The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-28
BENNINGTON BASE
BALL TEAM GETS
FAST PLAYERS
Manager Higgins Signs Two
Pitchers and First BaSemam
HARRINGTON, BOSK CAROLAN
Also Has Deals Partly Completed for
Enough Men to FIJI Out the
Team

Team
Although the opening of the base
ball season Is almost two full
months away Manager L. S. Higgins
of the Huckleberry boys has already
secured almost enough players to
make a complete nine and the selec-
tons should look pretty good to the
Bennington fans. Two members Of
last years team, Lefthelder Cable
Prindle of Williamstown and Short
stop Billy Finnegan of Stockbridge.
some time ago came to agreements
with Manager Higgins to hold down
their respective positions during the
1911 season and now another popular
unit in the 1910 aggregation, Pitcher
Johnny Bosk of Fitchburg, writes
that he will be on hand for the open
ing game. Bosk was offered a try
out with the Montreal team of the
Eastern league but the terms were
not satisfactory. He was also given
an opening in his home town of
Fitchburg, but he fully understands
how difficult it is for a player to
please the people who have known
him all his life and passed up the of
fer. Bosk was considered by stud.
ents of the game to be one of the
best pitchers in the -Four City"
league last season. He did not win
many games, to be sure, but the safe
hits that were made Off his delivery
were few. Those mysterious comb.
nations of errors at unfortunate per-
iods lost him many game in which
his box work was Of the big league
order. No pitcher in the league had
anything like his control and he was
such an earnest worker that he had
the friendship of every Huckleberry
fan.
One of the surprises, a surprise not
only to Bennington baseball enthusi-
asts but to followerers of the game
in the three towns in the league the
coming season, will be the announce
ment that Joe" Harrington, the star
boxman of the North Adams team
and by many considered the premier
twirler of last years series, is to
wear one OF the new uniforms of the
Bennington team this year. Harring
ton is at present coaching the Airing
ton, Mass, high school" baseball team
but writes Manager Higgins that he
will be in Bennington the last of MAY
and perhaps as early as the goth.
| Firstbasemen are hard to find al
the present time and Manager Hig
gins has had almost as much trouble
locating first-sacker as has been ex
perienced by some OF the big league
officials. He has solved the problem
by securing Jack Carolan, who ha.
played the position for the North AID
ans team during two seasons ant
who made an excellent record botl
years. Carolan is not only a fast mar
on the initial sack but he Is also hare
steady hitter and will prove a valu
able addition. He writes Manage,
Higgins that he is in good shap,
physically and that he expects I,
train considerably during the spring
Paddy Ryan, last years center
fielder is at present in st. Johnsbur,
working at his trade as a steam6tteI
He has an opportunity to try out wit
the New Britain team of the Cor
necticut league and is going to max
an effort to land position with tn
Nutmeg aggregation but 1t Is eviden
from recent letters received b
friends here that II would not brea
his heart If May 26 found him in tn
middle garden for Bennington.
: Manager Higgins also has a line o
another pitcher who has been a men
Der of one OF the -Four City" leagu
teams and who is at present playin
with one OF the winter resort team
in the south. He will probably b
with the Huckleberry boys, too, for
year ago he expressed a desire
, come to Bennington but was unabI
I to do so because OF his contract
If he secures three pitchers II
} Manager Higgins intention that on
of the boxmen shall take his turn
right field whcih leaves him but tire
positions to MI, second, third bas
and catcher and he hasapplicatior
lph Ait loI Oolns
{ With three and possibly four me
!, who were members OF last year
J team and three and perhaps four
the best players who appeared
this section during 1910 the outloC
a for the coming season is certain
9 promising.
According to the Boston paper
Manager Tenney Of the Boston n
tionals has selected his team for Il
coming season but the name
= Patsy Keefe OF Williamstown do
. not appear in the lineup.
The last time keefe was I'm De
= nington he gave Manager Higgins
understand that In case he did n
make a position on the big leagi
team he would carry out the origin
y agreement to act as player manag
Il for the Huekleberry boys. Rcce
or letters received from Keefe won
60 seem to indicate that he still n
= hopes OF making good with the u
show. Manager Higgins is anxio
Z for a final understanding with Kee
n az negotiations with players for I
H. team involve partial agrecmer
n made with keefe before he recely
the opportunity to take the southc
training trip with the Boston
tlonals.