The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-20
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Ray Fisher
ONLY THREE SCATTERED HITS
New York American League Pitcher
Won His Game With Timely
Hit in Eighth

Backed by almost faultless fielding
on the part of the Bennington team,
Ray Fisher who joins the pitching
staff Of the New York American
league team the last Of the week, all
but shut out Pittsfield at Tudor park
yesterday, winning the game by
score of 2 to l. Scanlon, the Pitts
field third baseman, who reached
first in the fifth inning on base on
balls, should not have been allowed
TO leave the plate. He had four
strike balls pitched to him but
through the misjudgment of the UNI
pire was allowed his base. He stole
second and scored on Stones two
Dagger to right field.
Fisher pitched a remarkable game
He not only held Pittsfield to three
scattered hits but he had seven as
sists, zone TO the plate cutting off a
run, and his long single to center
field in the eighth inning brought in
the winning run.
Cranker, who was on the slab for
Pittsield, pitched an excellent game.
He was hit for six singles and two
Dagger and the safe ones were fairly
well punched but his support was of
the gilt edge order. Fast fielding in
the second inning deprived Benning-
ton of run and in the
fifth Bennington batter occupied
all three corners with but one out.
The necessary hit was not forthcom.
ing however. Cranker used an out
curve which started either straight al
or close In on the batter and he kept
several OF the Bennington men guess
ing. This method, however, was his
undoing for in the second inning
when singles to center had placed
Prindle and Fisher on second and
first respectively he hit two men In
succession, forcing in Prindle with
the first run and filling the bases. A
fast double play, shortstop 10 the
plate and catcher TO first caught
Fisher at home and stopped Wheeler
Stones two Dagger In the fifth, the
second hit Of the game, tied the
score. Hickey. on base on balls
and steal, reached second I'm the
sixth but only three batters on each
team faced the pitcher in the seventh
and only three for Pittsheld In the
eighth. In Bennington's half Finne
gan, the first man up. drove a smash
ing hit to right field for two bases
Crisis went out to left field and Prin
die on a grounder TO first. With two
men gone Fisher hit long one ovei
Hickey's head and Flnnegan scored
Fisher tried to stretch the hit for two
bases and was nailed at second b,
Hickey.
With two down in the ninth Ro
barge hit a long drive to right field
Ryan made q good run for the ball
and touched II with the fingres Of hi.
bare hand. Robarge stole third ant
a hit would have tied. the score. Col
den, the next hitter, couldn't produc,
Il, however. going out Finnegan {,
Sullivan.
The fielding OF Heath was a featur,
of the game. The little third base
man made three good catches of fou
flies, each OF which gave him a gout
run. Prindle made his first error o
the season. While fielding Golden,
fly in the second he caught his hee
In the rough ground aud fell. Pitts
fields only error was divided between
Scanlon and Golden. The third base
mans throw was bad and Colder
dropped the ball. The score