Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-13
Miss Stella Ranney is i'll at A. S. Wat
SPORTING.

The Springfield team has won the cham
pionship of the Eastern league.
c. II. Chapman, the noted starter will
ofiiciate in that capacity at the races at the
Brattleboro, Greenfield and Athol fairs.
The Monadnock Cycle club of Keene
had parade recently in honor of their rae
ing cracks, who won Is prizes in seven
meets, including Brattleboro.
d. Stolte, jr., and l.. c. Roeder are
among the riders entered in the ten-mile
road race at Swanzey, y. H., today. There
are four prizes and Two time prizes, the to-
tai value being 500.
VIM. Murphy has been released by the
New Yorks This probably means the re-
tirement OF the old Brattleboro favorite
from the diamond, as Murphy will now
naturally complete his medical studies.
The Brattleboro foot ball team will be in
the field again this season. b. c. Austin
is recovering rapidly from his injury, and
will undoubtedly lead the canvas acketed
forces. Henkel, Stolte, Christie Crowell,
jefferson, Blakeley, possibly MacDougal,
and other good players will be on the team.
Philip Pierce of Winchester is winning a
place as one of the speediest class A men
in New England. He won two first and a
second prize in open races at Norwich,
Conn, two firsts in opens at Westboro,
Mass, and has been a winner in nearly all
the meets in which he has competed. In
the mile open at Hartford, Conn, run in
pos, he defeated all the cracks except
Newton of Stafford Springs and Longhead,
the Canadian champion.
The Greenfield Athletic club will have a
strong foot ball team in the field, and games
have already been arranged with the Am
herst and Williams college teams, the Dart
mouth NEEDLES and the athletic clubs of
Fitchburg and Turner's Falls. Among the
men who will try for positions back of the
line are Alexander, formerly of Amherst;
Hawkes., formerly of Roxbury Latin school,
and Noyes, a Greenfield boy who has been
in Hartford the past four years.
Major, a five-year -old owned by +. ID.
Wilson, won the second money in the 2:50
class at White River Junction last week,
and got record of 2:32t by leading in the
first heat. This week Major won the ? 80
class race at the Springfield fair. c. d.
Noyes's Tyringhurst was third in the free
for all at Springfield. Mr.. Wilson'S Major
recently won third place in race at Clar-
emont. Major was sired by son of AL
cantara The horse is being driven by Mr..
Whpple of Keene. E. NJ. Anglers Mollie
Cromwell won fourth money in the 23j
class at White River Junction.
The bicycle records have been lowered
at Springfield this week, as usual. After
the races yesterday F. j. Titus rode y
miles in less than an hour, j. F. Starbuck
i've miles in 10. II 10 and j. ii. Gardner
five miles in l :03 %. Newton of Stafford
Springs won all but one of the five races
in which he started, being beaten once by
Longhead, the Canadian champion, by
few inches. Newton rode one mile in 2.04
40. In class b Bald had everything his
own way, as did Sanger with the profess
SIGNALS. j. f. Walsh, the Vermont cham
pion, made fine showing, winning sec
ond and two third prizes in the hottest
kind of finishes. In the 2:20 class for one
mile Walsh broke a worlds record, doins
the first half in :02 20.