Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-10-05
Averages Of BrattIeborO and NOrthamp-
ton PLAYERS im the League.

-'N"Nohlo IulibaCk MOTeJ |
Averages Of BrattIeborO and Northamp-
ton Players in the League.
The Baltimore club has won the base ball |
championship of America, with the New Yorks |
second and Bostons third. The averages show
that Duffy of the Bostons is the leading batsman
| of the league, average 434 followed by Thomp |
! son and Turner OF Philadelphia, .4l6 and 400; |
while Tenney, the old Brown university player
| VINO mas often been seen on the Brattleboro ball
heid, is fourth, with i02. Dowds rank is I'D i'm
a list OF III, his percentage being .2I1. Murphy
Is 10TH three points behind Dowd. Murphy has
the same average as Fuller who succeeded him as
| the New York short stop. Murphy eXcels Fuller
| at shortheld, but neither take high rank In the
~ games which he played in the outfeld Murphy
mad the excellent average of 1921, being 10th in a
| list of 43, while Dowd was 18th, average 9l9.
Bannon was Goth in batting, 1874, very high for a
first season, but in fielding near the foot Of
| the list
"YaIe" Murphy VIII BE Promoted on
the New YorlSs.
John NJ Ward, captain and manager of the
New York nine, states that at the close of the
present season he will retire ON the diamond,
If not from professional base ball He feels that
his prime of activity is past and he will give way
to lvelier men. There is little doubt that he will
be succeeded by VIM. II. Murphy, the ex-Nale
player, who has kept Davis Herman, Burke. and
Ward himself playing for all they were worth all
the season to avoid being thrown Off their places
on the team. In this way alone Murphy has
earned ms salary, and he will be re1ngaged at
larger figures to cover second base on the New
York nine next year. Ward may still serve the
New York team as manager
COIlopy Wanted at Brooklyn.
Manager Byrne of the Brooklyn leaguers says
that the old Brattleboro infelder. COLONY is the
best third baseman in the Western league, and he
will attempt to secure him for his team next sea
son. The official averages of the Western league
; show that Colopy ranked Bed as a batsmau in
list of l32 players, his average being 361. Wright,
who played with Coopy on tn Grand Rapids
team, led the league with a percentage of 456
In fielding Collopy was fifth in list of Is third
basemen, average .S9l. Connie Murphy of Hins
r dale who played with Indianapolis but who re-
turned home recently, was 931 in batting average
.2s6, and 18th in list of 10 catchers, average s53
! BrattIebOrO in n Foot Ball League.
0 Connecticut Valley Y c. A foot ball
Z league has been formed, to include Bratteboro,
t Greenfield Northampton, Holyoke and Spring
e field. After this week the Bratteboro club will
be ready to play out the regular schedule The
n opening game here will probably be against
$ Northampton. The trophy for the champion
l. | team will be "A silk banner. w. \. Fairbanks of
: | Springfield is president of the association and b.
!, c. Austin of Bratteboro secretary. The Brattle-
/. boro team will probably include Austin, ONe,
l. Henkel, Thorn, Kenney Brown, and others.
sparrow" Lewis of Rutland offers TO box any
Vermont featherweight for 800 to $500 a side
The game between the Y NJ c. A elevens OF
Brattleboro and Greenfield. announced for Satur
day has been indefinitely postponed.
IL The Hinsdale High school was beaten 90 to 0 il
the foot ball game at Turner's Falls Saturday. f
J. Henkel did good work as half back for Hns
IS dale
If The Boston league team will close the season
by playing at Northampton the 10th. Greenfield
~ the 18th, North Adams the 18th and Orange thu
T. 18th
l. Harmon Graves of Burlington the old Trinit,
e. and Yale foot ball player who is remembered il
10 Brattleboro second baseman for the L. V. NJ 5
-, is coach for West Point military academy eleven
y NJ J. Castin of Rutland and John Gutnan o
A North Adams wrestled at Rutland Tuesday nigh
r for purse of 500, Casin winning in two strag
r falls Castin claims to be featherweight champ
- ion of America.
T. J. Lynch, the ball player. who is a recen
graduate of Williams college, is beng put forNar
, | as a candidate for the Massachusetts legislator
ca by the Democrats of the third Hampden distriC
en at Holyoke, Mass.
'S' r. n Woodward, centre fielder, has been cleo
. ed ca tain of the L. V. NJ. team for ueXt season
IN OF the old players only Pond. Daggett, Naylol
GGnn Courtney Woodward and possibly KinSella wi
ne be in college. Dodds, the Swanton pitcher wi
ol enter the medical department.
"s The Brattleboro High school eleven which wi
m play the Keene High school at keene to.morro
IN will include Brown, centre; Thomas and Waite
nc man. guards Morev and Ellis, tackles; Stewal
Is and Brasor, ends; Kenney and IIenkel, half back,
10 Dunlevy, full back; Perry, Connors, Parry an
'n StOte, substitutes
an The bicycle record for the mile flying start he
been reduced this time by two seconds, to 1850 B
. John s. johnson is now the holder, and his pc
Torrance on the Waltham track Friday electric
even the officials. The quarter was made in ?
third 1868; half, IS; two-thrds, 1913 80; tire
quarters 1923; mile, $50 3-5.
Pitcher Sedgwick of Andover distinguish
himself Saturday by holding the Yale 'yarsi
team down to six hits at New Haven. He was
the box for the Edgwood box club of that cit
and Yale lost 10 to :, although the EdgwoOC
made nine errors Sedgwlck was regarded
pitcher of great promise two years ago, when
was tried by the Brattleboros in several games.
FLYING Jb. hitched to a running mate, paced
mile i'm the phenomenal time of 1:!9l6, at Chill
cothe, lOhio Sunday, lowering the record of 2:Ol
made by Westmont in Chicago in 1884, at tn
style of racing, by pa seconds, The performan
does not constitute a record, as this method
nace.making is not recognized as legal and has
bearing on Robert Us valid record of 20l19
Henry Burren the old Brattleboro first has
man Who began the season pitcher for d
Quincy m. club has for a short time been wi
the Rock Island Moline team which won ii
championship of the Western association a
the management express themselves as great
pleased with his work Rock Island and Sio
fTty champions Of the Western league, will Il
week cross bats with Rock Island in three gam
for the championship of the west. Burrell "
pitch in one of the contests
The foot bah team of the agricultural cole
81 at Amherst defeated Mt. Hermon at Annie
=. Monday by a score of l6 to 10. In the first hi
Is the Aggies made long gains and scored thu
lV touchdowns from which two goals were kick'
=, Mt Hermon then braced, aud had the ball
OF Amhert's one yard line when time was called
: the last half Mt Hermon scored twice McDI
gald full back. making good gains, Two subs
at tutes We're in MI HermOns line, as Dodge a
Flert we're injured by the overturning OF
coach while on the way to the grounds Jen
son formerly of Bratteboro, was left hat bf
for Mi Hermon and made one of the tOuchdOw
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