Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-05-23
BASE BALL
pUFF.BALIs OF coNcH1r

Ftnttened Uuder a Desc 81 Geld Ps.,.
The Phoenix base ball local which asked
for "honor ~ whom honor was due" stirred
IN a bee in the bonnet Of the Barre Enter
prise which has been Wanting over the
club in that placs as the Vermont cham
pions Of 80 The leading editorial in the
Enterprise last week was headed "The Base
Ball Racket and was a puerile attempt to
still claim the state championship last vear
for the Barre club This part Of the article
is interesting simply in showing how far
man can be carried by overweening conceit
"Gve honor b. whom honor is due is thu, cr,
n the Bratileboro PhmniX That is what the Eu
terprise and other papers iu this section ara trt
ing 90 do. The Barre ball nine won ~ ont OF ia
games played during the two months 10 wac form.
ed boz 1857 The opposing teams were SOME nf tb,.
strongest aggreRatiOns IN Vermont After meet
ing all the clubs in this section. the home club b.
sued challenge Ia the Free Press 10 any ana "A
teams in the state 20 play series Of games Ton
the championship Of Vermont None ac,apteJ
aud after making several vain attempts to arraug.
a game with the BrattlebOrus, became convtpc,.I
that no Green Mountain team cared 10 meet tb.
invincible Barres. The Brattleboro club had ~,
ernl excellent players aud was very successful
but as u met outside teams mainly, IL could hard
~ claim the state championship until d defeated
some Of the northern teams The Barres had
such well known players as Barrett Of the Auburn
N y, club. kensella, Brooks. stewart of the [
81. NJ. Wen of ST Paul. Martin and HOLSTER Uf
Tufts college club Hewes. Braley and Baxter 90,
the famous Goddards. Kelley Of the Troy n y
club, aud several others We will discuss thi-
matter no further but will state that IL a leagii.
is formed 30 Vermont. the "cry babies may ~
pect to play ball u they win a game from the Npr
mont champions Of 'sg, located AT Barre
The Brattleboro clubs record was only
eight games lost out Of 81 played The Oh
posing teams were something more than
the strongest aggregations in Vermont
they we're among the strongest aggrega
tlOns' IN New England. including an Allan.
tic league nine. The Enterprise speaks of
the Barres meeting the strongest teams o.
this section Everybody knows that tn.
clubs in this section near BARRE were
not professional We suppose the Plain.
fields and other similar mines which faced
the Barres are referred TO- Brattleborl
didn't run up record on small fry. We
know nothing about the Burres challenge
in the Free Press and never heard Of il
Probably It was after the Brattleboros dis
banded. The statement that the Barre,
made several vain attempts ~ arrange "a
game with the Brattleboros" is uneauyo
cally false. No such attempt was ever
made. The reason why Brattleboro went
outside mainly was because no worthy foe
men could be found inside the state. sum
med up the Barres case is Just this The
club beat the little amateur mines around
home issued challenge which nobody a..
cepted, then gobbled the title Of chan
pions
Now few words rs to the Brattleboro,
claim u the championship The Brattle
borOs. after winning d number of games
offered, through The Phoenix. 70 play any
thing IN the state Bellows Falls men a..
cepted the challenge. went out OF the stat
and hired team Of all professionals. and
arranged seven games. five of which were
won 10y tue brattleboros, the two lost being
by the scores Of , ~ ] and to g. That
these games we're for the championships of
the state was announced in The Pbunix
Bellows Falls Times. Rutland Herald AMI
other papers
The Enterprise tries 10 make capital b,
mentioning the Barre PLAYERS 1t heads 1t.
list with Barrett of the Auburn y y
club Mr.. Barrett, We believe. was th-
Barres star pitcher He PLAYED one game
with the HolyOke Mass club. against thu,
brattleboros He was very satisfactory
o. the BrattleborOs. who made : hits OIL
his pitching IN seven innings. The colleg-
boys mentioned as belonging 10 the Barre
are from college teams which are too weak
u be compared with any Of the college
clubs from the cream Of which the Kear
sarge nine, which was an easy victim for
the brattlebOrus wa made up Two OF
the brattiehoro players had made good r.
cords IN strong league clubs tire others are
no" dong 80, aud four more today rank
among the finest college PLAYERS IN the
country
Brattleboro took one championship in
1859, for base ball playing Barre took an
other for gall