Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-22
NEAR THE FOUL FLAG.


1t seems that the reason why Woodcock
as captain, withdrew the Browns from the
field at Amherst was because the Amhersts
refused to play with two umpires. The
umpire furnished by Amherst was a barber
who was known to have bet on the game
against the Browns. Woodcock's action
is sustained by all of the Brown men.
BuTell is not so successful as a pitcher
in the Iowa-Ilinos league as last wear
having lost nearly every game thus far He
continues to bat heavily, however.
Connie Murphy stands at the head in the
batting list in the Iowa. Illinois league.
In several games he has lined out three and
four hits. AHanniven is second in the East
ern league, with an average of over 400.
When the averages were announced last
week CollopS~ led the Manchesters in bat
ting, with .342 to his credit. In Wednes-
days game he made home run and his
fielding was unusually brilliant.
A Brattleboro picked nine of old High
school players will battle withthe Vermont
academy boys at SaXtons River on Monday.
Cressey and Ware will be the battery.
One of the most remarkable base ball
games on record was played at Tacoma,
and Tacoma clubs. 1t took 22 innings to
decide the game, which was won by Ia
coma by score of to 3. At the ninth
inning the score stood 3 to 3; in the fif-
teenth each club scored one run. and each
again scored one run in the eighteenth,
making the score ) to 3. No more runs
were made until the twenty-secOnd, when
Tacoma scored one run, winning the game.
This is the longest game which has been
played since 1877. 1t will be remembered
that Manchesters and Harvards once PLAYED
a 24-inning game, the score standing 0 to 0.
The High school nine made their debut
last Monday on the home grounds, having
as opponents the Vermont academy team
of Saxtons River and although suffering
defeat by a score of II to 3, the result was
not altogether discreditable. The academy
boys average four or five years older than
the High schools, are much larger and
stronger, and have also had an advantage
because of previous match games this sea-
son. The High schools showed the need
of practice, and We're evidently over-anX-
ious to make a good appearance. The team
contains excellent material, and with a lit
tie more experience will be strong enough
to cope with older clubs. Lafrene showed
himself to be coming catcher his throw
ing to second being quick and accurate, as
several of the academy boys found to their
sorrow. No better throwing has been seen
on the home grounds since O'Rourke' S
palmy days. Ellis pitched strongly, and
fielded his position like a professional.
/ There were no especially brilliant plays.
/ The Vermont academy nine is evidently
/ stronger than it has been for several years.
/ The North street school nine defeated
! the Athletics on the Mechanics square
/ grounds yesterday afternoon, the score
/ being 20 to 6. The game was called at the
end of the seventh inning on account of
darkness. Ware caught in good form, and
Haskins, Hackley and Ware batted heavily,
each making three Dagger. For the Ath-
/ letics the batting and catching of Horton
were the features. The batteries were
Stone and Ware, and Howe and Horton.
The Boston Herald announced that
Woodcock had signed a contract to play
with the Boston league team, and would
join the club after the college commence
ment
There is still possibility of team in
Brattleboro this season. Denney O'Neil
the captain of the Holy Cross college nine
is trying to make arrangements to bring
here several of the Holy Cross players, in
Guiding Stafford, the old Worcester pitcher
and Cain, formerly of the Pittsfields, and
the larger part of the regular Holy Cros,
team, filling it out with strong men from
the other colleges.