The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-28
SPORTING NOTES.

The Brattleboro club of the Twin Stat,
league is made up of the following play
ers. Malcolm, Smith, Mayforth, Nader
and Flaherty of the university of Yer
mont baseball team. Mayforth will DE-
the bulk OF the catching, Maiden vii
cover third, and Malcolm will be The
mainstay on the slab. Captain-elect
Flaherty will play one of the outfielt
positions. Grow, an old Vermont man
will play short. Smell the Brown man
will be on first, with Lawrence, former
New York State league player, on sec
ond. Davies, Donnelly and Others will
! fight it out for the outfield.
The New York Suns sporting editor
in reviewing the baseball season of col
leges just past overlooked the university
of Vermont club in rating the mines. In
corresponding with Vermont follower
he admits the oversight and says that
Vermont is entitled to recognition and
claims that Jake" Malcolm is by eff
Gent judges declared to be the best col
| lege pitcher in the East. Victories over
/ Amherst Dartmouth, Williams, Holy
| Cross and Cornell are on Nermont's list.
Joe Wood of the Red Sox team is gain
| ing name all over the circuit. To date
he has won fifteen games and lost but
! five. The Boston club has won AZ, leav-
ing Wood with more than a third OF
their victories to his credit.
| Joe Sugden the old Detroit catcher,
says that a modern baseball club is as
well behaved a lot of men as will be found
anywhere He says that the old element
of roughnecks and booze-fghters are a
minus quantity. No big league scout
would ever recommend a player who has
the reputation of being a steady drinker.
There il no room in the league for a
saloon boy. Nearly all the youngsters
entering the game are young college men
with excellent habits. Their education
knocks the rough spots off them and they
are much different from the player OF
old
Wednesday Hans Lobert, the Phillie
star, who has been out of the game since
early spring, when he tried to bore a
hole in a concrete wall returned to the
fray. He is one Of the reasons for the
lowly standing of the Philadelphia team
Lobert is considered one OF the best all
around players in the National league
Nowadays, when big league man
ager goes to the minors after a promis
ing young man he has his troubles.
Years ago it was considered favor
to be given a try-out with the faster
company. To-day a player desires inn
mediate delivery, and the management
demands an enormous price.
The New York Highlanders feel the
loss of Harry Wolter, who is out OF the
game with bad leg. Wolter is an old
Boston discard and Is one of the best
pasture men in the profession. Wolver
ton viii find it hard to secure man.
his equal.
The steam roller is at work at Cleve-
land. Harry Davis, the manager of the
Maps, is giving his team great shake
up. He has asked for waivers for eight
players, the sale of Neal Ball to Boston
commencing the rough work.
A western newspaper of late breezed
around a story which stated that Works,
the Detroit finger, just reveled in pitch
ing TO hatters like Lajoie. The big
Cleveland man lamped the story and
then said that he would like to make
a bet that Works could not get ball
past him into the catcher's hands.
Mike Donlin, the heavy hitter of the
Pirates, who has been at the bedside
of his wife. Mabel Hite, the actress,
who has been dangerously i'll at a New
York hospital. left yesterday for Chi
cago to join the Pittsburg team. His
wife was operated ON ten days ago, and
the first of the week she was reported
BY her physicians to be out of danger.
Almeida, the former Cincinnati player
now with the Birmingham club OF the
Southern league, is at present leading
the league in hitting, having an average
of $50. One of his teammates is second
with an average of 3ls Almeida is
due to return to the major leagues.
An offer of 100000 has been made by
Hugh Mcintosh, the Australian promot- !
er. to Jack johnson for match to be
pulled of in Australia within a year.
il is supposed that Johnson's antagonist
will be Sam Langford. johnson has not |
vet given his consent to the offer.
A great race is going on in the Ma
tional league for fifth place. Brooklyn, |
and st. Louis are separated |
bv only three points. These teams have I
been shifting back and forth for several
weeks.