The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-23
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

On the face OF the seasons records
Yale university is awarded the collegiate
championship of the East, although Holy
Cross college has been conceded TO ha W
the strongest team of the past season
Holy Cross defeated all the large east
ern colleges, but lost to Yale early in
the season by close score. Had Har-
ward defeated Yale, the Worcester school
would have been the champions.
Steps will be taken to prevent Hal
Chase, the former White Sox first base.
man. from playing with the Buffalo
Feds, according to an announcement
made by Charles Comiskey, after he had
heard that Chase jumped.
Frank L. Kramer, the American cham.
pion cyclist, again defeated Walter
Rutt, the German, who holds the worlds
title in the final heat of the Grand Prix
Cesar Morelli stakes, at Newark on
Sunday. Alfred Goullet, the Australian,
was second, beating the German.
John d. O'Reilly of Boston has been
engaged for five years to act as director
of athletics at Georgetown university.
OReilly is prominent figure in New
England athletics For the past few
years he has acted as director of ath-
letics at Dorchester, Mass, high school,
from which institution have passed many
notable athletes. O'Reilly is graduate
of Holy Cross college.
RED" Murray, the star Holy Cross
pitcher, has Joined the Keene club OF the
Twin State league. Murray was con.
ceded to be one of the best pitchers in
college baseball.
Eddie McGoortie. the Oshkoek fighter,
and Jimmy Clabby will meet at Sydney.
Australia, on July 4. The fight is billed
for the middleweight championship of
the world.
Baumgartner, pitcher OF the Univer-
sity of Chicago, considered one Of the
best college twirlers in the West, has
been signed to play with the Philadei-
phia Nationals. Doom came to terms
with Aim this week and Baumgartner
viii report Immediately to Philadelphia
johnson and Foster, two of the star
twirlers Of the Boston Red Sox, are con-
ferring with Fed agents in the West.
The players make no bones about the
matter. President Lannin and Carrigan
think that none of the level headed play
ers will make the jump, and, in fact,
win not even tease them not to should
they so decide.
Sixty-eight years ago last Friday the
first baseball game that was ever record
ed was played on Elysian fields, Ho-
boken, N. j., between the New York
and Knickerbocker clubs of New York,
whose membership was composed of
wealthy New York families who played
the game solely for pastime. The game
seemed like a social function because
Of the presence of bevy of town bellies
The field was marked off into the base
ball diamond so familiar with US to
lay. None of the PLAYERS wore masks,
gloves or protectors. It was the Gus
TOM of the batter to say where he
wanted the ball thrown The pitcher, or
'giver," as he was called then, deliv-
red the ball with an underhand toss,
according to the rules of the game. 1t
vas thought that the pitcher had
leeided advantage when he threw the
,all overhanded; hence the rule. The
,atcher stood at safe distance behind
he batter to catch the ball on the
round. The rules dictated that if he
'aught the ball on the first bound the
,atter was out; otherwise he must
brow to first base to put the man out.
likewise, the flelders or scouts" were