The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-17
HOME TEAM AGAIN
SHOWS SPEED At
THE FINISH
Beat North Adams in Tight
Game q to 3
WON BY TIMELY BATTING
Harrington Pitched Great Ball For
Home Team But Was Given
Poor Support.
WON BY TIMELY BATTING

rison finish at Morgan park yester-
day afternoon and won from North
Adams by a score OF TO 3. 1t
would be libelous to state that the
merits of the play of the two teams
the Vermonters didn't have any Ii
cense to win the game. The Tunnel
City outfit put up errorless ball be-
hind Vadnais, the former Drury high
school pitcher, while Bennington dur
ing two-thirds of the game gave Her
rington wretched support. The left
handler should be given the credit
not only for pitching a great game
but he should be awarded medal for
retaining his courage and persever-
ance under dscouraging circum-
stances.
Bennington won the game through
its ability 10 take advantage of OPP
portunities. All the season the team
has shown a tendency to fight per
sistently against the lead of an OPP
posing team and yesterdays game
was no exception to the rule. At
the close of the sixth inning Ben
nington had made but two hits off
Vadnais, a single and a double. In
the seventh through a hit and a base
on balls the Vermonters had put a
runner on first and second but when
this much had been accomplished
two men were out and there wasn't
man in the grandstand who would
have wagered a doughnut against a
dollar bill that the home team would
win the game. But a baseball game
is never decided until the last man
is out in the last inning. Connors,
who like seven.ninths of the team.
had as yet been unable to solve Vad-
nais' delivery, came across with a
corking three-bagger to left field and
two runners crossed the plate. These
two runs apparently got Vadnais'
goat for in the next inning Benning-
ton punched three singles and the
two runs resulting were enough to
win the game.
With two strikes against him jim
ME Taguer opened the game for
North Adams by driving the ball I'M
der the canvas fence for a home
run. T. Taguer flied out to center
field but A. McRobbie hit to left
The next two batters were out on
foul fly balls. Only three Benning-
ton batters faced Vadnais.
An error by McCrehan in center
permitted Fountain, the North Ad-
ans shortstop, to reach first in the
second inning but the next three bat
ters were easy outs. For Benning-
ton, after Vadnais had struck out Nc
Crehan and Finnegan. Peloquin Sc
cured base on balls and stole sec
ond but progressed no further as
Kenny went out on a grounder TO
short.
Singles by the Taguer Brothers and
Rudolph, assisted by an error by
McCrehan, scored a run for North
Adams in the third. For Bennington.
Prindle on a hit went as far as sec
ond and Harrington on a pass to third
but the necessary hit to drive them
in was not forthcoming.
In the fourth the only batter TO
reach first base was Peloquin who
hit to right field for two bases.
In the fifth only three batters faced
Harrington but Prinde, who was hit
by a pitched ball after two were out
stole second.
A. McRobbie opened the sixth with
two-bagger to center. Finnegan
dropped Rudolphs pop fly and Guy
Prindle beat out a bunt. Harrington
passed Fountain forcing in a run.
Rudolph was caught at the plate. ].
McRobbie struck out and Vadnais
went out on grounder to first base
For Bennington, Carolan was given a
pass and stole second but the next
three batters failed to connect.
A base on balls and two errors nv
f1nnegan in the seventh gave North
Adams an excellent opening for an.
other run but the Bennington short.
stop cut down runner at the plate.
Kenny opened for Bennington with
hit through the center of the dia.
mond. Harrington was passed after
shea had flied out to center. Prindle
initiated Shea and there were two
out and two on bases. Connors'
three-bagger scored Kenny and Her.
rlngton. Carolan closed the inning
with a grounder to third base.
North Adams went out in order in
the eighth but hits to Carolan. Fin
negan and Shea scored two runs for
Bennington and put the Vermonters
one in the lead. Jimmie Taguer
opened Tor the Tunnel City with his
third hit of the game but was doubled
at second when Brother Tommy hit
10 Finnegan and A. McRobbie finish.
ed the game with a foul fly to Caro-
Ian. The score.