The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-17
merican League Standing.
Diamond scintiIlations.

says the Phlladeiphla Ledger; tfab-
ably few seasons have been so unpFo-
ductive Of good players as the one
through which we are now passing.
Scouts have been using the fine comb
on all the nigh grass leagues and in
semi-professional teams, but their dis
coveries Of men appraised as good
enough for the majors have been at a
minimum
The Pirates could not gain on the
Cubs at New York's expense.
The Red Sox now nave no postponed
games with any Of the western teams.
aArtiea Holman, now playing center
field for the Cubs, was born October ~,
1882, in ST. Louis, Of German parentage.
He first attained prominence as short
stop with the Des Moines club Of the
Western league. Seven years ago Pitts
burg looked him over, but found him
wanting. The next year he joined Chi
cago and has remained there ever since.
Players who were located by accident
are many, but three Of the most i'm
portant accidental finds" are excellent
second basemen today. They are Eyers
Of the Cubs, Doyle Of the Giants and
Larry Laioie of the Maps.
"Bilp' Bradleys days as a Cleveland
players are over In his time, Bradley
was one Of the best third basemen in
the business and up to the last year,
when he slumped, he was good hit.
ter.
Under the caption, Frosty Deal IN
Barre the st. Adams Messenger Of
Monday night has the following to say
in regard to Saturdays game on God
dard campus between the st. Adams In
dependents and the Italian Athletic
club, "The ST. Adams Independents
came back from Barre where Saturday
they were defeated by tile Italian Ath-
letic club Of that city by the score Of
s to 0, with all kinds Of tales Of hard
luck and frosty deals, as the manager
termed it. 1t seems that Hatch was
advertised TO pitch the game Saturday,
but that be was unable to play, he hav-
ing injured his arm. The telegram from
Hatch was read to the crowd, and the
trouble began at once. For some reason
OF other, the Barre fans seized upon
the telegram as food and came to the
instant conclusion that Hatch was sui
fering from case 81 cold feet, and not
an injured arm. And this in spite of
the fact that Hatch IS an old-timer, who,
in the course Of bis college and league
experience, has had to taste the bitter
dregs Of defeat too many times to be
scared Of licking by the Barre aggre-
cation. The rough work then began,
according to the local BOYS, and about
two hundred left the field after telling
the st. Alhanites in very plain language
what they thought Of them. The locals
claim that close decisions always fa-
vored the Barre players and intimated
at plain cases OF steal on the part of
the umpire, Barre made all Of its runs
in its first three innings. Duffy for st,
Adams played the star game
Jack johnson declared before leaving
Cleveland recently that he would not
fight again for year.
New Bedford, Worcester and Lynn are
fighting neck and neck for first place
in the New England league. New Bed
ford leads at present.
Pitcher O'Brien of Hartford is now
credited with 2o7 strikeouts il 26 games.
Manager Zeller Of Springfield has been
notified BY the Brooklyn National man
agement that nfelder Redmond has
been sold to Rochester.
Pop Foster not only leads the Con-
necticut league in batting, but also in
distance hitting. Among the leagues
800 hitters are: Almeida $50, Laid
1872. Hoey .504, Soffel 1902, and Hart
sec.