Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-05-08
Monadnock GoId-Diamond Meet.


by the attendance of all the big men of the
track who are in the East at that time.
The race committee consists of h. T.
Kingsbury, F. A. Fish, A. w. Pressler,
Samuel Patrick and G.. G. Percival. There
will be seven events, and the prizes, which
are gold and diamonds, aggregate 5000 in
value. The events are mile novice half
mile professional handicap, half-mie ANA
teur handicap, mile open professional, mile
open amateur, two-mile professional handi.
cap, mile amateur handicap.
A team of young players will cross bats
with the Putney nine at that place to-
morrow.
A movement has been started for local
club to play against the Bellows Falls
amateur nine which is being organezed.
Vermont Academy was beaten at Ash
burnham, Mass, Monday by Gushing
Academy l / to 6. Richardson and Brooks
did the best work for Vermont Academy.
Whttemore cruget the gyme with broken
finger.
The U. V. NJ. base ball team made a
trip through New York state last week,
defeating Union college, Cornell, the West
Point Cadets, and being beaten to 3 by
the Hobart college team, which contains
several professional players.
DIR. Arlington Pond of Rutland shut
Pittsburg out Tuesday, Baltimore winning
to 0. Five singles were all that were
made off Pond. In three games against
Pittsburg, Boston and Philadelphia only
- hits have been made off Pond.
Brown university appears to have the
strongest college team in the country this
and euin tho
mont Academy pitcher, is doing a large
part of the work in The box. Brown has
already defeated Yale twice and Harvard
once.
The Winchester Star of this week has
this to say of the eX-champion of the Yer
mont Wheel club 81. w. Coombs and
Cecil Whitney wheeled up from Fitchburg,
distance of so miles, to spend Sunday in
Winchester. They were 81 hours on the
way. They report the roads in poor con-
dtion, except between this place and Fitz-
william"
Charles Miner has made arrangements
to have his trotters trained and driven in
races by Attic p Mcdonald, the we'll
known horseman of Island Park, Albany,
n. Y. Mr.. Mcdonald will start George
st. Clair in races in Vermont and northern
New York and also near Boston, and King
Bird and Charles NJ. will enter at some Of
these meets.
Connie Murphy of Hnsdale has joined
the New Bedford club. Capt. VIM. Muir
ply is ill in New York, but expects to COW
er short field for Bangor in few days.
Hickey is booked to guard second base for
Brockton,an Ftzmaurice is in the outfield
for Lewiston. Other players well known
in Brattleboro who are in the New Eng
land league are Hannivan of Pawtucket,
Slater of Portland, and Nadeau of Brock
| ton.
Daniel Cronin, %, who died of spinal
disease at Manchester, N. H., Tuesday,
formerly played with the professional
| teams at keene and Bellows Falls, and af-
terward was with the Dover, Manchester,
Pawtucket and Salem teams. While with
Pawtucket he won the sobriquet of "Home
Run Cronin," as the result of making
four home runs in four times at bat in a
single game.
Trainer Parker came from Ashuelot
Monday with part of the string of horses
which he is to train at the Valley Fair
! grounds. He has with him Col. Chase
| Siglight, Frank Turner's Ellen T., Albert
Taylor's Albert T., and these horses
owned by Mr.. Kingsley: HOLSTER, Miss
Kay, Miss Blush, n. S. Ball, Sight and
two or three young animals. Sight is a
very promising stopper, without a record.
| This horse has been entered in several
races. Almaboul will be brought here
later and Mr.. Kingsley has finally decided
TO have him trained for the track. Within
a few weeks Mr.. Parker will have II to II
horses in training