The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-03
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

The New York state athletic commits
sion is probing the death of Chick
Rose. who died after boxing d bout
with Jack Smith at the Washington A
G. in Brooklyn last Monday. SeVcra
expert witnesses testified that Rose was
IN excellent physical condition. before
the fight.
| The Montreal club of the Information.
al league will send its pitching staff
| to Charlottesville. Ca. sometime around
the middle of March.
Inspired by the Thorpe incident an
| English idea has terminated which pro-
poses to open the 0lympics to profcs-
SIGNALS. The proposal originated In the
South End Harriers' club at London.
James f. Sullivan the American com
missioner to the last Olympic games,
ridicules the plan
r. s. Young. the shortstop drafted
from the Harrisburg club of the Tri-
State league last fall, has signed New
York American contract. Young is a
crack infielder and a promising outfield-
er and base runner.
Jim Flynn, the fighter, has been of
fered a job as umpire in the Western
league.
Hereafter, in games Of note, the Gale
donna A. A. basketball team will jour
ney to Wells River 10 stage its games.
Since basketball was inaugurated at
South Ryegate few years ago, the
progress of the game has been greatly
hampered because of the inadeqiacy OF
its hall. The management decided to
transfer its games to Wells River, where
an ideal hall is at the disposal of the
club and its finances were bettered by
the central location of Wells River,
drawing crowds from Wells River,
Woodsville and other towns in the close
vicinity. Wells River is six or seven
miles from South Ryegate.
Laeonia, ~ H., would be an ideal
drawing card for the Shamrock A. A.
to bring to Barre. Laconia's claims
to the championship of the state of
New Hampshire are well based, having
cleaned up nearly every team of repute
in the White Mountain state.
When Norwich university faces Har.
ward university on the gridiron next |
fall it is said that it will be the first |
time that football warriors from the |
Green Mountain state have ever OPP |
posed the Crimson. Every loyal Yer |
should lend his spirit, that Nor
wich may gain Vermont prominence in
football.
Edmund Lamy, the professional skat-
ing champion, is not lacking this winter
any OF the versatility he displayed last |
winter. At Saranac Lake last week the
skating marvel in novelty skating |
went cleared twelve barrels in a jump,
covering distance of rs feet inches.
Windsor, Ont. which was placed in
he Grand Circuit this year in order to
distribute the meets over greater ter
.itory, has given notice of its with
travail from the high court of horse
acing as the dates Awarded them were
Unsuitable. The Grand Circuit win open
low at Cleveland on July Z, instead OF
t Windsor on June 80.
For the past four years, Robert Bes-
her of the Cincinnati Reds has led the
National league in base stealing The
ames of Wagner, Lajiou and Cobb mayl
the batting list, but BescheF
olds the monopoly of base steals by
merit Of his work in the past four con-
ecutive seasons.
John Bredemus. who il said 10 come
nto possession of Jim Thorpe's 1912
tile of the A. A. L. all around cham
ionship. owing TO the latter's disqualI-
cation on the grounds Of playing pro-
pssional baseball, never won bis letter
ihiie attending Princeton university.
redemus won the A. A. L. title in
be zoos games.
The stories circulated concerning TED
Ieredith's overweight must have been
Dread for bait 70 the middle distance
len. in the Suburban Quarter al New
ork. Meredith showed his class BY
citing of fast at the mark and BY
onderful bnrs; Of speed at the finish,
-ossinK the line far ahead Of his near
& opponent
A very prominent athletic coach 81
le q our colleges has said that BE-
insiders William Quinn, the Harvard :