The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-30
Standing of the Clubs.
General Sporting Notes.

Fritz Maisel continues to play snappy
ball for the Yankees. He looks to be a
ixture at the pivot station position fol
this year.
The Pirates are getting some good
pitching from Mabaux Miller, Cooper and
Grimes, and the brunt of the battle will
probably be placed on these boys shout.
ders for the present at least,
Joe Wood has not pitched curve ball
thus far and probably viii not for few
weeks to come. A few of the Cleveland
fans are becoming impatient.
Risberg, the new shortstop for the
White Sox is a star fielder, but thus far
he has failed to hit up to the major
league standard.
Dolly Stark, who formerly played with
the Brooklyn National league team, and
last year managed the Memphis club
of the Southern association, is now play
ing with Nashville
The Cardinals have a first class third
baseman in Fred Smith, and Miller Hug.
gins viii do no more experimenting at
the corner of the diamond,
Clark Griffith declares that the hitting
of the Washingtons is a great deal bet
ter than the fielding.
1t looks as though "Goose Egg" Foster
of the Red Sox is through, for his arm
is still bothering him a greater part of
the time.
The postponed games are piling up,
but the magnates will get the coin, when
the double headers will be played off
later in the season.
Light batting has prevailed in the ma
jor leagues thus far and undoubtedly
will for a few weeks TO come, as the
men are not playing regularly enough to
get into the best of condition. The
pitchers seem to be in a great deal bet
ter condition than usual at this time of
the season. To date there is but one
team in the American league batting for
$50, this being Connie Maek's hard hit
ting kids, who have been basting the pill
to all corners of the lot. The National
league has more good hitting players to
date than the American league, but of
course the pitching in this league is some
what below the standard of the younger
association.
The following was taken from Mas
sachusetts paper: "The Cubs are GER
tainly the hard luck team in the ma
iors this season, as Vic Safer has brok-
en- his leg, Larry Doyie's ankle is very
bad, Wortman's ankle is broken, Prem
dregast has split his pitching hand, and
the club has bought Fred Merkle."
Brown university seems to be very
much in the limelght in baseball this !
spring. In the game with Massachusetts, !
Aggies, the Providence boys laced the !
ball for is hits with a total OF p
scores.
Alexander. the Great, is having a lit
lie hard luck this spring, as he gets his
bumps in nearly every game.
Thrasher has not been hitting the bali |
With as much vim since he was beaned |
by a certain Mr.. Mays. Perhaps he will
ONE back after a week or two.
There is little dispute over the de-
ision handed Carl Morris for his win
iver Jim Coffey the other night in New
FORK. A good many of the big sporting
men claim that Coffey had a good case
or an argument, but Others claim that
iorris was easily the winner. IL is gen
rally conceded that Morris Is runner-up
or chance 10 meet jess Willard since
he Morris Fulton bout, when Morris had
he best of the scrap. Probably Morris
rill never be able 10 defeat the cham
ion Willard. but he will give all run
ers-up a good scrap to get the position !
way from him.