The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-29
" ALLOP Ed BOTH
NORTH ADAMS
PITCHERS
Bennington Defeated Tunnel
Diggers in First League Game
ONE SIDED SCORE OF II TO 8
Haynes Of Vermont Proved a Puzzle
for Manager Mackey's New
Aggregation

for Manager Mackey's New
Aggregation
The defeat Of Saturday at the hands
OF the Williamstown team evidently
acted as the proper kind of a spur on
the Huckleberry boys for in the open
ing contest of the league series at Tu-
dor park yesterday they made Ro-
man holiday out OF Manager Mackeys
aggregation from the Tunnel City,
winning by score of IL to 8. From
the instant that Prindle raped the
first pitched ball of the game out into
left field for single the game was a
procession with the Tunnel Diggers
so far in the rear that they couldn't
even hear the band
Against Haynes, the Vermont Uni
yersity pitcher who was with Ben
nington two years ago and who play
ed with New Britain last season, the
North Adams batters appeared like
bunch OF prep. school players. The
big collegian struck out IL of them.
He retired the side ON strike out in
the seventh inning and 1t was not I'M
til the fourth inning that. more than
one Tunnel Digger managed to reach
first base.
Bennington went after Pickford, the
| first North Adams slab artist, and
drove him to the bench in short order
The Huckleberry boys collected six
hits, one good for two bases, and a
sacrifice in the first period and had
Pickford webbing until he was taken
out. Cabrol, who has been touted as
a world-beater, took Pickford place in
the third and for a minute or two look
ed as though he were going to make a
real ball game out of the exhibition.
Bennington began to find him in the
fourth, however, and kept up the fus-
ilade of hits until the close of the
game.
Bennington not only hit the ball
hard and often but the home team
played sharp, clean game in the
field. Haynes and burlington work.
ed together like a clock right out of
the factory. The Pownal boy had
but three opportunities to use his
wing but each peg was perfect and
a North Adams base runner took to
the bench after each throw.
McHugh, the first man up for North
Adams, hit safely but was pegged out
trying to steal second base and the
next two batters went out on a fiy
ball to first and ground hit to
short. For Bennington, the first
three men up, Prindle, Connors and
Sullivan, hit safely, McCrehan sacri
feed and Carolan followed with hit
Out of this collection together with
an error at first and a stolen base by
Prindle Bennington gathered three
runs. Finnegan and Burns went out
on ground hit to second and a POI
fly in the same locality.
Only three Tunnel Diggers faced
Haynes in the second but another hi
by Prindle, a smashing two-baggel
along the third base line by Haynes
and an error in left field netted tive
more tallies for Bennington.
Two strike-outs and a grounder t
Sullivan disposed of three North AID
ans batters in the third and Benning
ton, likewise went out in order.
In the fourth Hale beat out bun
after McHugh who preceded him haI
been given base on balls. McHugl
tried to make third on the play blu
Burrington's whip was too fast 70
him. Jacobs hit into right field AM
while the ball was being thrown t
the plate attempted to go to third bu
was nailed there, Hale scoring. Mi
. Ter hit safe to right but Walsh
OF H., sfI ~
[ nor's single, Merchants double,
q base on balls and q brace of error
Bennington added two more to il
growing string.
Three up for North Adams in tn
) fifth. Connor's single, another one b
J haynes, an error and sacrific
= brought Bennington's score up to
l. Three up for North Adams in tn
It sixth. After two were out Finnega
hit safely and stole second bu
@ Burns fly to right retired the side.
=. In the seventh three batters struc
out for North Adams. Benningto
i put two on bases and burlington wa
y "on his way" to third when he wa
s. pegged down.
Ie With two out North Adams got
- hit in the eighth but the next bate
struck out. On three hits and a pa
% of stolen bases Bennington ran i
70 score up to II.
4 McHugh opened the ninth for Nor
Adams with hit but was forced Of
at second by Hale. Jacobs hit SAT
10 ly to left and when Barry rolled
II grounder to Haynes both runners a
vanced base. Walsh's grounder
Sullivan went wild to first and tv
scored. Walsh was forced out at sc
ond and the game was over.
William Lundergan, the umpiI
had more difficult task than on 81
urday. Headed by Manager Macke
who is an old head at that feature
the game, the North Adams playe
= attempted to get the youngstel
* goat" Lonergan, however, kept /
3 head and umpired a satisfacto
g game The decision over which t
3 spectators disagreed with the 'um
9 to the greatest extent was on t
" bunt in the fourth inning and result
on the first score for North Adam
The score:
Ad,rae