Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-09-13
CHAMPIONS OF VERMONT
Review Of the Seasons Work Of Brat.
tlebOrO's Crack Rail- Team.
General sunmnry---ReCOrd Of Games---
Averages of the vidunI
misunderstanding Paragraphs.

General summary---Itecordo Of Games---
Averages of the PInyer----IndividunI
MISUNDERSTANDING Paragraphs.
The champions Of Vermont have dis
banded, the closing game last Friday with
the l. j, Gums resulting in tie All the
players were paid their salaries in full and
the receipts Of the game and the dance
Friday were sufficient to offset all debts of
the association with the exception Of about
S75. The record Of the team was so unus-
ual, and so great an interest has been man
Tested in the sport by all classes Of people
in Brattleboro and vicinity that in answer
10 the request Of many The Phoenix pre-.
SCENTS herewith n seasons resume. The av-
erages were made out by the club scorer,
Edward j. Fenton, and are the only cor
rect averages which have been published.
They show that the Bratteboros were
good fielding and fair hitting team. A
point, however, not 10 he overlooked, was
the marked base running ability Of the play
ers.
Tuesday evening, April 9th, in response
to a call in the local papers, Il meeting Of
base ball enthusiasts was held at the town
hall and an association formed with these
officers President, James A. lilis secre
.
| Perry directors, NJ b. Savary, W. s.
McKenney, S. W. Kirkland, l.. u. Greene
w. +. Hubbard, G. A. Harris, G, II, Pratt
The island grounds were at once rented
| About 100 season tickets were sold at 50
| each In the beginning it was expected
that the team would he made of local tai
ent and hired battery. Pitcher Aldrich
aud Catcher O'Rnurke, the former then at
Bellows Falls and the latter at Mllers Falls,
were secured Before game had been
played Aldrich jumped his contract and
joined the Brown University team. Nego-
tiatons with several pitchers were then be
gun and Lawyer Heating Of Northampton,
formerly of Amherst college, was the man
decided upon to do the twirling. The open
ing game, May 18th, was victory, the
Dartmouth college reserves being defeated
~ to :. The team then consisted Of
O'Rourke, e. ; Heating, p, Boyce, lb.
Norton, 2b Donald 3b Leray, IT,
Dowley, c.f Landry, re- The team, as
above constituted, was somewhat weak
and although various local players were
tried in the several games following, it was
not materially strengthened for some time.
The management was on the lookout lor
good players and in the latter part Of May
secured valuable acquisition in Collopl
/
Falls, came here soon after The next
addition of note was Dowd Of Holyokc
by the latter part Of June the team wa
one Of the strongest, outside Of the leagues
in New England Heating occupied thu
box in all but one game up to June 29th
when Woodcock, the Dartmouth college
pitcher, was given trial July lth Wood
cock pitched two games and Heating one
1t was 50 apparent that Woodcock was tn
better man that Heating was released
Since July ith Woodcock has pitched in al
but four games Late in july three heavy
hitting out tielders were engaged-Brutoi
and Flack of the l.. J. Gums and Stewart
who was spending his vacation at LAX
Pleasant During August the club was II
, its strongest, being then made up rs fol
lows O'Rourke, e. Woodcock, p. Bur
rell, III. Dowd 2b Collopy, 30. Nc
Kenney, SIS Bruton, If. Stewart, g t.
Flack, re- Following are the scores nf IA
the games
I May l. Brattrhorus H. Dartmouth Reserves
May 5, Turner'S Falls 10. Ir,ttobnrus $; MAY D
Brattlcburus ~ Dartmouth Reserves %; May .
| Brattlrlnrus s. NorthauItuus D. MAY 30, Brutt
| burus 49, st Jrrumt- OF lluNukt ~, June !, Bra
ttb"rOs 10, krrnrs d. June H. liraitltl"rnS
| Capnunts T. thirteen innings. JUNE ~, J.. .
| Gums II, BrattlrburuS q; june -, at tlaremOn
Bratteburps {. tlarrmunts &! June ~. Athuls j
| HrAttlflHtTUA ,. =.
munts u; July tth, BrattlrbpruS t. h-sulutes
| Holyuke u; July g. H'suluhS g, Brattlrburus
! July I, Brattlrbpr- 3, ResputtS T. July 9Th. Bra
b. ! tl.i,urs 49, Cullrl,. Combination .: july - Bra
| tl-bpr,,s T. l. j Gums ,: July u, Brattrbnrus I
NurthamptnnS !; July j.. at Grrnhrld Brattl
y burus ., krarshrgr ., thirteen innings; July
. Brattlrborus : MittrnragurS l. July - Brattl
burus e, Bellows Falls ,: July =, at Bellows Fail
Bellows Falls T. Brattlrburps g. July ~, Bratti
borus g. krarsargt !; july 81, Brnttlrborua !
n | Bellows Falls I; Aug 3, Brattcburus o. HON
steals Of Springfield 3. Aug q, at Bellows Fail
% Brattlrloros Is, Bellows Falls g. Aug :, BelloV
A Falls :, Brattlrlburus /; Aug. TO- Bratteboros ]
;, Holy okts {; Aug 10, at Bellows Falls, Brattrl
ros I, Bellows Falls 3; Aug. u, BrattlehOruS
Bellows Falls 3. Aug. u, AT Springfield, Bratteb
:. rus H. Chcup.,-s 3; August - lowrlls Of the 4
lAntic league q, Brattrburus I. Aug. -, at Wts
field Brattltlurus = WrStirlls a; Aug e. at H.
% lows Falls, Bellows Falls -, Brattlrborus 3; Au
~ Brattl,boriss Bellows Falls 4. Aug ~. Brs
y tlrbor,,s T. krrnr o. Aug 81, Brattlrburus :, Re
g frrWs Of North Adams {. SEPT e, Brattlrborus
l. j. Gums Il.
~ Thus it will be seen that the Brattlebor
payed 81 games of which they won ,
lost and tied , BY taking six out Of Il
/. series Of nine games with the Bellows Fall
II their only acknowledged rivals in the stat
the Brattleboros became the champion
of Vermont" In the series the Brattl
boros made g. scores and the Bellows Fal
p, 81 The series with the l.. j. Gums "
- Il tie and each club made 20 scores II
!, record is something phenomenal when it
# considered how strong such teams the
r j Gums, kearsarges Westticlds, Renfre'
Io aud Bellows Falls are. 1t is Of no use
,t claim that the team was impregnahle, b
IA the losing of at least three games is easi
-a accounted for The first defeat admin
n. tered by the Turner's Falls, was when FIR
Al Greasy, n local amateur who had had
n practice whatever, was IN the box. L
= Ahols, with men picked from all ov