The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-15
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IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

Rube Ellis, who gained reputation
as a star outfelder with the st. Louis
Browns few seasons ago, has been re.
leased by Manager Miller Higgins and
will be taken by Los Angeles. Ellis
played wonderful ball in 1910 and l0ll
but during the following season he
dropped OIL in his good playing and was
released by Lee Magee. Ellis makes his
winter home on the Pacific coast.
The New York baseball clubs have two
unique batteries. Mcconnell and
Sweeney of the Highlanders are the tall
est batterymen in the big leagues and
Tesreau and Meyers OF the Giants are
the heaviest battery extant.
Clark Griiiths Of the Washington
Americans leads all other aior league
managers in gathering his talent for
1913. Already Griffith has signed up
twenty-five players for next summer.
Who is the best third sacker in the
country? There are several clubs that
claim this distinction, among whom are
the following; Herzog of the Giants,
Baker OF the Athletics, Gardner of the
Red Sox, Foster of Washington and
Byrne Of the Pirates.
The advisory committee, which will
pick the head coach of football at Yale
for next year, has been selected. Capt. |
ketcham has announced that the fol- !
lowing men will compose the committee:
Walter Camp, William Corbin, Burr
L. H. Bigelow, and John
Fields, all Yale graduates. This commit |
tee will act in an advisory capacity to
the head coach, as well as in making his
selection.
A floating cartilage on the knee has
Harry Babcock to abandon
track and field athletics. Babeock will
take up the rowing game and will COM
pete for place on the New York A. G.
rev. Babcock is one of the most YER
iatile athletes ever turned out of Column
,ia university. Babcoek qualified to rep
'esent the American team at the Swed-
sh oiympics last June but was unable
Q leave his college course.
On Thursday the ice races at Montreal
will open. These races are considered
he classics Of Canadian ice racing and
will draw large attendances from the
districts. Many Americans /
Will be represented at the races. II
When the services of George Winter (
we're secured to coach the University of I
'ermont baseball team of 1913 the ath- I
etc authorities of the institution made ]
he logical and judieous choice. During {
he earlier months of the college session 1
aseball spirit seemed to wane but now /
nth an ideal coach to be relied upon to I
evelop the timber sentiment OF optim- |
'm has enveloped the college. No man v
!, better versed in Vermont spirit and
ermont students than George Winter. t
pring practice Tor rather winter prac- t
ee1 will commence in the Vermont cage I n
arly next month and until early in t
pril when the team leaves on the an b
nal Easter trip Winter will have suffi- {
ent time to pick out the most efficient I
his talent and place them on a stand "
rd basis. Veterans are not many at I t
the team having lost Me. Ii
onald, one Of the best outfielders ever
fliated with college baseball, and VIII Ct
ans, the third baseman, by graduation p
ST spring; Halstein, who will not wear II
Vermont uniform, having joined the r
DWELL club last summer; Dowd. who
azed his course around the college
orld last season by his spectacular
DIRK, also ineligible because Of PROBES S
onalism, as he played few games
18th the Highlanders last summer;
'aser, who occupied second base last
ringt and has left college. Jake" Y
aherty, the old Cushing player, who X
5 taken turn at several positions on "
e Vermont team in the past three Al
airs, is to captain the team. Winter
well supplied with battery candidates.
alcolm, who was rated as one of the 10
emier college pitchers of the country,
back in college and the college body at =,
lrlington is already allotting on him to 4
n more laurels for Vermont. NAL
IN has valuable assistant in Wink
/, who passes his summers playing in.
pendent hall down in New Brunswick. 3.
e catching department Is well pro- y
led for, Mayforth being relied on to
the bulk of the backstopping. May
til was on the honor list of American
lege catchers last summer. Maiden,
Barre boy, is looked forward to to fill We
preach in either the outfeld or the in IN
d. Maiden, during the latter part OF mr.,
J college season last year, was given ~
opportunity to display his ability and hi
work won the merited approval Of OH
ry Vermont student. Other players. en-,
o are considered as possibilities are N,
tton, Berry and Smith. al,