The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-16
DIAMOND DUST


York State League are so closely
punched that just few games might
entirely reverse the order.
Hoosick Falls lost two good ball
players when Hickey and Cragin were
allowed to go. These two men have
been the mainstay of the team for two
years.
Joe Downey, who caught for Hoo
sick Falls Sunday against North Ad-
ans is an old timer. He has not play
ed steady ball for several years buf
he made a strong showing behind the
bat
The total attendance at the Polo
grounds in New York for tne Pitts
burg-New York. series is estimated to
be about $4,000, detailed estimates be-
ing as follows: Thursday 10000; Fri
day. 21,O0O; Saturday, $4,000; Monday,
$4,000.
Novak, who played such crack
game at third base for the North
Adams team since leaving Pittsfield
two weeks ago has accepted an offer
from Billy" Howells to play at
Cooperstown, N. Y, the remainder of
the season.
The college player is becoming a
big factor in professional base ball
every year. Fifteen years ago this
type of player was looked upon as
something unusual. but now the minor
and big leagues are flooded with tie
learned ball tossers.
II looks as If Harry Watson of Will
Jamestown who captained the local
club for a time last season, was going
to stay with the Bennington team all
summer. Harry is putting up a fast
game for the Vermont state team. -
North Adams Transcript.
1t takes about 10 minutes more on
an average for an American league
game than 1t does for one in the Ma
tional. So Ban Johnson is hot after
the slow' umpires. But in the Con-
necticut league more of lifetime is
consumed in running through the
game. 1t took two hours and five
minutes for a recent game at Spring
field.
burlington, who did the backstop-
ping for Ray Collins at the University
Of Vermont and with Independent
teams for several seasons, appears to
have been overlooked this year. The
Pownal boy is a hard worker and 1t
is surprising that ne should have to
take on with teams such as Benning-
ton, VT, which plays but one or two
games a week. --Pittsfield Eagle. We
assure our Pittsfeld friends that Ben
nington fans will take good care of
BURY"
From what some of the metropoli,
tan papers say Bill" Mackay won't
be in a position to take on any minor
league or independent club manage
ments for an extended period for he
has come under the notice of Presi-
dent Harry Pulliam OF the National
Pulliam has his eye out for good
Pullman has his eye out for good
Jumps who will do in big league
quite as much as any big league team
manager has his eye open for promis
ing players in the minors and in col
lege and independent ball.
A peculiar play was made in Tues
days Utica-Scranton game at Utica.
Madigan OF Scranton had two strikes
and fouled the ball in some manner
lodging between Egan's protector and
his body. Egan claimed a strike out
as tne ball had not touched the
ground but umpire Brown, after a mo-
ments thought, did not allow the out
on the ground that Egan did not catch
the ball The rules provide that the
ball shall not be caught in a fielder's
hat, cap, protector. pocket or other
part of his uniform, so umpire Brown
was right in ais decision.
The North Adams Transcript says
that bill" Mackey. now the field cap
tain of the Elizabeth, \. j., team of
the Atlantic league, the grandest old
man of them all in Berkshire athletics
has been secured to be field manager
and captain of the Pittsfield, Mass,
team. Mackey when home for few
days recently had several consulta-
tons with the directors of the club and
these consultations II is said have led
to his being hired to make team of
the fine material whlcn the Shire
City has in hand. Mr.. Mackey is
well known here where he visits fire.
luently.
Ray Collins. the ex-crack University
Of Vermont pitcher, who has signed
with the Boston American League
cam is being hurried to st. Louis to
help out in the series there with the
St. Louis Browns. John l. Taylor,
manager OF the Red Sox, has been
waiting for Collins for long time and
ost not a minute in dispatching him
% the firing line. Said yesterdays
Boston Globe. Ray w. Collins who
or the past four years has been pitch
ng for the University of Vermont
line, arrived in Boston yesterday fore
noon and went to the American league