The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-28
BASE BALL BUNTS

Charlestown-Spring Joe Cra-
pos team in the Twin-State league
defeated Bellows Falls yesterday at
Bellows Falls to 2.
Ray Fisher pitched for the New
York Americans yesterday and de-
feated ST. Louis to A. ST Louis
made but s hits off Fisher
Bennington will probably play at
Granville soon, as the management is
ready to give them date most any
time. Manager Higgins and his boys
extended every courtesy to the Gran
vile bunch and may be sure of the
same treatment when they come
here.-Granville Sentinel
The travelling baseball reporter of
the Granville Sentinel comments as
follows upon the recent game at Tu-
dor park in which the Granville team
figured on the small end of the score.
There were but two drawbacks to
the Bennington game first, the awful
road to the grounds. very similar to
going up the south side Of Haystack;
second, its uncivilized fans. Gran
vile in comomn with all towns in
this section, has some ''rooters" who
were better muZZled, but for pure
cussedness" and unadulterated abuse,
Bennington sports (sports0 have
no equal Wholesome coaching seems
unknown to them but personal abuse
is their long suit This does not ap-
ply to the players or management
who seemed decent lot, but some of
the others-O Temporal, o Mores.
One flannel mouthed individual on
third base line made himself particu-
larry obnoxious. This was the moon
faced party in shirt sleeves and grey
cap, with clap pipe. who had APP
parently just stepped out from a late
edition of "Pickings from Puck.
This specimen was highly entertain
ing and amusing-to himself"
1t has been suggested that the
Pittsfeld and Bennington clubs
would both benefit financially II they
disbanded next month and got togeth-
er again in the middle of September
for post season series with the To-
cal All Star team, provided that
plans for the latter go through. It is
believed that the fans of both towns
would turn out strong for such a ser
les If given a months rest between.
But the respective managers probab-
ly know what is best-North Adams
Transcript
So far as Bennington is concerned
there are two reasons why the sug-
gestion is not likely to meet with ia
vor. In the first place the baseball
public (Which is the real manage
ment of the team in Bennington has
emphatically expressed its desire
through the medium of a generously
signed subscription paper that the
team play out the season as original
" planned. Another objection is the
fact that baseball in September has
never been at all popular In Benning-
ton. Even during the last week of
August IL has always been evident
that the large majority OF the people
/ have had all the baseball they want
for the season. In recent years, in
response to the urging of a few en-
| thusiastic fans who would watch
game of baseball on snowshoes, II
given the chance, the season has
been continued into September and
in every instance It has been these
last few games. with their small at
tendance. that have made the going
hard for the treasurer. When the sche
dule was arranged this year Il was
made up with the intention of dis
banding the team the last week In
August and giving baseball n rest UNI
I'll 1912. This plan is likely TO be car
ried out unless perchance the win
ming team Of the Twin.State league
across the mountains should wish to
arrange a series for the purpose OF
definitely determining just how far Il
lis outclassed In knowledge of and
lnhiittV to niaV tho national game