Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-12

The base ball project has been aban-
doned at Northampton. The outlook at
first was rosy, with expectations of raising
$1,000, but only about S4OO was pledged.
Ed Norton has secured frst-class man
to handle his Fitchburg team in Connie
Murphy. formerly catcher of the New Bed
fords of the New England league. Connie
is ball player, and says he will have a
strong team in the field Boston Herald.
Ed Doheney, the Northfeld, VT, boy,
is pitching wonderful ball for the New
York leaguers. He has lost only one game
this season, and that was through lack of
support. K. p. Wilder, also of Mortified,
is with the Worcester club of the Eastern
league.
Several numbers of the Detroit Free
Press speak in high terms of the ball play
ing of James Barrett, formerly of Brattle-
boro, who was drafted to the Detroit club
from Oswego, n. Y. Barrett won re-
cent ten-inning game, by making two bril-
liant assists as short stop, having been
shifted to that position from centre field.
Harrison p. Smith, wel-known Win
chester, N H., boy, is meeting with great
success as mile runner. On April % at
New Haven he won the one-mile champ
ionship of the university, thereby getting
his class numerals and large silver cup
the sixth in his collection. In the four
mile relay race at Philadelphia on April 20
Harrison came off victorious and won a
gold watch and the varsity Y.
The Rutland News publishes an inter.
esting letter from Lieut.. Arlington Pond,
surgeon of the United States army, who
yroc ruall - IL, II
versity of Vermont and the Baltimore
league team. On arriving at Manila he
was assigned to duty with the 10th Penn
sylvania regiment, on the firing line at La
Iona church. He accompanied the regi-
ment in the advance on Malolos, and wrote
from that place April /.
Well-known ball players continue to
write to Brattleboro men in expressing a
wish to play ball here. Letters have been
received from ex-Capt. Whalen of the Uni.
versity of Vermont team, and from Rich
mond, the star pitcher of the university,
who was in the box in the game won from
Pennsylvania. Whalen refused an offer
of S175 a month to play in Worcester,
Mass, his parents not wishing him to be.
come full hedged professional.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Davis of Lee, Mass, has
sold her span of Alcantara mares, the
trotter George and two fine FLIES by AL
cantara to James Butler of East View
farm, New York, who is the owner of the
famous trotters, Directum Kelly and Di-
rect, and many others. The price is pri-
vate, but is understood to be considerable
over $4,000. Mrs. Davis has also sold sew
eral driving horses and has received offers
for l. Empeurer, the well-known stallion.
1t is possible she will close out all her
horses now that Highlawn has been sold
to Mr.. Sloane, although she has several
farms at her disposal if she decides to stay
in the horse breeding business.
Richard Sheldon of the New York Ath-
letic club is looked upon as the athlete
who will eventually break the Ameri-
can record of Al feet for putting the 10
pound shot. The record has for long
time been held by his club mate, George
r. Gray. Sheldon put the missile A feet
I IL inches at the recent games of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. AS a student of
Yale Sheldon did better than AZ feet, and
while in England he had repeated per-
formances of over AZ feet. Sheldon was
only II years old when he played on the
Yale foot ball team and began his athletic
career about three years ago. His older
brother was formerly captain of the Yale
athletic team and eXcelled as a broad jun
per, Splinter and hurdler, at one time win
ming the all-around American champion
ship. Vermonters have an interest in the
Sheldon boys as they are members of a
we!l-known Rutland family.