The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-08
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

The Toledo club of the American as
ISOLATION will train this coming spring
at Charleston, West Virginia. President
fPennywitt of the Toledo club announces
that he will take 80 men to Virginia
with him.
The University of Minnesota has en-
gagged r. G. Parsons, former pitcher OF
the American association, to act as head
coach of baseball this season. Parsons
once played with Memphis of the
Southern league. He succeeds Denny
Sullivan as collegiate mentor.
The intercollegiate basketball league
will start this week, On Friday Cornell
will play at Columbia and Dartmouth at
Yale. Dartmouth viii play at Prince
ton on Saturday and Yale at Pennsyl-
vania.
William Baker was reelected presi.
dent of the Philadelphia National league
team at recent meeting of the club
! directors.
| Cawley, the former Holy Cross infield-
er, says that the Twin State league is
a great league.
| Sam Kennedy, last season manager of
the Waterbury club of the Eastern as.
troit club next season.
Another baseball veteran is slated to
join the St. Louis Cardinals as an eagle
eyed scout. Mike Kelley, the former st.
Paul and indianapolis player, who is
free agent as a result of the sale of the
Indianapolis franchise, is the man tipped
for the position. Manager Higgins of
the Cards is strong for Kelley and it is
expected that the two will come TO
terms shortly.
The well known John Anderson, an.
thor OF the famous play concerning steal
ing second with the bases full, has filed
his application for the position of an
umpire in the Eastern association Ander-
son states that he has IL years of base
ball experience to back his application.
Orth b. Collins of Tennessee is another
applicant for the position.
The indianapolis club of the Ameri-
can association has released Pitcher Bill
Darlington TO the Binghamton club of
the New York state league.
Jerry OCOnnell, manager and out
fielder of the New Haven team Of the
Eastern assertion, bears the unique
distinction of remaining with the same
club for thirteen consecutive years. He
joined the New Haven club in 1901. OF
recent years changes are numerous in
the personnel OF club and usually a
player OF merit drifts about from one
team to another or is drafted by some
team for work higher up But not so
with O'Connell and in view OF his abil-
ity his record is peculiar. He has al
ways been timely hitter and one of
the best in the league. He is a bril- |
liant outfclder and especially fast on
the bases.
The patronage of the Germans in Gin
is expected to be strong this
coming year Charlie Herzog, Groh, |
Hoblitzell and Ncihoff have affixed them
selves to the infeld in such manner as
to insure good representation of the |
German races at their games.
Otto Miller has been offered an addi- |
tional raise of $500 over his last sea-
sons salary. II was rumored that the |
Feds were after Miller and Manager
Robinson Immediately made terms. At
last reports Miller had accepted the
raise.
George Carpenter, the French light
announces that he may
visit Sydney, Australia. during Easter
week, providing a suitable bout can be
arranged The most formida BILE pugilist
n Australia Just now is Eddie M'Goor-
", the Oshkosh kid McGoorty is no |
onger a legitimate middleweight, ac-
'ording to weight rules in that country. !,
His best is lG5 and Carpenters is l67
pounds. M'Goorty is expected to make
in ideal antagonist for the Frenchman.
arPentier is not overanxious to visit