Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-23
SPORTING.
Vermont Academy Begins To-
morrow

On the Schedule of 'O7, Against Dart
mouth Freshmen---Gnmes Against
Exeter, Andover and Cushing and
other strong Teams.
The base ball season will be opened at
Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, next
Saturday, April "a, with the Dartmouth
freshmen as opponents. The schedule for
the other games of the season, both at
home and away, is as follows:
April ~ Dartmouth 1900, Saxt ms River
April g, Claremont High, Claremont N. II.
May T. Dartmouth Reserves, Saxtons River.
May 3, Mddebury College, Middlebury.
May 8, Dartmouth Medical College, Saxtons
River
May 10. Andover, Andover, Mass
May ID, Lawrence High, Lawrence, Mass.
May ID, Haverhill High, Haverhill, Mass.
May IS, Exeter, Exeter, n. II.
May %, Montpelier Seminary, Saxtons River.
May "a, Gushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass.
May 81, Gushing Academy, Saxtons River.
June 3. Middlebury College, Saxtons River.
June Z, Mount Hermon, Mount Hermou, Mass.
June H. st. Johnsbury Academy, Saxtons River.
June 3D. Alumni, Saxtons River.
Whittemore, who begins his fourth year
as preparatory school catcher, will be be-
hind the bat Saturday. lie is captain of
the team and one of the amateur back
stops outside the colleges. Wiley, a new
man who has had experience on teams in
Maine, will be given trial in the box. If
he proves unsatisfactory Coffin will be
substituted. Both men are speedy and
have full assortment of curves. Perry,
the right fielder, can also pitch, but choice
for the substitute pitcher falls on Wheeler.
He has a very swift delivery and bids fair
to develop into a star. Either McKewen
or Fiske will look after first base. Both
are inexperienced, but with practice ought
to make a good showing. OBren will
take care of second, and do the work well.
Short-stop is another position about which
there is doubt. Chase is the leading can
didate thus far, but his work is not up to
form. Coffin will tear up the turf again
around third base. When he is in the
box Wiley will cover the base. The out
field will be very fast with Cliff, Rugg and
Perry. Wheeler may come in ahead of
the men trying for first or short. Other
candidates are Hahn, Ufford and Brady.
The players have been coached by Sum
mersgill, the old Vermont Academy pitch
er, who is now the mainstay of Brown
university in the box, and one of the best
al-arOund men in the college ranks. Yer
mont Academy will not enter the Vermont
lnterscholastic league for the reason that
it would mean the abandonment of the
Andover, Exeter and other important
games.
Fred Woodcock, who has been coaching
the Tufts and Dartmouth college teams,
pitched his first game of the season Satur-
day for the Carriers of franklin, Mass,
against the Fall River, 13-9 game in
favor of the professionals.
Mt. Hermon opened the season on the
home grounds Monday by defeating Cush-
ing 5 to ) in a seven inning game. Run.
ming catches by Stodie and Miller, the un.
assisted double play Of Fowler at third, and
the heavy hitting of Thompson, Maylott
Robertson and Stodie Of Mt. Hermon were
the features. Stodie made a home run
Simonds, the Gushing pitcher gave ter
bases on balls.
Millers Falls downed the A. F. Towlel
team of Greenfield Monday 5 to D. Louii
Ellis, formerly of Brattleboro, pitched fo
Greenfield, and Clair, +. and G.. Sullivan
of keene played with that club. Berad
| who caught for Brattleboro ten years ago
was behind the bat for Millers Falls, Fine
| pitched, and Bobby" Hamilton, forme
well.known professional who was at on,
| time resident of Brattleboro, covered
! first base. Hamilton and Berad led il
| batting, the former getting double ant
| triple, and the latter single and triple.