The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-05
WON IN FIRST INNING
PittsfieId 5unched Hits and 5ennlng-
ton Errors in Opening Period.

TON ETFoTS III opening FeTious
Manager Garry's men got away
with the game at Tudor Park yester-
day in the opening inning. The Pitts
field batters punched three hits and
Bennington helped them along with
an error, a passed ball and a misiudg
ed fly to center field and the result
was three TALES. In the third In
ming "a hit, a sacrifice and an error
gave them another. Pittsfield didn't
go any further but it was far enough
to win the game.
Bennington was unable to do any
thing at all with Harrington until
the eighth inning. Up to the sixth
inning one lone single by Carolan
was the only safe swat recorded for
the Huckleberry boys. In the sixth
Haynes smashed out a double but
was left at second. In the seventh
Harrington stopped a terrific smash
from the bat of Keefe, taking the ball
on his bare hand. His pitching
from then on lacked the effectiveness
displayed in previous innings and in
the eighth and ninth Bennington
went after him. During these two
innings Bennington tailed three
time and in the ninth almost
tied the score. Haynes had al
ready scored on three base
hit to left field and Prindle's ground
err to second base in the eighth. In
the ninth the first two batters, Nc
Crehan and Finnegan hit safely and
then Burns was sent into bat for
Sullivan He lifted the ball out into
center field for three bases and both
runners scored There was a run
ner on third, no one out and one
score needed to tie, but the next
three men up failed to turn the trick
and the game was over
Outside of the opening inning
Haynes pitched gilt edged ball Even
in the opening period had he been
properly supported Pittsfield could
have been retired without run. Da
ly and Garry, the first two batters W
hit safely through the diamond and
were advanced a base by a passed
ball. Cookingham struck out Muir
ray, the next hitter, sent ball tc
center that was badly misjudged by
McCrehan and both runners scored
| PeloQuin was retired on groundel
to second base but Peartree smash
ed out a low fly to left field thai
Prindle failed to handle and Murray
scored.
Pittsfeld's fourth run came in the
third. Cookingham, the first man
up, hit safely to left and was sacri
| Gool 40 .oonrd k,y Iurrav Dalonltir
banged a liner straight at Haynes
and was out but in attempting tC
catch Cookingham at third Haynes
threw wild and the Pittsleld runner
scored.
Pittsfield during the fourth, fftf
sixth and seventh innings secured
three hits, but two of the runners
were pegged out by burlington while
attempting to steal bases. In the
eighth hit and a sacrifice put I
runner on second and in the nintl
Ensign got a hit after two were out
but from the third inning on the
Shire City aggregation never
came within striking distance of The
home plate.
1t was not until the sixth tha
Bennington had real look in a
the game. Carolan got a good sin
gle in the second but was double up
In the sixth Haynes put a fast dou
BILE into center field and the Benning
ton rooters were given their first op
portunity to wax enthusiastic. Tit
next two batters failed to connect
however, and gloom again peryadet
the grandstand.
With two out in the seventh Nc
| Crehan hit for two bases and an er
ror at third base permitted Finnegal
to reach the first sack but Sullivan
whitfield out
With one down in the eighth Hay
mes made his second long hit of tn
game, a three sacker to left field, ant
scored on Prindle's out at first. Con
nors was passed and Keefe hit safe
ly to center but Carolan couldn't pre-
duce the much-wanted hit.
The ninth was one of the mos
spectacular innings ever seen on
Bennington diamond. McCrehal
and Finnegan, the first two men VI
Init safely to left field. Burns wa
sent in to bat for Sullivan and drov
the ball into deep center, scoring tn
two men ahead and reaching thir
on the smash With no one out an
a man on third and the score 4 t
almost any kind of crack at tn
ball or a misplay of any kind woul
tie the score. Three batters tried
but not one of the three rose to tn
occasion. Haynes, the second ba