Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-06-17
STRIKES AND STRIKE OUTS.

mouth team.
The Pittsburgs have given woodcock the usual
ten days notice of release.
Ray. the old Turner's Falls twirer is now play
ing with the team at Pttsheld, Mass.
The U. V. VI. s defeated the Yales to / at New
Haven yesterday Fond struck out II men and
the Nales did not get hit.
The Boston Post says that Hickey tx one of the
base runners in the New England league, and
that he is playing good fielding game.
Brown university won from the University of
PenEsy lvania last week Thursday to D. The on
" score was made by Jones, who lit out three
Dagger
Abbey's last game for the U. v MS before
joining the Washugtnns was against the Cuban
Giants. He struck out rs men, and the colegians
won to B.
Abbey's first game in the league was successful
Washington winning easily from st. Louis Nine
hits were made Off Abbey, and he was very effect
i've in all but one inning
Robinson, the Baltimore catcher, holds this
years record for the largest number of hits in
single game. He made seven off one of the St
Louis moss agate pitchers.
The Louisville club has offered the Western
league $40 for the transfer Of three players a
pitcher, third basenan and Outiiclder. CullOpy is
the third baseman who is wanted.
The Claremonts won from the Cuban Giants -
TO q on saturday knocking three pitchers out OF
the box. The ClaremOnt boys are suggers and
have not been defeated this season.
Dowd has shown marked improvement in bat
ting. His average up to last Saturday was .23O
In the first -four games this week he was at bat -
three three-baggers
Fitzmaurce is evidently youth who cannot
stand prosperity. Three weeks ago his fielding
was particularly brilliant but Of late his errors
exceed his put outs. On Monday he made four
errors and did not accept a single chance.
Harvard defeated Brown University on Monday
4 to in a ten-inning contest. Highlands was not
much more effective than Tenney. These two
teams had met twice before The first game was
broken up ON account of the umprp's decisions,
and the second was won 10y Brown to 3, after
ten innings
After the Philadephas had batted Baldwin out
of the box and made seven scores Woodcock
went into the box on Tuesday. Only three more
scores were made 10y the Quakers. The Philadel-
pha Record says that WoOdcock pitched pretty
game. but the Phillies had already secured enough
runs to win.
The Yale Harvard games of next week, which
will decide the championship in the stronger col.
lege league will be watched with much interest.
Princeton is out of the race, having lost two
games each to Yale and Harvard saturday 5
game was another notable contest for Bowers.
He held the Princeton sluggers down To three hits.
The score was to l.
North Adams is to have "A crack team and c. ..
Richmond the president of the electric road is TO
be its main supporter. New enclosed grounds,
with large grand stand, are being fitted up on
the line of the electric road which connects North
Adams and Adams Howard Of Williams is to be
the captain, and O'Connor Of Dartmouth has re
ceWed an offer to become one Of the pitchers.
Burlington enthusiasts held meeting on Friday
evening to consider the ACCESSIBILITY of supporting
a team this summer. There was a unanimously
expressed sentiment in favor Of nine, and "A
committee was appointed to confer with the Y.
/ V. NJ. players to ascertain how large sum would
induce them to remain in Burlington Burlington
would be glad to Join a league with BrattleborO,
| Northampton and Springfield.
The makeup of the Boston Athletic assoca-
/ tons base bali team has practically been decided
/ upon Cobb and Upton of Harvard will be the
! catChers; Highlands and Wiggin of Harvard and
| probably O'Connor of Dartmouth the pitchers;
! Dickinson of Harvard, Stearns of Amherst and
! Cook of Harvard the basemen; SOule of Harvard
short stop and Corbett, Farren and Swanton the
outfielders. The first games will Ike played at
! Northampton July and T. The B. AS will be in
Brattleboro July Il and IS.
Occasionally a frst-class ball player VIII be
| found on the team representing some small coun
try place. Burrell went from Bethel to the strong
professional club at Burlington; Dryer, the cap
tain of the Vernon nine atterward became a
| pitcher of note, doing good work at NickSburg
! Miss. Quackenboss, the pitcher at Newport, this
state, went into the box for the Portands last
Friday and held the Iowells down to three scratch
| hits, Portland winning 9 TO o. He is a brother of
the former noted Harvard third baseman.
The game which Northampton won, to I, from
| the University of Vermont at Northampton on
Saturday, was the most interesting in that place
this season. Pond was effective but the timely
| hits of Cyclone Ryan carried the day Ryan also
| pitched well. Manager Martin discussed the ques-
ton of league with the Northampton supporters,
| and the proposition was received with So much
favor that conference will be- held AT Burlington
at an early date, in which Manager J. j. o Neill
of the Brattleboros will he invited to take part.
The record of the Brown University team this
season shows in a striking way the ability of two
players, Sexton and Tenney They fill their ~
spective positions AS pitcher and catcher admir-
ably, and both are heavy hitters and expert base
runners. The other players ar" of only mediocre
ability. hut with Sexton and Trnney As their man
reliance the Providence boys have made the best
showing of any college team in the country. with
the possible exception of Harvard Yale. UnNer-
sity Of Pennsylvania, University Of Michigan.
Holy Cross and other college aggpgations have
been beaten in the srrirs played, and with llar-
ward, Brown won one and lost one game, both by
a score of to 3, after ten innings
Dartmouth won the baseball championship of
the triangular college league at Hanover, y. II
saturday, by defeating Amherst, the game being
the sixth consecutive victory for the Hanover
boys. This is the first time since 1881 that Dart
mouth has won the pennant. In Friday game
Stearns pitched against Dartmouth and was
touched up for 10 hits, while O'Connor was very
effective. StearnS sullivan and Brown being the
only men to bat him safely. saturday Capt Sui
Ivan couldn't trust the little Freshman pitcher
Colby, and went into the box himself Sullivan
was pounded for nine hits with a total of II in
three innings, and six scores came in. After that
Colby pitched strongly. The final score was 10 l.
on Monday the Vermont Academy boys played
their most exciting game Of the season, but like
all the others except those at Providence it was
victory. The score by innings:
Vermont Academy, o -;
Earned runs, V, A. l. Home runs, Graves
Stolen bases, V. A. >, Mt; Hermon, 4. Double
plays, Barrel and Howard. Watson and Abees
CrOwell Maynard and Serbian. Bases called
balls, Woodland 2 Graves, Watson. Bases on hit
by pitched ball Howard. Maynard out hit 10y
batted ball Struck out by Constable :, Crowe
g. Passed balls, Abbott. Umpires, A q. Parker
Fulton. Time, "a hours.