The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-31
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

Clark Griffith does not think that h
can improve mis- catching and pitchin,
departments Of the Washington cul
and thinks that about all the pitch
ing will be done by johnson, Groom
Cashion, Hughes and Engel. The "0lt
Fox" could not pick out better ar
ray OF catchers than Williams, Henry
and Ainsmith. The only weak spot il
the team will probably be covered by
Frank LaPorte, second base.
! The first game of the year to receive
official recognition as a no hit game wa:
flashed over the wires throughout the
country this week. Aycock OF North
Carolina college is the man who is &C.
credited with this feat. The game was
with Trinity college of Connecticut
North Carolina winning 10 to /.
Judging by the strain of Hughie Jen-
nings' lingo, the Tigers will abandon
all exhibitions with minor league clubs
during the spring in the future. Hughie
finds that the games are not profitable
and that the payers are forced to lose
much needed practice when rain upsets
their tentative schedules. He calls these
games games of bunco" as the loca /
management advertizes the big league
clubs stars and very seldom they are
in condition to play.
The fight for the professional hockey
championship of Canada is now on. The
competing teams are the Quebecs, cham
pions of the eastern division of Can
ada. and the Victorias, winners of the
Pacific Coast title. The teams are bat
ting for the honors at Victoria, b. c.
In what was reported to have been the
greatest game ever seen on the Pacific
Coast, the Westerners triumphed over
the Quebees in the first game of the
series by score of to 5.
Billy Burke, former Boston Nation
al pitcher, is now training with the
Montreal club in the South Burke
played for brief session in the New
England league before going to Mont
real
Harold Janvrin, ms many predicted,
will be acceptable material for Stahl
10 carry with the Red Sox as first uti-
ty man. Janyrin when signed by the
Boston club while schoolboy few
years ago, had all the earmarks of
zig Lacquer and all that was necessary
or this was experience in the bushes.
Ianvrin has showed up in better form
his spring than Carlstrom, which does
Tot depreciate the stock of the New
England league graduate.
Pat Newman of Houston, former
Brownie, in game against the st. Louis |
hub, injured two men in rather unique |
LAY. Newman hit swift liner, which |
ore the flesh off Pitcher Baumgartner's |
hns. The ball bounded towards First |
,aseman Brief, who fell into the path 1
+ Newman, running out his hit. New |
nan colided with Brief, rendering Brief |
vas that Brief held the ball and New
nan was out
Muggsy McGraw still retains his con.
ention that Cooper will be the big
est find of the big leagues this sea.
on. The Giant leader is greatly i'm.
ressed with the showing of Cooper
'ho will keep him on the team as
OCULAR.
The University of Vermont baseball
sam have been able to crawl out onto
field at Burlington for prac
ce during the past ten days. Practice ,
.ased during the spring vacation. When
,llege reopens the second week in April, {
he varsity nine will journey to New !
ork. Here they will be engaged in
.ries of postseason games in the vi ,
nifty. The trip will be wound up with
le Yale game.
Nap Rucker of the Brooklyn Dodgers !
a rather peeved man when the name +,
the mighty Ty Cobb is mentioned.
,bb, who has been conducting an in
pendent team in the South, running I
, against major league teams and c
uthern minor league teams, engaged q
lcker and two or three other Dodgers 5
assist him in one OF these games. a
he other Dodgers beside Rueker re-
ived recompense for their services.
lcker was left penniless.
A report from West Baden Springs, Z