The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-06
THIRD TRIMMING
FOR PRIDES OF
PITTSFIELD
Shut Out At Tudor Park BY
10 Score
LOST FIRST LEAGUE GAME
Jefersonians Of Schenectady Bunch
Hits on Haynes and Win by S
to 2

In spite Of the cold, threatening
weather nearly 700 people gathered
at Tudor park yesterday to witness
the royal pitchers battle between
Ray Burns, the former Northern
League boxman who was with the
Barre-Montpelier team the year the
league went out of existence, and
Plank who beat Pittsfeld two weeks
ago. Plank had by far the better Of
the argument. AL that the batters
from the Shire city Of Berkshire
county could CLEAN from the big fell
lows twisters was one clean single
and a beat.Out hunt
Bennington also found Burns a
hard puzzle TO solve. Four scattered
hits. one Of them good for two bases,
was The sum total Of the batting by
the locals Two of the hits were
made by Murtagh, the new third base
man. Murtagh's twosacker was
made ON swift straight ball pitched
| by Burns while the latter was ques
/ tioning q decision of the umpire. It
was the old trick worked so success
fully by Case Patten, but in Muir
/ tagh's case 81 was not successful The
batter caurht the ban on the end of
the stick aud sent the sphere out into
lcft field for two bases.
Burns forced in the winning run in
the fourth inning with q rec pass TO
Criss Tipncgan had reached first
on an error az third Ryan had hit
safely TO center advancing the Rem
nington shortstop TO second Burns
then hit prindle on the hip with a
swift out curve and the bases were
full The hitting Of Prindle apparent
Is unnerved Burns for he was unable
TO find the plate when Crlss came az
and Finnegan scored Burns pulled
himself together. however. for when
Plank hit him a hot grounder hC
threw out Ryan az the plate on a dou
Die play and struck out the next bat
ter.
Piusfeld had men on bases In onl!
four innings. In the third a base OF
balls. a hit and a wild pitch advance,
Stone TO the third sack with two out
but Kcuney was the third man dow
over the strike-out route. With twl
out in the ffth Stone beat out q bun
20 first but persisted ON the initia
sack With two out again Ia th'
seventh Sullivan reached FIRST on al
error and went 10 second when Dc
heriy was hit by q pitched ball. The
were there when The inning closed
Hickey the iirst man up On th
ninth made a strenuous effort q
. score. ie hit n high ny into RICH
center which Crisis reached after
, hard run but failed to hold UIcke
+ made "a daring steal OF third and dan
I ced back aud forth along The base lin
while Rohargc popped mp an intel
/ 'ly TO Plank Roharge Flew % % Rya
and sullivan struck out
A., Bennington. too. had men ON base
, BOZ only three Innings. other than On
& fourth .n which The run was made. !
the second Crisis ht e clean singl
I 90 right with one out but was caugl
! between FIRST and second Murtagh
\ tFosncker came in the third wit
I. two men as did the single in N
eighth
one of the longest hits ever mad
90 Tudor park was hatiod into cent?
field IN the seventh hy Plank. m
wind kept the ball in the air Ion
o enough so that Hickey was able
spoil the hit RYAN robbed Golden
"a hit In the second ON quick pic
N up and throw to first base and Pri
! die came In for Genesis rs almo
=, to the third base line In the oponif
inning. The score