The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-08
AUTUMN GLOR|ES
EASILY ATE UP
HAS BEENS
North Village Won Base Ball
~ ,Hon0rs 49,
BY THE SCORE OF IS TO 8
Large Attendance and S55 Was Rea-
lized for Benefit OF the
Playground

The Autumn Glory base ball team
from North Bennington carried off
the base ball honors Saturday and
made the Bennington Has Beens look
like weeping willow after cyclone
The score was l6 to and might have
been worse.
When the North Bennington aggre
CATION arrived every member Of the
team was ful-of determination and
confidence. They had been practic-
Ing little and played together like
Close Communion Baptists.
The Has Beens staggered-under
load OF woe and their feet were SO
heavy that they had difficulty in drag
ging their feet around the bases.
They worked like a lot of dehorned
Texas steers on a vacation and when
they made good play were so sur
prised that they didn't know what to
do with it,
There were few good features.
Health officer Joe Ayres, muzzled &c
cording to law, and Clarence White,
both did well behind the bat. Mar
den Nichols did we'll at third but
didn't distinguish himself in the box.
Rollin Jenney's work at third was
highly satisfactory--to North Ben
nington and Or. Ross by using his
hands and feet made couple of sur
prising stops at short.
Badger Tompkins in right field
caught long fly with the odds a
thousand to one against him and held
On in spite OF his establishment VIII
Cushman and Clarence Holden each
made . home run. but neither would
have been more than a two base hit
had the outfielders laid down in the
right place at the right time. This
trying to stop ball with the hands
when player might use his entire
anatomy has got TO be stopped.
Eddie Worthington and Dan Keel
er played disgustingly well and add
ed nothing to the gayiety of the game
ON that account. Collins Graves, al
ter a paltry bingle. sent home and
got a bat belonging 10 one of his
boys and made real hit. While com
ing in from second base on three
Dagger he strained his diaphragm
and had to be taken out. ID. II. Wins
low. who took his place made one hit
and one run, but the artistic charac,
Ter 81 his performance was marred
by the fact that he lost his garters
and looked az though he was going
10 lose his trousers. The applause
he got was due TO his resemblance
10 Mary Garden. Mike Roche this
morning presented him with stock.
ing supporters and pair of suspen-
ders at the request of the public pur-
ity society.
Pitcher Harry Phillips was chic
and charming in gown of pale
brown crepe de chine with cerise
trimmings. lie also wore a real
smile as the score piled up. Harold
Cole proved strong at the bat. but
saved his strength successfully In
the seventh inning he was replaced
by John Harie but it was too late
Tor ringers TO head off the mourners.
Wills White and Ed Simmonds. sue
cessfully avoided taking any chances
but their hitting was feature.
What Mort Townsend went into
the box in the sixth inning TO save
the game-and saved it for next sum
mer lie was the only player on eth
en- team that succeeded in falling
down twice in trying for first base.
This feature was enthusiastically en-
cCred
llaIrie White played third for
North Bennington lie missed two
chances out Of three. but others did
so much worse that nobody said any
thing 10 hurt his feelings. DIR. Tobin
al second played better than DIR. Ross
but doesn't cover as much ground
when he slides bases. Bern Sim
mons would have come through with
a clean slate II he hadn't forgotten TO
go cut into the field one inning.
though nobody noticed il until the
INNING was over. Charlie Hodges
umpired the game and might have
done worse.
The receipts of the game we're $50
Tor the repairs on the playground dia.
mend and S2i toward the deficit of
the base bail association. The North
Bennington players generously contri
buted their share to the playground
fund.