Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-04-12

team, where he was third baseman He
is n lawyer in New York city and is
known in the golf world as one of the
cracks of the Baltusrol club OF New Jer-
sey. He is one of the longest drivers
in the gohng game and was partici-
pant in the last national tournament.
Stuart and Hare, two other Amherst
men, are engaged in educational work.
HotChkiss from Williams is not known
today to the writer. "Arlie" Pond, a
Rutland boy, who was then in the Uni
versity of Vermont helped Brattleboro in
the box I'm a few important games. Pond
became one of the greatest pitchers in the
National league, helping Baltimore land
three penants. His last game against
Brooklyn was a 40 victory for Balti-
more. Pond went into the army as a
surgeon. was commended for gallantry in
action in the Philippines, and rose to the
rank of major. He was stationed a Fort
Preble I'm Maine at one time but large
part of his service was in the Philippines,
where he went with the soldiers before
the American occupation of Manila He
is out OF the army now, but is health Of
ficer in Cebu in the Philippines. The
University of Vermont team in the days
of Pond used 10 whip Yale. Harvard and
the other big universities with regularity.
Pond was the first pitcher, amateur or
professional, to shut Yale out without
hit and the next day he allowed Brown
university only two hits University of
Vermont had three star pitchers at one
time, O'Connor, Abbey and Pond.
OConnor is the well-known phys
ician in Brattleboro today. O'Connor also
pitched for Dartmouth and was with the
Philadelphia National club at one time.
He injured his arm soon after going to
Philadelphia and did not remain long in
the professional ranks. The first time
he came to bat in a Philadelphia uniform
l., ha l,aI no
home run. O'Connor at Dartmouth
Highlands at Harvard, Carter at Yale,
Sexton and Woodcock at Brown, were all
stars of the same period. Abbey pitched
for Washington and Pittsburg and is to-
day manager of n telephone system CEN
treing i'm Essex Junction. Archie Ranney
who was Brattleboro's catcher in 1892
supported O'Connor both in the Univer-
sity of Vermont and in Dartmouth. Ran
ney gained distinction in the medical
profession and is now superintendent of
the Lakeside hospital in Cleveland, one
of the largest and finest institutions of
the kind i'm the country Fred WoodCock
came here from Dartmouth but finished
his collegiate course at Brown, where he
gained a great reputation as a heady
pitcher and timely batter. WoOdcOck
was in the box for Brattleboro through
out two seasons and was one of the most
ikeable players who ever came here. He
semi professional teams in Rhode Island
| and Massa chusetts and ad coach for Dart
mouth and Williams, and was with the
| Pittsburg club one season He is engaged
| i'm insurance business i'm Boston. Wood
cock was the man who discovered Lajoie,
| the Clevland captain, the greatest player
| of the generation. Lajoie was working In
| a mill in Rhode Island and playing on a
| local team which Woodcock pitched
against. Woodcock told Manager Mars
| ton of Fall River that he had found in
Lajoie a man who couldn't be fooled with
any kind of a ball. Lajoie was given a
| trial at Fall River on Woodcock's recon-
mendation and he made good to such an
| extent that at the end of the season he
was drafted to Philadelphia. and from the
start in fast company he ranked as a
| slugger.
| Woodcock's running mate as pitcher
| here in 1890 was F. S. Baldwin, graduate
of Boston university Baldwin went abroad
for extended study, took degrees in Ger
man universities, and today Is one OF the
most noted members of the faculty of his
alma mater, He is i'm great demand as
| a speaker and writer on economic and
sociological subjects. Sexton, who pitched
for Amherst college and Brown university
was in the box occasionally for Brattle-
boro and often played against the home
team with Millers Falls and Northampton
| He is a successful physician near Brock
ton Mass kagill- another BroYp- uni