The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-05-20
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

| met tartar in his ten round bout al
| Springfield, o., last week against Ear
Fisher of Cincinnati. Murphy was ex-
pecting the decision, but the best he
could get was draw.
Joe Evers, the younger brother OF
Johnny Evers, who was released last
week by the Giants, has signed up with
the Terre Haute Central league club
Young Evers is an infelder.
Jack Coom5s, one of the best pitchers
ever affiliated with the American league,
may not pitch again this season. Coombs
pitched the opening game at Boston for
the Mackmen. He retired during the
game and was later taken to Philadel-
pha, suffering with pneumonia. Coombs
was dangerously i'll, but has now passed
the crisis. He was subjected to ptomaine
poison in mild form out West this
spring. On top of that he contracted
severe cold. Coombs has never fully
recovered from the effects OF his injur.
les received during the world series in
1911. Connie Mack is doubtful whether
he will be of any use to the Athletics
this season. His loss will be great
blow to the prospects of Mack.
Johnny McGraw, manager OF the
Giants, is said to treat his players as
well as any other big league manager
McGraw says that when Christy Math-
ewson has spent his usefulness as a
regular on the New York pitching staff
he will submit a three year contract to
the big fellow. McGraw figures that
Mathewson's experience and personality
will go a long ways to tutoring the re-
erut pitchers of the Giants.
! The Federal league. a newly organized
outlaw league, stands in fair way OF
lasting the season out. according to crit
les out in the West. The Federal league
| is established on a much stronger basis
than was the United States league,
which gave up the ghost last week.
Large attendances are turning out for
many of the games, some of the turn
stiles recording as high as 10000
Cy Young. the grand old man of base.
ball, is at the helm of the Cleveland club |
and Deacon PHILIPPE, the former Pirate, |
is managing the destinies OF the for |
tunes of the Pittsburg franchise.
Pitcher Gervais, who has been on the |
Braves payroll of spring, has been re.
leased to Buffalo in the International
league.
Cooper, one of the best performers of
the Pirates pitching staff. was a vic
tim of the spring floods in Ohio this
year. Cooper lost his home at Neon
nellsville, O., which was washed away.
Baron Knetzer. one of the star twirl- II
ers of the Brooklyn Dodgers last season, h
is about the only holdout in the Nation
al league. 1t is thought that terms will
be reached between the Brooklyn club
and Knetzer before the season is much
older. Knetzer is apparently pleased
with the showing of the Dodgers this
year and is anxious to join and Dahlen
is in much need of his services. There Il
fore an amicable agreement is expected {
to be reached.
Pitcher James OF the Braves is about /
the best pitching find of the season.
James has shown great form in about d
every game he has twirled for the
Braves almost always romping away 5
from Seattle, Wash, together with q
Catcher Whaling. II
Briseoe Lord, who was traded to Bos- III
ton in exchange for Pitcher McTigue $
and money stipulation, reported to Y
but after the Boston directors inter- o
A surprise was sprung in baseball cir "
cles the latter part of last week, when D
Clark Griffith made known that George i
Mullin, the veteran Tiger pitcher, would h
have change of environment and would
aid his Senators through the present
Mullin was purchased at .
price OF $500.
Montpelier high school was handed
severe Jolt in its baseball race Satur-
lay at St Adams when the high school
ads of the railroad town trimmed M.
II. s. in thinning game by the score
If 4 TO 3. This is the first defeat that
las visited the Montpelier nine this sea
ION. Spears, the St. Adams pitcher,
truck out twenty-five of the Montpelier
,atters in the twelve inning session. 1t
must be that this man Spear is the lat
st pitching sensation of the high school
"a seball
George jackson, who broke into the
anks of the Boston Nationals few
easons ago and was heralded as one
{ the greatest recruit fielders of the
anne, is now head liner at Buffalo.
A quadrangular basketball league COM
osed of Williams, Wesleyan. Union and
'olgate colleges has been formed for
ext season. Every one of these col
eyes is represented by the best talent
I the East and great interest will prob
bly, be conferred in the outcome. For
he past two seasons Wesleyan has been
licked as the premier college quintet OF
he country, with each of the other col
ges trailing closely.
Tommy Devine, the Fall River infield.
:, has been signed to manage the Bel
rvs Falls club in the Twin State league.
Nth such a person at its head great
restige should be added to the Falls
,am. Last season Devine played short =
jop and third base for the Bellows Falls ~
anchise and was one of the best play =
s in the league. Devine will sign up 8
IS coterie of players to report for .
he opening of the season on June Is. =
New Workers have ferretted out the 8
,ason for the sudden disappearance of .
rthur Shafer, the Giant infielder. The =
~ previous to his departure, Shafer 5
ade a misplay and Larry Doyle called 2
m down for it. Sha fer lost his temper y
ID wordy argument ensued between .
pyle and Shafer. Shafer then made up
S mind to hike for the Pacific coast.
Tai Pendleton, the Princeton athlete, .
states that he is TO enter bust Z
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