Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-02
LOCAL LEAGUE ORGANIZED.
OPENING GAME WILL TAKE PLACE MAY 10

Between High School and Durham Brothers
Thirty Games Will be Played During the
Summer Schedule Announced Next Week
Grounds Will be Put in First Glass Condi
ton.
The Brattleboro baseball League was
organized in the Y. M. G. A. rooms
Tuesday evening with the following
officers: President, G. l.. Stiekney
secretary, Howard G. Rice; treasurer,
George G. Wilson; executive commit
tee, G. L. Stickney, George G.. Wilson,
M. j. Moran, III. X. Whitaker and G..
w. Reed. AT last week. meeting it
was thought doubtful if the Vermont
Wheel club and Catholic Union would
be able to put teams in the field but it
afterward was found that both organ
izations had enough material to make
up teams so there will be five clubs in
the league representing the Vermont
Wheel club and Catholic Union. Y. M.
G. A., Brattleboro High school and
Durham Brothers. The opening game
will take place on the island grounds,
Saturday afternoon, May 10, between
lut Illpu StuOOl anu human DIOtnGTS.
1t is expected that the Y. NJ G.. A.
team will play game with Hinsdale
before the regular contest so that the
spectators will have chance to see
two good games for one admission.
After the regular meeting for organ
ization the executive committee held
meeting to discuss the plans for the
coming season. Three of the teams are
already organized and the other two
will do so as soon as the matter can be
brought up before the next regular
meetings. The committee decided that
each club will be allowed to sign Is
players at the beginning of the season
and that its nine can be chosen from
this squad 4 schedule of 30 games
will be arranged so that each of the
five teams will have series of three
games with the other clubs.
Most of the games will take place
Saturday afternoons, although there
will be one on the morning of Memorial
day, two July and two Labor day as
we'll as few on Wednesdays This
will be drawn as soon as pos
sible and probably will be ready for
next week. The price of
to each game will be -
cents for men and 10 cents for women.
The committee already has gone over
the diamond and will make a number
Of improvements in the way of leveling
the infield and filling in the base lines.
The field also will be surrounded by
ropes SO as to keep the crowd at a re
spectful distance from the players
and everything about the grounds will |
be put in first class condition. An es-
pecial effort will be made to get as
many women as possible to attend /
these contests as their presence will I
add much to the success of the league. /
the season there will be
number of Ladies' days. when no |
admission will be charged them.
The matter of rules and officials will |
De discussed by the executive commit /
zee at meeting which will be held I
lext week and these matters will be .
ully settled before the opening game.
There will probably be two official UNI t
oires and two official scorers so that
he individual averages of the players
nay be kept as accurately as possible. T
t is hoped that number of special +
Drizes will be contributed by different
merchants so that the interest in the
work of each player will be kept up.
Unusual interest is being taken in
he formation of this league and it is
ure to be the chief amusement of the
ummer. There is hardly person in
own who is not more or less directly
in some one of the clubs and
t is hoped that each nine will have a
following of "rooters'' to
.eep up the interest at every contest.