Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-03-25

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Woodcock is to report with Pttsburg
March 81.
O'Connell, with Bellows Falls in 80
has signed with Mobile in the Southern
league.
Charles Farrell, last season with North
ampton, is to cover second base for the
Burkes of Lowell this year.
Claremont will have a good team in the
field this season. Henry Maloney is to
again manage the nine.
Person has been coaching the Yale pitch
ers and has given them some valuable
points on twirling the sphere.
James Cain has been having a very hard
siege of the grip, but is recovering, and
hopes to play with Holy Cross in the spring
| games.
Cross of last years team, and Roach of
Bellows Falls 50 team, are to do the twrl-
ing for the Tacoma club in the Pacific
| Northwestern league.
Mike Sullivan, who twirled the sphere
so effectively for South Royalston and
Brattleboro in 1890, has signed with New
York, and is now doing some very good
work with the team in the South.
An effort is being made to form a league
| in the northern part of the state and west
ern New York. The places mentioned as
members of the new league are Burlington,
st. Adams AMI Rutland, VT, and Platts-
burg and Malone, n. Y.
AT Holy Cross college, Worcester, Thurs
day, Leahy and Owens ran a dead heat in
the 4O-yard dash in 4-5s. On the run-off
Leahy won. The same men ran another
dead heat in the S0-yard dash, and Leahy
again captured first in the run-otf.
The Sporting Life says that it will be
very interesting to watch the race between
Dowd, Shoch and Harde Richardson to
see who will guard second and third bags
permanently In the first game Monday
between Washington and Philadelphia
Dowd was at second, Shoch held down
third.
Harper's Weekly says of Billy Murphy
who took in everything that came between
second and third bases for Brattlcboro last
season: Murphy at short stop is born
ball player and did some very heavy work
last year. He will spoil all easy ones over
short for singles by his nimbleness, and is
a careful and sure hitter
Arrangements are already completed for
a series of games with the b. A. 4. team.
These games are sure to bring out the
"cranks' for miles around as both teams
will be composed of the stars of the New
England colleges. An effort is also being
made to play second series through west
ern Massachusetts and Connecticut.
The players in the Western association
have been assigned to the different cities
the past week. Person Of Northampton
and Henry Burrell, Brattleboro's 50 first
bascman, will be in the box for Milwaukee,
Shine will take cm off the bat for Tole-
do Collopy will be at home on third bag
with Omaha, while Merritt and Hayes will
do their share of the catching for COlum-
bus and Omaha respectively.
The new organization at Northampton i,
booming base ball the way it will be nee
essary to do in Brattleboro if we expect to
have nine to represent us the coming
season. The following are their officers
Managers. G. w. Smith, j. A. Boudway
f. +, Slater captain, +. f. Slater; direc
tors, f. ID. Barnes, G. H. Boyden, \. G
Carey, j. f. Riley, A. h. Lee. c. IL. Dan
iels; treasurer, j. T. Heating. The treas
urer will be recognized as the pitcher o
the Brattleboro nine early in the season o
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