The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

others TO the Tufts college baseball team
during the earlier part of the season hat
a telling effect on the prospects OF th,
Medford college, which played contrary
TO expectations all during the year
When the season started, Tufts was
thought 10 have had one of the most
promising aggregations in the East.
Manager Birmingham of the Cleveland
Maps says that the Athletics have the
signals of about every team in the
American league. But he wants II un-
derstood that the Mackmen have the
signals because they have the brains
TO dope them out.
Fred Clarke told his Pttsburg Pr
rates that something desperate would
happen if they didn't show better base
ball soon.
Dan Clohecy, manager of the Fall Riv-
err club of the New England league, is
In danger of being expelled from the
league. Clohecy swntted Umpire o'Brien
the other day and there is considerable
talk among the league directors of Gust
ing him.
Catcher Kearney of the Niagara uni
versity team has been signed by Wa
terbury, of the Eastern association.
Hughie Jennings, manager of the De-
troit club, has been suspended from the
American league indefinitely for alleged
abusive language to Umpire Ferguson in
the recent Mackmen series
Balenti is playing whirlwind game
at shortstop for the Cards at present.
Manager Higgins has been very UNI
fortunate with his shortstops Hauser,
the regular, was lost from baseball
through injuries early in the season and
o'Leary is also out of the game. Balenti
fills in rather nicely for Huggins.
Connie Mack has another schoolboy on
the string. The Philadelphia manager
is angling for Cawley, captain of the
Lowell, Mass, high school team. He
will probably join the team at the close
Of the present school year. Cawley is
schoolboy player of exceptional abil
ity and is likely to be heard from some
day in professional ball.
Harry Hillman, coach of athletics at
Dartmouth college and one of the keen
est critics of athletics, says that with
the exception of Harry Whitney, G. V.
Rector, a Dartmouth freshman. is the
most promising athlete that ever entered
the White Mountain college. He shines
in the pole vault, the high jump and
the broad jump. He comes from Omaha,
Neb., and has been heard of but little |
in the East. In the high jump he clears |
about five feet ten inches. He vaults |
close to twelve feet and in the broad |
jump he covers over twenty-five feet
Falkenburg has been rated among the |
Hfive best" pitchers in the country. The
big Nap has been travelling at an aw-
4h;s aud ipIx IA. /
serves the ranking.
Dame, who has been signed by the
Giants. is being claimed by the Chi
ago White Sox. The White Sox main
tain that they have prior claim on
aim. The case will come before the
rational baseball commission.
Pittsburg Nationals have bought
catcher Voleman of the Davenport
rhreeT league. He reports at once.
Water baseball; the latest sport nov
lily, is being tried in the vicinity of
Few York. The game offers several of
he features of outdoor baseball with 9
nique variations, including diving for
ases instead of sliding for them. u
Bobby Wallace, the grand old man of /,
aseball, is putting up an excellent ar
icle of ball in the Browns infield again
his season. He covers any of the in J
ED positions with the same versatil '
". I
According to information received by !
be Harvard Crimson, the captains of l
lajor league sports in % schools, 10 ,
aptains of baseball, six captains of 7
rews, II captains of football and five +
I track teams, will enter Harvard next I
Ill. In these same schools, Yale gets a
x baseball captains, three of football :
nd three track captains.
Alma Richards, the Olympic winner a
the high jump, is laid up with a
visited ankle and will not be able to 4
,mpete in track meets for several weeks
come.
Jack Fish, the former Boston school
", is slated for the captaincy of base i.
Ill at Seton hall to succeed Joe Pep .
ski, who is to play professional ball
it'll New York.
Lelivelt, the former Highlanders and
snator, has had a rather interesting
.perience in batting since he has been n
it'll Cleveland. Twice he had batted II
a pinch hitter and hit safe, but both di
mes the Maps lost. In another game pl
failed TO hit safely as pinch hit CO
r and Cleveland won. al
A. Mattern, the old Boston pitcher, $,
doing creditable work on the mound ia
r Montreal. His pitching is so good
at several big league clubs are try M
z to secure his services. Iii
Hopes of revival of the boxing game re
Illinois went down this week when OF
e Illinois legislature turned down
opposed boxing bill. The bill was pat
rned after the New York bill and
opposed to introduce ten-round limit Fl
uts.
The University high school of Chi
go has a pole vsulter. of whom great
ings are expected. F. Foss is his name l'S
d in recent meet he won the event re
th vault of IL feet 3 inches. I'm % %
.diately afterwards in exhibition he 'e
AIRED IL feet inches. -"
Hans Braun, the great middle dis
nee runner of Germany, has decided
t 10 retire from athletics since Ger
inv was announced as the staging for ey
; next Olympic games. Braun is con- IN
erred one of the best half milers in 10
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