The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-17
UMPIRE FLAHERTY
SQUEEZED" FOR
PITTSF|ELD
Bennington Crowd ROasts Raw
Work of Indicator Holder.
WAS CANNED" AFTER GAME
Plttsfeld Won BY Score of 7 to in
Hard.Hlttlng Game Yesterday
Afternoon

Afternoon
Bennington lost sharply played
hard hitting game of baseball to
pittsneld at Morgan park yesterday
afternoon by a score OF to 8. Pitts
field won through the punching of
hits on Burns IA the second inning
when the Shire City players pounded
out u triple, TWO doubles and two sin
giles and We're assisted in the scor-
ing Of four runs by a free ticket. Ben
nington bit Hoar even harder than
Manager Garry's men batted Burns
but the combinations did not break
right for the home team. In the sec
ond inning four Bennington runners
reached FIRST base, three on safe hits
and one on an error without scoring.
In the fifth inning Bennington was
robbed OF an opportunity to win the
game by Umpire Mike Flaherty. The
decision in which the imp called
burlington out at the plate was one
of the rawest ever witnessed on a
Bennington diamond It deprived
Bennington Of at least TWO runs and
possibly more Again in the sixth
with two men on bases, Flaherty
handed Bennington a rank one when
Inc called Card~n ont at first after
/ Cawey the pittsleld second base
Imam had "juggled' ground hit
Flaherty may have been honest, II is
only just to give an umpire the bene
fit of the doubt, but me certainly otiic
lated" yesterday as though he were
working for some one who had mon.
ey on the game. When he received
his check after the came here was
q can attached.
There were some thrilling features
along with the game other than those
provided by the umpire McCrehaI
Ihad the unusual number of FIVE put
louts in center field, some of them
made after long runs. Prindle, whose
injured leg deprived him OF his usua
lspeed in the left garden, caught fly
ball just oil the top Of the grass in
his gloved hand. Delaney threw e
bases 10 fine shape
Neither team scored in the open
ing inning, three Pittsneld batters fly
ling out to McCrehan Prindle, first
up for Bennington hit liner 10 First
| Baseman Quinn and Connors and Car
lclan were out on a double play.
In the second inning Pittsheld hi
for a total OF nine bases which witt
ga base on balls gave the Shire City
team four runs. For Bennington Fin
lnegan, Brill and Bosk hit safely ant
| Delaney reached first on an error Bu
not one of the four crossed the plate
Only three mp for Pittsheld in tn,
third. For Bennington two baggel
lby ConnOrs and a single by Finnegai
scored COnnors.
Three Piusheld batters went to the
plate in the fourth and The same mum
Der for Bennington.
In the fifth piusheld put two mel
on bases, one through a free tickle
and the other on hit to center. Nc
Crehan threw out one on his way {,
third base and Delaney. Flnnegan an,
Brill got the other between the plat
and third base IL was in this periot
that the rank work of Flaherty play
ed havoc with Bennington's chances
90 win the game, With one out Burn
hit to center and burlington who RAJ
for the pitcher was advanced whel
prlndle grounded out L
Cawley. Connors hit to Cav
ley at second and the Holy Cross play
er "juggied" the bail long enough TO
burlington to score The Benning
ton captain was lying on his bacl
across the plate when Catcher Ken
lney received the ball and was easil,
safe but Jump Mike gave the "out
sign. The crowd went wild and thu
Indicator holder was continual.
roasted during the remainder OF tn
game Hits by Carolan and Finnegal
and a crack on the ribs to McCrehai
allied the bases and scored Connor
but Brill retired the side with lonl
fly to center But for the robbery b,
Flaherty Finnegan could have score'
on Brirs fly and there Is no tellinl
what might have happened after that
PittsReld failed TO score in the
sixth but Bennington punched three
hits and put Delaney over the par
with n tally. Another one Of Flaher
tvs alleged decisions figured In thi.
inning. Carolan, the last runner call
ed out, was easily safe at first
In the seventh on two passes, Q
Init batter, q wild pitch, safe hit and
an error pittsdeld scored twice For
Bennington McCrehan and Bosk hit
safely but the latter was doubled at
second
In the eighth on two hits and an err.
ror pitts6eld scored one In this per
iod there was q long argument over
u double play by Pitts0eld but for
once Flaherty was probably right
pitsheld opened The ninth
with hit but the second
batter fouled ont to Carolan
Carolan started the nnalporlod with a
smashing threo aokor to right field.
Flnnegan foued out TO third base but
an error by Frank Daley put MoCre-
Than ON nrst and scored Carolon' An
error by Cawley scored McCrehan but
Bosk retired the side by going out at
second on Dclaneys grounder to pa
liy The score
pt,sheld
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