The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-06
Sporting Notes.

Oliver II. Westcott is the captain of
the 1916 football team of that college
Fred Mitchell, Red Sox scout and tn
tor of Red Sox youthful pitchers, is to
coach the Harvard team.
Andrew Freedman. former owner of
the Giants, is dead. A nervous break
down was the cause of his demise
The Cornell faculty committee Win
not allow the eleven of that university
to play Pittsburg for the championship
Bernard o. Gerrish, left half back on
the Dartmouth eleven for two years,
has been elected captain for next sea
son.
Westcott. who has been elected cap
tain of the next Tufts football team.
is a familiar figure of Twin State
baseball circles.
President Lannin announces that
Speaker is as good as signed by the
Red Sox. That leaves only Speaker to
be heard from
It is hoped at Columbia university
TO be able to arrange games with the
Army and Navy but en- condition that
the soldiers and sailors play alternate
years in New York
Matty has hopes that his arm will be
! sound again next year and we ali hope
| so. The veteran is going to try tho
Same man who restored Chalmer 5 arm
| to big league usefulness.
1t is noticeable, we hope, to the base
! bali "experts' who hailed MaranviilC
aud Bancroft as the greatest shortstop.
since Wagner ''was in his prime
that the cold man" led all the other.
/ for the season.
The University Of Nebraska football
management is trying to make a two
years agreement with Cornell by whicl
the western team win play next season
at Ithaca and the year following Cor
nell viii GO to Nebraska.
''What is the difference between
university and a college?' asked
well-known fife and drum corps leader
1.-THE university pays its football coacl
4 $4,000 and the college $5.00O,' reptile
the prominent carpenter and joiner.
New York sport writer's are reioic
ing that the threatened invasion o
Manhattan by the Feds will mean tn
bolstering of both the Giants and til
ankees to prevent the Feds orabbin
too much of the coin of the realm.
Baron Mihanovitch of South Americ
is in New York with 100000 to fnanc
series of championship prize fights i
= his country. Too bad he couldn t hav
dropped into Festival hall the othe
7 night. Cash was little short there
II Yale has put football reform in tha
II university, which means producing
Il winning team, squarely up to three 70
Il mer stars, Vance Mccormick, Brincke
III bpff FIbprun Tobr x +ria
II is up to them to recommend a footba
| system that will be satisfactory. Son
! job.
= Jim Shaw, Washington s speed
pitcher, who was dangerously woundo
the other day by a shotgun acciden
is improving and expects to be out
the hospital in a few days. His faith
p sends word to Griffith that the youl
man will be able to report at the trai
ing camp in the spring,
Hughie Jennings is giving his f
nous yell over the fact that someo
has limited that he might take the ma
aeement Of the New York Fed tea
- He may like Detroit too well
change, as he says he does, but sol
people would hate to risk an offer
doubling the salary he receives
move him to New York.
"Bueky' O'Neill, ex- Williams st
who has been coach Of the Syracl
university team several years, has
signed to accept legal job IN \
York with SO, 900 salary attach
lie is to he succeeded by our
. friend Dan Sullivan, coach for
and baseball teams and manager