The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-09
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
TO HAVE BASE
BALL COACH
"Jud" McCrehan Took Up Work
Yesterday Afternoon
EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL
Comes to Bennington from New Bed
ford Team Of New England
League

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The first member of the Bennington
baseball team arrived in town Mon
day evening. He is Jud McCrehan of
Cambridge, Mass, who has been play
ing with the New Bedford team of the
New England league during the past
two weeks. McCrehan is tall
rangey fellow with number OF years
experience in professional baseball
behind him. He only recently arrived
at his home in Cambridge from Ber-
muda where he had been playing In
the winter in the league of four teams
maintained by the big winter hotels
on the island. He was recommended
to Manager Higgins by Dick Burns
who was also member of one OF the
Bermuda teams.
McCrehan comes to Bennington at
this time to coach the high school
team until the season for the games
with Pittsfeld and North Adams. He
will take charge OF the boys at once
and should be able to develop a
more systematic system of play. Nc
Crehan got busy" the instant he ar
rived in town. He arrived here on
the afternoon train yesterday and
went at once to the old athletic field
where a portion OF the school team
had gathered
Manager Higgins is negotiating
with a second baseman named Con-
nors who has played in the Maine
state league and he may be secured
for the keystone sack position Con-
nors was one of the fast men in the
Maine state league three years ago
when several members of the Yer
mont university players were in the
Pine Tree state. burlington who
caught Collins in Bangor that year
saws that Connors was one OF the best
in the league.
1t is not likely that there will be
any material changes during the next
two weeks in the list of men selected
by Manager Higgins to constitute the
Bennington team for the coming sea
son. 1t is practically assured that
McCrehan, who arrived here Monday
to coach the high school team. will
play at center field. Prindle will play
at left field and right field will be
filled by one of the pitchers. Finne-
gan, the only member of last years
team, other than Bosk, to again wear
a Bennington uniform, will be at
short or third. Burns, provided he
RECEIVERS from his injury, will be in
the short field. Another inielder
who has been secured by Manager
Higgins is A. G. Ridlon of Portland,
at present captain of the Westborow
seminary team. Ridlon has had OPP
portunities to play in the Main Cen
tral league and has been offered
chances to tryout with two New Eng
land league teams He does not wish
to play organized bayy and expects to
become member of the Bennington
team. Carolan, who played with
North Adams last year, will be at
first base and the batteries will con
sist of the three pitchers secured
some time ago, Harrington, Bosk and
Burns, and burlington.
Considerable work is being done on
the diamonds both at Morgan park
and at Tudor park. At Morgan park
the infield has been leveled and given
covering of clay. The knoll in the
vicinity OF second base was first
scraped away and the entire diamond
was made as level as possible consid-
ering the lay of the land The clay
was then put on and the diamond was
rolled with the village steam roller.
After it has been brushed and rolled
again with a small roller the diamond
should be greatly improved
At Tudor park the outfield has been
leveled and the work OF narrowing the
infeld preparatory to rolling is now
in progress. The inneld at Tudor
park was always in better shape
than the diamond in the village and
not so much work will be necessary
there. From present indications 1t is
evident that both fields will be in far
better shape than ever before which
will enable the players to put up
much cleaner and snapper baseball
The management of the Bennington
team will this year lease its privileges
to the highest bidder The privileges
consist of the soft drinks, popcorn
crackerjack and peanut business al
both grounds and the photograph per
init. The management this year
wishes to restrict the photograph
privilege to one photographer and fol
this reason offers the privilege to
the highest bidder The privilege in
cludes both postcards and group pic
lures and the photographer securing
the contract will control the privilege
exclusively. All bids should be sen
to some one of the directors between
the present time and next Monday
evening when the board will hold it,