Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-09

Doheney, the suspended New York pitcher,
has Joined the st. Adams team His salary there
is $50 a week Burlington could get only TWO
hits off him in game this week
MILLER" who pitched for Hinsdae against
Keene Monday was Gastright, formerly atwirler
for the Boston league club. He has been with
Hartford in the New England league this season
A local ball team was beaten u to II by the
Chesterfield Factory boys In loosely played game
at Spofford lake Monday. Another local team
with Ware and Fisher as battery won game at
South Vernon.
Toby Bean is playing fast game at second
led his club in batting in Mondays game with a
single and home run, and accepted fielding
chances without an error.
Fred Woodcock pitched one of his mastery
games Monday against the strong Everett, Mass,
club allowing them only three single hits and
not a single score, the Carriers of Franklin,
Woodcock's club, winning to 0.
c. w. Scanlon, formerly of West Brattleboro
won first place in the two-me handicap bicycle
race at WesIfield, Mass, Monday, in AS %. He
was also third in the first trial heat of the mile
open but ran unplaced in III final
VIM. Murphy, the ex.Yale and Brattleboro
short stop, will return to professional base ball
once more, having signed with the New York
league team as a utility man. Murphy played
with New York two years after finishing his col
lege course.
L. P, Sheldon, formerly of Rutland represented
the New York Athletic club at the Eng
lsh athletic championship games held at
Manchester England Saturday Sheldon won
second place in the shotputting,, covering
"A feet o. inches. He also took third place
| in the hammer throwing contest with a record of
| 102 feet inches.
The Hinsdale team was captained in the
| games Saturday and Monday by Second Base
| man Harry Smith, the Westhed Mass. boy
who was formerly with Bratteboro. Smith has
been playing professionally since he left Brattle
| boro. He has been doing excellent work for
Fall River this season, but left there because the
| team doing DOOrly and had to cut down
| expenses.
The most effective pitcher who has faced the
| strong Mers Falls team this season is Ezra
| Wilcox, son of the well-known Brattleboro mer
chant. Young Wilcox has charge of his father $
branch store at Athol. He was in the box for the
Central Parks July 5, and held Milers Falls
nine errors and Millers Falls won TO s. Five
thousand people witnessed the game. Millers
Falls won the afternoon game 10 TO q, batting
Nicholetts safely ten times.
Oscar william, the stallion owned by H. r. C
Watson, proprietor of Forest Park farm, Bran
don, died Sunday night of strangulation. Dr
Robert Weir was called to Brandon, but did not
reach the farm until the horse had died. Oscar
William was bought by Mr.. Watson for $500
from Kentucky man two years ago and wa
seven years old The horse had three-y year. ole
record of 2:29 and tive-year- old winning record
of 2:l234. Oscar William was considered one OF
the finest and fastest of the Wilkes Mambrino
Patchen families.
Frank Sections belcosity got him into troubl
Two or three times III brdtlleooIO anu ne eNl
IDENTIFY has not overcome the trait. Hernon,
New Bedford player, kicked boy Monday, an'
a by stander who resented this action was 500
engaged in a rough and tumble fight with Sex
ton, who took Hernon's part. Sexton grippe
the outsiders thumb in his teeth, claiming tina
his opponent was trying to gouge his eye. A bi
crowd surrounded the fighters, but the polio
finally separated them and dragged them int
| the dressing room.
The college battery from the Mortified confer
ence did not put in appearance at South Nerno
Saturday agreed, and the local ball team tina
went to Keene was patched up aggregation
The players included Devine, Cox, Dowley, John
son, G. Allen Hasbrook, Chesboro, A. Allen, an
Crowe The score was SO to 4. keene bate
terrhcally, getting "a hits with total Of 33 OF
Cox and Johnson The locals had three with
total of four. Devine and johnson getting single
and A, Allen a two,bagger. The visiting teai
had &c errors, every man being guilty" exceI
Crowell, who had no chances Warn pitche
well for Keene and Coffey led the batting, six hi
with a total of nine.