The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-30
General Sporting Notes.

| President Weegham of the Chicago
| Cubs announces that there are but two
men on his team, who are sure OF hold
| ing their Jobs down another year. These
two men are Cy Williams, centertielder,
and Larry Doyle, second baseman. IN
doubtedly Doyle will be elected field cap
tain. Williams is the youngster whom
the Cub management thought pretty
strongly of canning a year ago; but since
then the club owners have been pretty
well satisfied that he was kept. The an
(nouncement means that the north side
officials are ready to engineer one OF the
biggest transactions ever pulled on IN
maj Tor league circles. With Safer, Archer,
Vaughn and Mann with half dozen Others
| to use in trades some classy material
ought to be secured.
There is one important matter settled
/ in the Boston Red Sox baseball camp,
and that is, the Red Sox are to train in
Hot Springs another year The contract
on the park there has one more year
to run, and without much doubt, the new
owners of the club will try to renew the
lease. There are not many games to De
played by the champions on their return
to the north, as there are but few cities
which they can visit. The Red Sox do
not 90 southwark until long after the
other teams have gone, especially the
Braves, and they do not have much over
half the expense. Many baseball ex-
perts claim that long training season
! for a team on poor grounds IS bad Tor
team, as the Boston Americans nave
done a good deal better since they com
menced to make short preliminary work.
Since Fitchburg voted dry, the business
men in that town have given up the idea
of investing any money in order to get
Duffv's franchise from Portland, Me-, as
thew thought that fans from other towns
would not come there to see the games.
This leaves the Portland matter stiii
hanging Up until the time that the
city went dry, business men in that clty
thought a team in the Eastern league
would be a big paying proposition Inc
Lawrence team troubles are still hang-
mo fire as owner Sullivan has done moth
inc in order to restore what he owes to
the league. He must either forfeit his
team or find purchaser. 1t was de-
cided at the last meeting to give Sullivan
one more week to do something. Inc
time expired yesterday. Dan ONeii'
president of the league, has decided to go
In person to Lawrence and try to help
Sullivan find bidder for the club. Pres'
,ident O'Neil will 60 to Lawrence and try
Ito nut the deal through with the pros
nectiye BUYERS which Sullivan claimed
THAT he had in view at the last meeting.
Immediately on his return from Law
renee. he will call the officers OF the
leaoue together and the affair will be
finally disposed of. The meeting VIII
probably be called in Springfield, Mass
il is most essential that the matter De
settled. as the directors cannot go ahead
until they hear whether or not Lawrence
will be in the league next season, Inc
Eastern league will be composed OF elght
clubs another year.
Reports that have been circulating
around the stove league this winter TO
the effect that Philip Ball, owner OF
the st. Louis Browns, is to get cut OF
baseball next summer seem 10 come
without anv foundation whatever, as Mr.
Rail saws that he will still stick to the
game. although he has tasted II long
enough to know that there Is no gold
mine in the business. He lost S2OO,ooo
when he was connected with the st. Lou,
is Federal league team, and paid Sooo'ooe
TO Robert Lee Hedges for the Browns
lexnecting to recover that which he had
, lost when magnate in the Fedora
+ league. But this year the Browns dia
. mot come anywhere near clearing eX'
/ penses during the first of the season
/ and again in September, after the team
commenced to slump from their squirt oil
T midsummer, the attendance at the games
| AGAIN fell down. While the club was
: winning through July and August, they
had good crowds both at home sno
away Take it all in all, Ball got through
the season with small deficit, so 1t i
said. As result of his baseball invest
ment. Mr.. Ball finds that he has run lnte
! the hole about 100000. Owner Weeg
: ham of Chicago, who with other business
r men. invested 100000 for the Cubs, Is II
= the same boat with Ball. Mr.. Weeghan
- was made TO understand that the CUBS
= would earn half the purchase price in one
season, but the young bears failed to &C
b lcomplish much under the guidance Of
d Joe Tinker, and Weegham had a chance
o to learn that il is no cinch to run ma
: jor league ball club.