Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-04-06
SPORTING.
Vermont Academy's Schedule.

The Vermont Academy base ball team
this year will be a strong one. Six of the
best men who played last season will be on
the nine. The men are hard at work on
indoor practice, and as soon as the field is
in condition the coaches will put the men
against the junior team. The nine will
make two trips this season, and several
extra games will be played on the home
ground. The schedule for games on the
home ground: April IS, Brattleboro High /;
April 30, Dartmouth Reserves; May 10,
Amherst Aggies; May II, Mddlebury col
lege; May 10, Cuban Y Giants; May 26
Holyoke High; May 80, Gushing academy;
June 20, Alumni
The games away from home are: May :,
Brattleboro High, Brattleboro; May 81,
Holyoke High, Holyoke; June 2, Mid
dlebury college, Middlebury; June 4, Bur
lington High, Burlington; June ), Mont
pelier seminary, Montpelier; June H.,
Cushing academy, Ashburnham.
Howard A. Coffin, formerly captain of
the base ball team at Vermont Academy,
has been suspended from the Brown Uni
versity team, pending an investigation Of
the charge Of professionalism against him.
1t is claimed that he received money for
coaching and playing on foot ball eleven
last fall. A. II. Whittemore, Vermont
Academys former star catcher, will be
Brown University's mainstay behind the
bat this season.
Fine reports are being waited from the
sunny South of the playing of Jimmy Bar
rett. They say that Manager Allen is
thinking seriously of taking him from the
field, and putting him on third base. The
Cincinnati papers all endorse this, and
seem to think that he will make his mark
in that position. The team play at Bos-
ton two games on Memorial day, and
there will probably be some of the local
cranks to see Barrett play on that day
Athol Transcript.
O. r. Clayton of South Londonderry,
VT, wants to come here also If there is to
be nine here. He is a New England
Lacquer and was to have been given a
chance TO show his mettle in this city two
years ago. Somehow or other plans went
wide astray and he did not come. At one
time he played first or second base, in
either of which positions he is at home,
for the Haverhill, Mass, New England
league nine, and acquitted himself with a
good deal of credit. His letter also says
he did some playing at Hinsdale. He
speaks like a man who knows something
about the game when he says he won't tell
what he has been but will ask for chance
to show what he is now Manchester,
n. H., Mirror d Farmer.
The New York journal of a recent
date had large picture of the young Yer
mont athlete, from Randolph, who was
the interscholastic national mile runner be-
fore he went to New York a short time
ago. Accompanying the picture was the
following text: arthur l.. Newton is
the new distance runner of the New York
Athletic club. He halls from Vermont
and has just taken up his residence in
Gotham. Although rather small in stature
he has covered the mile in the excellent
time of 4 minutes and "a seconds. He
made his debut in New York in the three
mile scratch race at the 23d regiment
games. He won in fast time, defeating
the best of the local cracks. On Friday
night he again demonstrated his ability
by capturing the one-mile handicap and
whipping that sterling veteran, candy"
Walsh, of the Xavier A. A. Newton's
next engagement is in the two-mile handi-
cap at the joint games of the Star A. c.
and the list regiment ON April 2S. The
New York Athletic club expects great
things of Newton during the coming out
door season." In the race in which New
ton defeated Walsh the youngster gave
the veteran 20 yards start, soon overlook
him, and then set the pace. In the sprint
at the finish Newton defeated Walsh by
five yards, finishing strong while Walsh
was all out"