The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-17
NORTH ADAMS TIED
SCORE BUT HOME
TEAM WON
Big Crowd Saw Fast Game at
Morgan Park
BOSK PITCHED STEADY BALL
Tunnel Diggers' Boxman Couldn't
Locate Plate and Recipients Of
Free Passes Scored.

DtIullklOu NOil Shdi - iopANiS
played game from North Adams at
Morgan park yesterday morning by
score of A to 3. Bosk and Powers
worked against each other in the box
and while the hits were about even
the Fitchburg boy was far steadier.
Bosk appeared to have perfect con-
troll of the ball at all times. In the
fifth inning the Tunnel Diggers bunch
ed one clean and two scratch hits
and scored two runs. They also
punched a couple in the opening per
lod and scored once but during larg-
er portion of the game the Massachu-
sets batters were going out in one
TWO, three order.
Powers was hit safely seven times,
two of the bingles being good for an
extra sack and he had trouble in To-
eating the plate. He gave six free
passes to first base and of the sex
tette of pedestrians two scored. He
was lucky to get by" as well as he
did.
Drummey, a new man from Mel
rose, Mass. was tried out at third
base He played clean fielding
game and showed that he had good
eye for the ball when at bat, being
passed twice, though he failed to Sc
cure a hit.
Because of an injury to his foot sus-
tanned in the last game at Tudor park
Grape had to retire in the fourth in
ming and Heath finished the game at
the middle sack. >
While the game was a fast one,
both pitchers being well supported, II
vas lacking in spectacular features
Ryan made fine running catch in
center field and Sullivan saved Drum
mey from an error by picking a hard
throw out OF the dirt Finnegan lead
he batting with two singles and a
double.
North Adams scored in the opening
inning Mahoney, first up, hit a clean
single to center field. The two fol
lowing batters went out, one on a fly
10 Prindle and the other on ground
sr to Sullivan. but Carolan his safely
to left. The ball bounded past Prin
die and Mahoney scored. Ostricl
was the third out on a grounder t
Drummey For Bennington Drum
ney was passed and was sacrificed L
second by Burlington. He failed L
advance.
In the second Cobb. the North AID
ans centerhelder, lined two bagge
to center field. but the next three bat
.ers went out IN order. For Benning
ton lnglis. with one out. reached frs
IN an error at short. On an attemp
10 steal second Kenney overthrow IN,
base and Inglis. who had made
start for third, was thrown out b.
Cobb Finnegan flied out TO second
Only three batters up for Nortl
Adams In the third. With one on
Drummey was passed to first for tn
second time. Burringtons hit TO RICH
pushed him along and Grape score,
both and won the game with a har'
drive through left center. The mex
TOO batters went out on inheld n
balls.
lnglis hit and steal Of second an
Finnegan's two-bagger scored one 10
Bennington In the fourth.
With one out In the nth North Al
ans punched three hits scoring tw
and tieing the score. This was
hard.luck inning, for two OF the TuI
nel Diggers' hits were bad bounder
into the inheld.
Bennington went to the front wit
the winning run In the fifth whei
with two out prlndle was passed {
hrst and scored on Sullivan's smasl
ing drive for two-bases into cento
field
During the remainder OF the gam
North Adams through two hits an
a sacrifice put one runner on secon
and one on first. Finnegan made tw
more hits during the remaining II
nings and once was sacrificed to SEE
ond. Prindle was given a base o
balls and stole second but there wa
nothing like scoring by either team.
The crowd was one OF the largos
OF the season, fully zoo being presen
and the fast work OF both teams wa
highly appreciated. The score: