"Arlie (Pond) graduated from Rutland High School in 1888 and spent two years at Norwich University where he distinguished himself as a musician and as pitcher of the baseball team. In 1890 he transferred to the University of Vermont. As an "academic" at UVM Pond was a member of the glee and banjo club, and he also played one season of varsity football during his senior year of 1893. But he earned his greatest fame as a baseball player." - Historian Tom Simon (Green Mountain Boys of Summer: Vermonters in the Major Leagues 1882-1993, Tom Simon, 2000)