The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-31
Boston, Boston 4, Chicago 0.
AmerIean League standlng.
Diamond scintiIlations.


As a fielder, the majority Of experts
IN the American league are putting
Jimmy Austin in the same class with
the rest Of the good third.saekers in
the business.
Outiielder Hart Of Hartford hasn't
made a misplay in 81 games.
The Red Sox have won ten out Of
eighteen games played this season with
the Chicago team
AltiEer is batting for .2o4 in the
American association, Rossman for $50
Mccormick for .25S, and Boucher for
.2ls.
Pitcher 0'Brien Of Hartford has famed
e44 men IN "a games.
When king Cole beat the Giants
out IN Chicago Thursday, he won his
sixteenth game Of the nineteen be has
played this season.
The Giant leaders remain silent in
regard 10 a post season series with the
Yankees. Much depends upon the atti-
tude John McGraw assumes in the mat
Ter.
No one pitcher may be said 10 be the
mainstay Of the Athletics staff. Coombs,
Bender, Morgan and Plank have done
excellent work with a star club, and il
would hardly be fair TO pick one pitcher
life Of the staff.
The Red sox have won eight straight.
Hi Ladd ranks next TO Pop Foster as
the leading batter in the Connecticut
league. Some Of the other 800 hitters
are: Burke. $40; Soifel. sos Cough,
.303; Almeida, 302; Bridges, sol; Hart,
s0ls Marsans, 300
Rochester still leads in the Eastern
league by d good margin.
John Hess has been released BY owner
Edwards Of the Northampton team un-
eonditionally His salary arm is III good
shape, and be has been pitching good
ball. 20 his dismissal Is due probably 60
personal differences with the manager
President Tracy Of the Connecticut
league has announced the raising II The
suspension Of manager I J. Connery Of
the Hartford club. Csnnery was sns-
pended last week by President Tracy
for alleged use Of foul language to the
umpire during 4 game.
Pitcher Caldwell, a six-footer and
pitcher whom the Yankees have pur-
chased from the McKeesport club in
Pennsylvania, viii likely be seen on the
hll-top grounds when the Yankees fin.
ish their last trip.
The eOld SPORT On the Philadelphia
Inquirer gives up the latest dope on the
L.. A
have not got the pennant einohed, mas
much as it would be possible for several
of the clubs below them to win cut in
the event OF them falling down COM
pletely, Uncle Ben Shibe will not De
taking any bad risks if he orders am
other fag-pole. With thirty-eight
games yet to play, all the Athletics
would have to do TO score the century
mark in victories, for which manager
Mack IS pulling 80 hard, would be to
break even, and they would wind up the
season with 100 victories and "a de-
feats--a winning percentage of GAO. To
beat that the Bostuns wonld have TO
win 81 Of the 80 games they are yet
larded TO play, But going on past per.
formances, the Athletics viii win more
than one-half Of the 3S games they still
have to play, and there is only the
remotest likelihood Of the Red Sox cop.
ping out 3 more victories A remark
able feature about the Athletics winning
has been their uniformity
The first division clubs have been prae
tically as easy as the second as was
shown BY the fact that when they
started out Oh their second western trip
their percentage 'of victories against the
clubs Of the two divisions was precisely
the same .667 due largely to the fact
that on their first western trip they
were badly broken up. To-day their
winning percentage against the teams Of
the second division is TIA, and those
Of the first, 674, oaly "A points less
than the grand total AGAINST al clubs.