The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-13
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

The latest bit of gossip in the Amer
lean association is that George Tebeal
OF Kansas City is the real owner Of
the Milwaukee club and that Mrs. Hav
enor. wife of the late president of tn,
Brewers, is only figure head to LEND
bit of local color to the club.
| Pitcher Fullerton, who went from the
New England club last year TO the Top
eka club of the Western association
has declined to sign a contract and says
that unless he is re-sold to some eastern
club he will quit baseball forever.
Alva Williams, the former Red SoS
catcher, will probably be called upon. to
do the bulk of the catching for Wash
lington this spring and remain there UNI
til the club has reached nearly mid
season form. Ainsmith's health is a
matter of question and John Henry has
not yet fully recovered from the eff
fects of his operation. Both of these
players are not expected to be in fettle
until after the season has commenced.
George HORNE, the holder of the
worlds high jumping record of 8 feet
Y inches, is about TO resume training
for an extensive campaign in 1913.
HORNE has abandoned his course at lie.
land Stanford university and is now
travelling for sporting goods house out
of San Francisco
Arnold jackson, the Oxford university
student, who startled the world by win
ming the 1900 metre race at the Swed-
ish Olympics against a field composed
OF the best talent of the world-Abel
Kiviat, Norman Tabor, John Jones and
others--has started to train for the COM
ing year. In recent set of intercol
legiates at his college he stepped off the
quarter mile, half mile and the mile in
easy fashion. His form augurs well
to be better than last summer.
Jesse Stoval, who handled the Butte,
Mont, club last season, announces that
he has gone into business on the Pa
cific coast and will not accept the man
agement for another year.
It is said that there was no pitcher
in the National league that could twirl
the first six innings of ball game
any better than Bobby Keefe of the Gin
,innati club. The fans will mourn that
be will not be with the club this spring,
for with him in excellent trim Mordecai
Brown would be sent in to wind up the |
inal three sessions and stow away many
| game.
Harry Covaleskie, who won fame by |
he three successive games he won from
he Giants towards the last of the 1910 I
while in the role OF
ohilly, has gone on the stage as mem
ger of 1.-THE Baseball Comedy -Four"
When the gong sounds for the opening
# the baseball season, Covaleskie will
% back to his old job in the Southern
esgue. J.
Norwich university, in its first game
{ the hockey series against Vermont
cademy at Saxtons River last week,
las awarded the victory by score of
to /.
Charlie Murphy will start his Chi
ago Cubs off for Tampa, Fla, the first
t next week. They win make the trip
l two special coaches. This is the first
eason that the Cubs have invaded Flor
la. The training grounds at Tampa ,
ave been highly recommended to them.
A resume of the past season will just
Z discredt that assertions that south
avs do not bear up to the standard as
tchers and that they are not looked for
fill in on major league stats. The
,ur premier portsiders of the Amer !
an league, Gregg OF Cleveland, Plank !,
the Athletics, Hamilton OF the Browns ,
nd Collins of the Red Sox together won
2 games in the past season, ava
,hievement that does not iibe with the |
,oye contention. Had these four twirl- !
5 been grouped on one team they i
ould have copied any league Pennant. :
F. J. Noonan has been re-engaged TO v