The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-20
To Enter a Base Ball League
This Summer
ON STATED CONDITIONS
Directors Elected at Annual Meeting Last
Night and Favorable Statements
Were Received from
Several

That the Bnrre.Montpelier base ball
association is ready and anxious TO
have base ball team this summer, pro-
viding league can be formed under
guarantee that the teams will play out
the season, was decided upon at the an
nual meeting Of the association held
last evening in the granite manufactur-
ers rooms in the G. w. Averill building.
There were dozen of the stockholders
Of the two cities present and b. b.
Bailey, president Of the association
presided
Six directors, three from each city,
were elected for the ensuing year as
follows: Thomas G. Carswell, William
Wishart and Arthur G. Moore OF Barre,
d. T. Donnelly, Arthur w. Daley and
w. E. Poole OF Montpelier. The Barre
directors are the same as last year.
The treasurer Charles Wishart re-
ported that the association was entirely
free from debt and had the Snug" sum
Of $3.os in the treasury. The s1,745 in
debtedness which the association was
under at the close Of the 1907 season
has all been settled up.
After this business had been finished
the meeting then took up the discussion
Of base bail for the coming summer.
President Bailey said that as far as the
local association was concerned the con-
ditions were very favorable for base
ball this summer. The electric rail-
road company, he said, was ready to
contribute $500 and President Cory of
the company had stated to him that
the side tracks at the ball grounds
would be enlarged so that all Of the
companys 16 cars would be at the dis
posal Of the crowd as soon as the games
are finished A. w. Daley said that the
fact that the company was ready TO con-
tribute $500 and was anxious TO have a
league formed was guarantee enough
that the accommoda for handling
the crowds would be better this year.
Mr.. Daley also said that he had re-
ceived letters from influential men in
Rutland, saying that they were anxious
for base ball this summer and wanted
TO know what Barre Montpelier thought
about it. Rutland thought that the
teams Of the league should be restricted
to college players entirely, which can be
done as all Of the western colleges and
most of the smaller eastern colleges
have given permission to their ball
teams to play summer ball. In regard
TO Burlington Mr.. Daley said that he had
talked with prominent men there who
are base ball fans and they had told
him that il was possible to have ball
team there this summer if things were
started right and properly managed.
He also said that the electric company
had promised the association the use of
the intercity grounds free Of charge.
After thorough discussion Of the pros
poets of getting other cities to join the
league the meeting finally voted, on the
motion of Mr.. Donnelly, that it was the
sense of the Barre Montpelier associa-
tion 1t was ready to enter league un-
der the conditions that the salary limit
shall not be over $1,400 month and
that each team entering che league
shall put up guarantee of $500 that
It will finish out the eeason. Rutland
has suggested that circuit of Barre
Burlington, Plattsburg,
Glens Falls, and Rutland would make
] good league. Mfr Daley thought that
ss present the question OF league
should be left open to any town or city
IN the state. He thought that as the
1ther cities seemed to be willing to see
what this association wanted to do 1t
would now be up to them to make the
next move.