Background
Avery, son of Charles L"Hommedieu Avery and Martha (Bakewell) Avery, was a prep school student in Cincinnati in 1870. The next year he enrolled at Yale, where he joined the baseball team in the spring of his sophomore year in 1873.
Avery, son of Charles L"Hommedieu Avery and Martha (Bakewell) Avery, was a prep school student in Cincinnati in 1870. The next year he enrolled at Yale, where he joined the baseball team in the spring of his sophomore year in 1873.
Avery umpired 9 total National Association games in 1874 and 1875. all of them as the home plate umpire.