Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-05-13
sper.Ina Notes.

may 4, 70 ..
Montpelier high was beaten BY Nor
wich second at Northheld last week
Wednesday, 9 to 4.
st. Albans high school defeated Spanld
ing high Of Barre in well played game
ct Swanton Friday, s to 2.
The ST. Michael's college baseball team
met Goddard of Barre at Burlington Nav
2 and trimmed them to the tune Of to 2.
Governor Prouty umpired 3 baseball
game between the faculty and seniors OF
Middlebury college Arbor day, the
''profs'' winning, to 3.
verRennes high school defeated its old
rival, Bristol high, at baseball MAY 8, 10
TO /. Holcombe struck out IL and the
only other feature was the heavy hitting
OF the winners.
Collins, the star southpaw OF the Uni
yersity of Vermont team, struck out IS
Holy Cross batters at Burlington May 3,
and his team won, 5 to 3. Vermont got
nine safeties Oh Foley
At Burlington Friday, Vermont de-
feated Tufts, s to 6. Tufts knocked out
Baird, but Haynes held them well, strik-
ing out eight in succession. Saturday,
Tufts turned the tables, beating Vermont
eight errors lost the game.
Goddard seminary defeated Peoples
academy Of Morrisville, to 0, in a pitch
ers' battle at Barre Saturday, Smith
pitched one-hit game and had 15strike-
outs. r. Thomas allowed only three
hits, two OF these being a double and q
single in the sixth inning. he registered
10 strikeouts.
The Italian Athletic club of Barre de-
feated Vergennes high school ct q base
ball game in Barre Friday BY a score OF
to 0. The feature of the game was the
pitching OF Gabelloni, who allowed bat
one scratch hit. He struck out Is men
and passed but one. He also got dou-
BILE and a single hit.
School baseball games Saturday result
ed as foIlows:-At Woodstock, Wood
stock high 2, Rockland academy /; at
White River Junction, Hartford high I,
St. Johnsbury high 2; at Rutland, Rut-
land high 20, Black River academy 8; ct
I Lyndonville, Lyndon institute 2, Barton
academy 0; at Windsor, Lebanon high 6,
Windsor high 3; at Burlington, Burling-
ton high s, Spaulding high of Barre 1 at
st. Alhans, Bellows Free academy 9, St..
Adams high z.
The wrestling match at Montpelier Fri.
day night between Bob Somerville of
Barre and Frank White OF Marlboro,
Mass, catch-as-catch-csD, was won by
SomerviIle in two straight falls, the FIRST
in 35 minutes, the second in is minutes.
The preliminary collar and elbow match
between James O'Neil Of Montpelier and
w. F. Bsnister Of Braintree was won by
O'Neil, the referee claiming that Banister
r.. IL
nearly filed with sports tom Montpelier
and barre.
After shaky playing in the first inning
when Montpelier high scored 2 cheap
runs, Spaulding high settled down at In
tercity park May 3 and won an thinning
game by the score OF to 3. Fisher was
on the slab for SpauldinR and pitched q
creditable game, being more or less Of a
puzzle to his opponents except Buck and
Towle, the latter Of whom tore on q sim
gle and double and the former a three
sacker. Five hits was all that Montpelier
could do with Fisher in the eleven inn
ings, while be struck out eight and
passed two. Laird ofIlciated for Mont
peIier high and was hit safely eight
times, while he struck out ten aud passed
none.
LOD CoAuIANAAAca tao NnulupAOu
weight wrestler Of England, who is stop
ping in Barre, says that in his country
women are almost as much interested in
the wrestling art as the men, and large
majority Of them are well versed in the
science Of Greco Roman wrestling. While
in England, Mr.. Somerville was connect.
ed with burlesque company, which car
ried as one OF the specialties six lady
wrestlers, all Greco-RomRn style, who
J wrestled all corners, Of either sex. One Of
these was a woman weighing $50 pounds
standing six feet and one inch. She
threw every man who had the nerve t.
tackle her on the trip, and some good
men we're among the number at that
Mr.. Somervilse's wife is also well verseC
I in the art of catch-as-catch-can wrestling
: and Mr.. Somerville says that she know
, all the tricks that be uses in his bouts
While it is not uncommon to hear o
female boxers who travel with show
: troupes it is somew hat out Of the ordin
E airy to learn that women have also enteret
n the arena as wrestlers. and the appear
ance Of q woman on the stage In 3 mattel
in this section OF the country would prob
I ably draw as large a crowd as any man
= ager could ask for.