The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-09
P|TTSF|ELD AGAIN
JUST SQUEEZED
BY A SHUT0UT
Defeated BY Bennington BY
Score of 4 to |.
ONLY SIX HITS OFF COREY
Local Pitcher Had Ten Strike-Outs to
His Credit and Was Never
in Danger

Pittsfield again escaped shut-out
through passed ball, misplay sim
liar to that on which the shire city ag-
gregation scored its lonely tally a
week ago
Yesterdays was the second defeat
administered to Uncle ICY" Ferry's
$3.50 aggregation at Tudor Park and
while the game did not develop SO
many hair-raising thrills as the con
test OF a week ago it was fast ball
during every inning.
Corey. who has been laid off with a
strained shoulder for over a week.
was back on the mound for the locals
and pitched remarkable ball. IL is
conceded that the Pittsfield bunch
will average more sticking" ability
to the man than any team in this
neck of the woods, but they were easy
picking for the boy from Dorchester
who gave them only six hits and sent
10 batters to the bench over the
strikeout route. In the firth inning
two of the hits came together. but
had not Connors allowed hot in
shoot TO pass him 1t would have been
nine goose eggs for Plttsfeld.
McHale, the wiry. hard working
little pitcher from down east" was
selected by the Pittsfield manager to
even up" for the defeat OF a week
ago, and there was not the slightest
doubt in tae mind of the university OF
Maine boy that he was capable OF
turning the trick The first ball he
pitched connected with Cherry's bat
and went out to center field for two
bases. He got bye" in the second
and third innings but in the fourth
and fifth a combination OF five hits,
two bases on balls and a wild pitch
made a sad looking crimp In the one
thousand per cent record chat the
downeaster has been carrying around
with him since the opening of the sea-
son. For while there were indica-
lions of blow up" but during the
next three innings McHale evidenced
no disposition to strive for aeroplane
honors and there was nothing doing
in the way of runs. There was A
chance in the eighth to add one to
Bennington total of but Melon
AIDS lightning assist TO Gardella nip
ped IT in the bud. McHale lead Pitts
field at the bat, making two hits and
reaching first on a free pass. One of
his bingles was good for two sacks.
There were number Of spectacu
lar plays in the game. among them
Cherry's foul fly catch in the third
inning, J. Ferry's stop OF nigh and
hot liner in the sixth and Connors
assist to Cherry in the ninth.
Carl and Burns had a mix-up at
second base in the fourth inning. The
big Bennington second baseman after
making a clean single to right field
broke away for the second sack, and
in doing so slid into Burns head first
Burns, who is much the lighter man
OF the two was upset by the collision
and lost the ball, thus allowing Wat
ers to sprint home with the local
teams second run. Burns lost his
temper and spiked Carl as he lay up
on the bag. There was delay OF
some minutes and considerable argu-
ing during which Burns agreed to
leave the game and Manager Ferry
expressed a willingness to take the
little shortstop off the field. Carl.
however, admitted that he went into
Burns with unnecessary roughness
and the latter apologized for his out
burst of temper