The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-27
WILLIAMS BOYS NO
MATCH FOR OUR
BALL TEAM
Bennington 0utclassed Visitors
From College Town
SCORE WAS TEN TO FIVE
Last Year In the Opening Game o.
the Season the WiIIlamstown
Team Was the Victor
SCORE WAS TEN TO FIVE

The Bennington DaSeDall team open |
ed the season at Morgan park Satur-
day afternoon by defeating the VIII
Jamestown Independents by a score OF
10 to 5. The game, which was wit
messed by nearly 600 people, was rath-
err slow after the fourth inning. In
this period the Huckleberry boys col
lected seven runs.
A year ago on the opening day OF
the season the Independents, with six
of the players who were here Satur-
day. defeated Bennington by a score
of to s. They batted for IL hits
while the team representing Benning-
ton, with six of the players now hold
ing down the same positions, connect
ed with the ball for only four safe
swats. The work OF the local team
on Saturday showed that Bennington
is going to be represented this season
by bunch OF hitters. Seven singles,
a two-bagger and triple Is good
batting for an opening game Incl
dentally, too, the Huckleberry boys
felded without an error.
Before the game started, Manager
Higgins arranged that two of the pit
cheers should have try-out. Peloquin
to take the first five innings and
| Wheeler the remaining four. Pelo-
quin served up a bewildering variety
of twisters with an effective change
of pace that had the college boys
guessing most of the time. He hit a
batter, gave free ticket and was hit
for brace of singles in the fifth the
collection resulting in three runs for
the students. Wheeler did not use
many curves. He had lots of speed
and good control. In the eighth a
pair of two-sackers and single re-
suited in two runs for the college
boys.
The Independents failed to put a
ball out OF the diamond during the
first three innings. For Bennington
Carolan hit one smashing drive 10
left field in the opening period and
Peloqun tapped a clean bingle &c
center field in the third.
The students made their first hit In
the fourth q good drive TO center by
Williams, but there were two out al
the time and when the runner at
tempted to go down to second he was
neatly pegged out by Shea.
McCrehan. the first man up fol
Bennington in the fourth. drew {
pass. Finnegan attempted to sacri
fee, dropping the ball in front OF th'
plate. In attempting to field th'
bunt, Catcher Smith threw wild L
first A two Dagger by Brill. singles
by Shea, Peloquin and Connors anC
wild heave by the WilliamstowI
shortstop resulted in seven runs.
II was in the fifth that the students
found the ball for a couple OF singles
and scored a triplet OF tallles. Fo
Bennington, Brill went to first whei
his ground ball was juggled at thir'
base. He was sacrificed to second b.
Burns and scored on Shea's twobag
ger to left field.
| Six batters put up iiy balls in tn
sixth
| In the seventh, Catcher Smith o
Williamstown was given pass an
stole his way to third where he re
manned while Wheeler struck out on
batter and another flied out to RICH
field. Finnegan opened with a corh
ing three sacker to right field, Bril-
was given a pass and stole second an
both runners scored on Shea's singl
to center.
H In the eighth the students struc
batting streak. two doubles and
single and tailed twice Only tire
Bennington batters faced the pitcher
| In the ninth the students put tw
runners on bases through hit an
pass, but one was pegged out q
second and Wheeler disposed OF tw
more, one by the Whit route and tn
other on an assist TO first. TIL
score