Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-08-09

Leonard, Keenes captain last year,
won a game for Whitinsville against Tx
bridge Saturday with three Dagger in
the 18th inning.
Eddie Warner late of Brown uni
versity, who was one of Keenes pitch
ers last year, won his game for Pitts
burgh against Boston Friday. He held
Boston to seven scattered hits and no
scores, Pittsburgh's victory being by a
score of 30.
Northampton defeated the Turner's
Falls Athletics 10 at Turner'S Falls
Sunday The score was made on an
outfield error Dug" Smith, the former
Turner's Falls high school boy who is
under contract to the Boston Ameri
cans and is playing with Lowell in the
New England league, struck out II OF
the visiting batsmen, getting IL OF
these in the last four innings.
Mayforth left Monday to join the
Northampton team. He had been dis
gruntled some time and wanted a
change, and as he has fallen off rather
than improved in catching no particular
effort was made to keep him. 1t was
reported Saturday that Malcolm would
leave at once to join the st. Johns team
in New Brunswick, on which several
University of Vermont boys are playing.
After a conference had been held with
the local directors, however, Malcolm de-
cided to remain here.
Northampton has secured Dug
Smith, the Turner'S Falls boy, to help
out in the pitching department. Smith
signed with the Boston Americans and
was farmed out to Lowell. The latter
club is strong on pitchers and planned
to send Smith to a team in New Bruins
WICK. Manager Luby, by communicating
with the managers in Lowell and Bos-
ton, secured consent to enlist the SER
vices OF Smith, and as the youngster was
agreeable to the arrangement he report
ed at once at Northampton.
A carnival held on the driving park
at northampton Saturday afternoon fol-
the benefit of the Northampton Base
pan association drew a crowd of 1000
ABOUT szooO was realized, which will
wipe out debt of 800 and leave a
handsome surplus. An exhibition drill
! by troop of the 10th United State.
| cavalry, colored, was the great attrac q.
tlon' Mucn interest was manifested in
the sporting events. In a 1OO-yard dash
between players of the Northampton anc
| Brattleboro ball teams there wera fou,
entries. Ryan and Partenheimer OF
Northampton and the two Crowthers ~
Brattleboro Ryan won. Partenheime,
| second.
This Is the view expressed nv IN,
Northampton Gazette scribe Friday. he
bore the change in the Brattleboro line
up was announced: ITO the writer i
seems as If Manager Smell Of Brattle
boro would do a very good thing IL h,
went behind the bat himself and eithe
put Mayforth on first or out In the field
Smell is rated as being one Of the cley
crest backstops among Eastern colleg
men and he would be practically a bet
ter man for the team with the mas
and mitt than the sunny haired lad a
present. Stinson has a fine spit bal
which he absolutely refuses to catch a
all, according to reports from the Is
landers, and is holding the Maine bo
back from showing his best stuff.
seems that even with the other twirl
ers, outside of Malcolm, Mayforth Is nc
working them to the best advantage an
II Smell should change there himself 10
few games he might find this fact I
be true"