The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09
DIAMOND DUST

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Manager Flaherty to make an ear
nest effort to wipe out the disgrace
of the defeat suffered in Bennington
a couple of weeks ago"
Dezzie Wadsworth's parents have
objected to ais entering the ranks of
professional ball and so in Difference
to their wishes will not join the De-
troit club Wadsworth played with
the Bennington nine early in the sea
son.
Jack Evers of Hoosick Falls is
again reported slated for release
from Wilkesbarre and another catch
er has been purchased. He was
canned once before this season but
the fans demanded he be taken on
again.
Manager Murphy of the Troy base
ball team has made a fiattering offer
to Case Patten. formerly of the Wash
ington and Boston American league
teams Patten quit the game last
year because ne was dissatisfied with
his berth in Boston, and has since
been at his home at Westport. Ii is
not unlikely that the deal will be
closed whereby Patten will go to
Troy. Patten pitched two games
with Bennington last season.
A story to the effect that the
Hoosick Falls baseball team had
| broken up was in circulation about
the city yesterday but there proved
to be no truth to the rumor, which
probably resulted from the fact that
several members of the team were
released after the Bennington game.
The Hoosick Falls manager writes to
Manager Flaherty that the team will
be stronger than ever when 1t OPP
poses the locals at Hoosick Falls
Sunday.-North Adams Herald.
Concerning Saturdays game the fol-
lowing obituary appeared in the Hoo
sick Falls Democrat. Honors were
about even between Collins and Mack
with this difference: Collins was
saved from at least three base hits
being marked up against aim by the
remarkably fine fielding OF the Ben
nington team, which by the way, has
faster infield than either Pittsfield
or North Adams. On the other hand
Mack had to look out for himself.
Had he not been complete master of
the situation, the score would nave
looked like a scrambled egg. The
score should have been | to 0 in Hoo
sick Falls favor-but il wasn't and
the reason it wasn't was because Ben
nington played all around our team
in the field.
| The Hoosick Falls Democrat print
ed tne following concerning Sundays
game:
| 1.-The next day however, things were
a little different, and lead us to re-
mark that Bennington should never
count a game with Hoosick Falls won
until the last man is down. AS was
the case in the other game played in
| Hoosick Falls, the Berrypickers start
ed off away in the lead and at the end
of the fifth inning the score stood 4
to 0. Notwithstanding their heart
breaking experience of two weeks be
| fore Bennington got the joybells into
action and the tumult and enthusiasm
of the Vermont contingent was great.
1t was not long, however, before the
ominous crack and swish of the tim
Der in the hands of Hoosiek Falls
brought our battleless neighbors to
the ramparts again with looks of fear
and CONSERVATION and the tide of bat
tie gradually rolled the other way.
The score at the close of the days
tournament was to 5, with the Yer
lmonters on the run. Mack and Hess
again officiated. and when the work
of the former is gone over dispassion-
ately, all who saw the two last games
must acknowledge that they were look
ing at one of the greatest pitchers
wac ever worked in this section OF
the country, making as remarkable a
record as was ever made in Hoosick
Falls. We extend our sympathy to
Jour brethren on the Banner and can't
see why they don't appreciate the fact
that even in the most promising sea
son the berry crop may be frost bit
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