Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-27

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At short meeting of the university
hall team, held Saturday afternoon be-
fore the game Jake" Flaherty, who Is
just completing his third year az {, left
fielder and pitcher, was elected to cap
tain the aggregation for the season of
1913. Flaherty halls from Marlboro
Mass. and is heady player. In the last
two games he has filled Willlamss place
at third and done IT so we'll that he will
probably stay at that post next year, so
that the team will have the advantage OF
an inield captain. The new captain Is
full of pep" and will probably do much
to put ginger into the players. something
that was sadly needed at times this sea-
son.
Edward Demars, vino came to the city
Friday on the excursion of the
Witherbee Memorial band. inbibed too
deeply of intoxicating liquor and was
found about eleven O'Clock in tho fore
noon wandering about the streets In a
dazed condition. For fear that some harm
might come to him he was placed In Jail
and was allowed to sleep there until
nearly boat time when he was aroused
pleaded guilty to intoxication and was
fined s. and costs of $40 by Acting Judge
j. p. Ladd. Tie did not have the necessary
money left hut a friend who was present
paid for him. He left on the boat, voWing
that this was his first and last drunk.
Whalen Van Sickle got back into city
court Tuesday and was found guilty Of
his old offcnse. intoXication. lie was
| fined SIS and costs and 80 additional days
In jail. all of which he will serve Van
Sickle has been out of Jail only two weeks
and was obliged to disclose. whereupon
he told the old, old story Of how a
stranger coming to Burlington for the
day presented him with a quart After
Van Sickle had gone back to jail to com
mence his sentence of over three months
a man by the name of Boradwick from
Vcrgennes was fined SIS and costs for
the same offcnse but took an appeal, fur
nshing bail in the sum of 500 The case
against William Greenough for intoxica-
ton was continued for one month.
An adjourned meeting Of the city
council was held Tuesday night for the
purpose of correcting the check list in the
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election on July . one name was added
to the list. The regularly elected officers
for the election are: Ward clerk, Oscar
'Ieininser, inspectors of election. j. T..
De Narenncs. William Thyme. r Edward
Dooley, Jr. The city council Tuesday night
Reelected tho following additional ward
officers: Ballot clerks, William Garrow,
y. G. Yandow. Thomas OIaloran,
Timothy Ploof; assisting ballot clerks,
NJ. 7. Sullivan, Emery Martel, E. f.
Nash. Amos Couture. The board of alder
men also held a brief adjourned session
and both bodies adjourned again until
Friday evening
A wide variety of subjects were dis
| cussed yesterday at the third days meet
ing Of the union superintendent at Queen
| City Park No outside speakers were
present but the time was devoted to a con-
ference of the attending superintendent.
with talks by Mason s. Stone on teachers
salaries. the length OF school year. how
to maintain teaching efficiency. training
of teachers. etc. Statistics were present
ed giving the number of unframed teach
ers, and discussion was carried on as
to how teachers may best be aided.
, Points of school la were discussed es-
pecially the truancy law and how It may
| be bcttered. After the session a game
| of baseball was played between the ia I
superintendents and the lean superintend-
| ents. The fats won by score of to T.
The game was called in the fifth inning
because the supper bell rang.
Herbert l.. Pitcher was fined s. and
tn,
breach Of the leace. The case grew out
OF an alteration between Pitcher and
+. f. Rodlin. in which Pitcher struck
Rodlif and ii waS at the instigation of
the latter that Pitcher was brought into
Icourt The feeling between the two mon
has not been friendly for some time and
they have experienced several Tits of a
various nature. A few iaYs ago accord
Ing to the story of Pitcher, he was
invited to the Lake Champlain Yacht
club by two friends and accepted the
Invitation, not knowing tAat it was
against the rules of the club to admit
residents of this city who were not mem
lhers of the club, When he hau reached the
wharf lc claims that Rodliff saw an up-
portunity to get back a. him and went
lat him with a string of abuse and ordered
him from the place. lie went without
any hesitancy but has since awaited his
turn and when he saw RodliT stroling
up Church street with a basket OF straw
berries under his arm in the bright June
sunshine his wrath became uncomfortable
and he set out after .im. There were
no Witnesses to the affray but II is
certain that there was brief shower of
straw berries. while Pitcher emerged with
a torn shirt and Rod'iff with several
facial adornments, among which was a
lavender and purple eye.