The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-03
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

Honus Wagner, the veteran Pirate
still clings to the 800 class htters. Hi
present average is figured at 800. IT
the National league, Jake DaLbert is il
the lead. Cactus Cravath stands in sec.
ond place.
In the Twin State league Doe Keegar
leads the batsmen. He has a percentage
Of .466. His closest competitor is Brick.
ley, the Newport, n. H., outfielder.
Many allwise persons are claiming the
reason that McGraw's Giants are in the
lead in the National league is because
| they are the luckiest baseball team in
the big leagues. A brief study of the
personnel of the New Workers will re-
veal that there never has been a more
evenly balanced aggregation Of ball play.
ers assembled in the past few decades
AleGraw has not an outfit that is inter-
spersed with lumnaries, but has group
of men, anyone OF whom can be called
upon to deliver something classy at any
moment OF the game. His pitching staff
is made up somewhat similar. Mathew
son and Marquand are excellent pitchers,
but to-day cannst be classed with John
son and Others.
Rabbit Maranville, the diminutive
shortstop Of the Boston Braves, il looked
upon as one of the most efficient field
ers in the National league to-day. The
little fellow has percentage equal to
any other shortstop in the league.
The New England league win be
brought to close within a short time
and just at present it would be safe
to predict Lowell will be the team to
cop the bunting. Their lead over Worces-
ter, the closest competitors, is almost
four games and half.
The Wilmington club won the cham
pionship race for 1913 in the Tri.State
league. The season was closed last week.
Wilmington won 66 games and lost As.
Allentown, Harrisburg and York fin
ished the season tied for second place.
Each of the three clubs wen SO games
and lost ~ games. Trenton finished fifth
and Atlantic City sixth. The race in
this league mas been fully as interest
ing as the struggles that have been kept
up in the New England and the New
York State leagues.
As has been expected, the peerless Ty
Cobb nosed out Joe jackson last week
for first honors in batting in the Ameri-
can league. Cobb's advance, although
not great, was enough to place him
two points ahead of jackson. For the
past two seasons Jackson and Cobb have
furnished the country one Of the most
sideshows on baseball and
this season their set-to has been even
better than ever.
Hobe Ferris, one time star player OF
the Boston Americans, has been turned
loose from the st. Paul club. Ferris
is one of the veterans of the game to-
day and for the past season has been
utility infielder for the st. Paul club.
His release was unconditional and was
directed by the addition of Mckechnie.
Ferris will retire from baseball.
Dan Hutchinson, the old Pennsylvania
quarterback and halfback, has been Sc
cured to coach the Wesleyan university
football team this fall Hutchinson sue
ceeds Jake High, the old Brown athlete,
who has had charge of the team during
the past two seasons. Wesleyan Is ex-
pected to launch forth another cham
team this season.
Jim Sullivan, the well known athletic |
critic, who had charge of the American |
athletes at Sweden and London, says |
that the Frenchmen viii run second to |
the Americans in the 1916 0lympics at |
Germany. Some discussion might be
aroused over this statement. The French |
athletes ranked sixth in all competition
IN the Swedish Olympics
Comstock, the new pitcher of the De-
troit Tigers, made good in his second
game with the Michigan team. In his
initial appearance he was batted from
he mound. On Labor day he managed
70 turn around and display excellent
form, tanning II men.
Walter johnson fell into the same
straits that other successful Consecutive
Won twirlers" have been accustomed to
n the past. After his long list of
johnson has been dumped
n the mire twice in succession.
Big Ed Reulbach has entered into the
business in Brooklyn. Ed
avs that he intends to make Brooklyn