The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

For the fifth consecutive season, Clydt
Waters, former Williams college ath
lete, has signed with the New Haver
club in the Connecticut league.
The corn belt is extensively repre-
sented on the Giants pay ROLL Doyle
| Fletcher and Wilson come from Illinois
| Crandall and Devore from Indiana, Hart
ley and Merkle from Ohio and Tesreau
from Missouri.
Chester Hoif. who led the pitching
staff in the New England league, has
signed with the Highlanders. Hoff won
sixteen games and lost six for Law
renee. At the close OF last season he
was handed over to New York.
Fletcher, the Giants shortstop, was
!, charged with more errors than any other
shortstops in the National league, yet
he led shortstops of the league in assists
per game. Fletcher's average was 3.39
per game.
Every string is being pulled by the
Germans to bring the setting OF the next
Olympic games to Germany. A proc
lamation has been issued by Germans
pointing out the Importance of the games
to their country. A move is on foot
now to solicit for funds, intending to
have its excellence surpass all pre-
vious assemblages.
Cambridge and Oxford universities met
for the first time back in 1864 and this
track meet has continued annually, un-
interrupted. The first intercollegiate
meet in America was held in 1876.
Thorpe is entitled to retain his hon
ors won at Sweden, according to the SEN
timent voiced by the press throughout
the world as his status as an amateur
has been raised too late. Swedish news
papers commend the Americans on the
honesty shown.
Yale university has a swimming team
that will stand well with all others
when the student swimmers assemble
for the annual intercollegiate champion
ship. Yale by merit of its victory over
the McGill swimmers, who previously adj |
ministered defeat to the University
Of Pennsylvania, last years intercol- |
egiate champions, may well be rated st |
The head of the list. Yale has group |
IF water ducks that intend to be placed |
n every event.
amateur is: "A simon pure amateur is
privilege of playing"
Many baseball fans are inclined to
believe that Roger Bresnahan has deep
insight. They aver that the reason of
refusal to sign with Gin
innati was that he was skeptieal over
5vers chances of making good as man
ger and if such was the case the for
ner Giant and Card would step into
he vacancy. Before penning his name
0 a contract though Bresnahan sound
j his ground. Should he have been
nth either the Reds or the Pirates, Rog
r would have been first string catcher,
eing required to carry the brunt OF
he backstopping. At Chicago he can
il on the bench over half the games,
18th Archer and Needham alternating.
Fritz Hanson, the worlds champion
wrestler. met defeat Mon
ay night at Concord, \. H., losing his /.
lateh with John kilonis of Manches
n, middleweight man. Hanson won
le first fall and Kilonis coming back for
he second and third.
Syracuse, y. Y. is TO secure the SER
ces OF Pat Donahue, who used to catch
it'll the Red Sox back in l90s.l0. Dom
hue has been declared free agent
nd will sign with Syracuse.
Monte Cross, the former Philadelphia
III player. has accepted a position as
lseball coach at the University of Mich
an. Cross was last year with st.
,uis Browns, devoting his time TO
aching the youngsters and scouting.
hn faN nj II
iseball coaching before.
Billy Clymer. the manager Of Buff
10. is an optimist, and says that Larry I
,pe will b. the leading pitcher in the
ternatiopal league next season.