The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-08
BENNINGTON LOST
PLACE At TOP
OF LEAGUE
Defeated BY North Adams In
Hard Fought Game
WEISS VS.. HAIR RINGTON
Feature Of the Afternoon Was the
Battle Between Two Star
Pitchers.

By losing game to North Adams
by a score of to 1 Ben
nington dropped into third place in
the four-cornered league Pittsfeld
defeated the Jeffersonians at Pitts
field Saturday and went to the top.
North Adams goes into second place
by winning the game at Tudor park.
Inability to hit Harrington, the I'm
iyersity of Rochester pitcher who was
in the box for North Adams yester-
day, was the primal cause of the de-
feat of the Bennington team. To be
sure, the locals had blow up" in
the ninth inning when a bunch of
three errors and a wild pitch follow
ed by a single gave the Tunnel Dig
gers two runs, but the game was
really won in the eighth when Vance
the North Adams shortstop, took two
bases on bunt and scored on a sac.
rifice fly to center field by Carolan.
The game was pitchers battle be-
tween Harrington and Weiss. On hits.
tabulated at four for each, the Ben.
nngton boxman had a little the bet.
ter or the argument for one OF the
swats to center field made by North
Adams could have been fielded but
FOR brief misunderstanding by Ry-
an and Finnegan Weiss work was
far more spectacular for the reason
that he had to pull himself out of two
bad holes. North Adams had RIM
ners on all three cushions in both
the second and the fourth innings
but the Albany boy showed his class
by striking out the third batter on
both occasions.
Inc game was nerveracking con
test for the home fans from start 10
ilnlsh. Bennington was unable TO get
man on first base during the first
Tour innings and il was not until two
were out in the fifth that Sullivan hit
a grounder to third base and reached
lrst when the guardian of the hot
corner failed to field the ball.
In the second base on balls. a
tielders choice and steal put a
North Adams runner on second and
third but Honey sent the next batter
to the bench over the whiff route and
the danger was passed.
In the third inning Pitcher Harring.
ton hit a line drive to right field
which Inglis failed to pull down. Har.
rington was sacrificed to second by
Mahoney but he expired on that sack
when the next two hitters went out
inheld grounders to Grape and Weiss
In the fourth after Grape had re.
tired two batters on infeld ground.
ers Ostrich hit a short fly to center
held. The ball dropped just behind
scond base and although Ryan made
long run for 1t he failed to reach
II. Murphy, the next batter. went IA
hrst when Weiss brushed his sleeve
with the ball and the bases were full
Honey put EN- over so fast TO Har
flngton, however, that the Rochester
boy went down over the whiff route
and the local fans took a long breath
only three up for North Adams In
the sixth. burlington made the first
MT OF the game for Bennington and
went TO second on Weiss grounder
Ryan hit to pitcher, forcing Burning
ton out at third. Grape went out on
a short infeld grounder and Heatl
struck out.
In the seventh Harrington reached
tirst on base on balls but failed Il
advance Bennington went out II
order.
Vance opened the eighth by hlttlni
a single to left field. He took n goot
lead on first and when Keefe hunted
In front of the plate went TO secon,
and on TO third. On n long fly to cen
ter field by Carolan he scored IN,
hrst run OF the game. Burlington
made his second hit OF the game n
this inning but the three other batter
who faced Harrington failed To pu
the ball out of the diamond.
Errors by Finnegan, Heath nm,
Huntington and hit by Malone,
scored two runs for North Adams Ii
The last inning. Finnegans Will,
throw allowed Ostrich TO reach first
Heath's mum put Kenney ON first AN,
weiss struck out Murphy but n viii,
pitch put Ostrich ON third and Kenne
stole second. burlington threw 4
third to catch Ostrich and hit M
North Adams second baseman owe
the eye with the ball Ostrich score,
ana kenney went to third. Ma
moneys hit scored Kenny. Bennlnr
ton made a good rally In the closln
inning but the star hit that woul
nave tied the score was not forthcon
ing After Grape had gone out on
grounder to first base Heath hit no
one at the third baseman and lande
on first. Prindle hit to center feel
advancing Heath to second. Ingll
nlled out to center. Sullivan hit I
lett Held scoring Heath. Finnega
went out pitcher TO first and IN
game was over The score: