The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-17
BENNINGTON WON
IN WHIRLW|ND
FINISH
Ball Team Shows Up Finely in
Opening Game
PULLED OUT IN LAST INNING
Williams College Boys Held Com
handing Lead Till Close to
End of Game
OUT IN LAST INNING

Remington opened the baseDail
season at Morgan park Saturday al
ternoon with a team composed WIN
one exception of Williams college SUI
dents. 1t has been customary lor
Remington to play game each year
with the students either at the open
ING or at the close of the season anu
the team which came here SATURDAY
was by far the fastest aggregation
ever sent here from the college Town.
II was a hard working nine too, that
did its level best to win the game
The contest Saturday afternoon
once more demonstrated the truth OF
the old saying that "a game OF Dase-
hall Is never over until the last man
is out in the last half of the last IN
ming" At the close of the second
inning Bennington had scored three
rms. one in the first and two in the
second, while of TIE six batters VINO
had faced Bennington's new pitcher,
Wilbur Corey of Dorchester, four had
struck out and two had been retired
on flies to the outfield. Up TO TINS
stage of the proceedings the game
looked like an easy win for the home
team. almost too easy in fact, but in
the third inning the uncertainty OF
many things in this life and baseball
especially. was aptly demonstrated.
The inning opened with wild
throw by the Bennington man on bag
No . which landed Pitcher Davis
from Williamstown safely on hrst
base. The college boys at once FOL
lowed with batting rally OF four nice
singles. Corey walked one batter and
the home team added couple OF wild
throws to the mixture. When the
fireworks we're over five of the stu
dents had crossed the plate and Ben
nington's "cinch" on the game was
badly shattered.
And having transferred the "cinch"
to their own side of the score board
il was evident that the students in
tended to keep it good and tight for
the remainder of the game. -Four
times Bennington went to bat but
there was nothing doing in the score
line. White smashed out nice two
Dagger, Prindle got a pretty single
and Mcconnell got a walk to first but
that was all. Even Manager Higgins
who had all kinds of hope in his team
began to absorb the conviction that
his team was In for a trimming on Its
opening matinee In the seventh the
first two men went out on fly balls
and the gloom increased but the local
fans sailed from the depths of despair
TO the heights of happiness when
gesh cd
homer TO center field When 1t
started the hit looked good for two
bases but after hitting the ground II
had so much speed behind II that the
ball bounded clear to the brook and
King circled the bases. Little Che
ney at third threw out the next batter
but the crowd realizing that one tally
would tie the score was happy
The joyful feeling received a set
back in the eighth. The third man
up. Waters, cracked out a pretty dou
BILE after two were gone and McCon
nell was an easy out pitcher to first
After the third inning the college
boys never had gnost OF a chance to
score. In the fifth inning Brown bat
ted out n corking double but this was
| the only occasion when more than
| three batters raced Davis. In their
| half of the ninth the students went
out in one-two-three order and il was
| up to Bennington to pull out of the
hole. That winning finish was one oil
the most spectacular ever seen on a
Bennington diamond. After White
| had gone down over the strike-out
route King responded to the emergen'
cy of the occasion with smashing
single to right He stole second and
was neatly sacrificed to third by Cor
ey. Pitcher Davis who had been
working like a good hired man fol
Williams, temporarily lost control Of
the ball and high wild pitch gave
| King the chance TO tie the score.
| The winning run was made by
Prindle on star exhibition of base
stealing He was sent to first on -four
bad balls, stole second and third and
came in on Browns wild throw tC
| first
Outside of the second inning Corey
| pitched an excellent game and made
a good impression with the crowd. He
was handicapped by being Obliged &c
throw TO a strange catcher but has
reason to be satisfied with the result
King of North Adams, who caught be
cause of the injury to O'Meara, was in
the game every minute. His back
stop work was excellent and his no
mer and single in the closing innings
of the game turned defeat into win
One of the most pleasing features Of
the game was the throwing to base.
by Waters at third His work anC
the base stealing of Prindle were fea
lures. The score:
Williams
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