The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-30

down and out, but the friends of Charley
Herzog expect him to make one
Fred Merkle may have made miscues in
worlds series, but good many players
never have succeeded in getting into one
II is hoped to perfect arrangements so
that a basketball game between the East
Siders and the West Siders (of Main
street, may be held in Festival hall on
the evening of Monday, Feb. g.
Now and then comes the report of
some player on the reserve list of major
league team having signed with that
team for the season. Such reports must
jar the Feds considerably
The signing of Falkenberg, Kahler and
Banding. the three best pitchers of the
leveland club. by the Feds. il true. has
swatted the major leaguers a blow from
which it Will be hard to recover
Among the new rules for college base
ball is the following: The students OF
the home team must not cheer in any
such way to rattle the opposing team
Throwing bottles is more effective
Jack Coombs has signed contract
with Connie Mack Coombs expects to be
able to pitch this season. and if this
proves true Connie will be in good shape
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ship.
The men in organized ball who are re-
sponsible for getting the ''sgs" OF play
ers have not been loating this winter
Some of them have spent their time on
railroad trains travelling the length and
breadth of the land
II there is varsity baseball captain
who Is opposed To summer baseball he is
keeping the fact very much to himself
OF the more than - who have expressed
themselves upon the subject, every one
has been unqualifcdly in its favor
The New York supreme court has de
MED Robert Fitzsimmonss request for an
injunction restraining the state boxing
commission from refusing TO sanction thes
once-champion temperance in the ring,
Even those who howl the loudest against
the courts find no cause for any criti-
clsm in this particular instance
The Pelkey- Burns combination will hike
ont of the little township of Taft. Cal,
with an even break to its credit. Pekev.
who has been Burns's meal ticket of late.
was obliged TO take the count against Kid
Kenneth last Saturday afternoon. but
Tommy Burns had better luck upon the
inauguration of his own come back" cam
paign Monday evening. knocking out one
Battling Brant in the fourth round.
Howard p Drew of Springfield. Mass.
and the University of Southern Califor-
MIA. and Jim Patterson. intercollegiate
champion at the 100 yards dash look to
De booked to meet for the first time in
their lives at the Pennsylvania relay car
nival on April -. Both men have been
timed more than once in 9 40 seconds
and it will be the race Of their young
lives and one worthy anyone's time and
money to witness
The Baseball Players fraternity has
withdrawn its order instrueting members
not to sign league contracts, a satisfactory
agreement. having been reached with the
leading minor leagues Of the National as
sociatlOn. All contracts signed by players
In these leagues viii be subject TO the
provision already inserted by the national
commission in the major league contracts
50 far as the clause suspending the player
IS concerned; also contracts signed in the
future will have the clause stricken out
irrespective of what action the National
association takes,
Red Bennett, the diminutive pitcher
| from Plymouth, Mass. who started
with the Brattleboro team in the Twin
State league in 1911, but who was not
/ fast enough to stand the pace, has been
/ signed by the Worcester New England
/ league club. In 1911 and 1912 he
twirled regularly for the Bondville,
Mass. team, losing but three games.
He pitched two no-hit games and fire.
quently was credited with II to 20
strikeouts. Last year he was almost
equally successful with the Indian
Orchard club. George Shines, who was
his catcher at Indian Orchard, will 90
with him to Worcester.