The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-25
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

While visiting the New York Juvenile
ASYLUM this week, Christy Mathewson of
the Giants spoke to the players in the
progress OF ball game. He urged the
pitchers to try more for control. He in
| formed them that he had tried to teach
several big league pitchers his fadeaway
ball. but none ever succeeded. The rea
son il that they never attain control.
| He advised the youngsters not TO try
too much for curves, saying that some OF
the best curve ball pitchers in the coun-
try are not in the big leagues.
Tom Seaton, the pitcher, has threat
ened to jump to the Federal league I'M
less his suspension is raised. Seaton
was ordered off the bench at indianapolis
this week, it being the third occasion
this season.
At the close of the Princeton Yale
game at New York on Tuesday, Middle
brook was selected TO lead the 1915 Yale
team and Green was elected to lead the
Tigers. MIiddlebrook plays center field
for Yale and Green right field for Prince
ton.
Frank Chance is sending his scouts
into every part of the country to seek
PLAYERS who can hit. Their search is
proving fruitless.
Clarence Wanamaker OF Melrose,
Mass. has been elected captain of the
1915 baseball team at Dartmouth col
lege. Wanamaker has played for two
seasons on the teams and because of his
wonderful ability and leadership he was
the logical choice for the position. Wan
amaker is also football player and one
of he best hockey players in the coun-
try.
Henry Swasey OF South Berwick, Me-,
has been elected captain of the Amherst
ba seball team for next season.
The long .winded discussions at Am
herst college pro and con summer base
ball ended by the college authorities
placing the ban on the SUMNER game
The rule will not go into effect until
June 49, 1915.
Princeton defeated Yale in the decid-
ing baseball game of their annual series
at New York by the score OF | to o.
"Pie" Way, the former Norwich student
pitched for Yale, holding the Tigers to
four hits Deyo, pitching for Princeton
allowed but one hit.
Michigan defeated Pennsylvania to 0
at Ann Arbor on Tuesday.
Jim Rice. who is at Poughkeepsie, N
Y, consoled Jim Wray, the Harvard
coach, for the Harvard defeat by telling
him that the Harvard-Ysle race just
contested was not close. Rice told Wray
that he should have seen the race in
1907 when Cornell beat Columbia by
foot. He said the race was so close that
at Columbia they haven't figured out yet
who won.
Reports have been circulated around
Paris that sums of money have been Of
fered to Jack johnson by gambling syn
dicates to have him throw the match to
Moran on the 9th of this month. John
son has been tempted before but never
bit.
Arlie Latham, known far and wide as
the baseball clown who has amused
thousands over the country since the
days of Chris Won der Abe, owner of the
st. Louis Browns, champions of the
world, quarter of a century back, has
severed connections with the Lynn club
of the New England league. He has
been acting as coach since the opening
Of the season and fans got the impress
sion that he was to succeed Patsy Fla
herty as manager. Tense feelings Of
Flaherty's friends both on the team and
in Lynn developed into open hostiIities.
Latham took his only open course.
The Brsttleboro team of the Twin
State league received a shaking up this
week, Manager Breckenridge started
the season with the following lineup:
Dixie, pitcher; Delaney, catcher; Tom
Leonard, first base; Murphy, shortstop;
Devine. third base; Roche, second base;
Ormsby, first base; BRAZIL left field;
Gilligan, right field. The last named
player halls from st. MichaePs college.
Awkward, the Middlebury pitcher, has
been secured for a tryout. All other
candidates seen in Barre have been re-
leased.
Middlebury college defeated the Chi
nese university at Middlebury on Mon
day by the score of to 2. Mclaughlin
pitched for Middlebury.
One of the incest phases of the dou
l. - I,z