The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-07-21
BENNINGTON HAD
RUTLAND BEATEN
FROM THE START
Marble City Team Played Slow
Ball and Lost 7 to z
BENNINGTON HIT BALL HARD
Ryan and King Made Three Hits
Each and Prlndle Made
Two

Two
Bennington got away with an easy
and rather tedious game with Rut-
land at Morgan park yesterday after
noon. 1t was apparent as soon as
the game was well under way that
the Marble City aggregation had
travelled too far southwark into ter
ritory where real baseball is played
and was out of its class.
The game would have been far
more interesting but for the slow
pace OF the Rutland pitchers particu-
larly Limkoff. He moved in and
around the pitchers box about as fast
as a small boy could kick barrel OF
kerosene up Mt. Anthony and IL was
a relief to the spectators when Ben
nington finally batted him off the
mound.
Powers who succeeded Limkoff
would have shut out Bennington dur
ing the remainder of the game had
he been given consistent support.
The three hits made by Bennington
while he was in the box were seat
tered and the run scored in the
seventh was largely due to brace of
errors combined with Kings hit and
pretty steal Of second base.
Bennington hit the ball hard
enough to have run up much larger
score but the clouts were not well
punched except In the second inning.
The ten hits were divided among five
players which split up their value to
considerable extent.
Weiss had the game well in hand
from the start. He opened the game
by striking out three batters, two af-
ter hit, a passed ball and stolen
base had put a Rutland runner on the
third corner. In the second and third
innings Rutland made five hits, three
In second and two in the third. In
addition there was a base on balls
and a wild pitch but the Rutlanders
were able 10 tally but twice the only
runs they made during the game.
Ryan opened the game for Benning-
ton with a smashing single TO center
field. but was pegged out when Grape
hit grounder to- second. Grape
stole second went to third on a
passed ball and scored on Prindle's
safe drive to center. Prlndle pur-
Joined the second and third cushion,
but was left at the northwest corner
when King flied out to center field.
For Rutland the first man up in the
second inning was passed and was
thrown out trying to steal second.
Three following batters hit safely,
but only one made the full route over
the sacks.
No. 2 was n busy period for Ben
nington After two men were out
and Weiss had been passed to first
Ryan repeated his performance OF
rthe first inning by driving another
line ball out into the middle garden.
Safe hits by Grape, Heath and
Prindle followed and when It was all
over Bennington had scored four
times and the game was as good as
won.
Rutland made It's second and last
run in the third on a brace OF hits
and wild pitch. Bennington scored
one In the same period. King, the
first man to face Pitcher Powers who
succeeded l4mkoff. smashed three
Dagger out into right field and was
scored by Ryan's sacrifice fly.
With one down King batted out a
safe one through second and short
but was forced out by Finnegan.
With one out Ryan made his third
| hit OF the game In the sixth and an
inhold error put him on second. but
he could not make further progress.
In the seventh King made his third
hit. stole second and a wild heave by
catcher and nun at third sent him
over the remaining distance OF the
circuit
Rutland had men on bases In the
nfth. sixth. seventh and eighth In
nings. but none OF them progressed
near enough to the home plate to
create any anxiety. In the Sth Weiss
passed up n couple but rapidly exc
outed double play by Heath, Grape
and Sullivan and strike out dis
posed OF the necessary three.
The game was delayed by some
wrangllng and injuries. Prindle cut
his hand In one OF his low dives ut
second base. the Rutland third base
man was hit on the head by thrown
ball. burlington cought n foul tip In
the "tummy' and Pitcher Powers
wrcnchod a knee after catching a
line drive from Grapes bat In the
eighth. None Of the hurts were seri
GUS enough to put the recipients out
lof the game. however although II was
evident that Burrington's throwing
was not up to his usual standard az
ter his temporary knockout. The
score;