The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-06
General Sporting Notes.


is becoming more liberal in the number
of games sanctioned for baseball. There
were several years when the Williams
varsity was limited in the number oil
gar on the schedule, but the 1917
schedule has % games.
President Haughton of the Braves Is
in receipt of telegram from }. Carl Ew'
ing, president OF the Pacific Coast league,
urging the Boston owner TO support a
measure that is TO be introduced at next
weeks meeting of the National league
in New York The minor leagues have
claimed that they have not had equal
representation with the majors in any
determining board and they propose that
a measure be brought up TO give them a
measure of this kind. Such measure
was brought up and put through in a
meeting in New Orleans few days ago.
They also claim that such a board would
naturally relieve the National league
board on many occasions. A board might
be organized for the minors to decide all
minor league disputes, but 1t is doubtful
if the major league owners would consent
to allow the minor league owners to en-
ter into the major league disputes.
President Weegham OF tthe Cubs has
already started to speed up his team for
next spring by signing Frank 6. Murphy.
Murphy is a semi professional baseball
PLAYER and is considered one OF the fast
est men on a sprint His record Tor
100 yards is nine and four hfths, unoti-
oial record Murphy Is shortstop and
PLAYED on the Joliet. H., team last sum
mcr. and was considered a good slugger
and fair fielder.
, Carlton college, a college which has
been hitherto unheard of until this year,
has popped into the limelight by de,
feating Coach Stages Maroon, the first
defeat of the year. Wisconsin seeks a
date for next year on Oct. ID.
Without a doubt Ban johnson ought to
make successful ranchman, as he has
been riding the National league around |
for years.
Joe Stecher declared Yesterday that he
will never wrestle in Chicago again. Just.
before he threw Charley Cutler two falls
in 27,04 at the Coliseum Thursday, he
looked over the house and estimated the
crowd worth $4,000 When he received |
his share of the gate receipts they only |
to 81 400.
There are six teams in the American |
league with batsmen in the 800 class,
the teams being represented are Boston,
Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, St Louis |
and Philadelphia Larry Gardner, the Red |
Sox third baseman, is the only Boston |
man with an average in the super set
The prospects for a star football team |
next year at Brown university are the |
best ever. Only five of the squad OF
80 men are to graduate next June
Among these five men are Sprague'
Wade. Murphy and 0rmsby. OF these
only two played regularly on the team
this past season. There are three from |
the freshmen team of this past fall that !
will become eligible and several others |
to fill up the places left vacant. Despite |
the set back on Thanksgiving day, the
season lust closed was the most success
full in the history of the college. Both /
Providence and Boston alumni have
planned banquets for the team, the hrst
to be held tonight at Providence, There
will be revision of next years sched-
ule.
1t was mainly hitting the Holy Cross
eleven hard in the first part of the game
that gave Boston college the victory last
Saturday. Evidently Brickley had his |
team primed for this. One reason for
the victory was the all-round work OF
the end man, who Brickley
shifted into quarterback Once Fitz.
gerald punted and through lack of good
line play, the boot was blocked and Holy
Cross scored a touchdown. Fitzgerald
was elected captain for the 1917 team
after the game. He is the only junior
on the eleven. Fitzgerald seems to be
the best general developed at Boston
college in many years and with this
years experience, he ought to be one
Of the headliners next fall.