Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-08-28
WHEEL CLUB WON THE LOCAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Y NJ C. A. Defeated 81 in the Decisive GameAI Star
Town Team Against Winchester NJ H., Tomorrow.

The Wheel club won the pennaut i'm the
local league race by taking tn game
local leaAUc race by taking the game
Sag Th1ycr's pop fly which found
% resting place in Yates big NIT was the
finale.
a. was fight from start to finish and
with the result always i'm doubt and al
though other games have been better
PLAYED none cNcclled this one in intensity
of interest.
-Four regular Wheel club men were
aVuy-Bccd being ont of town for the
day. aud Il. Allen. Cooley and Brasur on
a pleasure trip to Baltimore. The play
ers who were assigned to fill the Nacan-
cics were not factor i'm Winning the
whole game for the Wheel club. aside
from Frosts excellent catching. being
played by Ellis l.. Allen. S'"lte and
Waite. Tlese four not only hvidcd the
ball like veterans but they responded at
the bat when hits We're needed. Ellis and
Allen made four scores each, iNe ol
which were batted i'm by Stolte and two
10y Waite the other being Ellis's tally on
Aliens long three Dagger to right field
which Brooks nearly captured.
The fielding honors rested easily on
Waite. the oldest man in the league, who
was giving points to some players i'm the
city league at Denver and in the Meriden
state league team in Connecticut when
some of his present companions were in
knickcrbockerS. Waite was on first for
the FIRST time i'm league game this year.
ana he played the bag as none of the
others have played it. several of his IL
chances were difficult. and two We're
taken by holding his toe on the base and
throwing himself full length to take the
bail ON the ground getting his man each
time.
There were but few other picturesque
plays Ail,n took one hot grounder with
his left hand and Tucker captured high
after a hard rum
The Wheel club lost the toss and went
to bat. Allen, Stolte and Waite were re
tired ON five pitched balls, each man nit
tins to March. who hcldod the ball clean
IN 10 first W. Brooks raped a long one
to left field which Williamson msjudged
and when the bah came back Brooks
was ON third. Stafford hit to Stolte
who threw to the plate, Brooks scoring
and Stafford being safe. Allen juEgleo
Monroe's groundcr, and passed ball and
and G. Ellis's wild throw to the plate OF
Marcus grounder allowed l.. Stafford
and Monroe to score.
The Wheel club did not score until tn,
third inning. when with two out l.. Ellis
batted safely and came home on l.. Al
lens three Dagger Stafford dropped
Stoltes dew drop and Allen crossed the
plate, making the score to in favor O
the y. NJ c. a.
No more scoring took place until thu
sixth inning, when l.. Ellis, the first MAJ
up Cor the Wheel club. cracked out
safe one and went to third on Allen
single a moment later. Stolte let a goo'
enc pass 50 that Allen could take secon'
and then lined long single To the out
fl, Id on which Ellis and Allen scored
Narch's clever worl; in the last half q
this inning made the score four all
He hunted SAFELY. stole second went t.
1hird when Allen chased among tn
teams To- eaten fuckers high foul AM
sJrutcd home when Allen threw the bal