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

5. recent meeting. the officials o
the New England league voted that IL
umpires should not ofliciate ut collcg,
games during the regular season. Last
spring this method Of mpiring collegr
games was in vogue. and disscnsioI
arose among the various club managers
Clarence f"Chpid"l ChiIds, noted old.
time ball player, died ut Baltimore last
week after n lingering illness. When
death overlook him, he was Is years old
lie began his baseball career in North
Carolina aud Joined the Cleveland Ma
tionals in 1850 For years he was
ranked as ono o! the most consistent
5atsmen IN the leag,ic, as well as one
of the foremost second sackers.
One o. the most important events in
rollege activities of the year 1T the uni.
versity Of Vermont VIII take place Sat
urdav, when The freshmen and the soph-
ignores Zinc up for their annual game
dictcd as their relative strength ia
nakncwn The freshmen are hard at
work nndtr the direction Of Gallagher,
newcomer at the school. The sopilo.
more team has an abundance OF material
and appears to be the favorite. Maiden,
a former Spaulding high school ath-
letc, viii be in the list of sophomores.
Rnbc Vicllers Of Northern league fame
viii never again make tracks back to
the big leagues. In his day, Rube trav-
clcd back and forth between the large
circuits and the bushes more than any
other man ever connected with baseball.
Baltimore has now asked for waivers
Oh Vickers. The Athletics sent him to
the Orioles in 1910 and during that sea
son and the following one he was the
greatest dispenser OF curves in the
league This year Rube lost much OF
his effectiveness, and many times he
gave way to weaker pitchers, When
his fast breaking curve is working right
there is no one outside of the big leagues
" no has anything on Yickcrs, who until
this year could be depended on to step
in ut any niche Of the game and staye
Oh defcat as his fellow pitcher was wob
bling. In 1910 Vickers had an average
Of $40 and in 1911 he trailed George
Mcconnell with a percentage of 900.
If Nickers is allowed to go, he probably
viii drift to the Tri-State league.
Alfred De Gro still retains his title
OF champion of the world at pool. The
sharp-eyed Cuban successfully defended
his title against Frank Sherman, whom
,he defeated in ttree-night play in |
New York last week. DE Orc got
bad start, but came back strong, cutting
down his opponents lead steadily until |
he had assured himself of victory.
President Charles Fl. Ebbetts of the
Brooklyn National club is to give Dad
Biz Dahlcn another chance and has
set aside all rumors regarding Dahlen.
This win be Dahlen's fourth year with
the Brooklyn club and Ebbetts has COM
plmented him for what he had done to
develop the New York suburb.
1t is rumored that Arthur Wilson, the
popular and handsome backstop of the
Giants, is to desert his old place in the
bachelors corner and bring wife East
with him next spring.
Jimmy Callahan has great hopes in
Ray Wolfe, who is to join the White
Sox next season. Wolfe comes from the ]
Lincoln club of the Illinois, Missouri |
league, where he led the league in bat
ing, base-running and run-getting. /
Karl Crandall, a brother of Otis Gram
hall of the Giants, anticipates joining !
he big leagues in another year. Karl J
las been playing shortstop during the ]
tear Just closed and pilfered twenty
line bases in that time. The youngster t
llso hit we'll The Indianapolis club has q
ccured his services for next season,