The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-02
SPORTING NOTES.

/ Paddock, who was given a thorough
/ try-out with the White Sox this spring,
| is now covering third for the Highland
! err. In the few games that he has
| played he has given q good account OF
| himself. His hitting has counted for
more runs than any other player on the
| team in that time, and his fielding has
not been guilty Of miscues.
Ira Thomas, the Athletic catcher, who
was trying to buy franchise in the
Connecticut league a few seasons ago,
| is now negotiating for club in the New
York state leagne.
Al Palzer, the western white hope, is
again back under the wing of Tom
0'Rourke. Palzer broke away from
E0'Rourke some time ago and has just
realized his mistake.
Dom Weafer, the Middlebury college
baseball player, and Maurice Kelley, who
attended Dean academy the past year,
are playing on the Morrisville town team
this summer. Weafer is doing backstop
work and Kelley is covering short, the
same positions that they filled when stu
dents at Peoples. academy.
Charlie Sterrett, the Princeton man,
who has been with the Highlanders but
10 short time. says that Joe Wood Ed
Walsh and Walter johnson are the hard.
est pitchers to hit that he has been up
against This is the howl that scores OF
others have been piping for the past few
years.
In an seward handicap at Tonypandy,
Wales. several weeks ago, three of the
fastest professional sprinters in the
world Jack Donaldson, A. p Postle,
Reggie Walker were beaten in their
heats. Donaldson and Postle ran from
scratch, Walker was set on the one
yard mark.
Hannes Kolehmainen, the wonderful
Finnish runner and hero of the Olym-
PIC runs, is expected to appear in the
Canadian championships at Montreal in
September. 1t would be worth great
deal to go many miles to see this wonder
perform.
At bicycle meet in England last
month, there were about $4,000 who
turned out to watch the pedalers. From
this it is apparent that bicycling is main
tanning its popularity.
During the Red Sox series at Chicago
just closed Jimmy Scott, one of the
White Star pitchers, said that he was
ready any time to take his turn on the |
mound. Scott has not been in condition |
since the earlier part of spring
Smell. the st. Louis Browns latest /
acquisition, is not the Smell of Brown |
Smell OF the Providence /
school is captain Of the Brattleboro team
in the Twin-State league. He is cover
ing first base and sometimes filling in
behind the bat Smell will return to col /
oge in the fall The major league Smell |
is only 20 years old and has future full
81 promise.
Eddie Grant, the old Harvard third
sacker, who played for two seasons in
the Northern league. is back in the Gin
'innati Nationals lineup. Grant has
been laid up with injuries for some time.
md it is pleasing to the Yorktown fans
% see man in the batting order that
an field the position. Phelan. who has
been covering that bag. was wretchedly
'oor and came far from filing the posi-
ion.
Durham of Toronto, who holds the
American seulling championship, had an
asy time defeating Packet, the Onta-
10 sculler, in a match at Rainy River,
an. the first of the season for the
Durham won by four
engths.
1t is reported that Eppa Rixey's fam
ly are opposed to his playing profess
ional ball. They would prefer him to
ollow calling more suitable to their
IDEAS.