Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-06-03
STRIKES AND STRIKE OUTS.

Rain prevented the game between the High
schools and BrattlebOro Amateurs on Monday,
Flack is making a record as one of the heaviest
hitters and best base runners in the New England
league.
The Vermont Academy nine was defeated by
the Brown University Freshmen. 10 to :, nj Prov
ldence, X. J., on Monday.
StearnS is not announced a member of the
Boston Athletic association team IN the lists pub
lshrd in the Boston papers.
Sporting Life:-"Third baSnman Colopy. Of
Omaha is looming up a great third baseman
and batSman Watch him
Henry Burns struck out - Of the Dartmouth
Reserves in the Claremont game Saturday. The
score was II too tavorot the Clapmonts. Burns
was not strongly supported behind the bat
Manager O'Neill, who spent Sunday at his home
in Holyoke found that Manager Powers of the
New Works had been al that place to get Denny
O'Ne to sign with the New York league team, to
play first base
Within "A week the paper for subscription in
support of the Brattleboro team this season will
be circulated. The question OF nine in Brattle-
buro and the strength of the nine rests wholly
upon the liherality of the patrons of the game
Raymond and Swartwood have been released
Icy the PittSburgs and the Boston Post says that
Woodcock is to be given his walking papers The
reason for such a movement is not Obvious after
his splendid work in the two games which he
pitched
stick Aldrich is not a back number He
pitched for the Hubs of Boston against the L. V.
NJ. S at Burlington on Monday, and although poor
ly supported held the university men down to four
single mis-. Inc score was TO ] IN FAVOR OF the
|. '. VI. 5 and the Free Press states that a wrong
decision gave the college boys their victory
Brown university shut out Holy Cross at Wor
cester Memorial day by a score of to 0. Ma
honey who has been doing the heaviest hitting Of
any member of the Holy Cross team this season.
made double and triple and Magill two hits with
a total of three. Only five hits were secured of
each pitcher
-Four years ago Fred Smith, now of Brattleboro,
and Gleason, the star pitcher of the st. Louis
Browns, who ranks as the seventh batsman in the
league, were the pitchers for the Camden, n. j.,
club, which was one OF the strongest seml-protes-
sional aggregatiOns in the country Eagan, the
crack second baseman of the Albanys, is another
player who was on the team.
Shine was in town briefly on Monday and Tues
day on his way to Claremont, where he caught
for the home team in the game won from the
Dartmouth college by score of TO 3. Burns
and O'Connor were the pitchers. Six hits were
made off Burns and seven off O'COnnors Shine
caught perfectly and lined out two OF the hits.
Ranney is credited with four errors. Shine is to
catch regularly for the Claremonts
A batting record was made Tuesday by first
baseman Cronin of the Pawtuckets, which is the
! best reported in professional base ball He made
/ four home runs in four times at bat off the Salem
4 pitcher. Three of the four hits were beautiful
/ line drives straight over the centre field fence,
| and the fourth was over left centre fence Cronin
| was with last years Manchesters and is a coming
star, being hard sure hitter and accurate fielder.
] Three years ago CrOnin played at Bellows Falls
and the year previous at keene.
Casper w, Whney's page on Amateur Sport, &c
/ in this weeks issue of Harpers Weekly has es-
pecial interest for all BrattlebOro lovers of the
national game. Excellent portraits are given of
] Bowers and Carter, who are to be the battery Of
! the BrattleborO team this season. Among other
! things Mr.. Whitney says that Bowers is not 50
| brilliant as Young or Highlands, but he is steady.
/ patient, and uses his head as a fielding team
! Yale has little to wish for. hut they cannot bat a
/ little bit; it is really outrageous that O'COunor
and Ranney should he winning championship in
| amateur ball for Dartmouth, and that these men
| went to Dartmouth to play ball and not to study
medicine; Noodcock is one of the kind Of men
who hurt college base ball; the Brown people
paid Woodcock's forfeit to keep him from going
/ to Pttsburg for time; Sections attempt 10 get
| hold of Kinsella of the University of Vermont was
in true professional style: the contracts of Wood
| cock Tenney and Jones are in possession of North
ampton people, etc.