The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-13

most daily transpositions of teams, ex-
ceptlng always Philadelphia
The paid admissions at island park Sat
urdey for the ball game between the
knights of Columbus and Wilmington
were 1872, including 20 from Wilmington
Capt Larry Doyle of the Giants has
again hammered his way into the van of
the National league batters and has an
average Of .327 Doyle also leads the
league IN total bases with 215
There are many husky football players
who are still waiting to hear if they are
TO be eligible for their teams this fall and
they all envy Charley Barrett, the Cornell
captain, who has Just squared himself
with his faculty. Captains are not often
on the ineligible list. They are usually
more alive to their responsibilities.
With Fitzpatrick, Compton, NIaranville.
Ragan and Schmidt all injured and out
OF the game for more or less time since
the Braves started on their western trip
1t Is some stunt for them to keep any
where near in the running Schmidt. it
Is believed, viii be out about two weeks
and Maranville will not be back in the
lineup for another day or two at least
With the last intersectionaI series of
the season IN their early stages the out
come OF the races in both of the major
leagues remains in doubt The chances
appear to favor Philadelphia in the Ma
tIonal and Boston in the American league.
the present leaders, but everything de
ponds upon the showing each makes
against the teams of the western divis-
ions.
1t depended entirely on which paper
You read as to whether Gibbons or Me
Farland had the better of their 1O-round
go at Brighton Beach, n Y, Saturday
evening before the largest crowd in the
history OF Kingdom. 1t is estimated that
between $4,000 and 10000 saw the bout
which was fast, clean and clever, as was
| to have been expected From this dis
lance the diversity of opinion would point
to fair draw
| 1t was not generally known that Minot
| Crowell of the Athletics was not in con
dition when he pitched against the Rec
| SoX early last week. He did not make the
last trip with the team because of a lame
/ arm, but was resting at his home in Mel
rose. BY keeping him in the game aftel
the bad opeing inning Mack gave him
chance to work out his arm well, ant
Crowell says that he hopes to take hi
regular turn hereafter
1 Two of the most noted tennis player
OF America We're formerly summer resi-
dents of Windham county. r. Norri
Williams, who won the championship
from Mclaughlin last year and lost it re
Gently at Forest Hills to William NJ
Johnston, lived each summer severa
years with his mother and brother at Ia
ponda IN Wilmington At that time Wi
Hams played wonderful game of TENN
as youngster, and on the courts at Ra
ponda often held his own in matche
aaginst grown-up opponents. William
lived abroad with his mother several wiz
tiers and was one of the survivors of tn
Titanic wreck. He is now student j
Harvard. Nat Niles of Boston, at on
time rated as No 3 among the players {
the country, has shown the power to com
back tins season. Niles's father owns
summer home in Halifax and the tenn
crack often played in Brattleboro in th
: days when he was the American inte
scholastic champion