The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-29
Sporting NegUs

Notes.
Bob Bescher has wired MeGraw: Have
decided to stay with Giants.
Bescher, outfelder Of the New York
Nationals, has gone TO the ST Louis
Nationals as part pay for Perritt, the
pitcher.
Capt, Iayforth of the University of
Vermont. team appears to be hitting
well in the games his team is playing
in the South.
One more change in that willard
Johnson fight. 1t is now set for Mon
day, April >, in order not to desecrate
Easter Sunday. .--~
Nahle, 4 youngster and a left hand
cd pitcher, the only one the Yankees
had ia their string, has started north
He paid more attention to dress than to
pitching.
The college players and the profes-
SIGNALS arc obliged to go south to get
spring baseball practice. The boys Of
Vermont with an ice cake for a plate
and earlaps in place of a mask get into
condition at home. And it pretty
good condition, too. r-
Instead Of the two cafchers Of tie
Holy Cross nine alternating as captain
OF the team John J. Norton third base
man and a sophomore, has been named
to fill this position. This jumps
him over the heads of the two catch
ers, both of whom are Juniors.
Ralph II. Bissell Of Keene has been
elected captain of the New Hampshire
state college basketball team for next sea
son. He has been the mainstay OF the
team at guard the past three years. Bis
sell has made his letter in three major
sports, basketball, football and baseball.
President o 'Rourke Of the Eastern
| association admits that the opening of
that season will be delayed until some
/ time in May. He does not know vet
| whether the league will be Of six or
| eight clubs. Neither does he know
/ really whether there viii be a league.
! The University OF Vermont baseball
| team lost the game yesterday against the
/ Carolina, 6 to ;. Upham and Spear
/ pitched for Vermont and were found for
nine hits Vermont made six bingles,
/ Nayforth, Merrill and SWEET each getting
/ two. Vermont was weak in fielding,
making five errors
j Once again we find the annual report
from the South that all of the base
! ball teams training in the South are
| from one to two weeks behind in their
! development because Of the unseason-
/ able weather. In the next paragraph
is printed the information that with
the exception of one man the whole
Iteam Is in mid-season form.
Amherst was defeated Saturday by
the University of Virginia. due to light
hitting on the part of Amherst and the
poor pitching and fielding Of Robinson
Go0dridge was thrown out at the plate
after making the longest hit over seen
on the grounds. He pitched the last
inning and, although ne passed two
men, did not allow a run. ThezeQLe
mas 7-=to-l-------s
Followers Of baseball have often
times heard Of the fellow who ccu.4
pitch . fast ball with either hand ant
make it curve also, but very few have
seen one of these pitching freaks. Lar
Try Corcoran, with Chicago in the early
| so $ tried to sbeeQm9ee. a sonthpaw afstsei
he had used up his right fin III
ssiened 10 pitch in the southern ieazae
as left-hander, But in trying to oti-
control ruined his pitching ability a:
together. Nmham, originally a~u9bt
handed pitcher, lost the use of his 12a
through an accident. He made aashift
end begin to practice with shis lefr
farm. lie was very successful. an,
made a splendid record with the Wor
Icester team OF the Eastern league dur
ing 1908, SO good, in fact, that he Va
isigued by the st. Louis Browns for ii,
season of 1904. However, pltch;n;
from the heart side WASH t natural FOL
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