The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-24
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was exceptionally good for week
day.
Corey is receiving his share of APP
plause today. Three hits for pro-
fessional team is holding them down
some.
Prindle's catches in his garden
yesterday are the subject of much
favorable comment among the local
fans today.
Collins and Wayne have each made
their Tooth hit and now the betting is
as to the time it will take them to
reach the 150th mark.
Haynes, the University of Vermont
star, received his bumps Wednesday
at Pittsfeld the home team finding
him for 10 hits.-North Adams Her
aid.
In speaking of 10y" Ferry's hunt
for players who can win games from
North Adams the Transcript says
Cy' ought to release himself If he
don't pick up in his first base playing.
The Hoosick Falls team plays in
Pittsfield Saturday afternoon and will
tackle North Adams for the fifth time
the following day, on the home
grounds. Each team has won two
games and from now until the series
is finished the fur is going to fly
Hoosick Falls Democrat.
Jack Ferry, Pittsfeld's former idol,
came into his own Wednesday, pitched
his best game of the season, held the
rejuvenated North Adams team to four
hits, scattered except in the fifth and
won a good fast game backed up by
good support at Wahconah park be
fore a crowd of 500 enthusiastic fans
by score of to 2.
Ray Collins, the Vermont twirler,
who pitched one game for the local
team in the Hoosick Falls series of
last season made his second appear
lnce on the slab for the Boston Amer
leans against Cleveland Wednesday,
Collins went in the box the last in
ming, and although he gave one hit,
ne opposing team was not able TO
| score.
The Democrat says: "Hoosick Falls
| is to represent Greenwich during the
centennial of that hustling village on
| August l6 and II, and will play the
| Brooklyn Royal Giants. Manager
Hughes will take the best team to
| Greenwich that ever played on the To-
cal diamond and if the ''boogies" get
away with it they will have to play
better ball than they have been play.
ing"
Dame Rumor continues to remain
in town with all her monographs
working overtime in the effort to dis
| tribute explanations in the baseball
| field. says the Pittsfield Journal. 1t
is said that Martin J. McHale, pitcher
for the local team, is considering an
offer from Wilkesbarre Pa, of the
New York state league. 1t is also re-
ported that John r. Ferry and Patrick
| Keefe are to enter the University IN
September They say that Alfred j.
Ferry didn't ask off to go to Grafton,
West Virginia and the directors don't
| like his action because there are
,hree hard games coming and he may
not be here to look after the clubs
interests.
Spectators at the baseball game in
Pittsfield Wednesday afternoon were
| considerably surprised to see a raised
platform just outside the left field
'ence in Bob" Kelly's back yard fill
ed with spectators who saw the game
without paying the baseball associa-
| ton for the privilege. 1t is related
| that early in the season Bob agreed
TO subscribe 800 toward baseball if
The association would open gate on
his premises in close proximity to Mr.
Kelly's thirst emporium. Bob" also
was to put up some hitching posts on
this land which he did. However the
gate wasn't opened so the conclusion
is that the aforesaid platform is the
result.
In the summary of the Bennington
Pittsfield game played at Morgan
park Thursday afternoon First Base
man Harry Watson is cerdited with
an error which he did not make. On
| ly few of the players and specta-
tors caught the real significance Of
he play, watch was made on ball
batted into the infield by Gardella,
| the Pittsfield thirdbaseman in the
ninth inning. The ball was fielded
| by Cherry but on its way across the
diamond it hit the back of Gardella's
head and caromed off into the field
Gardella was passing in front of Wat
son at the time and nearly every one
WAC witnessed the play mistook the
crack of the ball as it hit Gardella's
head to come from Watson's glove.