July 14, 1911
Bennington, VT
"Benefit Games to Help Treasury of Ball Team - Association Plan to Raise Some Needed Funds - Keene Team at Tudor Park - Former Bennington Captain Will Come to Huckleberry Town on July 16 - Two benefit games, the one played at Morgan Park this afternoon with the Philadelphia Royal Giants and the game tomorrow afternoon with the same team, have been arranged by the directors of the local baseball association. The plan is the same as that used last year. The games are made benefit events in order that the general public may be given an opportunity to contribute to the financial support of the team in an indirect manner. Every person who attends the game can, if he so desires, pay to prices for his ticket and the directors will not kick if a considerable number of the patrons pay three prices. The association has been unfortunate through the cancelling of games because of bad weather and the breaking off of the league schedule through the disbanding of the North Adams team. Then, too, when it did not rain the weather was so uncomfortably warm that the attendance at games on which the association depended for support has been small. All of these causes have had a tendency to deplete the treasury which was not so large in the beginning as it should have been and the directors have taken up the benefit idea to help things along. The Keene, New Hampshire team, captained by Tom Leonard who was at the head of the Bennington team during the early half of last season, will play Bennington at Tudor Park July 16. Last night word was received from Leonard that it would be impossible for his team to make the trip to Bennington but this morning negotiations were taken from Leonard that he had found a way to overcome the difficulties and that he would be on hand for the game as at first arranged."
July 15, 1911
Bennington, VT
"Bennington Won From Colored Men 10 to 4 - Beat Philadelphia Giants in Hard-Hitting Game - Made Two Home Runs - Huckleberry Boys Got Away in Opening Inning and Finished with Good Lead - The Huckleberry boys "came back" from their defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Royal Giants on Friday and Saturday afternoon they trimmed up the colored players to the tune of 10 to 4. With Wheeler pitching steady, effective ball the Bennington outfit got the jump on the players from Dixie land in the opening inning. They hit Mistah Gorham for three singles and a home run and after five of the home players had crossed the plate he retired into left field and Henry took his place on the slab. Henry took his place on the slab. Henry passed the first two batters and for a minute or two it looked as though the procession would be continued, but Prindle, who was up for the second time during the inning, closed the merry-go-round with a fly to center field. During the next five innings, Bennington collected at least one hit in each period off Henry, just enough to send an occasional runner across the plate and to keep one or more runners on the bases most of the time. Carolan drove one liner under the canvas in the second for a home run and in the eighth Prindle hit for three bases into center. The Williamstown boy tried to stretch the drive for another base and was thrown out at the plate. Bennington not only batted strongly but the team played a fast clean game in the field. The only error was charged up against Carolan, a failure to make a one-handed stop of a not over-good throw. The colored players opened the game by scoring two runs. Miller, the little shortstop hit safely between second and short. The next batter attempted a sacrifice but he landed the pill on safe ground and two bases were filled. A sacrifice moved the runners along and one of them scored on a grounder, the other coming across the pan on a wild pitch. For Bennington, Prindle, the first batter, was given a free ticket. Connor's hit to left put two on bases. Carolan took one of Pitcher Gorham's shoots on the hip and the sacks were all occupied. Finnegan hit to left field and two tallied. McCrehan flied out to first base. Delaney hit a long one into right field and on the return which went by the catcher Finnegan scored. Brill drove the ball under the canvas for a home run. Burrington and Wheeler were passed but Prindle retired the side with a fly to center field. Carolan's home run scored for Bennington in the second. In the third two hits and some good base running gave the Giants a tally. Singles by Brill and Wheeler and a two-sacker by Burrington boosted the home team's total up to 7. A base on ball and a two-bagger tallied one for the colored men in the fourth. A hit by Delaney, a sacrifice and an error scored for Bennington in the fifth. In the ninth, Wheeler, who had been given a free ticket to first base scored on Prindle's three bagger."