The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-25


Charles w. Murphy is credited witt
saying that Manager Eyers will receive
greater recompense than any manager OF
player in the big leagues. Murphy has
changed his tactics. A short time age
he signed Roger Bresnahan for $1,000
and Chance never received more thar
that for his services TO the club.
Readyille will not be a mecca for New
England horsemen this season. Read
vile, the great racing ground, the two
minute track, has been in a steady de.
cline for years and il was through the
instrumentality of Andy WEIGH that the
track has been operated for the past few
seasons.
Connie Mack says that the only man
he knows who retired from baseball rich
is Ned Hanlon. II will not be long when
Mack will be able to have his name in
scribed alongside of Hanlon's. Mack il
considered to be worth many thousands
of dollars.
Ray Heating, who entered the Ameri-
can league last fall from the Brockton
club of the New England league, is only
10 years old. He stands feet II inches
in height and weighs 100 pounds. Keat-
ing is spitball pitcher and his consti-
tuition will enable him to bear the brunt
of unlimited work. According to the
opinions of the best judges OF baseball
talent, Heating is bound to make good
in fast company. No less than six major
league clubs tried to buy him from
Brockton.
But four veterans from last years
baseball team are at Dartmouth college
for the 1913 aggregation, but neverthe-
less there is promise of rounding out an
exceptionally strong outfit. The only
iregnlars Of last years nine are Alden,
catcher; Donahue, second base; Bennett,
first base; and Pitcher Morey. The en-.
| tire out6eld was lost through gradua-
ton. Rollins, the third baseman, was
lost by graduation A gap will have TO
be filled at shortstop. Fahey is still in
college but will be barred on account Of
professionalism. Pitching material is
plentiful.
Bowdoin college has just published its
football schedule for the fall of 1918,
which consists of eight games. The
University of Vermont is included on
this list, the game to be played October
Is, at Manchester, n. H. The follow
ing item was clipped from this weeks
issue of the Mortified News. Sowing
to the fact that Norwich got much more
prestige on the football field last fall
than U. v. NJ. and that the latter has
always acted the dictator and refused to
play the cadets before the legislature at
Montpelier it is deemed wise by the
military college to cancel the baseball
game this spring in Burlington. They
believe that if U. V. NJ. is not willing
to give its sister college chance on
neutral grounds il is no use to go to
Burlington and take its annual slaugh-
ter, to the amusement of the bigges
collegeH
Now that Johnny McGraw has con-
Guided his theatrical tour he is back at
his old stand to assume the burdensome
duties OF the Giant managership. Nc
Graw, in his recent tour, was a human
magnet for coin and should he pursue
the theatrical game many more winters, |
he viii be able to retire and live happy |
for ever afterwards
Gettysburg college is fortunate this |
Year in securing coaches of such excel |
lent ability as Eddie" Plank, the Mack |
man pitcher. and his brother, Ira
Brown university viii inaugurate the
baseball season Of 1913 with an exhibit |
ton game against the Providence club |
of the international league. Brown will I
be under the leadership of Walter Smell,
who has played with the nine for the
past few years. Smell comes from Brock
ton and is a player with reputation,
during the past summer creating a sem
sation in the Twin-State league by his
good work. Smell will rely on Eddie
Eayrs to do the bulk OF the twirling
Eayrs, while attending prep school, was
4 crack left-handed pitcher. Since he
las been at college he has been playing
independent ball during the summers.
Friday nights game in the Intercol-
egiate basketball league between Cor
lell and Pennsylvania tends greatly to
brow light on who will annex the title.
Penn. and Cornell are now tied for first
lonors, having won three and lost none,
ach Dartmouth is second, won one and
ost two, Princeton is third. won one and
ost three. Columbia closes up the final.
Ray Fisher, the Highlander pitcher.
5 devoting a portion of his time this
winter to the cause of his alma mater
Usher, who was all-around athlete while
ttending Middlebury is coaching bas-
etball at the college at present.
Howard Drew, the Springfield eolored
printer, did not come up to expecta
ions in the 70-yard handicap event at
Few York last Saturday, for which he
'as booked to win. Drew was defeat
by two feet by man with a Ia
BOT handicap. Drew. however. would
ave won had not he been penalized a
ard for breaking away from the mark. Z
Dartmouth college contends that an
nnual indoor track meet during the win
n for the secondary schools in the yi
nifty of Hanover would do justice to
he new gymnasium, which is one of the
tructures of its kind in the country.
he enormous size of the building viii
armit nearly every evtn that is con-
acted in the outdoor meets. The COM
ittee in charge of arranging for the