The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-13
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

Del Gainor, the veteran first saeke
Of the Detroit Tigers, may play frs
base for the Boston Red Sox. Word has
been received in Boston that Manager
Carrigan submitted cash offer TO Man
ager Jennings for his services. The I'll
gers intend to keep Gainor until the sea
son Is under way, anyway. Gainor has
been hitting hard and Jennings think;
that he may recover his old-time form
Gainor has been one OF the most unfor
tunate men in baseball. In the past
three years he has seldom played dog
en- games without sustaining severe in
juries. His misfortunes started in 1910
when his arm was broken by a pitched
ball by Jack Coombs. Boston has been
somewhat handicapped since the loss OF
Jake Stahl last season.
Pitcher Stevenson of the Omaha West
ern league club struck out Honus Wag-
ner OF the Pittsburg Pirates with man
on third and two out on Wednesday.
The Boston Red Sox have the habit
of losing when Manager Bill CarrigaD
Ia absent from the regular lineup.
Lehigh university defeated the Cath
Ollie university on Monday by the score
of to G.
According to Business Manager Ward
of the Brooklyn Federal league club,
Tom Seaton, the former Philly pitcher,
will be seen in Brooklyn this season,
after all. Seaton deserted the Phillies
with his runningmate, Ad Brennan, last
winter, when he signed with the Feds,
When the Wards took hold of the Brook
lyn franchise, President Gilmore prom
ised Ward strong team. Among the
players designated for Brooklyn was
Seaton. seaton objected on the grounds
he had signed with the Chicago club.
II was only after Tie greatest diplomacy
that Ward finally shared Seaton.
The fallibility of the much abused UNI
pire was uncovered in Mondays game
at New Orleans with New York, but for
some reason escaped general notice at
the time. A New Orleans base runner
was called out on a ground ball that
struck him after being detected by
Stock At a meeting last winter the
joint committee on playing rules revised
this section of the code, exempting a
runner from penalization under such con
dition. Had the umpire been familiar
with the new rules he would have per
mitted the base runner in question to
score for his side. That would have
saved New Orleans from the stigma Of
a shutout.
Martin j. Sheridan, the former worlds
champion all-round athlete, has started
training to win back his lost laurels
Il, r,. IS afh
some time. He viii enter several meets
to entering the national
amateur championships in September
His aim is towards the 0lympics in 1916
when he hopes TO be back in his old time
form TO represent tine United States.
Griffith. Maranville, Deal and Gowdy
are the most consistent hitters of the
Brave team this season.
Nicholas 4. Young, who was pres-
dent OF the Natiohsl league for eighteen
wears, says the time is drawing near
when a maximum salary for ball play
ers will be agreed upon. He thinks that
the players, themselves, viii be the
first 10 demand such a move for their
own protection.
The yankees are quite apt TO forsake
Houston for Florida next spring. Towns
in Florida are quite ready and willing t.
guarantee hotel and medical expenses
for exhibition games.
The Kieo university baseball team ar
rived at Vancouver, B. C.. this week
from Japan The teams tour will b.
confined solely to the Pacific Coast be-
cause of a ruling made by the university
faculty demanding that the PLAYERS re-
turn to Japan by the month of May.
Laird, the former Montpelier high
school athlete, is a candidate for an
outfield position on the Exeter academy
baseball team.
be Chicago Nationals are apt to be de-
prived of the services of Vic Safer, the
star first saeker. the first part of the
season. Sair, according to a report
from Dayton, Ohio, had discovered that
the soreness in his arm which delayed
his rounding into form is the result of
some injury 20 the bone or muscle and
will visit a specialist at Youngstown.
II Sair is told to stay out of the game.
Mollwitz, a recruit, viii be ticketed at
he initial sack.
Trainer Gleason of the Chicago Ameri-