Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-20

Volk, who played with Bellows Falls
about half the season, has decided to
leave Holy Cross and go to Princeton.
Voik is a good al-round athlete and will
be a welcome acquisition to the New
Jersey college.
Post-season baseball in the small
leagues continues to be a losing propo-
siton from the box office point of view.
1t is said that at the last game between
Northampton and Bennington in Ben
nington the players on the home team
had to dig for good share of the ex-
pense money.
larger number of former Brattleboro
basketball players have been signed for
the New York state league the coming
season. The Troy team includes Lewis
w. Wachter, Edward F. Wachter, James
Davey, Charles Muller, Patrick Doyle and
Walter Lamb. The Gloversville team will
include Flo Haggerty, Robert Vance and
John LaCasse. William Hardman and
James E. Williamson will play with Co.
hoes
Two teams from the Durham Broth
ers company lined up on the creamery
flats Saturday afternoon, and the Blues,
captained by Clyde Chamberlin, won
| from the Reds, captained by Murray NJ.
| Tucker 1910. The Blues consisted of
| Goodrich, p; Wade, C; Winchester, Id;
| Thompson, 2b Chamberlin, S. Clark 3b;
Prefountaine, If; Gould, CT; Ellis, RI.
| c; Colt, 1b; Herrick 2b; Eckels, SIS;
Bruce 3b; Tucker, IT. Mccarthy. CT;
! Bowler IF. Viele umpired.
Fitchburg baseball enthusiasts are cast
ing longing eyes at the Twin State
| league and the Fitchburg Sentinel says
| there is chance of team from that
| city being in the league next season. Ac-
! cording to that paper, Manager Bill
Luby of the Northampton team looks
| with favor on the idea and has had
| Sager, who has been pitching for the
Bijous of Fitchburg in a series of games
against Clinton. sound the fans on the
| question. 1t is said that Sager found
them unanimous in their desire to come
! into the league.
The Hardwick Athletic club and the
Italian Athletic club of Barre played a
game for the so-called state champion
| ship in Barre Saturday, Hardwick win
| ming so. Sarcka, the Proctor boy who
| was with Brattleboro a short time this
| season. pitched for the losers. He was
| very effective until the latter part of
' the game, when he was pounded hard.
He was credited with 10 strikeouts. Tom
| eonard, Brattleboro's first baseman,
| caught for Hardwick. He had a per-
feet fielding record, hit safely twice
| ana scored two runs One of his hits
was the longest ever seen on the
grounds, but it struck the netting an /
was returned quickly. so that he did
not secure extra bases on it,
First Baseman William Rapps of the
| portland club of the Pacific coast league
made triple play unassstei in game
with Oakland at San Francisco a few
! days ago. Oakland runners were on
first and second bases. The batsman
hit low liner toward first and the
base runners, thinking the ball could
not be felded. sprinted ahead. Rapps
! scooped up the ball with one hand be-
fore it touched the ground. He ther
touched first base before the runner
could get back and then raced to sec
ond in time to get the third man. Sew
eral triple plays unasssted have beer
recorded in the history of the national
! game, although a triple play of any
kind is rare. The first triple play in
which only one man figured Is said tc
have been made by Paul Hines. lef
fielder of the Providence Nationa
league club in a game against Boston
more than 30 years ago.