Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-06-14
SPORTING.

Bert Abbey has been farmed out by Chi
cagO to Quincy. He is doing excellent
work for the latter club.
Pitcher Mike Sullivan who was in the
box for the Brattleboros few games sew
eral years ago, has been released by the
Cleveland leaguers.
Summersgill, the Vermont Academy
captain of last year, showed again last
week that he is one of the star twirlers in
the college ranks when he gave the Uni
versity of Vermont only four scattering
hits. Brown university backed him up
perfectly, winning 10 to O,
Jimmy Bannon, the old Northampton
pitcher and shortstop, led the National
league in batting at the beginning of this
week. His average for "a games was .449.
Bannon's heavy stick work has made him
one of the favorites of the Boston team.
The Sporting News regards Henry Bur
rell as the greatest find in the Southern
league this season. He is pitching winning
ball in every game. He gave the Evans
vile club only three hits in a recent game
all made by one man.
Sexton and Tenney ought to make one
of the finest batteries in the land, says the
Boston Herald. Manager Selee has great
in the game just when most wanted Sew
eral clubs would give many dollars to have
such battery in reserve.
The Boston Herald has this compliment
tary mention of the old Brat:lebOro in
fielder: Hickey, the second baseman of
the Nashuas, is playing a phenomenal
game in his position. Up to June I, he
had played in 10 consecutive games with
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of II. He has also batted safely in every
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The % mile road race of the Massasoit
club at Springfield, Mass, Tuesday brought
out field of over 100 starters. The win
ner was +. H. Smith, Springfield boy,
10 years old, who had never been in a race.
He started from the five minute mark, and
will receive a $1,000 piano. H. Z. Cald-
well of Manchester, n. H., won the time
prize, covering the distance in l hour, :
minutes and Is So seconds.
The University of Vermont has won two
important victories recently, administering
on Saturday at Worcester the first defeat
Holy Cross has sustained this season on it:
own grounds from college club. Pond
struck out II men and was hit safely only
seven times. The score was II to B. The
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Cambridge Monday, 9 to &, largely on &C
count of the good battery work of POND
and Naylor.
All but three out of 81 starters in tn,
Monadnock cycle clubs 12a miles races a
Keene Friday finished the distance. Fol
lowing are the prize winners and thei
handicaps: First, w. c. Burbank, y min
utes, time, 1910; second, E. c. Holbrook
u minutes; third, Louis Leveroni, 81
minutes; fourth, Frank Woods, IL min
utes; fifth, F. w. Perham, 8 minutes
First time prize, f. NJ. Blake, scratch
time, 3S,104; second, j. j. O'Neil, 80 sec
onds, 3S:73.
Henry Ray Nash, of the class of '97 a
Tufts college, broke the intercollegiate
strength record, held by Klein of Harvard
on Tuesday. The test covered only /
minutes time, and Nash's record was 354
pounds. He might have done even bette
had he not broken the handle of the ma
chine. Nash is "A years old and his HON
is in Haverhill, Mass. Mr.. Nash is an in
innate friend of Rev. Hal d. Maxwell, an
was in BrattlebOro as his guest less thai
two weeks ago.