The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-24
Sporting Notes.

The Red Sox opening attracted 1857,
against 5,S3l last year when more
promising weather conditions obtained.
Brooklyn beat Philadelphia yestcr
day and pulled Moran $ team from
sixth place back into a tie with the
league champions in eighth place.
Gleason, a Holyoke boy, is now a Pi-
rate. He played his first full game for
Pittsburg yesterday and got a hit and
accepted ali OF his chances at second
base.
BY walloping Chicago yesterday Gin
eiunati exchanged places in the stand
| ing with the Cubs and Matty S boys
re now resting precariously in fourth
position.
The Athletics passed Washington yes
tgrdav and tied St. Louis for fifth place
md the Yankees crowded to within
half game Of n tie with the Rcd SoX
for second place.
Calling Off the spring sports at Har-
vasd leaves the football surplus intact
and enables the athletic association to
! a'aucc their books. It seems that every
| loud has a silver lining.
Tom Ready has developed a strong
| tenn NJ Lehigh. The victory over Penn
1 Saturday was Pitcher Johnny Titzcl s
/ FIRST defeat since entering Penn, "a he
vas never beaten while twirling for
'la freshman team.
jim CoiTey, the Dublin giant, ont
fought Carl Morris Of Oklahoma in a 10
round bout at New York last night COT.
fey had the better OF seven rounds
while Norri. placed the fifth, sixth and
seventh rounds to his credit.
Nruagcr Mathew son OF the Cincinnati
Nationals announced Yesterday in Gin
ciuuati. o. that he had obtained tho
aryicc- Of Jim Thorpe az the New Wort
Nationals. The deal involved n straight
ale. Lut the price was NOT announced
It's Darcy. tho Australian rugiiist
who has been unable to engage in an,
ring battles in this country bocau-a Ii
wa. charged with being a Stacker" We
to-day enlisted in the reserve aviatio,
corps OF the United States army at tn
Memphis (Tenn,l training camp.
It developed Yesterday that Wortmar
of the Chicago Nationals and Roush o.
the Cincinnati team, both Of whom wer
injured in Sundays game, are seriousl,
hurt and will be ont of the game 70
some time. Physicians say Workman
ankle is broken and that Roush SUSTAINED
a spran OF the ankle.
When it is considered that in win
ming four games out of seven the Yam
KEGS did II by facing the pitching 0
Ruth, Leonard, and Walter Johnson i
, five Of the seven games, it must be ad
mittcd that Donovan has a bunch to b
, rcckoncd with. At that the outiiolder
are not hitting very well.
; Bruno Haas, former Twin Slater, lat
er Mae kmaa whom Connie finally de
cidcd TO turn from wild pitcher int
an outfolder who can hit, is plain
, left field for Newark III the Intern;
tonal league. Sunday he got tire
: hits in four chances, Que of them
triple. Russell, 4 former Maekia
pitcher, is playing first for Newark an
I hitting well.
In the big league games up to an
including SATURDAY., which made tn
season / DAYS old, no less than %
pitchers had been used in II game
The American league had eight pos
ponements and played 81 games,
D which ll6 pitchers worked on III
$ mound. Because Of the holiday in Bo
n ton, one moro game was scheduled fl
> the National league, 81 were pIaye
aud six set back by non baseba
: weather And in the 81 games Il
twirlcrs were used.
5 BY covering the entire structul
al