Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-05-06

On its first down-country trip, YER
mont defeated Brown and Amherst and
was beaten BY Rhode Island State. Col
Inns pitched in both the victories.
Norwich was defeated in the first home
game of the season BY Goddard seminary
in q 10-inning game. Batteries, Scam
pint and Berry; Reid and Richmond.
University Of Maine defeated UNIVERSE
ty OF Vermont at Burlington Friday in
the first home game Of the season, l to 0.
Maine got four hits on Collins, and Yer
mont two OF McHale.
Pitcher George L Winter, formerly Of
the Boston American baseball team, has
been spending a few days in Burlington
before going to Montreal, where be will
pitch this season for the Montreal Fast
ern league team
The Italian Athletic clubs base ball
team won from the Goddard seminary
team at Barre Thursday in the second OF
q series Of games by q Z to 8 score. This
makes the honors even. as Goddard took
the first game of the series.
! There is considerable talk about the
possibility Of getting Eugene TrembIay,
the champion of Canada, to come to
Barre and wrestIe Somerville, and at pres
ent it looks as IL the deal can be Put
through. Somerville has wrestled Trem-
blay before and at that time the match
continued for four hours, finally being
decided draw. Tremblay was one OF
the wrestlers in preliminary bout before
the great Gotch-M ahmout match in Chi
cago few days since, throwing his man
in good style.
Montpelier seminary is more than en-.
thueiastic over the record that old NJ. s.
boys are making ct Syracuse university,
Syracuse, n. Y. Five graduates of the
seminary entered Syracuse last fall and
three Of the Eve are now members Of the
freshman baseball team, q team picked
from a class of large membership
Thomas, the seminary's star pitcher, who
won more than one game for the ssHiu'
boys, ia captain and pitcher of the uni
versity freshman team; Harold Bishop oc.
cupies the position of shortstop, and Ed
ward Clark also holds down a responsible
position on the diamond.
DR.. c. Il. Burr OF Montpelier made
pronounced hit at trap shooting at tn,
Psleface shoot at wellington, Mass, las
week. when be beat out a field OF 80 con
testants, eight of whom were profession.
ais. The match was q handicap and DR.
Burr shot from the 1S-yard platform
smashing ia out Of possible 200 birds
an exceptionally good record, considering
, the bad wind which prevailed over tn
} traps, making really good shooting
most difficult proposition. The neares
, competitor of DR.. Burr was Horace {
, Kirkwood, the amateur crack shot o
New England, who was eight birds be
hind, while the nearest professional wa
{ Is birds in the rear. DR.. Burr Is tn
. amateur champion OF this state. In tn,
final OF the three days tournament, Dr.
Burr carried away the days houors in til
200-bird match with q score of 179 birds
. bettering his previous days periormanc
. BY five birds. Or. Burr not only led thl
, 40 or more guns that shot, but was tn,
! high amateur gun for the tournamsn
shoot and the special 100-bird contest
Or. Burr's total breakAge for the SEQ tar
. gets was 469. DIR. Burr led the amateur
in the average for the three days shoot
, Horace Kirkwood, the New England
! champion, finishing second with 45e on
Of his $50 targets thrown.