The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-26
CHINAMEN PLAYED
BETTER BALL AND
WON IN nth
Good Crowd Saw Interesting,
But Ragged Game
HOME TEAM LOST ON ERRORS
Misplays In The Infield Thew Away
The Game In Each OF the Three
Last innings.

Nine Chinese base ball players, al
ter being defeated by the Barre ltal-
ians. the Proctor marble cutters and
the Pittsford farmers, and several
other teams from Vermont villages,
came to Bennington yesterday and
trimmed to a fragile our aspirants
for the league pennant and the state
championship.
The Bennington team is much SUI
perior to the visitors in every respect
but played a lazy, shiftless, tired and
headless sort of game that was in
marked contrast to what is was do
ing earlier in the season. One or
two of the team have bunged fingers,
one or two stay out so late nights
that they are in poor physical con-
dition and one or two are suffering
from over confidence. They are good
boys and greatly liked in Bennington
and for that reason alone they should
take a little better care OF them
selves, get little more prac-
tice to maintain their physical con-
dition and remember that it takes
heads as well as hands and feet TO
win ball games.
The game went II innings and was
won by the Chinese students by
score of 8 to s. The crowd was one
of the largest that has gathered at
Morgan park during the present sea
son and the spectators derived more
genuine enjoyment out of the game
than from any previous contest this
year II required two and onehalf
hours to complete the game but there
were nearly as many persons present
when the last man was called out as
there were on hand when the first
ball was pitched.
Bennington had a lead. of one run
in the eighth but the orientals tied
the score in the ninth. Each team
made run in the tenth and the Chi
namen secured the winning run in
the 18th. In the home teams hall
of the final period Brill, who was Civ
en- a free ticket, stole second and
was advanced to third but the nee
essary hit to again tie the score was
not forthcoming.
Because of the injury to Pitcher
Eastman and league games scheduled
for the next two days Manager Hig-
gins was forced to import a boxman
for the occasion. He secured the
services of White, the big Fordham
college man who has recently Joined
the North Adams team. White COM
planned of a lame arm but pitched
eight innings of the game. He was
wild during the first three innings
and the Honolulu boys punched hits
on him in the second and fifth peri
DDS. Whites wild pitches and
an error by Brill were responsible for
two runs in the third without safe
hit being made
AT the close of the eighth inning
Bennington had a lead of one run
and White asked to be relieved. Her
rington went in the box in the ninth
and the orientals found his fast ball
for a couple of singles which with
an error by Carolan tied the Score.
Bennington went out one, two,
three order in the ninth. In the
tenth the Cinnamon got to" Her
rington for two more singles and
"Billy" Finnegan muffed a grounder.
The result was a run that put the
students one lead to the good. Pei
oquin was sent in TO bat for Herring
ton and was given a base on balls.
He stole second and romped home
with a run that again tied the score
when Finnegan hit to left center for
two bases. Connors pushed Finne-
gan along TO third with a sacrifice
but Carolan was thrown out on
grounder to third base and McCrehan
flied out to the infield.
In the 18th the first student up hit
safely to left field. He was advanced
on an infield out and went to third
on a passed ball. The next man up
drove a ball through Brill and the
runner scored. Bennington's failure
to score in the 18th has already been
described. The score:
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