The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-01
Standing of the Clubs.
BASEBALL BRIEFS.

And the two Boston teams won a game
apiece in one day.
Dick McCabe the pitcher sent Ia
Hartford by the Red Sox earlier in the
season, has been allowed to return to
the Boston team because he was dissatiS-
tied to remain with the Hartford club
after the discharge OF Heine Wagner
While he might have been suspended by
Owner Clarkin, the club management de
cided to let him 90 because they did not
care to have any players on the club who
were not satisfied.
/ Columbia ella inns the college baseball
/ title. They must remember that nice
record would have been apt to have
been dented if they had played Tufts or
! Harvard
Howard Kane, the Pennsylvania sec
| ond sacker, seems to be one of the most
promising Youngsters breaking into the
big tent this season. The White Sox
were the lucky ones to nab him and if
Eddie Collins does not pick up some this
boy may give him a tight rub next year.
No big leaguers have changed their
uniforms to that of National Guards
man yet but Aaron Ward OF the
Montgomery team jumped to the Ar
kansas state militia when the call came
to respond to the colors Baseball, as a
player on words would say. furnishes
quite a number OF batteries for the Dor
der and some of the hostile critics do
not hesitate to say that a few Of the Red
Sox pitchers would be useful as bomb
throwers.
That lose by one run hoodoo still sticks
with the Braves.
Fred Mitchell. the Harvard coach, has
joined the Braves and is batting to the
fielders in their fielding practice
Walter Whitaker will start tonight
to Join Connie Mack Athletics in Phil
adelphia saturday
Robedt Watt the captain and second
baseman on the Columbia university
team the past season, signed Wednesday
to play with the Tigers
Pfeffer of the Brooklyns won his third |
game from the Braves Thursday. At
the present time he is ranking as one OF |
the top notchers.
While Dutch Witt looks like the find /
to date, it is said by those that claim |
to know that Connie Mack has picked |
up a very likely youngster who seems
30 have a brilliant career before him /
in Otis Lawry, the University of Maine
second sacker. Lawry is said to have
lots Of speed and is a great fielding sec
ond baseman and has head that is the
most essential part OF the game. Lawry
was one of the smartest men in college.
being class president in his senior year.
There Is an old saying that it is the
mighty WALTON that rules the game, but
he Chicago Cubs are the leading team in
heir league in batting and they also lead
IN extra base hits by a fairly tidy mar
gin These same Cubs also have three
II the four leading National league bats
men. they being Williams, who ranks
irst. Schultz. the third in the race, and
the great Heine Zimmerman, who is
railing close to schultz in fourth posi-
lion Yet they do not stand in first
position even in the first division. While
he walIop is an important factor, it is
rot the whole game by good many
POINTS
Wagner the old Red Sox shortstop, (
vas Internationally released as manager
u the Hartford team in the Eastern
eague because he could not get big
eague players for nothing and was not
Producing a winning combination with
he material which he had On learning q
4 his release President Lannin and Man I
ger Carrigan got in communication with
i'm at once and completed negotiations a
nth him to report to the Boston team {
{ once. Nagner's long experience as a
laver viii make him well adapted to b
he work a coach n
lndelder James Smith. who has been Ia
LAYING with the Pirates this spring. was v
aleased to Toronto Thursday. z