The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-24

of John Titus in the American associa-
ton this season, it is quite likely that
he will be secured by some major league
| for a pinch hitter in 1915. Titus is too
| slow and does not possess a strong
enough arm to play regularly in the out
field.
1t was Davies, the Massachusetts, "Ag-
gies" man, who won the game for the
Mackmen against the Tigers on Wedncs-
day, instead OF Harry Davis, according
to several reports.
Heron, the youngster playing for Lit
tleton, halls from Beverly Mass. He i
but eighteen years old and is considered
a promising ball player. He has been
playing centerfeld for the Dudley team
this summer.
Jim Thorpe is being used handily by
McGraw as a pinch hitter this year.
Irving Porter has reported to the
White Sox for tryout. Porter va
with the Cincinnati Nationals cary a
the season After two weeks he as,
turned back to Lynn in the New In
land league. His playing there attracted
the attention of Callahan. he was Civ.
en- a tryout at Boston on Thursday.
Joe Jackson is striving hard TO win
the American league batting honors
This has been the ambition OF Jackson
ever since he entered the league, but
every season has found him few points
behind the peerless outfelder OF the
Tigers. jackson has good lead over
the rest of the batters this season and
stands in a fair way of coping the
honors. His batting at present is as
good as ever in his career.
Another college star viii get q try
out in major league company next sea-
son. He is Stevens, a pitcher hailing
from st. Johns college in Baltimore.
The Washington club has secured the 81
year-old youngster. He is right hand
er and has been twirling for Hagerstown
in the Tri-State league
The loss of Clyde Milan was kesnly
felt by the Senators. Milan, who has
been out of the game with injuries for
the past few weeks, win back back In
his old position the coming week
Clark Griffith says that cigarettes
placed his team out of the running.
Griff fines his players for smoking, but
hey smoke Just the same.
4 Trainers of athletes have long contend
ID that smoking impairs the athletes
health. The strange part of it is that
most of the prominent athletes in this
country and all over the world use the
weed. Baseball players probably use
obacco more than other athletes. Many
II them are inveterate cigarette smok-
,rs and the majority of them chew.
There is no more strenuous game than
baseball, for it embraces q long period
# training.
Manager Birmingham realizes that Ma
,oleon Lajoie is bound TO the Maps by
three-year contract. He has two years
more, and in each year his salary is
1900. Under these conditions Birming-
am thinks il is better to develop him
nto a frst-sseker than have him re-
naming idle on the bench.
Ben Houser, who was once with the
fackmen, is now playing with Bingham
on in the New York state league Prior
o his present job, he was located in
'uffalo with the Internstionals.
Napoleon Lajoie, one of the greatest
all players Of all time, in answer to
he stories recently circulated that he
as to be canned because he was Law
lg down and would not give his best
D Manager Birmingham, said: 81 have
lways played the game the best know
ow. I have always given the best in
le. I have never laid down in base
al game"