The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-16
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

In recent tanning bee, George Van
Haltren, the famous Giant baseball play
err Of some decades ago, brought to light
many interesting "reminiscences. When
asked what he considered the greatest
| play he ever saw on baseball field he
told of the catch made by Hugh Duffy,
Chicago team mate OF his, on the Bos-
ton grounds back in 1880 1t was a cir
Gus stunt and probably never will be
duplicated. With the ball hit to the ex-
treme limit of center field, Duffy was
away with the crack of the bat and as
the ball was about to sail over a horses
back standing in center field, to the
amazement of everyone, Duffy jumped
astride OF the horse and made the catch
from that position, When Van Haltren
was compelled to leave the major leagues
with broken leg in 1909 he was the
oldest player in point of active years
service in the big league outside of Cy
Young. When asked as to the greatest
player of the last decade he took off his
hat to Mike Kelley the Boston lad. He
considers Kelley the smartest and most
opportune player who ever lived, play
er who never had to think out play in
his life. He said that baseball came to
Kelley by intuition. He rated the speed
sters in his day above such present day
men as Cobb and Milan.
A person by the name of Archie Walsh
recently established worlds record for
total pins felled in a ten-string game
with Paul Poeher, who is recognized as
the best small pin bowler in the world
Walsh defeated Poehler. His total was
1892 and Poehler's 1929 Walsh rolled be-
low 100 but once in the ten strings. The
record was made at Boston on Thursday
night.
Charles Webb Murphy, the Chicago
National magnate, proclaims John Tener
was man who knows more baseball
than any other person.
Midshipman H. f. 0veresch of Lafay-
cite, Ind, has been elected captain for
the 1914 football team at Annapolis. He
was substitute this year, failing
to displace either Gilchrist or Ingram.
He played football at Perdue university
before entering the naval academy 1t
was expected that either Perry, center,
or Harrison, fullbaek, would have been
elected captain of the team
Harlem Tommy" Murphy will claim
the lightweight championship because
of the failure of Willie Richie to meet
him in California on Wednesday night.
Richie refused to fight because of an OPP
Grafton for nasal abscess.
linn. an outfelder of the Boston Ma
tionals, has been sold to the Louisville
club of the American association.
Manager Kitty Bransfeld of the Mon
treal club has secured outfielder Miller
and utility man Walsh from the Phila-
delphia Nationals.
Twenty-seven ballots were required to
elect R. w. Diehl captain of the Frank
lin and Marshall team for 1914.
Frank J. o'Neil has been re-appointed
to act as head coach of football at syria
cuse university for 1914.
Fred Murray, South Boston lad, has
been elected to captain the Georgetown
team for the next football
season.
Red Killifer, the brilliant Philly catch
er. established a unique record during
the past season He not only caught
more games than anyone else in the Ma
tional league backstop, but he also
caught more men trying to steal on him
than any other. H;!lifeT threw out 100 !
men trying to steal on him. Jimmy
Archer of the Cubs ran second, throw
ing out los men.
Homer Baker, the New York A. G.
middle distance star, will probably en-
roll at Fordham university Immediately
after the Christmas recess.