Major League Baseball Player and Army Officer. He graduated from the University of Vermont's medical school in 1895. A star baseball pitcher while an undergraduate, first at Norwich University and then at UVM (where he alternated starts with Bert Abbey), while attending a post-graduate course at the University of Maryland he joined the Baltimore Orioles. Pond pitched for parts of four seasons, compiled a record of 35 wins and 19 losses, and was part of Baltimore's National League championship teams in 1895 and 1896. In 1898 Pond joined the US Army as a surgeon, and served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. He remained in the Philippines after the war, founded a hospital for lepers on Cebu island, and earned the respect of the local population by vaccinating the island's children. During World War I Pond trained Army surgeons at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana before serving with the 9th Cavalry in the Philippines. After the war Pond retired as a Lieutenant Colonel and settled in Cebu, practicing medicine while become involved in several successful Philippines business ventures, including cattle ranches and coconut plantations. He died of complications after surgery for appendicitis and was creamated. Pond Parkway, a street in downtown Cebu City is named for him.
Major League Baseball Player and Army Officer. He graduated from the University of Vermont's medical school in 1895. A star baseball pitcher while an undergraduate, first at Norwich University and then at UVM (where he alternated starts with Bert Abbey), while attending a post-graduate course at the University of Maryland he joined the Baltimore Orioles. Pond pitched for parts of four seasons, compiled a record of 35 wins and 19 losses, and was part of Baltimore's National League championship teams in 1895 and 1896. In 1898 Pond joined the US Army as a surgeon, and served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. He remained in the Philippines after the war, founded a hospital for lepers on Cebu island, and earned the respect of the local population by vaccinating the island's children. During World War I Pond trained Army surgeons at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana before serving with the 9th Cavalry in the Philippines. After the war Pond retired as a Lieutenant Colonel and settled in Cebu, practicing medicine while become involved in several successful Philippines business ventures, including cattle ranches and coconut plantations. He died of complications after surgery for appendicitis and was creamated. Pond Parkway, a street in downtown Cebu City is named for him.
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