The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-05-11
BASEBALL SEASON
OPENS NEXT
SATURDAY
Bennington Team Picked For
First Game OF Year
LOOKS LIKE A WINNER
LOOKS LIKE A WINNER
Several Former Players Have Been
Selected-Diamond in Fine
Shape

The prospects for baseball sea
son, in which Bennington VIII De
represented by one of the best teams
in the history of the sport, were
never better than at he present time
The season will open at Morgan PARK
next Saturday afternoon when the
Bennington nine will have as its OPP
ponents a strong aggregation OF play
ers from Williamstown.
Manager E. s. Higgins has his
team picked for the opening game.
Among it's members will be number
of fast and popular players who have
worn a Bennington uniform in previ-
Gus years. Cable Prindle of Williams
town. the fast left fielder who cap
tanned last years nine and made
record for the season that Is seldom
equaled.
Gene" Bressette of BlackiEton,
who covered the center garden last
year and who welded the willow with
effectiveness, will be with the team
again in the same position.
! Lloyd Waters, who has played here
for two seasons and who is now pitch
| ing for the Rensselaer, POLYTECHNIC in
stitute, will be at third base. Waters
is not only a ball player but he is a
natural athlete. He is an unusually
hard and sure thrower for boy OF
his years and the visiting players
who beat the ball to first base when
the ball goes to Waters will have to
go few more than some.
Henry Watson of Williamstown,
who captained the North Adams team
last season and lead in the batting
will be at first base. He is one OF
the steadiest players in this part OF
| the country and as he will take
charge of the team on the field his
experience and ability will material
ly strengthen the play.
Outside of the four players mention
ed the balance of the team as it will
be made up on Saturday will be com
posed of players who are to be given
a ''tryout" The battery, Corey and
| O'Meara, comes from Boston. Ac
cording TO the recommendation re
ceived by Manager Higgins the pit
cher Corey, has played with some
good teams in around Boston and
Catcher O'Meara is also well spoken
of by persons with whom the mana
ger has communicated and who are
acquainted with his record.
Second base will be covered by
Reagan of Adams and the shortstoI
position will be filled half the game
each by two Blackinton players
White and Mcconnell. Mcconnell Il
a cousin of Andy" Mcconnell Of
Pownal the heavy hitting secont
of the Boston Americans Eddy
Worthington may play right field dur
inga portion of the game or all of il
but George Santem of Adams,
change pitcher, is another possibility
for the position.
The manager and the directors are
well satisfied with the selections thai
have been made. There is nothing
sure about baseball or baseball play
ers, but efforts have been put out t
secure as good men as possible fol-
the money that the association car
afford.
The playing field at Morgan park /!
in fine condition. The work that ha.
been put upon it has remedied man,
of the defects that have hitherto ex
listed and it will now be possible t.
put up a fast article in the way O
baseball, provided the players d,
their part.
For the opening game it is expected
that the Bennington city band will
be in attendance to give the season
a proper start off. 1t is to be hope,
that the people of Bennington will
give the opening game a liberal pat
ronage and thus encourage the spor
for the remainder of the silmmnr