The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-09-06
HARRINGTON BLEW
UP AND HOME
TEAM WON
Beat North Adams at Tudor
Park 5 to 2
BIGGEST CROWD OF SEASON
Score Was Close Until Eighth Inning
When Visiting Pitcher Went to
the Bad

Bennington beat North Adams at
Tudor park Sunday by the score OF b
to 2. The largest crowd of the sea
son, nearly 500 people, attended the
game. September was the date on
which North Adams has insisted the
postponed game of June IL should be
played. Bennington has contended
that the game on June 10 In which
Bennington won to allied the post
poned date. Manager Flaherty can
now take his choice whether his team
was beaten 8 to 2 or to 2; it's all
the same to Remington.
Incidentally Bennington won its
first game off Pitcher Harrington who
has hitherto been something OF
stumbling block. Harrington pitched
good ball for seven innings but he
had bad blow up in the eighth.
passing three men all OF whom scor-
ed.
North Adams In two innings
punched pairs of hits on Mitchell, but
the former Dartmouth boxman was
particularly effective with men on
bases and with both teams fielding In
excellent shape the game was close
aud exciting contest up TO the time
that Harrington went up in the air.
Sullivan, the big Bennington FIRST
baseman, kept up his remarkable bat
ting streak by hitting Harrington FOR
two singles and a triple out OF three
times at bat
The feature play OF the game was
Ryan's throw to the plate from center
field in the sixth cutting OF run.
The North Adams runner, who at
tempted to score was little Cobb who
attempted the same play in last Ben
nington-North Adams game at North
Adams and was stopped In the same
manner.
Both teams drew blanks in the
opening inning. In the second, with
two out, Burns, the new North Adams
shortstop. hit into right field for two
bases and scored on Harrington's hi,
to left which bounded past Prindle
Sullivan was the first man up for Ben
ningtOn and he drove n hot liner just
inside third base. He was sacrificed
to second by Ryan and on Finnegan'i
hit to left tied the score at IL
: In the third Carolan, the North Ad
ans Businessman, was given a bas'
on balls but did not advance. Onl,
three Bennington batters faced thu
pitcher.
In the fourth North Adams gained
lead OF one run through hits by Kenn,
and Burns. Sullivan was tho nrs
, man up for Bennington and the Nortl
, Adams outhelders walked back almos
, into the village so as TO be benin
|, the ball when II was hit. Their ca
. culatlons were short, however, 70
"Sully" tore of q liner into the lief
, garden that gave them q merry chSs
!, and landed the flrstsaker on THIRD
> Ryan hit TO short and when Golde
failed to take the throw Sullivan tie
the score at 2-2.
Neither team scored until N
eighth when Harrington passed IN
first two batters, Heath and Burrinl
ton. Dan Mahoney advanced both o
a sacrifice and Sullivan was passe
filling the bases. Ryan hit to shol
center and Heath and Burringto
scored, Sullivan going to third. Pril
dies sacrifice fly scored Ryan and II
score was Bennington 5, North Adam
..
In the ninth Kenny hit to left an
was advanced to second by Heath
error. In attempting TO go TO thil
Kenney spralned his knee M
Honey Weiss took his place. Tv
ay balls. and a strike-out retired u
side. The score: