The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-08
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

the Red Sox is third, with $40, Eddi'
Collins ranking fourth.
Mcdonald, the utility infelder of TIN
Boston Braves, is walloping the ball will
a telling effect. His per cent. now reache
the mark OF .440. Cactus" Crayatl
OF the Phillies is the real leader, witt
ISL. Daubert of the Dodgers and Vio'
of the Pirates following in the order
Titus OF Boston and Wagner of thu
Pirates are tied for fifth honors.
kirkpatrick of the Brooklyn club, wht
has played in but 10 games this season
has a rather unique average. He hits
the ball for .6l5.
Boehling, the recruit pitcher Of the
Washington Americans, leads the pitch
ing department of the American league
He has won seven consecutive games
without yet tasting of defeat. Eddie
Plank of the Athletics and Johnson oil
the Senators and Bender of the Ath'
letics follow in the order named. Rus
sell of Chicago has taken part in more
games than any other pitcher in the
league, numbering 26 Bender is next
with %, while Johnson, Gregg and Be
fdient follow with "a.
/ The Boston Americans are now sally
ing forth on their second western in
vasion this season. While the Red Sox
are away, the Boston Braves will be en-
tertained for several series.
/ Newark has nice lead in the In
ternational league race. Toronto has a
| firm hold on the cellar division and is
not expected to move away from its
present moorings.
The Yale baseball team will probably
60 through next season with fully as
good fortune as they did the season
concluded last month. BY graduation
| the university loses but two or three
men and of those the only exceptional
player to be lost is BuTdette, catcher.
| The coaching system can easily solve
this problem with a strong string of
second rate catchers of the past year
and SINE freshman material But one
of their pitchers viii be lost, Giles, the
manstay Of the past year, will return
for another year.
Harvard college is looking forward to
promising season in 1914 in baseball.
From this years championship team
there are enough left to form a strong
nucleus. Among the freshmen that are
likely to make good are Ned Maban
Nash and Fripp. Nash is said % be
one Of the best players to enter Har-
ward in years.
Larry Whitney, the Dartmouth ath-
lete. won host OF admirera by win
ming first place in the shot put at the
senior games of the A. A. Z. at Chi
cago. last Saturday. Whitney came
through with heave that surprised
many of the best critics in the coun
try,
To bolster the Harvard pitching staff
next season. Boyle, pitcher for the sec
ond team during the past season, il
looked forward to as helpmate for Rex
Hitchcock Ned Mahan, the freshman
athlete. is said to have recovered from
his arm troubles and wants to try out
in the spring. When going right, Ma
han is wonder and should materially
help the pitching corps.
Gallagher and D1ttton. members Of the
University of Vermont team during the
past season, are playing with the Rut-
land team in the Twin State league.
Dutton Is playing an outfield position
and Gallagher is alternating between
the outfeld and the pitchers box.
Bob Smith, the former Goddard and
Tufts pitcher, is now at Hardwick, his
former home Smith. after leaving col
lege pitched on the Pacific coast. Lat
er he was picked up by the Chicago
Cubs, being farmed from there to Min
neapolis.
From among the students that are at
tending the session Of summer school at
Middlebury college a baseball team Of
strength has been organized
and they intend to play games with
strong independent teams in Vermont
during the session. The lineup of the
team is as follows; Haskins, catch; Hog
sett of Dartmouth, pitcher; Ellison, first
base; Leonard. second base; Hobard,
third bases Shea, left field; Williams, |
shortstop; Whitney, center field; Walch, |
right field.
Proctor has organized another strong |
baseball team for the coming summer I
The team is composed of many good ball |
players from that section. Among the |
list of games that the team intends to |
book are the following: Remington, |
Granville. Whitehall. Georgetown uni /
versity, Pittsburg Giants. University of
Hawaii and other fast teams.
Says a New York paper: Consider
the Collinses and the fact that no one I
name has contributed more to Tire lustre /
Of the national game Eddie, Hub, Jim I
my, John and Ray"
Manager Clark Griffith of the Wash
ngton club asked for waivers on George
Mullin, the former Pirate pitcher. II is
said that he has an idea of sending him
to the Montreal
Jimmy Sheckard is said to have paid
board bills in more cities in the big
leagues than any other man that ever
played ball He mas belonged to clubs
in Baltimore, Chicago, Brooklyn, st.
Louis and Cincinnati. Since the sea
son opened he has had three shifts.
Every member of the Giant team has
played ball solely in the metropolis with
he exception of Murray, Fromme, Her
,og and Doyle. Barring these men the
'emainder of the Giants have never been
associated with major league clubs out
tide of New York.
Dodge, the present nfelder of the Gin
'innati Reds. has been playing regular
iince he shifted his berth from Phil
,delphia, While at Philadelphia he
ielded sensationally but couldn't hit
veil.