The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-02
BASE BALL

The Giants played some mighty
good ball during their recen5 Vest
ern trip and managed TO stop Pitts
turg after the Pirates had won IA
straight games.
North Adams experts ID take the
two cares from Pittsheld on Mon
day and here lo9Eg they will Stun
BILE and forget 20 wake up till July 6.
Pittsfic,d Journal
Frank J. Eigan. the star pitcher of
the Fordham College team. who re
Gently signed with the Cincinnati Nat
iora ais, was married in Jersey City on
Monday night to Miss Jennie Cecilia
Todd OF Newark.
Jack Johnson the prize fighter is
tne picture OF gay rascal in his so
horse power whiz buggy. But the
cart is not fast enough for Lii Arth'a.
II caused him to be pinched only sew
en- Tires in Philadelphia and four
times In Boston
Pttsfeld has been booked to play
in Burlington July 8, anG during
the celebration held to commemorate
y
Visitors from this town therefore will
have a chance to see the I'ittsheld
boys while in the queen city.
Playing errorless ball and hitting
nard when hits meant runs, Drury
high school at North Adams Saturday
easily defeated Pittsfield and won the
Berkshire interscholastic champion
ship for the second year in succession.
The victory was by a score of 9 to 0.
At Bennington, July 8; at Hoosick
Falls. July I. There's going to be
somthing doing in both games as the
Huckleberry boys promise to make it
interesting for their New York state
rivals-and they usually do.-Hoosick
Falls Democrat.
Overman, who pitched for North
Adams Tuesday. is a student at De
Paw university in Indiana. 1t is lit
tie wonder that he had the Pittsfield
batters guessing because he had a
Drury uniform on and that kind of
baseball suit has always been a sort
of a hoodoo for Pittsfeld"
The Boston Nationals are likely to
surpass all other teams in consecu-
tive defeats for 1909. They lost thir-
| teen straight games then won game,
followed with six straight iefeats be-
fore beating the Cubs. tlen came
back with eleven straight losses be-
fore taking a double header from the
Phillies
Bill Mackey is spending few days
at his home at Blackinton having ia
ken few days vacation from his du-
| ties in Elizabeth in the Atlantic
league. He has been playing first
base and was captain of the team. On
his return to Elizabeth he expects TO
give up playing and take charge Of
the umpires in the league. Mr..
Mackey visited his uncle. b. A. Gum
Ian here this week
Lovers of clean baseball and admir-
ers of strong character hail with de-
light the resumption of MS duties as
president of the National League by
Harry c. Pullman. Mr. Pullman takes
up the responsibilities of his Office af-
ter an indefinite leave of absence,
which extended from the last week of
February 1909 TO yesterday. Pulimans
probity. ability and devotion to detail
are all evidenced in the splendid or
ganization that he has established in
the office of the National League.
Some of the players who will be
with Riclfield Springs are Mills, Will
liams second base; Watson Williams,
first base: Pierce, Williams. pitcher
and fielder; Dowd, Holy Cross, pitcher
and fielder There will be several
other college men on the team. AS
sample of how there little resort
towns support baseball, in Coopers-
town in an hour and one-half, $1,000
was raised to partially care for the
support OF a team this season. The
money was collected over two months
ago.
The Cooperstown, n. T.. team of
whicl BILLY" Howells, a former Ben
nington player is manager, is made
up of the following players; Sweeney
of Holy Cross, catcher; McInerney of
Amherst and Williams of the "Ag.
gies" pitchers; Hubbard of the "Ag-
gies" first base and pitcher; O'Hearn
of Pittsfeld. second base; Jones of
Holy Cross third base; Mcmahon, for
merly of Williams. short; Howells,
left field Kelley formerly of Will
liams, center field and Horton of Ur-
sinus right field and pitcher.