The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-08
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS


intent OF the accident.
Frank Chance has stated his position
with the New York Highlanders and vii
be seen stationed on the first sack dur
ing the coming American league cham
pionship games and Hal Chase, accord
ing TO recent statement by Chance
will play second base. Chance pre-
fers to direct the action of his team
from the firing line rather than to b
seated on the bench and commanding
his charges.
Miller Higgins has shifted his tactic
and is now diekering for Hub Perdue
The new manager of the Cards prefer
the ability of the Brave comedian 4
Lefty Tyler.
The Canadian league season will opei
on May and be brought TO close OF
the Saturday following Labor day. Thi
will give the league two weeks NOR
of baseball than year back.
Ireland triumphed over England re
Gently for the first time in the histor,
of the international football games
They scored 2 to | victory. The SC
ries between ireland and England now
stands England 2s, Ireland /, drawn 3
Henry L. Sullivan of Lowell, Mass, a
long distance swimmer of no mean abil
! ity, will 60 to England this summer
and attempt to cross the English chan
mel. Sullivan is a swimmer of expert
ence finishing second last summer in
the swim TO Boston light, which was
taken by Richards.
| Sam Langford and his manager, Joe
Woodman, intend TO land in this coun-
try from Australia about March IL.
Woodman has brought suit against
Langford and this is causing the delay
in Australia. When Woodman comes
he will carry with him lightweight
by the name of Reed.
Once more the story of Gwinn Henry's
return to the spriuting game percolates
the northern section, but his efforts in
this ambition would be readily frustrat-
ed when he faced off with Howard Drew
of Springfield, on the cinder path, who
is considered about the best speeder that
the sprinting game has ever known.
As an experiment in the South. jim
my Callahan is trying out Borton for
first base and Weaver at shortstop.
Harry Lord is covering third base, and
Rath is filing in at second. The follow
ing men are found in the infeld of
the second team: Ping Bode, Fourier,
Berger and Joe Herman.
The fiye-day sentence imposed on AL
bert Mclean, the younger brother of
Larry Mclean, has been served and the
youngster is again set at liberty. The
five day sentence the younger Mclean
received was the sequel of q billiard room
rumpus in Cincinnati, in which Larry
received fractured arm.
Connie Maek's quota Of baseball ma.
terial for the season is intact now, the
last member of the alleged holdout crew,
Daley, having wired his acceptance OF
the contract submitted him and is await.
ing transportation to san Antonio, Tex,
the spring rendezvous of the Mackmen.
Harry Lumley, the veteran ball play
err, who has trailed all the fortunes Of
the diamond, now has his unconditional
release from Troy and is seriously
of making his way to Seattle,
Wash, where a position awaits him.
good batsman with the right eye
will bat as well in the major leagues as
in the minors and all the best batters
in the National and American league are
worthy opponents of this contention.
Cobb, Jackson. Wheat, Speaker, Milan |
and many Others have esta olished high |
averages or equally as good in the ma
ors as in the minors.
Tipping the beams about Is pounds |
Old Cy Seymour, the vet
iran ball player with checkered career,
$ the most optimistic player in the
5rave contingent and but little doubt |
urks in his mind as to securing per-
nanent birth.
The following team is that which Al.
sharpe of Cornell selected for an ALI
Intercollegiate basketball league quin
ct; Snow of Dartmouth and Salmon
# Princeton, forwards; Margeson of
center; II. G. Halstead and
!. c. Halstead OF Cornell, guards. When
he Archaeological five is selected,
laces will undoubtedly have to be al
otted to Wesleyan university and VIII
ams college.
The publicity received from being con-
ected with the National game on a
lrge scale tends greatly to lead man
0 fields OF business success. Jack Egan,
he former National league umpire, is
ow manufacturing jewelry at Provi
ence, r. l., and is said to be making far
lore money than when wrapped in the
lue blouse.
Joe Birmingham is in hopes of being
BILE to manage the Maps from the bench
nd retire from active participation in
aseball. He is trying to develop Buddy
yam to fill his position in the outer
arden.
Frank Chance. the Peerless Leader.
as detected flaw in the delivery of
ay Fishers spitball. Chance notes that
he Middlebury lad had been starting his
slyery with a side arm motion and
Is offered suggestions which he says
i'll prove most effective. When Fisher
as in his old form his ball broke too
W and now that he has been advised
start his delivery higher great inn
rovements are anticipated from the
Patsy Donovan, who has been a guild
z hand to the Boston Red Sox, viii
,ain be one of President McAleer's
outs.
Harlem Tommy Murphy and Ad VOL
st, who fought to draw at San Fran
SEQ on Washinptonis birthday have Il