The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-20
General Sporting Notes.

Dick Hoblitzell, first baseman of the
Boston Red Sox, holds the record of be-
ing the most managed player in the big
leagues of to-day. Hobby will begin his
tenth year in the big show, when the
spring rolls around, and during that time
he has played under six managers, start
ing with his seventh under the guidance
of Jack Barry. Five of his managers
were at Cincinnati, starting under John
Camel in 1908, played under Clark Crit
fifth the following year, watched Hank
0Day take the rens from Griffith, saw
Tinker follow O'Day and went through
with part of Charley Herzog's reign,
after which he was sent to Boston, where
he played under Bill Carrigan. This
years he will play under Jack Barry.
Pitcher Al Demaree of the Philadelphia
Nationals has been traded from the
Philips to the Chicago Cubs, so it was
announced yesterday. The trade involves
the exchange of Demaree for Jimmy Law
ender, star slabman for the Cubs during
the past few years. Demaree was for
merly member of the New York Giants
pitching corps, going to the New York
team in 1912 from the Mobile club OF the
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the Philadelphia club in the winter of
1914 and 1915 along with Stock and
Adams. The deal brought Hans Lobert
to the New York team. Since leaving
the New York club he has beaten his old
teammates as regular as clockwork, hav-
ing accomplished this feat nine times,
four times in 1915 and five times last
season.
Baseball magnates do not stand alone
in opposing the plan of the Players un-
ion to become part of the American
Federation of Labor. The fans, who own
the much abused national pastime are
not in sympathy with this latest attempt
to kill it, The baseball public is well
informed as to the liberal salaries re-
ceived by the major league ball players
who openly admit that they have no ag-
grievances against their employers. Talk |
of strike, which appears to have been !
declared, is not arousing enthusiasm
among the persons VINO pay to see the |
pennant races each year. The idea of |
ball players, who receive all the way |
from $4,000 to $4,000 per year for playing |
two hours each afternoon from the mid
die of April to the middle of October APP
pealing to the Federation of Labor for
support and sympathy, doesn't find ia
vor with the bleacherites, who have to
pay 80 cents for the privilege of watch
ing these men perform now and then,
end at times have to scrimp and econ
omize to be able to do this.
Johnny Dundee, the Italian boxer, re-
eeived quite jolt the other night when
he met the third-rater. Willie Jackson,
and was knocked out in one round. 1t
was the first surprise of the year. and
will 60 down in history with the other
startling upsets, such as the Knockout
of Dempsey by LaBlanche, the Knockout
of "Kid' Mccoy by Jim Mccormack. and
AL McCoyis X. o. of George Chip. Some
say that it must have been iuke. but
others claim that the blow didn't look :
like a fiuke. as Dundee met the blow :
square. falling 10 the floor and living in
an unconscious condition for IL minutes.
1t was Jaeksons highest aspiration now
to meet Freddie Welsh. the champion
lightweight. jackson is rather of a frail
looking fellow. but has been prseticing
with the punching bags a good deal and
has developed a wonderful blow. His
weight, when he knocked out Dundee,
was barely I2S pounds. Dundee has new.
n been whipped before. and has been
stacked mp against such men as Kilbane,
Welsh and Ritchie.