The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-28
RAGGED FIELDING
LOST GAME FOR
BENNINGTON
Tunnel City Team On Long End
of 6 to 5 Score
FOUR RUNS IN THIRD
League Leaders Made Start In the
Eighth But Could Not Catch
Up.

The North Adams baseball club at
length shook off the hoodoo which
has been pursuing the team through
long series of defeats at the hands
of the Bennington team and climbed
out of yesterdays contest with The
league leaders at North Adams on
the large end of 6 to score AL
lie McRobbie pitched in rare form,
keeping the hits scattered and strik-
ing out with equal facility heavy hit
ters like Prindle and Finnegan. North
Adams got an early lead in the thtrd
with four runs off Chief Eastman
which with loose playing on the part
of the home team later in the game
could not break down, although three
of Bennington's runs were due to err
rors by Crandall, T, Taguer and q.
Prindle. Cable Prindle had decid-
eddy off day in left field, letting
grounder 90 through his legs for ex-
ira bases and Juggling a fly ball
which popped into his hands. The
erratic fielding may have been caused
in part by the stiff breeze which blew
across the valley at times.
The game was played in the quick
time of one hour and 80 minutes the
innings being run off quickly by
sharp and pretty fielding on both
sides. A snappy double play by j.
Taguer, Fountain and Guy Prindle in
the sixth, forcing Eastman at second
and getting Kenny at first on his hit
to j. Taguer was one of the features.
On the Bennington team Finnegan
and Connors were as formidable as
a stone wall and Connors perpetrated
an especially rank theft OF a hit
which Jimmie McRobbie ought to
have had, for the ball was going on
line and travelling fast when he
speared it. Carolan played first base
like a king, beating the runners on
the ground balls and taking throws
at all angles His batting eye was
keen. as he landed on McRobbie's de-
livery for two doubles and a single
and got his base a fourth time on an
error.
There was glee in the North Adj
ans camp when McRobbie struck out
Cable Prindle, the first man up. Con
nors lined one to the right OF the key
stone station for two bases and scored
on Carolan's drive inside the left field
flag to the fence. j. Taguer and Gny
Prindle got McCrehan out, F1nnegan,
who was hit by the pitcher was caught
out at first by ]. Taguer, Finnegan
trying to steal second, leaving Caro-
Ian stranded at third. The top OF
North Adams batting order was out
one, two, three, J Taguer on ny,
r.. Taguer on Eastman's toss 10 ilrst
and Allie McRobbie on strikes.
Eastman started the second by q
single. but Kenny, who followed,
popped TO McRobbie, and the pitch
er's deadly throw to Prindle caught
Eastman off the bag in pretty douo'
lie play. Shea was retired by j. Ia
guer and Guy Prindle. Rudo'ph put
the home team in the running when
he breezed a spanking two-hagger 10
the left end of the lot and with Guy
prindle gone, Fountain scored MN
with another hit back OF third. j..
NcRobbie and CrardaI went out ~
first on infield assists.
Bennington's third was non-produc-
tive. Harrington and c. Prindle De
ing DISPOSED of on flies and Connors
when he drew a walk getting caught
AT second. attempting to beat Wood $
arm. =,
Almost a full crew took part IN
North Adams harvest in the thlru.
Woods got on when Kenny made a
muff and J. Taguer Strengthened one
out for a ride through the ozone TO
left. which gave him two bases ana
Tom Taguer scored Woods with
single to center. Allie McRobbie
went out at first on the pitchers as
sist and Rudolph laid a long, low MT
through the grass inside the ieft nelu
line and the Taguers came nome
while Rudolph hotfooted to second.
Guy Prindle's best effort was a
grounder to Carolan. Fountain got
a scratch hit, which was partly de-
Elected by Eastman, but too late 10 De
fielded by Kenny and Rudolph crossed
the plate. j. McRobbie made the
third out. Kenny to Carolan.
Carolan opened the fourth for Ben
nington with his second consecutive
two-bagger. McCrehan was thrown
out at first by ]. Taguer Finnegan
went out on strikes and Caroian
scored on Crandall's muff of East
mans fy. Kenny got hit. but Shea
fouled out to T. Taguer.
The lead-off men in the home
teams fourth inning, Crandall and
Woods. went out on flies. but ]. Ia
guer started something when he got
safe hit. With two called strikes
on Tom Taguer he singled advancing
Jim. A. McRobbies grasscutter 10
Cable Prindle brought Jim in giving
the next two runners extra bases.
when Prindle, being overconhdent
let the ball roll through his legs.
There was no more scoring, however
Rudolph sending one TO Kenny which
was handled clearly at first.
In the fifth McRobbie entered Her
rington at the starting point by hitting
him. Prindle and Connors could not
hit out Of the infield and died at hrst
but on Tom Taguer's wild throw over
GUY Prindle's head. Carolan reached
first and Harrington scored. McCre-
han making the next out on ny 10
Jimmie McRobbie.
With @. Prindle and Fountain out
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