Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-10-04

The indianapolis club won the pennant
in the Western league, the result being due
in a large part to the effective pitching of
Cross, the eX-Brattleboro twirler.
Several Vermont papers are in error
in stating that Walsh's half-mile in 1 :01
at Lyndonville is state record. Bald's
50 20 seconds, made Aug 20 in Brattle-
borO, is the record.
Philip Pierce of Winchester won the
quarter and half-mile open bicycle races at
Turner's Falls Saturday. In the half-mile
lis class he was beaten by Robert Ludwig
and W. f. Tenzsr, Ludwig won the one
mile handicap from 60 yards.
One of the heaviest batting records for
single game this season was made recently
by the old Brattleboro favorite, James Col
lopy, who was at the bat five times, and
made two singles and three home runs off
Pitcher Blackburn of Minneapolis.
Chase, the Dartmouth champion, lowered
his own worlds record in the 120 yards hur-
die race to 10 % seconds at Travers Island
N. Y, Saturday, and Wefers, the cham
pion short distance Splinter, clipped one
fifth of "a second from the 300 yards running
record, which had stood for years at 81 rs
seconds.
Burkett of Cleveland is the champion
batter of the National league, with the
phenomenally high average of .424 for sin
giles. He is followed by four Philadelphia
players, Clements, Thompson, Hamilton
and Turner, with averages of 402, .391,
1884, 1882, Thompson's average for totals
being .6jl. Hoffer of Baltimore was the
leagues winning pitcher.
Several members were voted into the
4 IL l.
among them j. f. Walsh, the Barre flyer.
Walsh has been on the race track the past
three seasons, and this year has pushed to
the front rank of class A men. He broke
the worlds record for class A half mile in
competition at Springfield and has defeated
the fastest men of his class.
King Bird, o. II. Ellis's speedy roam gray,
was picked by the talent TO win the 235
pacing race at Concord, n. H., Tuesday,
and did the trick handily after dropping
the first heat to San Sebastian, the winner
of the 2.40 class here last week. King
Birds time was 2.29 IA, 2.30 Ia, 2.3l 81
| w. II. Minors Gold Bar started in the 2 IS
class, but finished in seventh position.
J. +. Walsh, the Vermont champion,
was the star of the meet at Lyndonville
Friday. He won the halfm and one
mile opens, and also the one-mile hand-
cap, defeating II. +. Walton of Amesbury
at 80 yards, c. J. Lewis of Northampton
at so yards, and a large field of other fast
men. Walton from 80 yards won the two
mile handicap, Walsh and Stowe, the
scratch men, retiring. Stowe was second
in the half-mile open. Walsh rode an ex-
hibition half-mile in :0l, paced by Cowles
and Stowe.
Tom Dowd makes better showing in
the National league this season than ever
before. He ranks 34th in batting in list
of l2l players, his average being .306, while
in fielding he has the fine average of 1888.
Murphy of New York ranks even higher as
a right fielder with .942, but his batting av-
erage is only l93. Bannon of the Boston
has batting percentage of 342, but is
only .S72 in fielding. Tenney, who caught
% games, is the best catcher in the league
with an average Of $3.50, and in batting he
is .265. In the outfield Tenney's average
| percentage is $50.
F. A. Fish of Keene defeated c. X. New
ton, the Stafford Springs wonder, in the
one-mile open at Keene Wednesday. New
ton fell recently and is not in first-class
condition. j. L. Walsh was third in this
race and in the tive-mile handicap he won
from scratch. j. p. Clark of Boston was
second from scratch, and O'Neil ard Buck
minister of Keene, third and fourth, from
275 and 300 yards. Nadeau of Keene,
200 yards) won the mile handicap, Hurd
of Keene 600 yards) second. F. A. Fish
was beaten in the mile race against run
ming horse ridden by F. A. Barker.