The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-15
SPORTING NOTES.

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Tufts will keenly feel the loss of An
CELL, halfback, who is out OF the
game with water on the knee. Angel
was the man on the Medford team TO
be relied on to hurl the forward pass.
According to the Princeton Alumni
| Weekly, the longest field goal on record
was kicked by J. T. Haxall of Princeton
in 1882. The kick was made in the
! Princeton Yale game of that fall. The
| spot from where the ball was dropped
was 65 yards from the cross bars.
Much OF the great showing that Is
being made this year by the Carlisle
Indians is credited to Bergie, VINO - as
serted to be the greatest ever at the
school. Great energy has been fused in
the Indians practice this week. as Glenn
Warner has informed them that the Penn
team has at last found itself. The red
skins We're greatly impressed with this
information.
At meeting this week Paul f. Fraser
of Dorchester, Mass, was elected to
lead the Colby college football eleven
through the season of 1913. Fraser was
the life of the Colby backfeld during
its successful season just closed, and
was picked by all the Maine newspapers
for backfield position on the All-Maine
team. Fraser Is also one of the best
players on the college baseball team.
Percy D. Haughton for the past five
years has been successful in coaching
varsity football at Harvard university.
This season will end his present con-
tract, and it is dubious if he renews his
contract to return to Cambridge next
fall. As a football coach, Haugl1ton has
shown himself to be an expert teacher
and has greatly changed the method of
developing the crimson teams. In past
much stress was laid on training SO
that much of the success of the organi
cations depended upon individual stars.
Haughton has always showed his eager
ness to build up the team as unit.
One of the greatest professional root |
races ever held in this country viii be |
pulled off Saturday night in New York. |
A. Il. Woods of England, Willie Konle- |
mainen of Finland, Hans Homer and |
Billy Queal will all start at twelve |
miles. Every one of this quartet rs ca.
pable of smashing the record for this |
distance. kohlemainen, the Finnish run
ner, and Woods, the English crack, have
never met before on the track, while /
from statistics they appear to be evenly
The great Yonkers marathon, which is
% be held on Thanksgiving day, has
lttraeted large field of entries. Many
# the long distance men have arrived az
he New York town and are holding try
uts on the course in preparation for the
un.
Edward Casey, better known as sat
Q his friends, has left Brown univer-
ity and will enter Yale university.
asey is wonderful football player, but
laims he has received unfair treatment
{ the hands Of the university author,-
les. Casey has been ineligible this sea
on, owing to condition IN his stud
X. which he asserts he has not been
BILE to make up.
Capt. Thorpe of the Carlisle Ind
xcused himself from football practice
his week to lend himself for physical {
to medical board, VINO !
esired to get his full physical statistics
the heyday of his glory.
August Hermann of the Cincinnati c
eam has been quoted as saving that he G
refers Tinker TO Chance as manager h
his team. He does not believe that
nance is in condition to continue his
rilliant managerial assistance as in the
lst. Ii Chance was himself, Hermann $
Iys he would sign him quickly. ii
2 had been himself, Murphy would
aver have let him go.
Miller Higgins, who has secured Roger
position as manager of the i
,rdinals, is doing his utmost to effect
e release of Johnny King from the a
raves. Stallings viii probably not
I'D King and Higgins wants king 20 i
| Bresnahan's place behind the bat. a.
In the Boston Herad's sporting notes o
yesterday appeared this item; "We Fl
ways hear OF the men who are prom. a.
ent by their work as members of the :
2 college football elevens, but seldom
ar of the stars of the smaller teams \
is unfortunate that they are lost in
e shuttle Up in the little town OF
VT, where the Norwich uni
rsity is located. there is a boy named
lrwell who ranks with the great var q
y backs OF the year. No less an au- =
ority than Walter Camp has bestowed e
nor on him by saying that he is a
type of player and is one or J.
E greatest backs of this fall. Great
that praise may seem coming from
mp, ! doubt II he viii place the Yer
inter where his work entities him
zen considering the players for the
American team. Such is the fate Of
star player representing q small col
r. for there are many athletes on Il
aller college elevens who, II they Ii
yet with some Of the larger colleges
uld b. considered all-America materi-
Norwich Is only a college Of 1875 stu
lts and its showing IL all the more
because of its victories over
titutions like Holy Cross and Ford !
n. Norwich promises something warm
Brown Nov. %