The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-20

on the three cities the second game was
won by the team that met defeat IN
the first game. In the third instance
the game was tie in nine innings.
Ernest Palmer, a pitcher on the Bur
hngton high school baseball team, IS
to enter Lawrence academy at Groton,
Mass. Palmer recently pitched game
opposing Malcolm, the University Of
Vermont twirler, and won out. Roy
Hamilton, Burlington boy, who has
been at Lawrence academy, is to so
to Dartmouth
John Murphy, ground keeper of the
Polo grounds for eight years and re-
Gently featured in the Saturday Even
ing Post as the one ground expert in
the world, died suddenly at his home
in New York Thursday. He was Il ma
tive of indianapolis and was 40 years
of age. lie received salary larger
than that of most players outside of
the major leagues.
Nick Aitrock, funny man and coach
of the Washington pitchers, has been
released TO Los Angeles, but this is
probably only bluff to reduce the
club roster to 30 men. We shall expect
to see Altrock aud Mamie Schaeffer
in their knockout stuff next year as
heretofore. The Los Angeles club is
managed by Frank Dillon. Clark Crit
fifth 5 brother-in-law.
AS the teams stand this morning
five more wins would cinch the pen
nant for the Athletics, even if CleVe-
land and Washington were to win ev-
cry game they have on their schedules
The Athletics have Is to play. the
Maps II and the Senators Il, and it Is
possible that they may not be able to
play them all. In that event the Ath-
letics could win with less than five
more victories.
There is no lack of football material
in the class of 1917 at Dartmouth The
call for candidates was issued Thurs
/ day and after the management had
equipped % freshmen with their mole
skins, go more applied for toys. Coach
| Dave Morey '13, spent "A busy after
noon with his 40 candidates, who
number among them many gigantic
/ players whom Head Coach Cavanaugh
/ eyed with envy from the varsity grid
/ iron where the squad was being given
1.-THE most strenuous drill in rudimentary
work administered to date.
The White Sox look as if they
should develop into a powerful ma
chine for 1914. 1t looks to have more
/ possibilities than amy OF the teams
outside of the three leaders. Callahan
! has formed an uucommonly strong in
field, and, should Moose Walsh come
! hack next year, like Scott did this sea
son, then the Sox must be counted
factors in the race. Callahan has "a
/ capital alI-round young maskmau in
/ Ray Schalk. while the addition of
+ Chappell Strengthens his outfeld Iii
the SoN don t take their world :
tour too seriously and become stale as
"A consequence. they ought to stir up
much trouble in the 1914 hrawI.
! John TIalstein. who was the star first
baseman Ola the University of Yer
mont team Of 1912 and who has since
been with Lowell i'm the New England
league. has been drafted to the Chica
90 Americans, and viii appear there
in the spring. IIaIStein has been hit
ting high above the 800 mark through
out the season and is admitted to b,
the best first baSeman in the New
England league. Another member OF
the league vino Will doubtless appear
in big COMPANY l. ''Steye' Dovd
who played short on Vermont the same
wear with Halstein. and who has beer
n star performer with Brockton II,
headed that team i'm sacrifice hits au,
base stealing, and on the last game ot
the season got four hits to his credit