The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-06
THE "ALL STAR" TEAM
Transcript Gives Bennington Three
Places In the List.

| Now that the Berkshire league ser
les has been completed the Tran
script will select an All Star nine
composed of members of the three
clubs who, in the opinion OF the writ
er, have excelled in their respective
positions. Choices of this sort sell
dom agree and it is quite likely that
exceptions will be taken to the selec-
ton made by this paper. Any sug-
gestions which may improve the team
will be gladly received from the read
ers.
There is little difficulty in picking
a catcher for the All Star nine.
Skip Mccarthy of the Pittsfeld
team has been a shining light all
season and few will deny him the
place. In addition to being a
strong catcher, Mccarthy can bat
while he is one of the fastest men
in the league on the bases. Shea OF
Bennington is a reliable catcher but
his work has lacked the brilliancy of
the Shire City man. Tee and Woods
who have divided the catching with
the local club both showed weakness
with the hickory.
MacRobbie of the local club is given
first cali. The fact that he has done
so well with a losing team makes
his record stand out prominently and
even the Referee in the Pittsfield
Eagle admits that he is the best pit
cher in the league. With stronger
team, allie" would have undoubted-
| ly done even better in the box. Con-
nors and Shanky have both pitched
excellent ball for Pittsfield while Pei
oquin has been Benningtons main
stay. The case of the latter will be
referred to later.
In taking up the first sackers
pete" Noonan, the Pittsfeld mana
ger cannot be left out of the running.
His heavy hitting has broken up
more than one game and the fact
that he also covers the bag in good
style earns for him the place. An
other exceptionally good first base
man is Jack Carolan of the Benning-
ton team who has played steady
game and batted strongly throughout
the year. Harry Crandall of the To-
cal club started of in fine style but
his work fell off towards the end of
the season.
Jimmy" Taguer of the North Ad-
ans nine is given the second base
position. He has put up a nice field
ing game while his batting has been
over the 300 mark all during the
schedule Joe" Carroll OF the Pitts
field club and Connors of Bennington
have both given good accounts of
themselves at the midway sack.
Tommy" Taguer another local
player, is given the third base job,
While his fielding has not always
been clean, his timely hitting and
good base running have more than
made up for an occasional boot at
the hot corner In Cummings. Pitts.
field had a veteran performer at third
whose work was commendable.
Finnegan of the Bennington team
gets the shortstop place. He has
had lots of experience at the position
which he covers in splendid fashion.
While not a heavy hitter, Finnegan
has usually connected with the pill at
opportune times. bill" Fountain of
the local club was coming along
nicely at the close of the season
while Brown of Pittsfield was bril-
liant fielder. The latter was not
over strong with the stick.
In left field Cable Prindle of
Williamstown is the transcripts
choice. Seldom. indeed, does a fly
ball get away from him in the outer
garden while he can also bat
"Cabe" is in McCarthy's class on the
paths. Bruggy of Pittsfeld is anoth.
er strong outfielder. Jimmy Mac
Robbie of the North Adams nine can
field with the best of them but his
batting has not been so strong.
Frank Carroll of the Pittsfield
team is given center field. He is a
finished ball player and no All Star
nine could be complete without hav-
ing him for a member. Jud McCre-
han Of Bennington was not as danger
GUS with the stick this season as was
the case a year ago Rudolph of the
North Adams team ranked close up
to the top among the hard hitting out
fielders of the league Right field,
however, is given to PeloQuin Of Ben.
nington, who was used in the outer
garden when not twirling and whose
long drives was a great source of
worry to opposing pitchers.
The transcripts All Star nine is as