however
and Eastman was an easy victim fol
Carroll and Shultz. In the ninth in
ming Warner disposed of al three bat
tiers. two by the Whit roY
other on a stop of a fast
Kannadv was fha last m |.