Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-09
CHAMP 0NSHIP NOW
First Game Will Be Played To.
morrow in Local Ball League.

selectman Vinton Will Pitch the First
Ball - Durham Brothers Against
High School and Y. M. c. A. VS.
l1insdale.
The Brattleboro local base ball
league will open the season tomorrow,
Saturday, with the first champions
ship game between the Durham Broth
ers' team and the High school boys.
Spectators will get two games for
the price of one, as the Hinsdale town
team and Brattleboro Y. NJ. G. A will
try conclusions again as a curtain
raiser for the championship contest.
Hinsdale won when these two
clubs met a few weeks ago at Hins-
dale
The players of the five clubs form
ing the local league will meet in the
Y. NJ. c. A. rooms at o'clock, and
headed by n drum corps will march
through Main street and then to the
ball ground on the island.
When Umpire Witcher calls time
w. II. Vinton, chairman of the board
OF seleotmcn. will signalize the open
ing Of the championship by sending the
first ball hurting from the pitcher's
box across the pan.
All of the teams will be uniformed
for the league games, but 1t is prob
abe that the Durham Brothers team
will not receive the suits for the first
contest.
The Durham Brothers aggregation
will be made up as follows: Ellis p,
l.. Allen c, Reed lb, Butterfield 2b,
Osgood 3b. c. Stolte S. Dunleavy If.
Tucker Of. Stowell IF, Prefountaine,
Crown and Ferriter substitutes. Allen
is captain and Butterfeld manager.
Pearl gray suits With black trimm .ngs
and black stockings. and a red bail on
the shirt. representing the famous
Ball Band' have been ordered.
The High school boys, who have
uniforms of dark blue with red trim
mings, have the following line pp:
Eames p, II. Frost c, Arnold lb,l S.
Frost 2b Muzzy 3b, Rogers SIS, E.
Arnold If. Knight Of. Cobb rf Spit
and Averll subs. r. Frost is captin
and Leland Carlton manager.
The Wheel Club players will be at
tired in white suits, black stockings
and trimmings, and the club Ifno-
gram in purple on the shirts. Twill
hanson and Sanders will be the Cubs
battery. and other players r. G. Allen,
l.. II. Corser. w. II. Corser, w. H.Per-
ry, Eric Landry, w. o. Cooley, Iavid
Shaw. c. II. Thompson, C. A. Boden.
The Y. NJ. C. A. players are roba-
bly, in better condition for playiig at
the present time than any OF the
others. Monroe and Crowell vii do
the twirling, with Tufts behind tn bat.
Other players are Fox, e. C,ndiff,
Waterman, March. Stevens, Hove, c..
Ellis. l.. Stafford, d. Stafford. JIfufts,
Johnson, Chandler, Woodward Pat
rick Ferriter is captain of the tam.
The Catholic Union uniforms will be
white with green trimmings green
belts and stockings, and the letters
GU on the breast front of TIC shirt.
The suits, bats. gloves. balt, etc,
have been ordered from Wight &
Ditson of Boston. H. B. Hatp James
Dunleavy and p. l.. Shea archie COM
mittee in charge, and JaI Is Dun
leavy has been selected al raptain.
The team will include JamiT Austin,
John Clune, D. Reilly, D. Aher, J.
Guiheen. p. L. Shea, James eunleavy,
John Fitzgerald. ]. Cummings, VIM.
oliver. =. Aher, Charles ID leavy. P,
Hopkins. Charles Affair nd John
Long. Frank Dunleavy, o uniform
exactly like the players, i'll be the
| mascot.
p. L. Shea will offer a INr of Doug
las shoes to the batters aving the
| highest average. and Fra Shea will
give box of cigars. pipeLr an equiv
| alent value to the best lase runner
stealing the greatest nuI n of bases.