Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-07-10

The Brattleboro Juniors will cross bats
with the Putneys al Putney tomorrow.
p. P. Woodbury. of Hinsdale is at the
fair ground getting his horse, Prince Phil
lip. in condition for the Northampton and
Ware races.
The Bellows Falls team wishes to play
another game in Brattleboro. and it is ex-
pected that arrangements will be made for
contest, probably week after next.
The last hope of Americans for glory at
the Henley regatta is gone. Dr. Mcdowell
OF Chicago was beaten Wednesday by four
lengths in the second trial heat for the dis-
mond SOULS,
James Colopy has finished playing in
the western league and has joined the
Springfield team as q second Oaseman. tax
ing the place made vacant by the refusal
Of TRULY the Chicago player, to come
East.
Miles Standish, who pitched so well for
! the Metropolitans. has returned to his
| home III Montpelier and will not play pro-
| fessiOnally again this season. Montpelier
| has organized a strong team with the
| Standish brothers as battery.
L. Bert Chase. who did so much to win
| the ball game for the Brattleboro team
| Saturday, is a resident of Marlboro, y. Il.
| He was the winner OF the $50 prize at
| Amherst college recently for the best work
| in Biblical literature, and also received a
/ $40 prize for the best essay on the same
/ subject.
Bidwelrs umpiring Saturday caused
great amusement johnson made two fouls
and both were called strikes, although one
went 30 feet high and over the wire net
ting. Bidwell was evidently suffering
from stage fright, as in the latter part OF
| the game he did very well.
The Keene bicyclists carried of nearly
all the honors al Nashua the Fourth In
/ the one mile open the order was Blake
| Fish Nadeau. In the half mile open Ma
deau was second and Blake third In the
two mile handicap Nedeau was first and
! Fish second.
The question OF forming an athletic as
ISOLATION is being agitated al Bellows Falls
| The plan is 10 build a half mile track
suitable for horse and bicycle races, and to
have grounds for base ball, foot ball ami
other games. II is estimated that the
whole expense of preparing the grounds
and enclosing them with a high board
fence would be $4,000.
who is entered for the diamond souls at
Henley, the highest amateur sculling hon
or of the world, is a splendid type OF phys
ical manhood. He is above medium height,
has clear cut features and an intelligent, in
teresting face. Such is the perfection of
his development that both in and out of his
racing shell he would be taken as an ideal
| for a champion. He won championship
honors in this country in exceptionally fast
time and may be relied upon to give good
account of himself al Henley.
Nat and Tom Butler were the heroes of
the day at Cambridge, Mass, Saturday.
In an exhibition mile paced by ''quint"
they broke the tandem record, their time
being :4j 80. They won the profess
sional tandem handicap race from scratch
in l 80 10. Tom Butler was first and
Nat second in the half mile, while in the
mile handicap Nat led the way with Tom
second. Philip Pierce of Winchester won
his trial heat in the one-third mile open
and was beaten in the final by a few
inches by Senter of Brockton.