Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-12

Three Vermont boys are top notchers as
pitchers in the National league this season.
Pond of Baltimore, a Rutland boy, has
pitched as effectively as any twirler in the
country, repeatedly holding the leading
clubs down to four and five hits. Abbey
of Brooklyn, Barre boy, has been in the
National league several seasons, but this
year is at his best. In his last two games
no earned runs have been made off him.
Doheny, a Mortified boy who played at
st. Adams last season, has won more
games for the New York Giants than
either of the old timers, Clark or Meekn.
A Baltimore scribe says of Doheney: "He
has speed to lend Rusie and can give points
on crookedness to a Virginia rail fence"
Seymour, who was with st. Adams last
year, and Miles Standish, the Vermont
Methodist seminary twirler, are doing
most of the pitching for the Metropolitan
club of New York. Yeaw and Beeman,
two Vermont Methodist seminary BOYS.
are taking high rank in collegiate base ball
as the Wesleyan battery. Summersgil,
the Vermont Academy captain of two years
ago, is the mainstay of Brown University
in the box. Former players on the Brat
tleboro state champion team of four years
ago are still to be found doing excellent
work in every large league in the country.
The Esteyvile club downed a picked
team on the fair ground Saturday, % to
10.
Bellows Falls wishes to arrange two
games for July Fourth with Brattleboro
team. The plan would be to play at Bel
lows Falls in the morning and here in the
afternoon.
Ham Brock of st. Johnsbury drove
Barney to victory against the old favorite,
Gil Curry, at Haverhill, Mass, last Satur-
day on half mile track. Gil Curry took
the first heat in 2:21, but Barney led the
way in the next three heats, in 2:15 1-2,
2:15 and 2:16 Ia.
The Vermont Academy boys are on a
northern trip this week. They met Ran
dolph High school Tuesday. The contest
was a pitchers battle, and Fox fairly out
ranked Taber, the Dartmouth twirler,
whom the Randolph boys engaged for the
occasion. Taber has signed with the
Montreal professional club. They met
Vermont Methodist seminary at Mont
pelier Wednesday, and won in 10 innings,
II to IL. Standsh, brother of the pitcher
of the Metropolitans, and a catcher in the
New England association last year, was be-
hind the bat for the Methodist seminary,
and he hit the ball safely five times, two
drives being two-baggers. Richardson,
Gilbert and WhttemOre did the best hit
ting for Vermont Academy and Coffin at
third excelled in fielding.
The Board of Review of the National
Trotting association at its last meeting
held at Chicago ordered that George w.
Smith, president, j. L. Bacon, treasurer
and f. j. Wallace, secretary of the Con-
necticut River Valley association of White
River Junction, be suspended until win
nings of the horse S. j. c. are paid. This
horse was started at White River junction
by G. j. Cray of Bellows Falls. His iden-
LITIGATION was asked for, and was furnished
by Mr.. Cray after considerable expense.
Mr.. Cray then demanded the money he
had won. The treasurer replied that the
association had no funds and the president
subsequently wrote that the association
was bankrupt and property had been sold
by the sheriff.