The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-20

,.,o ro-,crn international League. "Tot'
Murphy has this to say in the"sun" ABOUT ,I,, thJ
Youngsters first major league 2aliic ~ 49, WVua
hi,,h nrnvpd cnstly. for he was laboring uhdcl
srycrui bandicaps 1t was the first game nc
ever pitched against II League team, uu' ia o
had IL, face the Notwithstanding crown III w.
'" " Mt thnt lie knew absolutely nothing
about the weak points of the rhiiaueipn'ass nI
us Wilson had few points to give nm nc ai,,p,a
had to take chances. Dohcny lpr9hoa Gun ,o
Dorpcy) is most promising. That inuch can DC
curves, but lacks control. fic was over anxious
in o his nc san , OF TTe stck anite leather in
his cap by striking out Hamilton twice ana Iooi
ing such heavy htcrs rs Dcienah's, or"Ss, ",.
Thompson, After the nm inhihs t"r n.'a,cr
Joe sullivan (ot So. Royalston fame was INC
only Quaker" who hit him TO any cflect tne ~.
"suy" cracked ont II "homer "ilch won ''''
| game. 60
"Hettn Abbey nel. the Wa-hington's down !"
six hits Monday, Brooklyn winning II to j.
! Monday the "crack" English Crlckcters repre-
sentng oxford and Cambridge, met WIN IN ii-
looked for defeat at th'.r own ga,J. d. ,oa r
"Pcnny" winning from the "cracks" from inc
two great English universities, ~ lnarsl 81
100 runs, the score lting, pennsylvania fi"'
Cambridge and oxford DO.
The work of y. e. Bald since hi, return 10 the
National Circuit at Waltham on Labor Day, al
ter two wheci,s OF rest has demonstr'''eu mort
clearly than ever that he Is without 'ohpcci
rs Il competitive rider in the elnateur ranks OF
today 1t Springfield on "Wednesday was thir
especially noticeable, a. well as at Hartford on
the Monday previous. Bald had the Whoic heIu
at his mercy on both occasions, anu inc men
who have been doomed rs his successors were
competing too, He Won with ridiculous ease
every event i'll which he started.
Mondays springfield Republican had a
five column account of the "POnles, VINO nave
just succeeded in winning the Eastern League
champions hip, which, will, fora year at least
rtnfurl itself in the brerzcs at Hampton Park.
IT also contained good likcncs-cs of ''hid" Gar
nv he of south. paw whom Bruttleboro depend-
eli upon to win the -emi-protcssional champion
ship OF New England in ls93 ana was never
found wanting" also Of Popular Tommy
Lcahey. whose fine back.stop work OF B9wer.;
Hare aud Cross pitching helped to down
the meadow City" lad, in the year of ~ IN
speaking OF "Tommy'e work the "KepuDiicah
said: ''tiunson has proved a most valuable nc.
QUESTION as a back.tOp and has p!ayci so goou 4
a game that Leahey has had to SIT on the bcnch
Il good share of the time, for which ne mourhed'
for If there j. anything that Lcdhcy likes to do ?
l. TO play ball and II he can catch for two or
three days i'll succession he l. in perfect bliss
He has been given good dcai OF WORK now.
ever, in the field and even at first base owing
to the disability of some Of the other players
Miss Bessie J.. Newman formerly of this
pace and who WAS one OF the two whcclWoman
pacing the fast division in the Century run
-om Boston to Providence last week j. secrc-
tary OF the Commonwealth cub of Boston and
has in behalf OF the club sent an invitation to
the ROllStOnc club at FltchbuTT to attend Il Z
theatre party to be given by the Commonwealth q
club nj the Boston Theatre the 18th.
Irving Coombs captured the second time prize
from the Scratch in the swanzey, y. H., nine
and half mile road race last Friday Roader
If IIin-dalc with handicap of one minute and
forty.iive seconds came in ninth ont of field OF
a riders.
Prizes aggrcgating 500 are offered for the
bicycle races. Ia be held In connection with the
grange fair at Kcenc, October 9TH. The events
sill be one mile open, a one nile handicap,
i've mile handicap and a match race between a
-unnng horse and I. A. Fish on hi, bicycle.
Fred l.. Knapp, may be induced to take part
n the events al kcenc, October !. lie Is now
,ngagcd in the bicycle business al >eabright,
!. j.
Iii said an effort Is being made GO secure /
,iurphy for Washington. The Boston manage. {
neut should get Il movement. ''Murph" would |
'ecome great iaEorite in this city in time
Boston Traveller.
The local football eleven, which will play the
,rccniied High School eleven 1 Riverside park :.
saturday, game called at ) O'Clock /
harp. viii line up Is follows, Mprev AMI +
Ieaphy. ends; willard and Jones, tackles: {,
oolcy, or Thomas and Perry. guards; Bahan,
entire; nuB!cyy, quarter. back, HCukC,, Will
very strong, and the q II : eleven are play
~ fast game, q close and plucky "iiui-h' can |
t looked for. [
The Grossly Nlilcr'' baseball team will play a
I Bonneville today Friday