Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-07-18
end OF Iiisn-cos, Baseball.

CHu " fti8u~1ost oaaSbaN
The baseball team organized TO repre-
sent Randolph in the Interstate league
was disbanded the tirst of this week by
vote Of the directors Of the local assoeia-
ton, This action followed a short, and
rather unsatisfactory, experience with
high-salaried baseball When the Inter
state league was formed and Randolph
decided To enter, il was seen that only s
fast team would be able to make credit
able showing, aud command patronage
and favor Such team costs good mon
ey nowadays. Using their best dlscre-
ton, the directors engaged ten players,
including several men who had places on
the University OF Vermont and Dart
mouth Varsity, and other fast players
from Dartmouth and Montpelier. These,
with couple OF local men, gave RAN
dolph team that proved good enough 10
beat Lebanon once, Claremont twice ana
10 split even with VIEWPOINTS 1900 week
team.
But the Interstate league died a-horn-
ing. Woodstock quit at the beginning,
robhing Randolph Of its best and most
profitable opponent Then Lebanon dis
banded, and Newport and Claremont
shot far above the salary limit and deeid-
ed TO stay out, too. The effort last week
/ by officers of the league TO reorganize IL
I proved frultless. Vice President Muir
/ ply OF Newport, in his letter giving this
notice, said that Randolph was the only
town that had shown a right attitude
toward the league.
Two games were arranged for last
week, one here with Newport for Friday
and one at Enfield, y. H., for Saturday
A big crowd would have been out Friday
but il rained hard all day. Nothing
doing, and cash sorely needed lost. The
team, weakened somewhat, was beaten,
6 10 4, at Enfield Saturday by local team
that has already spoiled the ambitions OF
several gilt-edged propositions thus far
and been beaten only once this year.
With the league down and out, there
was still some prospect of keeping on in
dependently, but the difficulty of arrang-
ing games with teams likely 10 give inter
esting ball, ON basis that would yield
returns sufficient TO meet expenses, did
not assure the continuance of the team on
such an expensive salary list. The
players were all paid in full and other
bills met, the directors assessing them
selves in small amount to make out.
About $3.50 in subscriptions were paid
in. The receipts OF the two home games,
above the guarantees paid the visiting
teams, were less than 200. The guaran'
ties received for the four games played
away were only $50 above the expenses
incurred ON the trips. The total net in
come was therefore about 1850. Out o.
, this salary roll OF about sl25 week
, besides the board OF eight men, and al
the other incidental expenses had TO b
paid. When the money ran out, the enc
came, that's all.
But Randolph is not to be without
baseball. Salisbury Bros. have under
taken to continue the sport by organizing
, another S. B. team, consisting of the fol
! lowing players Carl Bass, the old ia
vorite, who will pitch; Wakefield ant
: Heggie, who will work in the factory ant
: play; the two Connollys, Ordway, "Joe'
: Gee lhart, Grant, Griswold and VII
Coo chart. These boys will be able I
Z, put up creditable game. The team vii
: be run mostly on the cooperative plan
e except that Salisbury Bros. will assum
: the task of making it pay expenses, th
: players sharing in anything left beyon
q that. Games viii be arranged wit
u neighboring teams, and as good ba
Z given as the probable patronage OF
|, town of this size warrants.
= BASEBALL NOTES.
r. We bit off more than we could chew
10 Wen see Enfield later. Their specislt
Il is eating up high-priced teams.
u Connolly, our high school man, led Il
team in batting for the six games playt
!. with percentage of .444.
a Telephone calls came from all dire
- tions Friday as TO the Newport gam
~ The rain knocked us out OF clean Sl0
it Leonard played with McLean's ne
Claremont team Saturday, which W
d. beaten by Newport with Collins pitchin
US in ten-inning contest, to l.
or Grow, Hunt and Williams have joins
I'd the new Burlington league team, made |
d. wholly of last years U. V. M. nine. II
re balance of the team has been the bac
of bone of Viewpoints aggregation. Tn
p beat Plattsburg Monday, 8 to 8, at Blu