The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-04
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
SPORTING NOTES.


At the Metropolitan association games
at Celtic park at New York Sunday two
new worlds amateur records were es-
tablshed. A. R. Keviat of the Irish
American A. G. won the l,500-metre run
from scratch in a handy manner. He
lowered his former record made last
Sunday by 2-5 seconds. James n.
Duncan hurled the discus about five feet
further that the distance made by Mar
tin Sheridan of year ago, that was
set as the discus record.
Up to and including May 81, thinner
man of the Cubs was the leading hitter
in the National league He continued
TO wallop the ball at the same clip last
week, keeping his average at 4O4. The
nc KIT batter in order to Zimmerman Is
Daubert of the Brooklyn club. He is
at the 374 mark at present. Cobb is
the virtual leader in the American
league. He made wonderful squirt
last week and brought his average to
81. Speaker is three points behind the
Detroit player.
Malcolm and Mayforth the university
OF Vermont's star battery, has been en-
gagged for the coming summer to play
for the Brattleboro club of the Twin
State league. according to reports from
the university city. Coach Hazelton is
stood that other Vermont players will
be taken to Brattleboro with Hazelton
Muggsy McGraw. who it was claimed,
expended Sll 600 for Rube Marquard q
few years ago, was given the laugh for
his supposed lemon. Last year Vanguard
showed his true worth and this season
is of greater assistance to Bush and
NcGraw than ever. Yesterday, when he
trimmed st. Louis, he won his eleventh
straight victory.
Art Griggs is proving to be one of
the comebacks of the season. The
Cleveland management let him 90 at
the close OF last year, but when in need
of first-sacker a few weeks ago, Griggs
was recalled. He is hitting for $40
Judging from records OF wins and de-
fcats this season, it appears that Am
herst and Williams are topnotchers III
the intercollegiate race. These two col
leges are tied, having won a game each.
1t will be too bad if these teams can
not decide the dispute,
Yales stronghold in the intercollegiate
meet at Philadelphia last Saturday was
in the pole vault In this event the
New Haven college has for the past few
years held supremacy Saturday Gard
ner cleared over thirteen feet and es-
tahlished a new worlds record
1t must have been wonderful race
SATURDAY. at the intercolIegiates at Phil
adelphia when John Paul Jones of Cor
nell and Taber of Brown ran a dead race
in the mile run. Taber has sprung into
prominence within the last year. When
man can put mp race against the
Cornell man as Taber did last Saturday
he surely is worthy of consideration in
the picking of the Olympic team. Amer
lea ought to capture both first and see
ond places in this event.
The latest books received by the sport
ing editor of Boston paper are as
follows: 1.-THE Man on the Box" by RUDE
Marauard; "The Right of Way" ]. j.
McGraw; Paradise Lost" by Henri
ebay; "How to Pitch Twenty -four
Hours Day" by Edward Walsh,
Jake Stahl, the frst-base manager
of the Boston Red Sox, celebrated his
return TO the game Sunday by slamming
out a double and a triple. Although his
team did not win the game his stick
was big factor in the run getting of
the Boston club.
Coach Rice of the Columbia crew left
for up the Hudson to-day with one of
the greatest crews that has ever sat be-
hind an oar at the New York college.
Coach Rice expects that his crew will
win the Poughkeepsie regatta.
II was tough race for Berna of
Cornell to lose at Philadelphia last Sat
urday. Berna run the mile with Jones
a short time before and broke the tape
a few feet in back of Jones. When
they came to run the two-mile event
Berna found a bunch of runners that
were out to "kill" him. Haimbaugh set
terrific pace for the first half mile.
This Michigan man did not judge his
race. he did not consider Wilmington OF
Harvard, who won the race.
Russell Ford, who was the sensation
Of the American league two years ago,
is coming along this season by degrees.
At the start of the league he was not
in the best of shape and was touched
up considerably.
John McGraw of the Giants is Selling
every opportunity that presents itself
this season to experience his youngsters,
By the time of the worlds series, which
he comedies will come to New York, lie
will have a bunch of full-fedged ball
players.
Ray Fisher, the old Middlebury pitch
er, who has twirled for the New York
Highlanders for the past few seasons
anu who has been out of the game for
the last few weeks, expects to return
10 the mound at any time now.
G. T. Touchard successfully defended