The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-26
BENNINGTON HAS
. C|NCHEO 1912
CHAMP |0NSH|P
Defeat of North Adams Yester'
day Wins the Flag.
CAN'T CATCH US NOW
If Pttsfeld Wins and Bennington
Loses All Remaining Games In
Schedule.

By defeating North Adams to 3
at Fowler park yesterday Bennington
Berkshire league. The league sea
son will close on September l with
game between Pittsfield and Ben
nington and no matter what happens
in the remaining games in the sched-
ule it will be impossible to dislodge
Bennington from first position.
The Vermonters won yesterday IS
game by hitting Vadnais hard in the
opening inning. In pre- nous games
in which the former Drury high
school boy has officiated against the
Huckleberry outfit he has usually
held his opponents to few hits for the
first two-thirds of the game and lost
out in the closing periods. Yester-
day he reversed the order. After the
opening period he kept the few hits
well scattered and allowed but sim
gle bingle in the last three periods.
Big Chief Eastman, who was on
the mound for Bennington, had the
Tunnel City outfit ''hugging the
cushion" in every inning except the
fifth. In that period Manger Gran
dalls men got to" him for three sim
giles and free ticket and scored two
runs. A third run was ruined by a
throw to the plate by Prindle.
j. Taguer started the game with a
sharp single through the diamond,
went to second on Fountains ground
er and scored on Rudolph's hit to
nantar Rudolnh ratirad tho eide nv
attempting to stretch the hit into a
double. For Bennington Prindle was
hit by pitched ball. and went to
second. Rudolph muffed Connor's
grounder. Both runners were ad
vanced by Carolan's sacrifice. Nc
Crehan hit to Fountain who made q
quick stop and threw and caught
Prindle at the plate. Hits by Finne
gan, Peloquln and Eastman and a
passed ball by Woods resulted in
four runs before Kenny retired the
side on a grounder to Fountain.
In the second three North Adams
batters went out in order on fly balls
For Bennington, Prindle and Connors
were given free ickets but the next
three men went out in order
In the third Woods opened for
North Adams by going to first on Fin
negan's error but was forced at sec
ond by Vadnais' grouDder and the
next two hitters were easy outs. Hits
by Eastman and Kenny and wild
throw by j. Taguer scored one for
bennington.
A. McRobbie styled and G. Prin-
die tripled in the fourth but
quick double play by Finnegan, Con-
nors and Carolann prevented a run. A
double by Connors and a single by
Carolan scored one for Bennington.
North Adams started a batting raj.
ly in the fifth. A hit by Crandall.
a pass to Woods and hit by Vadnais
filled the bases. J. Taguer then came
across with his second single of the
game and all three runners at
tempted to score. Two made the
plate but Vadnais was cut down by
Prindle's throw from left field. East
man then struck out Fountain and
A. McRobbie rolled an easy grounder
to Carolan. Hits by Finnegan and
Kenny and a sacrifice by Peloquin
scored one for Bennington.
Rudolph opened the sixth for
North Adams with a double but was
caught trying to make third on
Prindle's grounder. j. McRobbie
went out on grounder to CarolanI
and Crandall on a fly to Connors.
Only three batters faced Vadnais in
this period.
Woods opened the seventh with a
hit but the next three batters put the
ball up in the air for easy outs. For
Bennington, Finnegan, with one out.
made the last hit of the game for
Bennington and was forced at sec.
ond. Eastman closed the inning with
a foul fly to Woods.
With two out in the eighth CIV
Prlndle singled to right field and was
left on first base when Eastman
threw out j. McRobbie. For Ben.
nington, Kenny was hit by a pitched
ball, Shea went out on a grounder
TO Guy Prindle and C. Prindule was
given a pass. With two on and only
one out there was an opportunity to
increase the score but Connors flied
out to A. McRobbie and Carolan
rolled his third grounder TO pitcher
and was thrown out at first.
With one out in the ninth Woods
was passed. He failed to 20 farther
than first base as Connors took Vad.
nais' grounder and threw to Carolan
for a double play. The score: