The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-15

The expec:aiion that this will he me pest pas ,
han season Oh record bids fair 10 ne leaLin.s,
Judging from the attendahee ~ ~; aa,e tTbil ~,
league games and games PLAYED since. " iis a.,
reels lly many thousands the attehl5tNe a. 'ne
same period last year ana that turner w ~ 10
the banner season but an % ,ue came.
n,rncaiins more eloquently than words that pass
nan is,permanently lodged IN me anest i5 %
the American public, game thae ~ az !, geis
IT, extraordinary popularity Decause ~ $50
nider II yets uurer and better, insteah OF aeseh
Grating us is usually the case with sroras. =,
holds IL place as our national 8alne, ,,
il n game of skillful pluck anu science IeInil
inrr 4 sonnd body, clear head, quick Jug init
and fine generalship, because rs IAN, ~ ea
manly and without brutality, ana abo'e AL no
cause il is honestly conducted. Such S.,in. ~
| nealjner to every American instincts, containing
Every American aspect and suitlng lhe - -,
can temperament can never DC alspia.eu - ~
NAV fayor nv any foreign game, whether brutal
! or scientific. -,
,-ntolast Monday "Connle" Murpny was lead
| t,g ne New England hitters with "A line patting
ayer"ge Of .52s The Hnsdale lad Is dong al Oh
New Bedtords catching
/ Nordavy A defeated the Methodist seminal!
team nj Saxtons River u l. Mt hctinoi MSS
Won from Williston by the score y 10 :.
cam Nash saws that "Joc sullivan Is no ohS
er an experiment in Philadelpha,s otlheld, ~ ~
l. a fiyture" Philadelphia fans eNpsot ,,t 10,
| eN.So Royalston shof's'Vp W
Jimmy" Fosarty. ,,.,..-
"IouienCross Is probably the hardest h'"in'
nitcher in the western League.
Jim" COLONY split his hand in the Detr3i
i,o,nmhus canie Apr 18th and in consequence ~
,yIn he ont OF the game for some Wechs;
w ( NAV Mt Ucrmon at Mt Hcrmon Monda
No, large crowd from here are prePa'
ing to attend. $500.
, De- Molnes still leads. in the Western Leas g.
q race thanks TO the fine pllchlhG % man
Rmrrell who hasn't lost game so laf'
! ~ tho Detroit Columbus game Apr > Colop
a 'a,l,' turned the table on Capt Ntal4ihgs
no Detroits when the latter was complalihtinl
al Ms tCoiopysl interference w aSPiEs ~
chats tie way YOU taught me 10 pay va
Cap .,,..;,,,,- :,
# .,-atcb his and one run Monday IN the "
{ N IS rame at SaNtons River hltteino 1,i ~
re Fsy led in the stick work, the former ge,llhI
two singles triple anu Hu'"N'
l. cracked out five singles.
is acharlev" Flack Is playing a pretty GEM
N field for scranton in the Eastern League "
Il hitting and fielding are both orlliiah'-
Bert Abbey, the ex- Burlington pitcher 9 4, W
9 three games OF the five he mas P'''"'" "a
e Brooklyn this season.
n I-,nnire Jack Brady Is officiating IN t
..p,,h Amherst and Williams series
in lan,eS UJack" was the most popular u
in 1nire both with players ana 4pe''"''
IN vim stood judgement on those Northampton
Fir Rrattleboro 'hot' games OF wi
re, upyly.' Fitzmauriee saved two games
adj Lewiston last week by 'nipping runs IA ~
niaie hv some long throws from ieep o"'"0
IL hBillv"i il also hitting thebail We'll
~ uoitnan Of the Ph.ladelphias leads
MS ,oannn bitters up 10 date May IL with a
nd tins average of 800. LaChance Was 'ni Ta,,m
OF IS, Bannon 46h with ~ Roe wn1i9 are sd
ter Dowd DufS anu Long % 'o7
| 4 an average OF ."' - -
VII The Putney's will play = return GSan rI v
the Bratleboro juniors ut RlVefslTpe, nr,fts,
ut, urdaV May 2ad.