Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-16
HIN SDALE.
Baseball, HinsdaIe vs., Spr,n9fe'a-
"CoId Brick" Methods in Sport.

"Goid Brick Methods in Sport
Misc Harriet Spooner is home for
vacation.
Miss Julia Felch is attending the
Fitchburg normal school.
Mrs. Frank Robertson entertained
the knitting club Thursday.
Rev. Bertram Boivin has entered
Harvard college for further sluuy'
Mr.. and Mrs. e. L. Robinson nave
returned to their home in 81. LOUIS.
Miss Allie Roberts and Mrs. ROD
erts are at home from Boston.
Rev. H. Gertrude Roscoe breaches at
Spofford next Sunday afternoon,
Miss Bertha Lewis went to Boston
Wednesday to continue her studies III
music.
The Y. P. S. C. E. held an enjoyable
social at the church after the regular
meeting.
Eugene NORM is working for G. $.
Howe, following the retirement OF r.
E. George.
Mrs. Walter Fay and Mrs. Frank
Field attended the recent Eastern
Star convention at the Weirs.
The library will be closed for one
week, Sept. II to "a, and all books
should be returned for inventory.
About 25 members of G. A. r. and
w. r. C. were entertained at Mrs.
Maria Spooner's Saturday evening
Fred Davis of Persons & Davis, has
moved into A. F. Fishers house. Mr..
Persons has moved into Todds block.
The high school was closed Thurs
day on account of radiation not being
connected after laying new floors
down stairs.
Alden Deledemier, representative of
the Paper Trade Journal, visited mills
here while a guest, with his wife, at
E. c. Robertson's.
Mrs. A. A. Boldt has gone to Bing-
hampton, n. Y, to rejon her husband,
after spending the summer at her
fathers. Hoyt Days.
The Dubins of Meriden, Conn, were
defeated Tuesday by the Hinsdales,
by a score of to 7. Wednesday S
game was not played because of rain.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Fay
were driving in North Hipsdale the
other day. their horse took fright up
setting the carriage but without
causing any serious injury.
Hinsdale shut out the Springfield,
Conn. League team yesterday after
noon in a swift game. Score, Hins-
dales, II, Springfield, 0. Some feat
ures of the game were Sheldon
pitching, striking out Is men, the fine
batting of the whole team, Sheldon S
home run CAROLS one hand catch in
right field, Hinsdale team playing in
good form throughout.
The recent Labor day celebrations
at Keene furnished a striking illustra-
ton of gold brick" methods in sport.
By means of smoothly worded letters,
the hose companies of the county were
informed of the prizes to be awarded
and the rules governing the running,
among which were the statements
that "all teams will run with regula-
ton fire cart and hose" and that
Couplings shall be turned two-and-
one-half turns or to seat. The coun-
ty towns sent in their teams with
their heavy carts and found the Keene
companies had skeleton carts and had
their couplings filed down so that one
turn put them to seat. Notwlth-
standing this evident disadvantage
the county teams ran and Hinsdale
came in second, making the coupling
with two-and- one-half turns in 26A
seconds against Keene's crack team
26 seconds. Then the judges dis
qualified Hinsdale for not turning to
seat. and when confronted with their
letter the judges showed some new
rules. This was the most evident
fraud although there was holding in
the foot races; and after Dick Howe
had won the pole vault for Hinsda4e,
they hadn't any more money so
promised to send him his prize. This
gives the Judges time to think up
some new way to disqualify him so
they won't have to send the money
out of Keene Their ingenuity was
overtaxed for one day.