The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-06

Tom Ready has a Iodays option on
the Manchester club franchise in the
New England league.
The dates for northampton in the
shortship circuit are July 27-30. Hol-
yoke. Barnstahle and Woonsoek et have
been added TO the circuit.
Gilhgan. who was q member of the
Brattleboro baseball team a. substitute
catcher a short time early last season.
is playing on the ~. Michael : college
basketball team.
The football committee spent yes
terday trying to find words in the Eng
fish language TO make the meaning Of
the committee plain enough for college
men TO understand
Captain Keller OF the Cornell track
team. one OF the speediest men on his
feet ever at Cornell, viii run no more.
He tried last summer to show speed on
a motorcycle instead Of his feet.
/ The Red Sox have three holiday dates
at home On june l. they pla- the 1t.
Louis Browns and on july > the Washing
ton team, and on Labor day the New
y ork Brewers viii be the opposing team
/ Pipp and High of the Detroit team
/ have been sold TO the Brewers Nam
ager Donovan is now after Alarsans.
/ the Cuban, who has kept the moguls
Of at least three leagues guessing for
more than year.
! They are certainly trying to make some
international affair ont Of this proposed
.Iohnson-Wilard scrap in Me lico. Thev
hope To have Eugene CORR, official referee
of the London, Eng. Sporting club. for the
third man in the ring.
The American league has made no change
IN the rule permitting each club 10 carry
- players through the seoson. although
the National league retrenched to the
limit Of p PLAYERS mt the December
meeting Of that league.
The six-day bicycle race Just over IN
Chicago the first OF the kind TO he held
there in years, resulted IN a new worlds
record being set by Egg and Nerri Most
any egg Is able to establish a record in
these days Of high prices.
While Fred Minis and Merrill Whitney
have Int on the scheme OF using skis on
the runners OF their motor driven iceboat
: Harvey A. Beilgard, garage proprietor
AT Lake Forest, \. l., has rugged a motor
sleigh with an aeroplane propeller that
carries two and makes from - 10 a.
miles on hour. The sleigh i II feet long
and weighs 300 pounds
President Gaffncv Of the Braves i
worrying for fear thar johnny Evers
will not make a good recovery from
his long illness with pneumonia John
my, himself, writes friends from a camp
where he i living out Of doors that he
viii be in the best shape ever. Incl
IDENTIFY the Miracle Man i i'll with grin
1T his Georgia plantation.
Just as fellow begins 70 think OF
ia king mp golf as a sidelne he learns
that TO be anything AT that game he
should have begun batting the pill
around the pasture AT the age of -.
and then. il he had real ability. natural
] aptitude, keen eye, good Judgment,
right direction, a fair stance. no
NERVES, a .lot OF confidence and full
: supply of profanity he stood fair
5 chance Of being in his prime at 81.
, If Tom Ready closes the deal for the
. Manchester. y. T.. franchise in the
2 New England league and if he quits
E Lehigh as coach and goes to Dartmouth
: as baseball and basketball coach and
t assistant football coach be Onght to
= have enough on his hands to keep him
e going most of the time during the
G - months. 1t is not expected that I.e-
; high Will let 90 OF Ready. who has
. been very successful there as coach.
without n struggle to retain his ser
: vices.
! Billy Sunday. the evangelist. was a
fast man in his day. As a profession
al ball PLAYER. he was one Of the best
in the late SOS aud the early COS He
stole four bases in one game off Con
ME Mack. Mack was Washington :
catcher in 1889 and sunday was right
fielder Of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The
two were fighting to keep ont Of last
place and they met Aug. 3 Pittsburg
won. - to and Sunday drove out
three hits. scored four runs. made four
fine catches in the outfield and stole
four bases.