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was finally overcome and it is now ex
pccted that all of the teams will stick
Burns lacks hitters even more than
does Brattleboro, and his pitchers are
weak
The heavy hitters Of the league are
now headed by Sherman Of Greenfield,
the pitcher and outfielder. This young
man has participated in % games and
is hitting for .343 He has supplanted
Keaney of Newport, who had been top
ping the list for some weeks and who
has an average of $40 Marty ConroY,
manager of Northampton, holds third
place with 332 for 43 games Crook Of
Brattleboro in eight games has hit for
322. Foran of Northampton in -
games has an average of -3ll, and
Proctor of Keene in l6 games has hit
for .315 The near-.300 hitters include
Burlington of Northampton with 299,
Ha2lett, Brattleboro, .297; Ferrin,
Keene, .295; Goodridee, Greenfield,
2S6 DETROIT of Bellows Falls leads
that team with an average of only
.269.
The pitching records show that Sher-
man, besides being the leading bats
man, carries along the pitching honors,
having won nine and lost only two
games Bell of Keene has won four
aud lost one; Adams of Keene has won
Q and lost 3; Johnson, Newport, won 8,
lost ,; Morgan, Newport, won 3, lost
); Snyder, BrattlebOrO, won 8, lost 3;
Eggers, northampton, won :, lost D;
Turnure, Greenfield, won I, lost o.;
Nichols, keene, won 6, lost 4; Frank
Harrington, Greenfield, won ;, lost >;
Joe Harrington, Bellows Falls, won j,
lost >; CrOwell, Bellows Falls, won b,
lost ); 0 Mara, Newport, won 1, lost
,; Cram, Northampton, won 8, lost o.;
Maybohm, BrattIeboro. won l, lost /;
Frill, Northampton, won l, lost /; How
ard Bellows Falls, won ), lost s; Dixie,
Brattlcboro, won 4, lost z; SaGer,
Greenfield. won ), lost s; Manser, Brat
tleboro, won !, lost >.
In base running Keaney of New
port is easily the leader, being credited
with % stolen sacks. The veteran De
Vine of Brattleboro is second with 19
and others who have stolen 10 or more
are Carroll of Bellows Falls, Bahing-
ton of Northampton and Murray of
keene with IL each; Ryan and Burns
of Bellows Falls and Stafford of keene
with 10 each.
| c. Crowther Of Newport leads in sac
rifcc hits with I6 to his credit Parton
! hcimer of Greenfield has sacrificed II
! times, Parle of Newport and Mills OF
| northampton - each, and Dixie Of
| Brattleboro and Ferrin of Keene IL
each.
Following are the batting averages
of the Brattleboro team, and those in
the other teams who have hit for 300
or more.
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KEENE CONTENDER
IN PENNANT RACE
Newport Receivers from Slump Marked
Improvement by Greenneld-Brattle-
boro and Northampton Lost All but
One-Turnstilcs Won None.

The three league leaders had good
week the past week, Newport and
Meme winning the three games each
team played and Greenfield losing one
out of four. Northampton managed to
win one out Of four and Brattle
horo only one out of five, while Bellows
Fails further clinched the claim to the
cellar position by dropping all three
games played
There seems to be. no reason why
Newport should not swing the pennant
to the brCeZes in the lair of the Polar
Bears next season. The team has re
covered from its slump and is again
hrcezlng along in front. kecne, the only
real contender at present, was unable
to stop the league leaders Thursday.
the last day TINS week on which games
were played, because of rain. But
keene is going well aud with Bell,
Adams and Nichols working in turn
on the slab may make battle of it to
the last ditch, and if that proves the
case there will be real crowd at New
port on Sept. - for the last game of
the season.
Greenfield has shown improvement,
Manager Hamilton signed Tormey, who
was not hitting with Northampton, and
that player has strengthened the hitting
of the outfeld Of the Franklin county
team, for he has shown effective work
with the stick since changing teams
Bauer, who went to Northampton from
Greenfield. has not helped that team
any. sherman and Frank Harrington
are working smoothly for Hamilton
and Turnure although hard luck
! pitcher, is used as the third regular.
HrattlebOIo after IFS SluIrt has cone
steadily down in spite of change anr
determined efforts to bolster mp the
| hitting strength. Crook has helped the
attack of the team, but the outfcld a
| it has been constituted in the ma i0Iitl
Of the games, has shown up very POOR
| lv Kennedy, who was released durin!
the week, was hitting for only .l72 ano
| Matthews. who was said to have beer
| hitting for $40 before coming to Brat
| tlcboIo. has been used as the regula
! left fielder with hating average o
.l69 Devine in right field is httin;
for .236 and Dixie. who was hencped 70
some time in favor OF either Kennel,
OF Matthews, is hitting for .299. He ha
not been going any too well on tn
slab alrd may. now be used in the ont
field with CIyde EngeL- once of tn
Boston Red Sos, 4ts+d -Devine May
bohm, Manser and Snyder should b
/ able to care for theS pitching depart
/ ments with Dixie to fall back on.
Bellows Falls las not only Dcen hav
i ing hard time TO play good ball. hu
4 is having the hardest row to hoe re
i narding finances. Vt one time this wee
: it was not expected that the tcar
would finish the season, but this DANCE
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Sporting Notes.

Washington will be without the serv- |
ices of John Henry, the former Amherst |
catcher, for an indefinite period, due |
to an injury received when Joe Jack |
son of Cleveland slid into the plate in |
Thursdays game in the Capital. Jack |
son 5 spikes cut big cash in the fleshy |
portion Of Henry s right leg just above |
the knee Several stitches were requir-
ed to close the wound and it is possible |
he will have to remain out of the game
for some time. With Ainsmith, the other
regular catcher. out of the game with
an injured finger Manager Griffith S
team is badly crippled.
George Y. Tuohcy, wrestling pro
moter of Boston, who imported most,
if not ALL the big wrestling stars,
several of whom have been seen here
in Brattleboro, is gradually learning
Of their whereabouts during the Euro
pean war Stanslaus Zbyszko is in
Russian prison. Franz Gerhardt, who
wrestled here twice last winter, is an
Austrian, and Is reported to be in Jail
awaiting a court martial for mutiny.
He was not in sympathy with his
| countrymcn, it is said Cyclone Burns
| is visiting in Sweden and trying hard
| to find a way to get back to the old
| L. $.
Because he believes Pitcher Dug
Smith was Indifferent in his work, when
! he made such miserable showing In
the two games at New Haven Tuesday,
! Owner Scinski of New Britain has sus-
pended the-pitcher indefinitely and sent
him to his home. Smith started both
games, walking the first four batters
IN, L., a Sta
almost as poorly in the second. In all
he pitched on third of an inning. A
call down after the second bad showing
brought no explanation and Manager
Scinski then suspended the player. The
suspension will probably last for the
remainder of the season. Smith is the
once famous high school pitcher who
pitched in preliminary against the
Brattleboro team at Turner's Falls in
1912
Two weeks more and the most dis
astrous baseball season known to the
Eastern association, from financial
standpoint, will draw to close. The
closing can t come any too soon for the
club owners and the fans do not seen
to feel badly over the fact of the sea
son nearing an end. Lack of patronage
lat the games has caused the club own
.ers to drop considerable money ans
those who have stuck to the ship ant
Unsupported the games have Been. sorel'
/ disappointed all the season by the bran
Of baseball handed out in this assecia
ton Clubs with a lot of bush leagu
players have represented the cities an
provided baseball which has been in
ferior to the ball we have seen in tn
past in the Eastern association and tn
old Connecticut league. - New Have
Union,
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Richie PLANS
TO REGAIN TITLE
Former Lightweight Champion
Wants Second Fight.
THINKS WELSH is AFRAID.

American Declares. English s. Fighter
Puts Conditions on Return Bout That
Make It Impossible For Him to Ac-
cept-fe Would Like to Fight Where
AggressiVeness Counts.
"Whcn Freddie Welsh put that little
joker in his set of conditions insisting
that / should make 1873 pounds ring
side If / wanted a return match he
gave the real tip off on his ideas of
getting into the ring with me again."
Such was the declaration of Willie
Richie, former lightweight champion.
when the question of another match
was put up to him shortly after his re-
turn from Europe. Ritchie would ask
nothing better than a match with
Welsh i'm America, he declared, adding
that a repetition of his work against
the Englishman at Olympia would gain
him the decision from any referee or
set Of newspaper men in America. He
said there was no truth in the report
that he had arranged for Il return bout
before the other one WAS fought.
over here" said Ritchie. "a boxer
who makes the fight get some credit for
his aggrcssiveness, and the man who
runs away has to do a lot of damage
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-31

At Pittshurg-frst game, 3 innings
PittsbuTg, II Q
Brooklyn, 10
Mamaux and Gibson, Coleman, Kafo-
"a Pfelier and McCarty.
vt Pittsburg- game
Brooklyn, )
PittsburE, /
Raglan and McCarty; Cooper, Adams
and Coleman.
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The women workers in Chile receive
an average wage Of IS cents day.
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WILLIE RITCHTE

WILLIE RITCHTE
to offset his lack of aggressiveness. |
Over there to make the other fellow
miss seems to count rs much as clean
hitting, even if a boxer has TO back
step all the time to make his opponent
miss. did all the forcing and Fred
die back pcdaled. Naturally he was
fast enough to make me miss contin-
ually, but as they figure fights that
way perhaps he had the right idea.
But there Is no question as to how
the same tactics would be greeted by
an American crowd. | say American
crowd not because | would expect any
advantage here but simply because l
know what they expect of a boxer. If
1 ran away from Welsh over here as
he did mt Olympia they would probably
boot me out of the ring"
When asked his views on Eugene
CORR, the noted English referee, Ritch-
ie declared that he would in no way
raise any question as to Corri's hon
esty, but he considered the official as
swaycd by the crowd,
when the bout ended" said Richie,
81 shook Welsh's hand and walked to
my corner. Naturally waited for
CORR TO raise my hand, for | was salts
fed that my work entitled me to the
verdict He came neither to me nor to
Welsh While he hesitated the ring
filed with Welshmen, who had come
from Cardiff and Pontypridd all shout
ing for Welsh and singing the national
anthem, which they had been singing
since early in the evening. Finally |
moved over to where Corri was stand
ing and asked him who Won He nod
ded toward Welsh.
"As for Welsh insisting on me max
ing 133 pounds and asking for Il side
bet Of $4,000. both are ridiculous.
Just wait and, see how many bouts he
arrangcS OH those terms. 1t is years
since he made 133 pounds, and he took
one Of those deep signs when he was
weighing in for the bout with me- l
made 135 pounds easier than he made
1t. l will meet any reasonable cOndi-
tons for n return match, and one con-
dition is that the bout be staged in
America. l guess Freddie himself
would not object to boxing here, as
lightwcights do not make much of a
card over there. Bombardier Wells
and Colin Bell drew $4,000 the week
before our bout, and the Smith Car
pcntier bout drew a 100000 crowd"
The bout was a big failure financial
ly. Only $4,000 was taken in ut the
gate, and Richie got about $4,000 for
his boxing. picture privileges and ex
penses. There was an expense OF
about $4,000 i'm promoting the match
Welsh worked on the percentage basis
with the management and got nothine
for his end as far as the bout was con
cerned lie will have to figure on his
theatrical engagements to make up.
Richie was offered $500 for three
weeks work at Il London music hall.
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TWIN STATE LEAGUE.
Games Today
Games TOlnOTrOW.

Brattlcboro at Newport.
Greenfield at kcene.
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National League.

American League Games Today.
St Louis at Boston.
Detroit ut. New York.
Cleveland at Philadelphia
Chicago at Washington.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-05-21
TO Be wEDOED IN CALIFORNIA

Miss Lola Roberts. until recently
stenographer and typlst in the Of.
fee OF d. W. Ross. left on Santa Fe
train this afternoon for Los Angeles.
California. where she will be married
to Mr.. A A. Hinman. late resident
of this city. on Wednesday evenin
of this week
Mr.. Hinman left here short time
ago for the Pacific coast TO engage
in the practice Of Law. and havin
secured a good position with a prom.
ineut firm in Los Angeles was unable
to return for the wedding decided
upon before his departure. Instead
he sent for the bride-eiect and by
agreement the nup,iais will be e,,c-
brated upon her arrival at Los An
geies.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-05-21
BACCAlAUREATE SERMON
DELIVERED SUNDAY NIGHT

The First Presbyterian church was
filled to its capacity Sunday night
on the occasion Of the delivery of the
baccalzEreate sermon by Rev. Geo.
y. SEWER 10 the graduating class OF
the South Canon high sehool
The discourse was q mastery one
and was predicated on 4 scriptural
tsxt BY 81. Paul designed to eacour
age those Christian virtues thar
make for good citizenship. The
speaker described three pillars in the
temple Of character. Il ought can.
wiri.- which are necessary In ths
erection Of the superstrpcture of life
Building well upon these essentials
men and women are enabled to scale
the heights OF success In all moral
intellectual and material things.
The pleasure OF the occasion was
heightened by splendid musioa
program by the choir under the {
rec,ion OF Mas sarior. assisted b.
the Gate City quartet and Miss Tina
Mac Kenzie AZ violinist
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Pupil. Max. Fin. Record in Spelling

Pupils Make Fine Record in Spelling
In the bi-monthly spelling eontes,
of the pupils OF the Canon City
grade schools on Tuesday of this
week an previous records for excel.
lence were broken. OF the hf
words spelled. written and oral.
Eve classes made a perfect record
thirty-two classes made an average
of less than one word per pupil and
three hundred and thirty-eight pu
pills made a perfect score. Five hun.
dred and twenty-five pupils toot
part In the contest. The results
were extremely gratifying and II Is
doubtful II they could be beaten IN
any OF the schools ct the state.
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GRAND JURY HAS
MADE PARTIAL REPORT

The grand jury made q partial re
port to Judge wiIkin In the district
court at ? o'clock this afternoon and
the opinion was expressed by the
foreman that u would be able to an
ish its work by Saturday. Nay 23rd.
Nine bilis Of indictment we're re
turned this afternoon. which were
given into the keeping Of the district
attorney after their examination by
the court The character Of the
dictments In not known- Judge Wi
kin complimented the jury for the
splendid work 1t was doing and com
mended IL as performing a service
Of great value to the people OF Fre-
mont county and the state at large.
The grand jury was convened Mon
day morning. April 18th. and will to-
day complete the hfrh week in is
s.,sion-
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SOUTH CANON WON 8
POINTS IN BOULDER MEET

South Canon was represented by
Ralph Thompson, Ralph Mckinley
and Raymond Marsh, accompanied
by Prof Riedel. These fellows
have been Handicapped in their track
work this spring as in them rested
the success OF the annual and their
vigilance did not lag until Il was
completed and delivered into the
hands of Junior statesmen. They
are to be congratulated in the en-
cheering Of one OF the finest annu.
ais ever put out by the High school.
So when they started off Friday
morning they did not feel as conf.
dent as their friends about winning
points in the big meet. but promis-
ed to live UP to the best that was IN
them for the "old school," and their
best was mighty gratifying to the
faculty and their friends when word
was received that Mckinley had
taken first in the pole vault. making
a record OF iosft.. and that Thomp-
son had taken second in the javelin
throw with a record Of 1913.
There were forty schools repre-
sented and South Canon has jus,
cause to be proud Of these repre-
sentatives who have made records
as students and have at the same
time taken an active part in all her
student enterprises.
The basket ball team VIII lose
Forest Patterson. one of its strong
players. who will graduate with his
class May Goth but the track team
being confined TO the Junior an
sophomore classes. win remain prae-
ticaliy the same and the outlook
very promising for a good strong
team In 1915.
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IRISH AND ATKINSON MADE
POINTS FOR CANON CITY

South Canon made eight points in
the big interschoiastic state meet at
Boulder Saturday. when Mckinley
and Thompson got In the winning.
Canon City received Is points
through the eaorts Of Irish and A,
kinson- Irish tied for FIRST place in
the hish Jump with two others and
Atkinson took fourth place In q,
s,o yard hurdles. Irish made . jump
Of ave feet niss, iscAss.'
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IN HONOR OF Or. AND
MRS. A. 7. CLARKE

DR.. and Mrs A. t. Clarke, who
are planning to leave Canon City
in the course Of few weeks for a
stay Of indefinite duration in Nova
Scotia, were the guests OF honor at
a delightful dinner and social gath
ering at the residence OF Mr.. and
Mrs. J. W. Rogers on East Main
street last Friday evening. The af-
fair was tribute of esteem from
the members Of DR.. Clarke's Sunday
class OF the First Presbyterian
church and a few Of their more in
innate friends; constituting in the
aggregate a company of between
twenty and thirty people.
DR.. and Mrs. Clarke were the last
20 arrive at the Rogers home and
they were met at the entrance by
the host and hostess and those w-o
had preceded them there and were
given a most cordial reception and
welcome. The house was hand
somely decorated for the occasion
with pansies and other bloom, grown
on the premises, which added fora
attractiveness to the warmth OF hos
pitality. a feature Of the gathering
that was greatly enjoyed was a
three-course dinner. at the conclu-
sion OF txhich Miss Mamie Gibbs
presented Dr.. Clarke with a beauti-
full gold scarf pin on behalf Of the
company in recognition of his splen-
did services as = teacher OF the Sun
day school class during the several
years he has he'd that position. The
recipient replied appropriately TO
the address of presentation and told
OF the pleasure he had derived from
his work as a religious instructor
and Of the agreeable recollections OF
Canon City and its people he and
Mrs. Clarke would carry away with
them on leaving here to make their
bone in the east.
DR.. and Mrs Clarke have many
friends here who win regret IL,
departure from the community. BY
reason OF their intellectually. genial.
kindly disposition and interest In the
religious, moral and civic welfare OF
the community in which they have
lived for the last eight or nine
years they vii leave m Impress for
good upon all with whom they have
been brought in contact. Such an
influence means exaltaiion and bet.
.s.-ssai of an enduring character.
Canon City viii lose an appreciated
and most estimable couple In the
going away Of DR.. and Mrs. Clarke
from its borders. but extracts n sort
OF grim consolation from the fact
that it's loss viii be another's' gain.
Owing to some business motters
requiring their attention DR.. and
Mrs. Clarke will not leave Canon
City for several weeks.
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State Sunday School conventioa.

State Sunday School Convention.
The thirty fourth annual conven
ton of the Colorado State Sunday
school association will be held NJ
the Twenty-third avenue Presbyter.
ian church in Denver on June 16. II.
and Is. A special fare OF one fare
by the Denver q Rio Grande: ne
Santa Fe: the Colorado q Southern
and other railroad companies ope-
ating in this state The conventic
headquarters vii be at the Auditor
ium hotel. Fourteenth and Stout
streets-
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

A few members of the high school
picnicked on the Skyline drive last
Saturday night. A very delicious
lunch was served. All enjoyed q
pleasant time.
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Monday was the last day Of reg
ular school for the Seniors. wednes-
day for the other classes. A num-
Der Of people were excused from
their examinations. which shows that
there has been very good work done
this year.
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Tuesday. at which time. Mesdames
Morgan. Bowiby. Christian. Lamb
and Coulter will meet with them
at three o'clock to make arrange
ments. A meeting will be held a,
Pythian hall Wednesday afternoon
at two O'Clock to make arrange
ments for making costumes to be
worn by the corps on Memorial day
Two candidates were initiated in
to the order. -.
Bridge Club
Miss Myra Sheriff. was hostess to
the Bridge club Friday afternoon
The occasion is spoken Of as one Of
the most delightful OF the clubs
season. The honors for high sco.e
were won by Miss Lila Armstrons.
Miss Josephine Hooper. of Denver.
was the guest of honor. A delicious
course OF salad sandwiches and cof.
fee was quite tastefully served.
Picnic. =.
Miss Josephine Hooper was the
guest of honor to a delightfully."- ar
ranged picnic Sunday evening near
Parkdale- The trip was made In
the Armstrong car Those partici-
pating were Josephine Hooper, Fern
Armstrong. LEILA Armstrong. Roland
Armstrong. Berdon Sheriff. and
Robert Pryor.
Internal Dance
One Of the pretty parties OF the sea
son was that given by Miss lose
phine Hooper. of Denver, in the Tru-
man Stockton home on Friday even
ing TO Eve couples of the younger
set The affair was an informal
dance. The refreshments consisted
OF Ices and macaroons. served In a
most delicious order. Miss Hooper
won the admiration Of those present
as n clever entertainer. and all re
port an enjoyable time. Present
we're the Misses Fern and Leia Arm
strong. Myra Sheriff. and Merle Nc
lain Messrs Roland Armstrong. Ber
don Sheriff.. Carl Scott. Raymond
Petrie and Robert Pryor.
senior cisss Picnic
The Senior class Of the high school
enjoyed . picnic to the tunnels on
Friday evening. The affair was
grand success and all those present
had a great time Members in the
party included sixteen couples.
Progress Club. =.
The Progress club held its last
meeting of the year with Mrs. Hodg.
in on Elm avenue. The following
officers were elected for the year
1915:
President Nrs. II. C. Benson :
vice-President. Miss Katherine Har.
ris; secretary-Treasurer. Miss odelia
Lucas: ! Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. Alma York: Chairman Of Pro
gram Committee. Miss Mamie Gibbs
After the business OF the evening
was transacted Miss Bianch Smith
entertained the club with an account
OF her trip TO Italy. Mrs. Watson
played some piano solos that were
enjoyed very much. The hostess
served some very appetiring re-
freshments.
Miss Ross. Miss sidweii. Mrs.
Wilkinson. Miss Burgess. Mrs. era.
mer. Miss Rowland and Mrs. Mans
were the guests OF the club.
Picnic On Tunnel Road
Misses Goldie Wright. Adeiine
Snider. Marjorie Duncan. stina