The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-10
NORTH ADAMS HAD.
GAME IN HAND BUT
LOST IN EIGHTH
Long Argument Over Umpire's
Decision in Ninth
RUNNER DIDN'T TOUCH THIRD
Tunnel City Manager Claimed Official
Wasn't Looking and Couldn't
Rule on Play
RUNNER DIDN'T TOUCH THIRD

The crowd at Fowler park yester-
day, the biggest that has attended a
baseball game this season, certainly
got its moneys worth. Bennington
won by score of to but from the
fifth until the eighth inning Manager
Crandall's men were on the big end
of the score and when they were re
tired in the eighth, with the figures
and > in their favor, it looked as
though they had an easy victory. Even
in the eighth the day appeared hope
lessly lost for Bennington Thomp-
son, who had been pitching water
tight ball, struck out the first batter
He hit the second but the third flied
out to left field. With two down and
a runner on first "Dud' climbed into
the balloon basket. He passed Nc
Crehan and Prindle, filling the sacks,
and when Brill hit to deep center for
two bases, two scored. Two more
singles scored another pair of runs
and Bennington was ahead 6 to g. A
strikeout relieved the agony.
There was a long wrangle in the
ninth and it looked as though the
North Adams team would quit the
field j. McRobbie, the first batter.
singled and was sacrificed to second.
Broome hit to deep right field and Nc
Robbie went home. He had no soon
er struck the last stretch than the
Bennington players ran into the dia-
mond, shouting that the runner had
failed to touch third base and UNI
lrfr 10 A
players of both teams punched about
the Jump" and argued and gesticula-
ted like suffragette caucus, but Ho-
gan refused to change the decision. II
was generally admitted that McRob-
bic failed to touch the base but the
North Adams players insisted that
the official was looking in an oppos.
tie direction and therefore could not
rule on the play. The spectators had
begun to leave the ground when the
game was finally resumed. Rudolph
popped fly TO Finnegan and the
| game was over
North Adams went out in order in
the opening inning but Bennington
started things with a bang. Finnegan
smashed a liner into Taguer that took
the North Adams second baseman OF
his feet and beat the throw to first
Connors sacrificed the runner to Sc
cond. Carolan flied out to left field
but McCrehan hit to left field for two
bases and Finnegan scored. Prindls
retired the side by flying out to LEFT
field Score, Bennington |, North
| Adams o.
With one down in the second, Gran
dali reached first on Finnegans error
but the next two batters went out or
fly balls to the outfield. For Benning
ton. Shea hit to center, but there
were two out and Harrington CLOSED
the inning with a strike-out Score
Bennington /, North Adams 0.
Only three went up for each team
in the third and North Adams wen
out on order in the fourth. For Ben
nington, McCrehan was passed an
stole, second. Prindle and Bril-
struck out but on PeloQun's hit t
left McCrehan scored. Shea CLOSED
the inning with grounder to pitcher
Score, Bennington 2, North Adams
The Tunnel City aggregation whlcl
had failed to make a hit in the frs
four periods fattened its batting aver
age in the fifth. They went at Her
J rington, the former Pittsfeld pitcher
for a double and four singles an,
scored three runs. Only three mel
up for Bennington. Score. Bennine
ton 2, North Adams 3.
Crandall was passed in the sixth
= but was doubled at second and 4
McRobbie flied out to left field. Ber
nington went out on two ny balls {
center and peg out at second o.
Prindle's attempted steal. Scor,
Bennington 2, North Adams 3.
/ There was nothing doing in the SCI
enth, although A. McRobbie got a hi
and Shea free ticket Neither ruI
ner, however. reached second.
T In the eighth, North Adams agai
] went at Harrington for a double an
r three singles, scoring two. II was |
this period. that Thompson "blew up
and Bennington scored four Scor,
Bennington g., North Adams 8.
= North Adams had n chance to Il
things up in the ninth but the failur
OF McRObbie to touch third sack rea
a ly closed the game. The score:
Renninoton