The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-29
HICKEY WITH PiTTsFlELD
Former Bennington Fielder Will Play
in Shire City

In SHIRE CITY
Manager Doherty writes the direc-
tors OF the Pittsfeld baseball team
that two pitchers and an infielder
have been turned over to him by the
Waterbury, Conn. team and they will
be given trial at the opening Of the
season. The new manager expects
to reach here on Tuesday May and
the candidates for places on the team
will be here the same week
Manager Doherty writes that he re-
grets to lose Hickey, the outfielder
whom Manager Higgins OF Benning
ton claims belongs to the Bennington
team He says that Hickey is a fine
player and would strengthen the team
This comes in reply to letter from
the local directors. Manager Doher-
ty was informed of the claim OF Man
ager Higgins and requested to notify
Hickey that II he had accepted the
terms of the Bennington team II will
be necessary for him to secure a re-
lease from Manager Higgins before
he will be taken on by Pittsfield. In
case he is allowed TO go by Benning
lOn the IiNloHtlu team VIII NC piVdo7
ed to take him on. Otherwise he can
not come to Pittsfeld.
Before the opening of the season IL
is likely there will be a meeting OF
the managers of the Pittsfield, North
Adams and Bennington teams and
some definite understanding reached
as to the eligibility of players.-Pitts-
field Eagle
Manager f. s. Higgins has releas-
ed all claims to the services of Hlck-
ey and the former Bennington Center
fielder is now in position to make
arrangements with Manager Doherty.
Hickey Is an unusually good fielder
and in the games played by Bennlng-
ton in Pittsfield last season .4e made
an excellent impression upon the fol-
lowers Of the game In that city. He
is not only a fast fielder but he is
| good batter and a speedy man on the
sacks. Manager Higgins has signed
John Ryan of last years Woodstock
team to cover the middle garden for
| Bennington the coming season. Dur
ing the preliminary season of the
New England league Ryan played
/ with Lynn and showed up particular
| ly well as a batter. With Woodstock
last year he made great record as a
base runner and Manager Higgins
| feels that he has secured good man.
The action of the Pittsfield direc-
tors in the Hickey place. although a
! little slow, Is the proper thing. II
not only clears up matters between
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establishes the status of Hickey. The
Waterford player can now join the
Pittsheld team in straightforward
manner. The outlook for baseball in
this section is exceptionally good, the
league plan with the four teams in
Bennington, North Adams, Pittsfield
and Schenectady playing a regular
schedule should improve the sport in
every way. II the managers of the
three teams using salaried players
are wise they will make some ar
rangement to protect themselves
against the jumping of men from one
town to another.
The baseball boys are human like
the rest of us. They are for the long
green all the while. With no estab-
lished salary limit and no agreement
by the managers there would be an
opportunity for player who develop
cd unusually well to make things un'
comfortable for the whole circuit. He
might be In demand by all three man
ayers and by see-sawing back and
forth make all kinds OF trouble. The
increasing greed OF players for more
money has resulted In the disruption
OF the Northern league in this state
and II the sport receives n setback In
this section during the coming season
II is nine chances to one that this
same feature will be the cause of Il.