The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-02
BASEBALL 5uNTs

BASEBALL 6uNTS
Pitcher Mooney, who halls from
Hoosick Falls, N. Y, has drawn his
release from the Hartford club in the
Connecticut league and is reported to
have signed with Pittsfield
Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute
was beaten 9 to 2 by Fordham at New
York Saturday. Chris" Mahoney the
former Pittsfield player. allowed the
Rensselaer, students lone hit in five
innings and then retired. lngless
was at center for Rensselaer, Wat
ers did not play.
The Bennington baseball men are
satisfied that the directors of the
Pittsheld team acted fairly In the
Hickey matter. But then there is
one North Adams sporting writer yet
to be convinced. This done every
thing will be all right and Hickey will
be side partner to Maurice Kennedy
and Peter Eagen in the outer garden
at Waconah park.-The Referee In
the Pittsfeld Eagle
Wilcox who has been with Fall
River this season. arrived in North
Adams Wednesday and will stay until
the season opens, working out daily
with Billy King. Wilcox was last
year in the Connecticut league and at
the close OF it's season pitched both
for Pittsfield and North Adams. He
was under the impression that the
season opened In North Adams next
week and came on at once.
The Troy State League team play
ed the All Stars l3 to 0 game Satur
day afternoon at the Center Island
grounds. "Matty" Killeen played at
center field for the All Stars. He
made one OF the six hits for his team.
fMeegan, the former Pittsfield back
stop caught an errorless game for the
leaguers and scored three of the
runs,
Manager f. S. Higgins has settled
one important question for the COM
ing season, that OF the man who Is
to hold the indicator. Jack" Ken
nedy OF North Adams, who umpired
nearly all of the games last season
and who gave the best satisfaction OF
any man on the job, was in town Sat
urday night and completed arrange
lments to officiate for Bennington dur.
ing the coming season.
Guy Prindle, the Williamstown boy
who was badly injured at the vii
llams baseball practice a few weeks
ago has returned to college. For
some time after the accident Prindle
Icould not remember anything that
happened but his memory returned a
few days ago. His physician and
family had decided that It would be
better for him TO give UP bis studies
for the year but he has now fully re
covered and he will resume his WORK
with the freshman class,
Catcher burlington OF the Vermont
University team in recent letter tC
Manager Higgins gives the impress
sion that he would like to join the
bennington team for another season
Manager Higgins endeavored to Sc
cure burlington some months ago bu
the Pownal player apparently haC
the idea that he is capable Of playing
in faster company. Manager Higgins
realizes that the baseball public o
Bennington would like nothing better
than to see the 1903 battery, Haynes
and burlington, with the team thii
year and has made every possible
effort to land It. Should the Vernon
team be retained in Burlington dur
ing the summer as the representative
OF that city in the proposed revised
Northern league IL is more than pro
bable that both Hayes and Burning
ton will remain with their presen
team mates.
Pardon us II we have cause for ju
, bilation In the fact that efforts TO re
yiye the Northern league OF baseball
, clubs In this state are meeting witt
more general support than was eX
pected. With foprteam leagu
consisting of clubs in Barre, Montpel
, Ter. Burlington and Rutland. the spor
! would be placed on something Xix
, the old basis. Fans In this vicinit
include men. women and chlldre
+. from all walks OF life and there is n
r more healthful recreation than tina
| OF witnessing n good, snappy baseball
\ game between clubs which know hoy
. to handle the spheres, mltts and bat
artistioally.-Rutland Herald.
3 II the cid Northern league shoul
A be organized there would be a gran
A opportunity for the Bennington tear
4 to take a trip up the state for the pu
!. pose of demonstrating the corret
|, method of playing the game.