The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-16
BENNINGTON BEAT.
ROYAL GIANTS IN
Il INNINGS
Duskey Players Had Lead OF 8
in Ninth
BURNS LONG HIT TIED SCORE
With Bases Full and Two Men Out
He Made Cleanup" Hit to
Center Field

II was once more demonstrated
yesterday at Morgan park that a
game of baseball is never ended I'M
I'll the last man is out in the last IN
ming. On this occasion the instruc-
tors were the members of the aggre-
cation locally known as the Huckle-
berry boys while the class of seekers
after knowledge to whom the prob
lem was proved was the Royal Giant
baseball team. In order to more for
chilly impress the historic fact upon
the minds of the husky colored men
they were kept after school for three
periods beyond the usual length of
a days lesson. They didn't ike it
a little bit and they didn't enjoy the
manner in which the problem was
worked out, Bennington s, Royal
Giants T.
The crowd was a fairly good one
considering the threatening weather
and IL was a thorough baseball
crowd too, for when the game was
tied up In the ninth inning every
man Jack and woman Jill let his or
her supper wait until Bennington at
last won the game in the 18th in
ming and when the end came it was
half after o'clock at that
The Giants, who are considered the
hardest hitting team o. color play
ers on the road made e good get
away in the second inning len a
single, a base on b. nG two in
field errors uetted three runs Ben
nington scored once FL tie l I'd on
hit by Burns. a base ca be and
q fOrce-out, but as the Hu y berry
boys We're not apps tltv ab. TO
solve the slow twist OF Ri o An
drews that lead of two t.lit looked
pretty good to the dusky. bal. ssers.
In the fifth period, howevcr Ben
nington fell upon tie .tle box
artist for bunch of i.a sin
giles and the three runs naG1 gave
the locals a lead of ere The Grand
stand, which heretofore had &c dem
onstrated much enthusiasm LOO the
reason that il didn't have much to
enthuse over, hereupon became real
ly interested The joyful period
didn't last long for in the sixth the
Giants collected two singles and a
double from Burns and forged into
the lead by one tally In the seventh
couple of infeld errors We're re-
sponsible for another score and
when the ninth, in which most ball
games are supposed to end, was
reached the Huckeberrians were
three runs behind. Smith the big
catcher for the Giants opened the in
ming with a three base hit that went
out into the middle garden so far
that good runner could have circled
the bases twice before the ball was
returned and the prospects were good
that the colored men would inrcase
their already good-siXed mortgage on
the game. A sacrifice fly put Smith
across the pan and Bennington went
to bat with the score board reading
Royal Giants Z, Bennington A. Car
olan raped out a good bingle into
center field but when he was doubl-
ed up at second the Giants began to
pack up their bats. Billy Finnegan
put a two-bagger into center field and
there was the glimmer of a prospect
that there might be something doing
at the death. This glimmer became
a real ray OF sunshine when Misto
Andrews passed the next two bat
tiers filing the bases. Burns. who
had been pitching magnificent ball
and who appeared to go better as
the game progressed, came to bat
with an opportunity ito win his own
game" and did it, A two base hit
sent in all three runners and the
coored gentlemen unpacked their
bats.
In the tenth each team made a hit
after two were out. Carolans bingle
going into center field for three
bases. In the 18th fly and double
play put the Giants away Benning-
ton got one hit and Rn error in cen
ter field advanced the runner TO
third but he couldn't reach the plate.
The Giants secured a pair of singles
in the 18th but three batters went
out on fly balls retiring the side.
Connors opened for Bennington with
a three Dagger into center field.
Keefe was thrown out at first by
pitcher but on a long sacrifice fly to
right field by McCrehan the eighth
and winning run was scored by Con-
nors. The score: