The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-22
SPORTING NOTES.

Mike Murphy, the Olympic trainer, II
Is stated is broken in health, but is
making a grim fight for life.
Willie Kolehmainen, the Finnish run
ner, is making good his reputation in
this country as the peer of long distance
runners. Sunday at Newark, y. D.,
kolehmainen won an international
race around circular track, trimming
three minutes off the former record OF
Hans Halmer made at Powderhall,
Scotland last year. In the race against
the Finn We're several long distanced
men of note, such as: Hans Halmer, Carl
Neiminer, CHR Johansen and Pat De-
neen.
Mel Sheppard will never grow old
Sheppard has been performing on the
cinder path for years and is still king
of the middle distance men. Sunday
Sheppard won from Ted Merideth, the
Olympic champion. at 800 metres,
Of rugby in Canada, have sent chal-
lenge to the Carlisle Indians for a game
to be played at Toronto October 2S, un-
der American rules. The Toronto team
believes that with the proper coaching
they will be able to outplay the Indians.
An ingenious trick in the football
game between Rose Polytechnic college
and Vanderbilt university last Saturday
reads as follows. Following the kick.
off, Rose lined up hurriedly, then shot
a forward pass towards the sidelnes to
a man in citizens clothes. He ran forty
yards and was downed by Vanderbilt
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then took off his hat, coat, trousers and
shirt and was found wearing regular
Rose football uniform underneath. Van.
derbilt players had not noticed that only
ten Rose players had lined up in regular
positions"
Eight contestants have entered for
the ls.2 balkline billiard championship
to be played at the hotel Aston, New
York, commencing Nov. j, The follow
ing are the eight contestants. Willie |
Hoppe, George +. Slosson, and Harry B. |
Cline of New York; Orlando b. Morn |
ingstar of Pittsburg; George Sutton and |
Calvin Demarest of Chicago; Koji Yam
ada of Japan. Hoppe is leading as the
possible winner among betting circles.
The pirates have dug up a promising !
for an addition to its pitching /
staff for next season. The youngster /
Dreyfuss has slipped his strings QUITO
Is Wilbur Cooper Of McConnellsville, /
Ohio. Cooper viii properly bear the dis
tinction of being the youngest pitcher
and player working out in the profes
sional ranks, Cooper is not old enough to
vote for Wilson yet, being but 10.
Sunday at Celtic park, New York, Pat
Mcdonald of the Irish. American ath-
etc club broke the worlds record for
he 2l-pound shot put, increasing the
distance to AZ feet Az inches. Ralph
Rose was holder of the former record,
which he made in California In 1907.
Mcdonald hurled the stone two feet far.
her than the distance that kept Roses
anne as luminary.
The revision Of coaching methods at
ale along radical lines win be injected
a the squad from now until the final
lash with Harvard. BY means of
traight football Yale has been able to
mash all her opponents to date and
implicated formations are to be taught
N the Princeton and Harvard games
ne great loss to the New Haven eleven 1
Bomeisler, the star end, who has been :
II of the scrimmage for some time and
iere Is doubt If he stays through any al
lme he starts as he is too susceptible cd
injury. Sc