The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-26
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
SPORTING NOTES.

/ Mike Ryan, the Irish American long
| distance runner, slightly injured his right
ankle ON board the Finland Saturday,
but it is not expected that the injury
will keep him out of the Olympic games.
! After the Vermont game Monday,
! Richard Lewis, 10, of Irving on Hudson,
was elected captain of the Williams col
| lege baseball team for next year Lewis
plays on the basketball and football
teams also In his classroom work he
is an excellent student.
William Knapp, for years business
manager of the Philadelphia National
league club, died recently at his home
in Norwood, Pa.
Upon the recommendation of Amos
Rusie, the Boston Nationals have pur-
chased James, pitcher, and Whaling, a
catcher.
At the end of the present season,
President McCue of the Brockton New
England team. will deliver three players
to the New York Americans. The new
purchases of the New York team are
Smith, an outfielder, Howard, utility
man, and Barry, first baseman.
Clark Griffith claims that the sliding
few days has been due to the absence
of Walter Johnson. With johnson back
in the game. he believes that his team
will surely mount to the position il held
a few days ago He claims that besides
having the best pitcher in the American
league in johnson, he has the best catch
er in Ainsmith. the best shortstop in
Mcbride and the best center fielder in
Milan.
Yesterday Marquard won another
game against the Philadelphia club,
making his record stand II straight.
The aspirations for the heavyweight
championship of the world of Georges
Carpenter. the French champion, were
given a severe jolt Monday night at
Dieppe, France. The defeat came in the
manner of disqualification.
The Brooklyn Nationals are without
the services of Herbert Moran, one OF
the teams start outfelders. He was
spiked in the recent Philadelphia series
and is now lying at his home with what
is believed to be gangrene poison.
The American athletes, who have been
training for the past few days at Ant
werp, Belgium, where they landed from
the Red Star liner Finland, left to-day
for Stockholm. There are three men
that are not in the best of shape, and
as all three of them are point winners,
the chances of the Americans seem to
be endangered. Melvin Sheppard, Mike
Ryan and Jim Thorpe are the men off
color.
The position on the Boston Red Sox
that has been so weak all season, with
which strengthened many claim that
Boston will be pennant winner, will
be filled by Neal Ball. who was sold
outright to the Boston management.
Frank Gargan has been selected as
field coach at Georgetown university for
next fall. Gargan is an old Fordham
athlete.
Recently Ed Ruelbach pitched one of
the best games of his career when he
lost to Cincinnati by a lone run. His
was responsible, passing in the
winning run.
Thomas Ready, the former Dartmouth |
star, has reconsidered his announced in |
tention of leaving Lehigh university to
accept similar position at Miami uni |
versty. He has notified the athletic
committee that he will remain unless
the position has already been filed,
The veteran George Mullin of the Ii
gers. whom Navins has no more use for,
thinks that he has been poorly treated |
by the Detroit management. He will
go to any team except the st. Louis
Browns.
Rowing is the only major sport that
Cornell has an opportunity to carry off |
the championship honors At baseball,
football and track, they were unsuccess-
full in their outeomes.
When the Cubs traded Holman to
they unloaded a sick man onto
the Pirates. Holman will be unable
to take his place again this year in the
Pirate lineup.