The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-03
BENNINGTON BEAT
/. P|TTSF|ELD AND
NORTH ADAMS
Two League Games COPIED by
Huckleberry Outfit
BOTH EARNED WITH THE STICK
Vermont Team is Rounding Into Form
as Heavy-Hitting
Aggregation
BOTH EARNED WITH THE STICK

FoWler park, the new Ddsepdll
ground in Pownal, was opened yes
terday. 1t was the first game with
Pittsfeld this season and Benning-
ton won by a score of 8 to 8. Twice
during the game the Pittsfield team
was on the big end of the score and
there was action plenty in every
one of the nine innings. Bennington
had runners on the sacks in every
inning but one, the fourth, and one or
more Pittsfield men went to first base
or further in every period but two.
Both teams hit the ball freely and
both pitchers had bad inning. In
the third, Ryan, the former st. Mi
chaels college boXman, who ohiciated
as the firing end of the Pittsfeld bat
terry, went win and passed three bat
tiers in a row. In the seventh, the
Shire City aggregation got to-
Wheeler for three singles and dou-
BILE. The former Brockton pitcher al
so added to his troubles by hitting a
batter
The rail birds along the side lines
from the antics of Pitcher Ryan. Ry
an pitched for Granville against Ben
nington last season and also fol
Whitehall Six hits was the best re
cord that the Huckleberry Buys made
against him and the boy evidently
imagined that he could repeat. He
started the game at pace that al
most pitched him out in the first in
ming. Then he went wild and sulked
The more he grabbed the more ful
the crowd had at his expense. HI
was roundly jeered when he strucl
out for the fourth time.
Wheeler had a bad start in thu
opening inning. He passed the frs
batter. Carroll, the New York stat
Lacquer was the next man up. II,
banged the pill out into left field TO
long single and there were tw,
| on and none out. Wheeler whiffet
the next two batters, but Phelal
drove TO center for the first of hi
| four hits and two scored. Phelar
was pegged out trying to so to sec
Ond on the hit
| For Bennington. Finnegan flied on
to center, Connors hit safely TO Ger
ter and Carolan and McCrehan wen
out on grounders to second base.
Wheeler whitfield three batters Il
a row in the second. For Benninl
ton, Prindle drew the first of hi
three free tickets. Brill sacrifice
him to second and he scored on PelC
gums two-bagger to center. She
hit in front of the plate and wa
thrown out at first, Peloquin going I
third on the play. Wheeler wake
and stole second. On Finnegan's hi
to left, Peloquin and Wheeler scored
| Connors closed the inning by goin
out, short to first. Score-Pittsfiel
y, Bennington 3.
In the third, Carroll, with two OF
hit to right field for two bases, bu
was left on the keystone sack whe
Mcdonald went out on a grounde
Wheeler to Carolan For Benninl
ton, Carolan opened with har
drive through the center OF the dii
mond. McCrehan pushed him dow
TO second with sacrifice. Rya
then began to wobble and his thre
free tickets and a wild throw
shortstop resulted in two tallie
d. There would have been more runs bl
) for slip by Brill. The tall THU
, baseman evidently imagined that r
e an had acquired the habit of passir
batters and couldn't stop. He star
ed in from third under the impre
sion that he was being forced hon
and was easily thrown out. Scor
Bennington g. Pittsneld ..
Pittsfield secured two hits In Il
court but they were sandwlched
tween fly balls by other batters. On
three up for Bennington. Score st
3 to ..
|, Pitcher Ryan opened the fifth (
Pittsheld with a strike.out but Whe
er passed the next man up and C,
roll came along with another tW
Dagger. A sacrifice hy and n wi
pitch carried Carroll across the pla
with the second run OF the inniT
n For Bennington, two batters got o
y through the consideration OF Pitch
Ryan, but foul fly retired the sic
5 Score, Bennington 5, Pittsfeld 4.
Phelan started the sixth for Pit
field with his third hit but the ne
, three Shire City batters went out
y order For Bennington, Connors W
passed and Carolan was hit after 4
r. were out, but failed to advance
McCrehan retired the side on
grounder to third base Score. b,
nington 8; Pittsfeld 4.
In the seventh. after r. Ryan h
D, struck out, Pittsheld began bin
~ the ball. +. Ryan. phelan and Co
In singled and Capt. Noonan hit
right field for two bases. In additl
Wheeler hit a batter and the Pit
field runners stole three bases. VIII
Wheeler finally retired the side
striking out McCue the Shire c
boys had scored four times and h
a lead of three runs. Benningt,
10 however, recovered portion of
Y lost ground. prindle WAS award
J his third free pass. Brill hit for /
sacks and timely single scored
Y Shea scored Prindle and Brill. SEQ
a Bennington q pittsneld s.
- Pittsfeld didn't last long in
q eighth II. Ryan made a hit but v
pegged out trying to steal sece
and Wheeler whlned two bate
Bennington went In to win the "a
/ with the stick. Connors and caro-
- raped out clean singles, McCrel