The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-12
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

Battery candidates responded this
week to the call OF the baseball coach
at Tufts college. In the list of candi-
dates that reported for practice Bernard
| place Lee pitched with success while
attending Goddard seminary and did to
some extent while on the Pacific coast
over year ago. Lee received his in
structions in documentary pitching
while attending the Irasburg grammar
school.
Frederick A. Alden OF vergennes, who
is well known to fans of Barre through
his appearance here with the Vergennes
teams during the past summer, is a can
didate for catcher on the Dartmouth
college baseball team. Alden will prob
ably be first string catcher.
Glenn Warner was accused of receiving
81, 500 when Jim Thorpe signed up with
the Giants. 1t was claimed that through
his influence MeGraw was able to at
tach big drawing card to the Giants.
Merely the appearance of the big In
dian on the ball field means many dol
lars for Brush and McGraw.
Bill Papke's manager at Paris sends
word that the coming battle with Frank
Klaus viii draw $4,000 gate. He pre-
diets that Papke win be an easy winner
while the sentiment in this country is
that If Klaus is in proper trim he will
hand Papke a big surprise. The result
of the battle will leave either a cham
pion.
johnny McGraw has offered four play
ers and $4,000 in cash for Pitcher, Claude
Hendrix. who led the pitching depart
ment of the National league last year.
The offer was turned down by Barney
Dreyfuss, who is dreaming of Selling
the pennant in that circuit himself this
year
AL Palzer, the heavyweight fighter, ar.
rived in Plymouth, England, this week,
after strenuous voyage across the At
lantic, having suffered from malarial few
err and sea sickness. He expects to be
in condition to fight Jack johnson az
Brson June 20.
Newport high school may lay some |
claim to the state championship title. |
Newport is represented by an exception
ally strong aggregation. At Littleton,
n. H., last week Newport defeated Lit |
Teton high school by a score of 80 to 25. /
Littleton high school is considered one
Of the strongest opponents OF basket-
ball in northern New Hampshire.
Clifford ID. Winton of Wellesley, Mass, /
has been elected to act as captain OF
the hockey seven at Exeter academy this
winter Winton is one of the best all
round athletes that has ever attended
Exeter. He was a member of the foot
ball eleven last fall. playing in the back
ield, and he also plays an outfield po-
sition on the baseball team.
Malcolm Barry, who played first base
'or the Brockton New England league
hub last summer, has signed with the
for the coming year.
Hugo T. Wedell, a professor at the
University of Kansas and an instructor
# athletics at the college. has signed a
ontract with the Phillies for the coming
-ear. The Kansas professor is an aspir-
mt for third base and will compete with
ebert and Dolan.
Scoville. the big fullback OF the fresh
nan football team last fall at Dart
mouth college. failed at his mid-year
the results of which have
ust been announced. The loss of SEQ
lille to the varsity squad at Hanover
ext fall will be keenly felt.
Earl Williams, who graduated from
'paulding high school last spring and
tho during his career at the local high
chool was closely associated with ath-
stics, has earned a permanent position
n the freshman basketball team at
dartmouth college. Williams Is playing
.ft guard on the team. aging his first
all game last week against Tufts fresh
ten. Williams j. also a candidate for
he Green freshman baseball team.
Baseball practice at Norwich univer-
ty viii be called the latter part 81
ais month or the FIRST part Of next and
U Norwich is looking forward 20 a very
lccessful season. Though without the
srvices Of q corps Of veteran pitchers
lere j. plenty OF promising material
Louis TOTasi, a Barre boy, ! I
IN BE- a candidate for the team.