The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-03
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

IL is reported that the Federal league
| will invade Canada next season, the
town in prospect being Toronto. Toronto
seems to be town where the game
would prosper. There will be many
changes in the makeup OF the Federal
circuit next season.
Miner Brown, who was recently ousted
from managership of the 81. Louis Feds
says that he is going TO quit basebail
for good
Manager Griffith is worried over the
case of Joe Boiling, his star left handed
pitcher. Boehling has been spending the
past few weeks at his home in Richmond
for treatment to his injured knee. The
knee has shown no improvement. He
returned to Washington this week.
Ii the Venice, Cal, club win the Pa
cific league pennant, the ball park will
escape taxation.
George Stallings once played in the
west. The fans in that section of the
country are pulling for the Braves to
trim the Giants.
This season is certainly one of the
surprises in the athletic world. The sum
mer sports were climaxed on Monday
when Maurice Mclaughlin, considered
the best tennis player in the world. was
defeated at Newport, R. J., by r. Norris
Williams of Philadelphia in the finals
of the national tennis championships
Mclaughlin has been twice winner OF
this same title. Williams seems to be
coming star in the ranks Of tennis
players. The victory of Williams is at
tributed to extraordinary playing.
Marty O'Toole, the $22,500 pitcher OF
the Pittsburg Pirates, will hereafter be
New York Giant. MeGraw has always
been convinced that O. Toole had the
markings of a great pitcher. The pur-
chase was made to straighten his pitch
ing department for the remainder of the
season. O'Toole joined the Pirates sew
eral years ago. Clarke paid $4,000 for
his services, the highest price ever paid
for a player at that time. With Pitts
burg his work has been failure and is
very unpopular among the Pirate fans
because of his inability to land victories.
The New York manager is elated over
the deal He figures that with change
Of environment and an incentive for the
worlds series. money will bring out the
best in O'Toole.
The Boston Braves would prove to be
a stronger aggregation 10 fight the
Mackmen for the worlds championship
and would be the team in the National
league in best position to win the title.
There is no club among the four lead
ers with such a coterie of star pitchers
as the Braves, among whom are num-
bered Rudolph, James and Tyler. Hess,
Crutcher and Davis are also stars. The
Cards also have fine list of twirlers,
but none are of the calibre of the Bos-
! ton big trio. And there is another ele-
ment that tends towards success for
Boston and that is their spirit. The
team has more fight than any Of the
other National clubs.
After thirty years of continuous rela-
tions on the gridiron Wesleyan and Yale
have severed connections. These two
colleges were usually pitted against each
other at the very outset of the season.
The Wesleyan authorities were of the
opinion that the game was too hard on
the players, sometimes disabling them
for the remainder of their schedule.
johnson. the Indian pitcher, secured
an Injunction this week restraining the
Cincinnati National club from prosecut-