Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-25
Games orthe week.

Interesting games have been played on
the island grounds this week Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday. The first game
was between the Bankers and the Miller
Brothers nine, composed Of seven brothers
and two cousins. The family aggregation
won, 20 to 9, the game being called on ac-
count of darkness at the end of the seventh
inning. The batteries were Richardson.
Crosby and Brigham, and 4. Miller and
Bert Ware. Another game between the
two teams will be played soon. On Tues
day the Bankers gave another exhibition of
their skill, their opponents being the
Druggists. The Bankers drafted the Hack
Drivers battery, Hennessy and McVeigh.
into service, while the Druggists had GUY
Howe, the old High school pitcher and
Shirley Brigham, between the points. The
game resulted in tie, to 6. at he end of
six innings McVeigh's batting was a
feature. Wednesday the High school BOYS
downed the Putneys for a second time. the
score being s to q. The game was well
contested and interesting. Lamb pitched
the first six and Ellis the last three innings
for the High schools. Lafrene caught.
Prof. Horne covered first bag. with Henkel
at second, Haskins at third, Dunlevy at
short, and one of the pitchers. Brasor and
Thorn in the Outfield. Mooney and Aver
were the Putney battery. Haskins made a
phenomenal play and Dunlevy showed
himself to be a coming player. The bat
terry work for both teams was excellent.
Charles McRea, clerk at Starkey d Well
mans, did effective work for the Putney
team, both at the bat and at second base,
and Aplin made good plays at third.
Henry Burrell is more than meeting the
expectations of his Brattleboro friends i'm
the good work which he is doing for the St.
Louis Browns of the American association.
He has thus far pitched the whole or part
of four games, all of which the Browns
won. He held the Washingtons down to
five singles hits, made by two men. Nc
CURE and Dowd In another game after
the st. Louis pitcher had been knocked
out Of the box and ten scores made by the
Washingtons, Burrell went in to pitch. gave
the WashingtOns only one more score and
the St. Louis batted out the game. win
ming II to II. Burrell made a two-bagger
in this game. During the winter he will
travel through the South with team
which is being organized by Mcmahon of
the Baltimores.
The Northamptons defeated the Am
hersts last Saturday, : to ,, the collegians
ialllIS " Stl ii III On ELLSWORTH. smith,
who was with the Northamptons the early
part of the season, pitched for the Am
hersts and Collopy caught him well.
Stearns and Sullivan played strong fielding
games.
The Northampton Gazette of this week
publishes a portrait and sketch of Fred
Wayland Woodcock the pitcher. in which
il reviews his record as a member of the
Gushing academy, Dartmouth and Brown
college, and BrattebOro and NORTHAMPTON,
teams. The Burlington Free Press of
Tuesday, in speaking of Woodcock's en-
gagement with the Porter machine works
of Hatfield, Mass, announced in The Phu-
nix last week, says this probably means
his retirement from the diamond and
compliments him as ''by all odds the best
lett-handed amateur who ever played here"
The Northampton Gazette SAYS that
none OF the games which the Northamp-
tons played this summer paid expenses.
except those with the Brattleboros. Au-
gust 10 the association had $1,000 in the
treasury, but practically everything was
wiped ont before the season ended. as the
salary list was $3.50 per month. Ellsworth
led the team in batting with an average of
.3oO Ienney second with .301. Slater 300.
Carr .2dO, and SpOoner $50 Magin had
an average of .230, WOodcock .220 Smith
go, O'Rourke Isl and Jones $50. The
Gazette says there will be nine i'm North
ampton next season.