The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
THE SPORTING WORLD.

Greenfield thinks she has u strong foo; bal
team this year. Alexander, who used to play
tackle on the Amherst team, viii have the sam,
place in the athletic team line. Fer backs Their,
are two good men, Hawkes. who has playct
with the RoNbury Latin school team, and Moves
In giving him his release, President Freed
man Is said 10 have promised Murphy. that If the
New York club participated in the Temple cul
series he would see that he Murphy had /.
chance TO play, and thus get his share. Prcsi
dent Freedman was perfectly safe In making
this promise. Young a. he l. in the league, he
l. old enough tu know that By no reasoning
whatever Is the New York club justly entitled
to any standing as contestant in the cup
! series Boston Herald
! The Herald ought TO know that 1t remains
| with President Temple, who is by the way a
staunch admrer Of yale" Murphy. to say
and as it was won BY New York last season. it
! will probably be defended by the same club
! this fall.
| Greenfield athletic club WILL as usual put
! strong football eleven in field for the fan
games. Twenty men are now playing for posi-
tions under the direction of coach Griswold, who
played end for Amherst the past two seasons.
ranged games with Williams, Amherst Dart.
mouth and other eevens
Tot" Murphy, who has been given hi, ten
days notice of release by the New Yorks' man
agement, has had offers from Washington and
Philadelphia but he has decided to write base
ball news for the rest of the present season
for the New York sun, and he will again take
The Eastern international League closed its
first and successful season last saturday,
Plattsburgh, y Y, winning the pennant, st.
Albans Vt, second, with Montreal, Canada,
third. II Adams started the season strong, and
would undoubtedly have taken the champion
ship il they only had "Arlc" Pond, who was
signed by the Baltimores, to fall back upon to
win the closing games with the Montreas. A.
it was, st Adams only took one out of the last
four games played with :he Canadians.
o II Ellis PAGER King bird took second
money in his class at Nashua, II, yesterday in
; - II. 2.23 II and 13S - lie could easily
get so low a mark. \ Taylor's albert TO
started in the 237 class but was not in condition
and was distanced. Ed Wilson'S Major took
first money in the ~ class at the Springfield w
fair this week and c u Noyes's "Tyrnghurst"
third in the free FOR an at the same place. /
Best time, 80 IA.
TOT Murphy played in five positions for the
New Yorks-all the fields, short stop and third !
base.
Banker, the American hicyclist at the Velo-
drome du Seine, Paris. recently won the grand |
prize of the Union veocipedique, which is worth |
$500 This prize was won by Zimmerman last |
year. In a !4.hours' bicycle race at Bordeaux, |
which was finished recently, Hurst the Ameri |
can distance rider, covered sjl kilomctcrs $50
metres, winning the prize.
"Joe" IIoyt who has been catching some
pretty ball for the st Adams, will be rcmem.
bered as n member of the Barre team which
was given such "A terrible defeat by the local
champions
Tommy" Dowd had his batting 'togs" with
aim Tuesday at Boston. "Dowdy' just landed
IN the ball for double, a triple, and a "bGautr
If homer. TON" has been playing a fast
game on this last eastern trip. and has given his
batting average a big "send-of.'
The Brattleboro Amateurs challenged the
|acksonvilles for a return game here TODAY
'fering them $50 TO come. But the latter tee
'honed yesterday that they wouldn't come short
II $50.
mike" Murphy, Tot" Nurphv's brother has
rs ndntH tull these DAYS. he has chief al |
f the New York and Yale athletic crews, which
Tilf try conclusion with London and Cam
ridge crews Sept. p and Oct. ).
At Burlington last Friday, Barney" driven
Y Ham Brock made a new state track record
IA saturday. Ii will he remembered that
ne old state record was made here at the
alley Fair, last fall by It'll Curry in 2l4 IA
nd he was also driven by Ham, Brock,
The Episcopal choir boys crossed bats with 4
cnnie Bemis' nine ON Wednesday. The score
as IL TO y IN favorof the former The feat.
res OF the game were the batting of Sh!jd.
iller. Guiheen, Ellis and Childs. and the pitch.
Wellman.
a granddaughter League has been formed com
rising the Fall River. New Bedford. Newpnr,
gncd to play with New I,edfords, Fitzmaurice
IN fail Rivers, sexton, Tenney and Dowd
IN the Newports. John Cray of Holyoke has
zen appointed one of the umpires.
Tommy" Ieahy's hittngs has taken a big
,race, and has a three minute" mark L
AT the Springfield meet Wednesday, Eddie
Sannon Bald as usual took the only two races
started in. winning the half-a.m.e in SOW
ne, while by one of his famous spurts he land.
the mile open in the record breaking time of
min see. Charlie Newton 20: three Class
first prizes and made new Glass 4 mile reg
min A. sec, while Reynolds lowered the
u g. mile lie. several notehes TO min IS sec J. f.
alsh the Barre flyer got a second prizes in the q.
lie handicap, while Young "Phil'' Pierce of -
inchester got a third prize.
MILLER Bros. aggregation defeated the Crank
!. last Friday Is to3. Ell DEyIxF