The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-11
SPORTING NOTES.

The Tigers have accepted the chal-
lenge from Yale to meet on the water
/ this fall They will meet either October
% or Nov !. One of the stipulations is
that there will be a return race in the
spring
In kicking contest between Charlie
| Brieklev, the Harvard star, and WV
Kennard, a former Harvard man, held
recently, the latter showed up Brickley
At both the 25 and 80 yard mark he out
classed the present Crimson point getter
Dick Wigglesworth is now coaching
the Harvard quarterbacks. Harry Gard
ner was in charge until recently when he
returned to New York.
Emilio Lunghi, the Italian half miller
who formerly held the worlds record for
the run until Ted Meredith, the Penn
iathlete, wrested the honors from him,
has taken up steeplechasing He won
| the 400 event at the Italian champion
ship held at Milan recently
The Virginia Military institute de-
/ feated the University OF Mississippi in
football on Wednesday by the score OF
IA to 0.
Dickinson college and the Carlisle
Indians held practice together this week.
! On Wednesday the two teams battled IN
scrimmage, neither side scoring. In the
Dickinson lineup are players formerly
tconnected with Carlisle
Brown university showed reversal of
form on Wednesday and took Rhode
Island state into tow by the score OF 10
TO o. Casey and Fraser, backfield men,
were the most conspicuous for Brown.
Harvard has suffered the loss of one OF
its most prominent candidates for quar-
| teFback. In scrimmage on Wednesday
! Freddy, promising man, received
blow in the head that his physicians
think is conclusion of the brain. Hard
wick. Brickley and Mahan still retain
their berths in the backfeld.
The Swarthmore- Pennsylvania foot
ball game scheduled for Saturday will be
played. This dispels the rumors
| that the two teams would not
be likely to meet because mem.
| bers of the team were vaccinated
a few days ago when it was found
that one OF the students had small
pox. Should any OF the players be sui
| fering from the effects OF the Yaccina'
| ton substitutes viii be used.
! A big surprise was sprung IN
baseball circles when the management OF
the Boston Braves let four men go this
week. This was in view of the move
ment of elimination of players for the
| 1914 season. Hap" Myers, the star
! first acre, who was one OF the leading
base stealers in the National league this
season. was Internationally released to
| Rochester of the international league.
Myers played a good game at first base
and was rated as clever player during
the past season. Fred Smith, who played
third base occasionally during the past
season was released to the Mobile club
of the Southern league. Briscoe Lord
has been released. He will manage the
Mobile club in the Southern league next
season. Zinn, who has had considerable
big league experience, was let go to Roch-
ester. linn is an outfelder and paley-
ed considerably the past season. Man
ager Stallings will use Connolly, Zwilling,
! Griffith and Gilbert in the outfield in
| 1914. Manager Stallings is intent upon
using Schmidt as a first baseman, firm
| " believing that he has the goods.
Holy Cross PLAYS Harvard week
! from Saturday, Coach kersburg at cam
bridge is laying out an active campaign
TO win JnlS game. ne - ueNVIihS AtoSN
of his time TO the backfeld and to the
punting, wherein the greatest fault OF
the Purple team lies, The Worcester
school is expected to make an excellent
showing against Crimson.
Eddie Collins retrieved himself Thurs
day for the poor fielding game he put up
Oh Wednesday. Collins tick was the
big factor in the scoring of the Mack
men.
Danny Maher, the American jockey,
is the leading winner of the English
turf at last reports. From March "a to
September 26 he won SO first, while +.
Wootan is next with 70.
An Exeter man is showing up prom
inently at Cornell. c. B. Herd, the old
Exeter all round athletic, is captain OF
the Cornell freshman football team. He
is playing fullbaek.
Bill Carrigan and Iris Speaker seem
to be the best of friends, despite the
fact that many attempt to paint them
as at loggerheads. At present Speaker
is the guest of Carrigan at the latters
home in Lewiston Me-