The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-05
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS


sons successes. The team is composed
1 of nearly all last years veterans. Pet
] Falsey, ineligible the greater portion o.
last season, is playing leftfeld.
The st. Anselm's college football SEIZED
ule has been announced Norwich uni
versity is slated to play at Manchester
on Saturday, October IL.
Priest, a former Goddard seminary
baseball player, is playing in the out
field for the Tufts college second team.
Mike Mowrey's hitting has been one
of the big sensations OF the season. The
former Card is winning game after game
for the Fred Clarke Pirates by timely
wallops. He seems to have overcome
his former weakness, that of hitting
curve balls when opposing pitchers are
in good form.
1 Lynn has established a commanding
lead in the New England league race by
winning its first four games. Etching,
one of the new teams, seems to have a
formidable group OF ball tossers.
Jack Warner, the old New York Giant
catcher, is now coach OF baseball at
Fordham university. He was appointed
TO the position this week Warner
pidyeu u lew pdIHtp Win the DuIilHB-
ton club of the old Northern league one
season.
| Manager Wilbert Robinson introduced
a young phenom in the person of Pfeffer
against New York on Saturday. The
youthful Dodger twrled masterful ball,
winning over the National league cham
pions.
President David Fultz of the Players
fraternity has notified Manager Connie
Mack that tine scoreboard in centertield
OF the Philadelphia park must be re-
moved. The board is directly in line
with the batter's box and the pitchers
mound. Fultz' demands are only in or
der with an edict of the Players fra.
ternity that a green patch should be
painted on centerfeld fence directly on
line with the pitcher and batter, the
green background being necessary to aid
the batter in seeing the ball pitched to
him. With sun glaring on the fence
boards of many parks it has been ex-
tremely difficult for most batters to hit
pitchers under those conditions.
Dutch" Leonard of the Red Sox may
soon be doped the hard luck kid. He has
pitched for the former worlds champions
anu HAS nftH ntOltu Oil UuI LAItt lljIess
In those same number of innings his
mates have scored but once.
Reports that a syndicate has offered
Robert L. Hedges $275,O0o for the st.
Louis Americans were denied by Mr..
Hedges, although he admitted that he
had been approached through friend
with proposition to put his price sou
the club. He said he refused to enter
into negotiations.
The Georgetown university baseball
team met its conquerors at last on their
northern trip, when West Point handed
out 3 to defeat to the southern uni
versity. The Georgetown club left
Washington over week ago and in
that time did not meet a single defeat
until the West Point game. Among the
victories are numbered some of the
strongest college mines in the North.
The Massachusetts, Technology track |
team administered a decisive trouncing
to the Holy Cross lads at Boston on
Saturday. The score was 80 to 3s. Will |
liams won over Wesleyan in their an
nual track meet on Saturday by close |
margin.
Jim Shaw has not pitched complete |
game for the Washington Senators yet |
because of blister on one of the fingers |
of his pitching hand.
Ty Cobb has not by any means struck |
his stride. And yet the Detroit Tigers
have obtained a strong hold on first
place. If the Tigers are feared now they
will be even more so when Cobb is back
in the game.
Jake Halstein, the former Vermont in
fielder, will play with the Montreal club
in the international league. The Mont
real club purchased Halstein outright
from the Chicago White Sox. He will
be played at first base in place of Flynn,
who will be kept in the outfield because
of his hitting powers. Halstein played
with Lowell in the New England league
last season. This spring he went to
California with the Chicago White Sox.
During the spring practice he sustained
a fractured ankle. After several weeks
OF layoff he has recovered sufficiently
to resume his duties on the ball dia-
mond. Halstein was expected to make
good at Chicago until his accident.
Jimmy Patterson, the intercollegiate
100-yard champion, says the following
of Howard Drew: Il watched Drew with
interest while he was here
for the relay races. l knew that l was
far from fit and did not have to worry
about what might do. After / found /
was beaten / started to study the lit
tie Californian. / found that he broke !,
into his second stride before his quick
est rival was out of his holes. He has ,
4 set form and clings right to that form. ,
The only difference in his work is that
form. The only difference in his work
IS that he drives his legs faster than
he goes along think, without doubt,
that he gets going to his top speed /
quicker than any man I have ever seen. I
At 10 yards he seems to be right at
.op speed. His running 90 yards in nine I
md one-ffth seconds rather startles me. j
did not think he was quite that fast, /
but if he can do 90 yards in that, s
would say he is apt to do anything. Q
Dannie Moeller, the old Barre player, i
$ threatened for his position in right Q
ield with the Washington Senators.
Young Acosta, the Cuban, is vying with y
lin for honors. The Cuban is said to :
De a better batsman and many figure
hat for the simple reason of getting !,
,reater batting prowess behind his pitch /
RS Griffith may make change in the !
rider. Moeller is the better field and :
,aserunner.
The showing of both the National and