Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-20
WITH The SPORTS
Breezy Gossip Regarding
Various Pastimes
The LEAGUE WAR
Base Ball, pugIIism, Horse
Racing And Other Sports

New York, March 20 Still the
base ball war in the National league
goes merrily On and when the season
opens and the attendance is small be-
cause of the lost interest the mag.
a.es will wonder what they fought
about SO bitterly in the winter.
There will be a meeting of all the
factions in this city on March "a to
arrange schedule at which it is ex-
pected that the differences will be
patched up so as to allow the league
to 60 ahead with its games.
In speaking OF the effect of the foul
strike rule last summer it is interest
ing 10 look over the following figures:
The strike rule bearing on foul balls
led to 41S7 players being called out
ON strikes in 1901 while in 1900 there
were but 2660 who struck out, an in
crease OF 1884. This shows how hard
the rule was on bctsmen. Moreover
there were 1856 more runs and 528
more base hits made in 1900 than in
1901, owing to the restriction caused
by the foul strike rule in 1901.
Here is the way Charley Comiskey
sizes up the American league teams as
made up for the coming season: "My
Chicago team is strong but SO are
others. Baltimore, Of course, will
have to be xaokened with in the first
bunch, butssIs do no see where the
Orioles will 4ruh AWAY from any one.
They will have strong pitching staff
particularly if Hughes comes up to
last years form. Then, too, joe
Kelly will strengthen them great
deal in the outtield and at the bat.
Washington has the best five pitchers
in the country, it seems to me. Then
look at the hitting ability of the team
as a whole. St. Louis has good
team. Detroit has fair team but not
good enough to get into the first div
ision. Philadelphia will have team
that will fight all the way through the
season and make strong bid for the
top. Boston is much stronger than
last year when Collins team was hard
to beat. Cleveland looks to be the
weakest cam in the circuit"
Bicycling will soon be all the go al
most everywhere except in this city.
With the many mills around this city
the country does not afford much Of a
chance for bicycle riding. In the city
| it is entirely out of the question until
we have some streets that do not make
man seasick if he is able to ride
them at all. L. is popular sport but
is entirely impracticable in Barre be.
cause Of the poor streets.
The selection of The battle ground
for the Jeffrles. Fitzsimmo ms go has
been deferred until April |. But there
are in reality only two places where a
good fight can be had without inter
; terence on the part Of the authorities,
Carson City, New, and San Francisco
1t is probable that the latter place
will be selected especially if good
purse can be secured Fitzsimmons
wants the fight to come off somewhere
in the east If possible.
Joe ,Walcott ought to have good
time when he goes to England in
tackling the best English heavy
weight fighters. Since the days OF
Charlie Mitchell there has been nc
real first class man OF this weight in
England. AS Walcott is rather short
Englishmen may think he cannot
fight, Dut he can hit hard blow on
the Jaw of six-footer and think
nothing Of it.
At the Granite State Park at Dover
N. H., they have already begun work
ing horses for the coming season.
Rigby Park, that famous Maine
track, is no more as the land has beer
sold to the Boston & Maine railroad
and will be used for railroad purposes
Cnnkenuod I'M ponAA