The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-29
BEAT TSFIELD
AND WENT TOTOP
OF LEAGUE
Bennington Won Well Played
Game by 8 to z.
COULDN'T HIT JOHNNY B0Sk
Shire City Outfit Would Have Been
Shut Out With. Proper lnfleId
Support.
COULDN'T HIT JOHNNY BOSK

Morgan park yesterday afternoon
Bennington regained its former posi-
ton at the top of the three city
league The game itself was one of
the prettiest contests played on To-
cal diamond during the present sea-
son. 1t was not a perfect game, but
the misplays only added to the gener-
al enjoyment OF the occasion. Had
there been no errors behind Johnny
Bosk the Shire City aggregation
would not have been able to put a
runner within striking distance of
the plate to say nothing of being able
to ring up" in The score column The
five hits gathered from the Fitchburg
boys sharpely breaking curves were
so widely scattered that but for two
errors in the seventh inning there
would have been nothing to the game
but the Huckleberry end so far as
scoring was concerned.
On the other hand the single mis-
play by Manager GaTry's aggregation
did not figure in the run-making by
Bennington. The Iiuckleberry boys
went after Iitchef Ilo9r, the former
Northern league slabist, in the open
ing inning. They punched bingles on
the little left handler in three periods
and had there not been some fast field
ing by the Berkshire outfit. would have
made an even better record in the
score column.
Burlington was injured in the
game at North Adams and McCrehan
was brought in from center field to
do the backstop work. 1t was his
first game behind the bat and he GER
tainly turned the trick in good order.
He had one short passed ball which
turned o't to the advantage Of the
home team, for a Pittsheld runner at
tempted TO score from third base on
It and was pegged out at the plate,
and his one throw to second was a
high heave. He was Johnny-on-the
spot with the stick, too, getting a
'two-baGger and single.
Ridlon, the little third baseman,
had three bad errors at the dizzy
corner. The boys hands are in bad
shape from injuries and the fumbles
were for this reason partially ex-
cusable.
Carolan lead for Bennington at the
bat with two singles and a double.
The star play of the game was Con
nor's catch of line drive by DAILY In
the fourth. II required a long run
and a one-handed reach to rob the
Pittsfield third baseman Of hit but
the little second-sacker pulled off the
stunt. The play was enthusiastical-
~ applauded by the grand stand and
when the inning closed Connors was
Fgiyen quite an ovation on his way to
the bench. The hand was well de
served. Connors is such quiet
worker that the clean an effective
manner in which he takes care OF his
position does not always make the
same impression on an audience that
would be achieved by noisier and
more spectacular individual.
In the opening inning with two out
Pittsfeld put runner on first but he
was nailed or the bag and the side
was retired. For Bennington Connors
biffed single out into center field and
single out into center field and
went to second when Hoar hit Ridon
on the arm. Keefe grounded out
pitcher to first and both runners ad
vance. Carolan banged the ball Out
into right field and Connors and Rid
lon scored. In attempting to reach
| second Carolan was thrown out from
the plate. Finnegan flied out to the
second, retiring the side,
! In the second First Baseman Muir
ray of the Shire city outfit made
single into right field and was ad
vanced to third on q sacrifice and
ground hit but he failed to score. Fo
Bennington McCrehan hit safely t
center, was sacrificed to second b.
Prindle and went to third on Burns
hit. The next two batters were cas-,
outs and he failed to cross the plate
Pittsfield sent only three batters t
the plate in the third. With two on
Carolan hit for two bases but faile'
to advance.
Only three batters for each team
went to the plate in the fourth. Bosl
made a pair of strike-outs and Con
nors' spectacular play put away tn
third.
In the fifth with one out Cronin
the Pittsfeld tender of the left gar
den, was given free ticket to first
Cookingham helped him along with
long boost into left field but on al
tempting to score he was thrown out a
the plate. Coolingham reached thir,
on Ridlon's error but when he, toe
tried to go home on a short passes
ball he was nailed at the plate. Fo
Bennington Bosk reached first on PIT
tsfield's only error, was sacrificed t
second by Connors and went to thir
on Ridlon's grounder but failed t
score. Cawley opened the sixth for Phi
tsfeld with two-bagger but when Da
ley hit liner to Carolan he was doub
ed up and Campbell struck out. Flo
Bennington with two out McCreha
came across with corking two-bat
ger to left field and on Prindle's hi
to center scored the winning run @
the game. When Umpire Lonerga
called INC" safe some of the Pitts
field boys put up "holler" but 1t wa
rather fainthearted bluff. The ba
came in from the field on the boun
and the long fellow war lying acros
the plate when the attempted pu
out was completed.
Pittsfeld scored two runs in tn
seventh after two batters had bee