The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-10
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
SPORTING NOTES.

Says a Boston paper: Bugs Raymon'
remains the same in death as in life;
! lesson to all young athletes. He hat
everything and threw it all away.
\ The record for games won in season
in the American league was made b,
the Athletics in 1910, when they piles
up l02 victories. The Red Sox are nov
just eleven games shy of that mark
Without doubt they will smash this rec
ord
| With the statistics compiled in tht
Twin State league, Mayforth is credit
ed with hitting for 1853, Mayforth viii
re-enter the university of Vermont thi.
fall, according to report. His fielding
average was .96T.
Christy Mathewson of the Giants i.
outlining a plan for baseball frater'
nifty. The new organization is planned
tc look after the interests of the play.
ers. He is firm advocate of the theory
that the player should have equal chance
in disagreements.
According to Clarke Griffith, the Wash.
ington manager, Herring the young pitch
er given a tryout by him in Boston last
week, is to become great twirler. He
has three kinds of spitball, all of which
are impossible to hit.
Kid Eberfeld is on the hospital LIST
of the Montgomery club in the Southern
league. 1t appears as if the Kid were
near the end Of his career as a baseball
player.
SAYS the New York Sun: One line OF
representation has it that Ray Collins
will be the man with whom the Boston
Americans will win the worlds title
from the Giants beca use the latter club
is weak against left-handed pitchers.
Howard Drew il to enter Dartmouth
college His friends and admirers have
collected fund to pay his scholarship
to the New Hampshire school when he
graduates from Springfield high next
June. Drew, who is married, says that
he viii be able to support his family
while attending Dartmouth. Drew is en-
tered for the dashes at the national
championships in September.
Ty Cobb, Iris Speaker and Joe jack
son still retain their order in the Amer
lean league batting race. The Tiger
outfielder is rapping the pill for AIS.
This Speaker Is second with .3Dl and
jackson in third position with 81. In
the National league Hienie Zimmerman
is drawing away from his competitors.
His average still stands at 1881. Sween-
ey is runner up with .35l. Konetcy and
Doyle are fighting for third position. The
ST. Lous man is hitting for 1886 and
the New Yorker for 1874.
George Mcconnell. the HighIanders'
star pitcher, was in hard luck last week.
He lost to Joe Wood, allowing but six
hits, while his hackers carroled seven off
Wood. Again he met bis fate against
the Athletics; the Philadelphia team net
ted six bingles off him and his team
mates gathered thirteen off the Mack
pitcher.
There are but four weeks left of base
ball in the American league and Ma
tional league. Then comes the final and
crucial tests of the best material in the
world--the Giants and the Red Sox. All
records for attendance regardless of
weather conditions are to be sent high
ir the air. The Giants will receive larg-
er crowds at New York owing to the in
creased proportions of their playing
space, while at Boston thousands will
be unable to gain admission to the field.
Chances for anneXing the hiqh decision
appear very bright for the Boston club.