The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-30

during the first week OF his advent with
the Cubs, was dimmed by sitting vi
late nights writing insurance for the
members Of Hank 0'Day's team.
The result OF the Mackmen- Chicago
Cubs series was three wins for the
worlds champions and two for the Cubs
the other game resulting in a draw.
Johnny McGraw says that Bob Bees
cher takes bigger lead off first base
than any other base runner in the Ma.
tional league.
Hughie Jennings is not well pleased
with all the recruit fielders he has had
someone to replace Veach in one of the
garden plots, but could find no one to
fill the bill. The Tigers outfield win be
guarded this season by Cobb, Crawford
and Veach.
AL Copeland, who has signed to train
the Austrian athletes for the 1915
Olympics at Berlin, Germany will leave
this week to assume his duties.
Under the direction of Coach Woods,
baseball is progressing in very aus
picious manner this spring. He has a
wealth OF material on hand, from which
TO round into shape winning aggrega-
ton. "Red" Loudon is captain of the
team. LAWN, Hallett and Willard, three
pitchers OF last years nine, are out for
mound berths. Wanamaker, last years
catcher, should handle the bulk of the
backstopping. Salmonsen is second
choice for catch. Earl Williams seems
quite certain of making a regular berth
in the outfield The last cut Of outtield
candidates has been made and Williams
is found alongside of Loudon and Men
del. Cook seems to be the logical selec
tion for the initial sack; Eskeline and
Perkins are rivals for second base. Bow
is the most likely candidate for short
stop, while Roland il expected to hold
down third base. The first games will
be played during the opening of next
month in the vicinity of Boston.
Ten thousand dollars was left to Joe
the former prize fighter, by
Jim Pom, Chinese, whom the boxer be-
friended many years ago.
Bunzell, one of Princeton's veteran
oarsmen, has been forced to leave the
rowing squad this spring because of III
health.
Joe Kelley is now at Merlin, Tex,
with his Toronto club. Jim Jordan, who
has been working out with the Giants,
has gone over to his team. Jordan has
been showing real big league form all
spring.
The Federal league directors have
adopted their schedule for the coming
year The season will be opened be-
tween April l3 and April TO-
Robert Unglaub, who was at one time
a star player with the Boston Red Sox,
il now at Fargo, n d., where he is man
aging a team owned by Mike Cantillon,
president OF the Minneapolis American
club, Since leaving the big
leagues Unglaub has been playing most
Of his time in the American association.
Hank O'Day, the Cub manager, has in
PRODUCED a new scheme into his spring
practice for the superfous flesh men. He
has on the grounds l50-lh roller, which
he compells the heavies to roll the
grounds with. He figures that a few
trips around the field with the roller
means the loss of over a pound of
weight He las several men in camp
who are zealously applying themselves
with the roller
Forest cady, the bnrly catcher of the
Boston Red Sox, turned down an offer of
sl2,500 to play with the Federal league
this season He said he received the Of
fer with bonus of $500 to Join the
Pittsburg Feds Cady has already
signed with the Boston club.
1t has been announced that Princeton
viii send team TO compete in the four
nile relay race for the international
at the Penn carnival on
April Is. The entries for this race now