The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-02
BENNINGTON TOPS
NORTHERN TR|-
STATE LEAGUE
Defeat of Hoosick Falls Puts
Team in First Place
NEW WORKERS 0UTPLAYED
Brilliant Fielding Game in Which
MARTY" PheIan Men Were All
But Shut Out.

BY defeating Hoosick Falls at Fow-
Ter park yesterday afternoon, Ben
nngton drew away from the rival
teams in the Northern Tri-State
league and went to the top. The Yer
monters won by a score of 8 to l,
and. while the uneven score took
some of the interest out of the game.
there was sufficient compensation pro-
vided by the stellar features put on
by the members of the home team.
Bennington not only put up errorless
ball but it strengthened its grip on
the appreciation of the local fans
with number of spectacular plays.
1t appeared to be impossible for the
New Workers to bat the ball through
the infield and at least two drives
into the outfeld that looked good
for one or more bases were pulled
down by the fleet-footed Edgar.
Hoosick Falls was robbed outright
out of at least two hits. In the
fourth Conley went up in the air af-
ter a line drive from the bat of the
little Hoosick shortstop. pulled down
the ball which was going like bull
double play. Connors with his bare
hand stopped a grounder that was
speeding over second base and re-
covered in time to cut down the run
ner at first
But the infield did not feature in
all of the star attractions. In the
fourth, Edgar came in fast for
short fly to center and doubled Pie
Ian at second Hoosick Falls at the
time had runners on second and third
with only one out and the opening
for the making of runs was except
ionally good.
The seventh inning was the only
period in which the New Workers
succeeded in collecting more than
one hit of Connolly. In this stanza
the first batter singled but the next
two went out to Edgar in the center
garden. The second hit put run
ner on first and second. The third
batter dropped Texas Lacquer into
short left and the leading runner
made a break for the plate. Prindle,
however. took the ball on the bound
and drove it so accurately TO the
plate that Shea met the runner
standing up.
Bennington was the first team at
bat and only six men faced the pit
cheers in the two first innings
In the third, Edgar opened with
the first hit of the game, advanced TO
second on Shea's sacrifice. went to
third on Connollys infeld cut and
scored when Connors drove a ground
hit through Tony Cummings
Prindle, who had been given a pass,
came home on the same error. For
Hoosick Falls, Cummings hit to cen
ter and scored on a miX-up near first
base in an attempted double play
This was Hoosick's only run.
Edgar's double and Shea's single
in the fourth and Estenberger's err
rors scored two for Bennington.
Not a runner reached first in the
fifth but in the sixth Peloquin singled
and scored on wild throw to first
base.
Bennington had two men on bases
in the seventh but fly balls retired
the side.
In the eighth. PeloQuin. Conley and
Edgar singled and with the assist
ance of McHugh's sacrifice Tailed
twice
In the ninth, Prindle was passed,
was advanced to second by Connor's
single and scored when oarolan
drove the ball into left Reld for two
bases. The score: