The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-19
Sporting Notes.

The st. Louis Federal club has
leased grounds and they are TO be
ready in 90 days. This is the latest
announcement from that section of the
new league.
Pitcher Roy Heating has signed with
the Highlanders for the season. He
took the diseiplining he got last year
from Chance in good part and is in
good condition.
Eddie Collins and Frank Baker of
the Athletics have been fired from the
Players fraternity because of failure
to give up their dues for membership
IN the organization.
Cyclone Burns tossed Paul Alverez
two successive falls in Boston Thurs
day night at the Grand Opera House.
Alverez, who comes from Portugal,
was fast and created a good impress
sion.
Only $4,000 year is the tet:crnl
league bid for Ty Cobb and it Is
offered in advance with 100000 to be
put in escrow for him if he will sign
a contract for five years at those
| terms.
Capt. Danny Meehan of the Column
bia basketball team is doing the foot
ball hero stunt by playing basketball
with his left upper arm strapped to
his side because of badly sprained
shoulder.
Every person connected with the Gil
ants and White Sox baseball teams
now on "a world tour, had to be vac
einated at Hong Kong as the price OF
admission to that interesting portion
of the globe.
Eddie Collins of the Athletics says
he is going to pay his dues to the
players Fraternity and be reinstatcd
1t was not because he was financially
embarrassed that he did not pay up
He just forgot.
4 Although Orvile Wright is building
a hydro-acroplane for flight acros,
the Atlantic it is not Orville : inteu
tion of attempting The stunt. Harr,
\, Atwood is advertising that he pur
poses to undertake the feat.
= Rabbit Maranville signed Il bianl
contract and left ii for Presiden
Gaffney of the Boston Braves to Ill
in. 1t is said that the little shortsto
is more than satisfied with the figure
marked in by the president.
President Ebbetts. after a brief con
ference with Joe Tinker. has becom
convinced that Joe is Fedora
Lacquer for all time and that the onl
show Brooklyn has TO land him i
through the medium of the law.
i Andy Coakley. the old William
e baseball coach aud former big leaguei
/ has dropped out of the lists as q pre-
af b.. prf.l hos
: ball club. Hobe Ferris, the old tim
t Boston Lacquer. is said to be the latcs
f applicant for the job of manager
George Crowther, who played >hol
: for Newport in the Twin State l,;,gu
: last season after jumping the Ne
u Haven team. mas written to friensis
that city that he will be with them
1914. He says he has been offered
chance with the Federuls. but prefer
to take a chance with Connell : buncl
Cawley. shortstop for Bellows Fai
> last season. has signed with the Bin;
hamton club of the New York stat
league. Cawley graduated last Jun
/, from Holy Cross college. where he W;
captain of the team. At present he
attending to his duties as athletic il
struetor in the New Haven. Conn. hia
school
Charley Ebbets hot footS it hon
from Puerto Rico and hikes out
; Kansas City to personally sign up son
II of his Brooklyn players. johnny Eve
n grabs a handful Of blank contracts m
C quietly slips out of Chicago bound i,
g the homes of divers National playe
C IN order TO make sure of their sign
e lures. Oh. no, these Federal lca.,n,
= are causing the leaders of organize
baseball no worry. Doesn't look thu
way, does it,