The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-10
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

With the exit of John Paul Jones o
ICornell from athletics, the name of TEE
Meredith is resounding through the ear
OF the sporting fraternity. A shor
time ago Meredith showed his heels t.
a fine bunch of runners in a three
quarter mile event at New York and
now feel confident that he can trave
the full mile distance. Meredith, like
Jones, has the stamina. speed and the
spring and should make a great miller
| He intends to start after the mile event
within a month.
| Bowdoin college won the baseball
championship OF the Maine college last
Saturday by winning over Bates college
Maine and Colby are tied for a second
place with Bates running fourth. The
championship race this year seemed to
lack the interest of former years.
Mike Murphy. late dean of American
athletics, is said to have been a consist
ent 10 second man when he was running
the 100-yard event in his younger days.
Figures have recently been unearthed
that showed he once did 1870 yards in ID
seconds.
Cadet Otis Sadtleg, captain of the
United States Military academy base
ball team, has received an offer from the
management of the Providence baseball
club to sign contract. The Providence
club wants him to play during the sum
mer. Sadtler will be graduated from
the army school in June and viii not
Join his regiment until some time in the
fail. Sadler is considered one of the
best amateur second basemen in the
country.
Manager Birmingham of the Cleveland
club during their recent stay in New
York tried out semi professional
catcher by the name of Skiff, who halls
from White Plains, n Y. Birmingham
farmed him out to some minor league
club, but is in hopes of having him re-
turn within year or two.
Foster, the Washington infelder,
who has been laid up with typhoid fever
for the past few months, is expected
back in uniform within ten days. The
absence of Foster has had a demoraliz-
ing effect on the work of the Senators
in their championship race.
Harry Imlah, the crack pitcher of the
Of Pennsylvania baseball
team, will probably accept contract
from the Boston Americans. Imlah was
submitted contract by Manager Stahl
and it is said that he is highly pleased |
with its contents. This is Imlahs last |
year at Penn and he has a record that |
will compare favorably with any other |
pitcher ever turned out OF Penn. 1t was |
II New York short time ago when |
Imlah held Columbia to two hits that |
Manager Stahl took liking to the
Larry Gardner the Enosburg Falls |
ad, who has been out of the game for
he past several weeks with an injured
GOT. is soon to be in his regular position
N third base. Gardner was injured dur
pg the opening of the Cleveland series
N the western trip and was sent home
0 recuperate. His foot is nearly mend
d now and he is able to devote some
'ortion of his time to practice.
Heinie Wagner, the star shortstop of
he champion Red Sox, is once more
laying rafting good game for the Bos-
on club despite his recent injuries.
Wagner is greatly handicapped by. a
pitt finger
w. w. Webber of Beverly, Mass. has
cen elected to captain the tennis team
= 10 iVhNSt III iANNb Sttophls
vebber was champion player of his
lass and has played two years on the
arsity team. He captains the fresh
ian class team in his first year at col
'ge.
Maher, the young Philadelphia Ma
onal pitcher, accomplished creditable I
erformance on Saturday when he
'nned the mighty Wagner twice in one
ime.
The Chinese university ball team of
onolulu, Hawaii, which has been max
q an invasion of this country for the z
,st few months, will invade Vermont D
ext week. They are to play against G
lie University of Vermont team at o
arlington on Thursday, June 10. II is v
lite likely that they will play other .
ans in this section and may come to u
are. This teams lineup remains
intact from last season. II
lring their pilgrimage through the a.
ates many of the large colleges have ,
lien before their attacks. y