The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-12
MANAGER HIGGINS
SIGNS FAST
CATCHER
George Wheeler of Green Island
to Play With Bennington
HAS FIRST CLASS RECORD
Played in Closing Games for Troy in
the New York State
League

+NiAoSti F. =. ilISSihS VI the ben
nington baseball team has signed
catcher for the coming season.
George Wheeler of Green Island, n.
y, the agreement to play with the To-
cal nine being received last evening.
Manager Higgins has been cores
ponding with Wheeler for some time
and feels that he has secured a good
man for an important position on the
| team. Wheeler played on the Troy
/ team of the New York state league
/ during the latter portion of the sea.
son of 1909 and made such a good
impression that he was given an OPP
| portunity to sign a contract with that
team. OF Wheeler one of the Troy pap
/ ers recently said:
Catcher George Wheeler of Green
Island who was member of the
Troy club during the latter part OF
the season last year is a free agent.
/ lie refused to sign a contract last fall
at the request of eddie Murphy.
/ preferring to wait and see what the
winter developed, The club that
lands the poppery little wind pad
artist will get the hooks on a mighty
valuable asset He is Young and
coming fast. In addition 20 possess
ins a throwing wing of deadly ac.
/ curacy Wheeler has the flculty Of
laying up against the sphe old with
the hickory, and Trojans yho saw
him in action last season are unani-
nous IN predicting bright future
for the lad lie could be- used as a
second catcher or the local club"
With Wheeler 'ohnd the bat and
h1 Fisner the New York American
pitcher, for the firing end OF
the battery, Manager Higgins feels
that he has solved the most difficult
problem for the May and June games
OF the coming season, Until the col.
lcges close he will be unable TO have
the services of several of the PLAYERS
he has in view but with Wheeler and
Fisher Tor a battery there viii be but
/ little difficulty In putting a strong
team in the field at the opening game.
Harry Watson, who is the physical
Instructor at the LeOminister Mass.
nigh school will not be able to ioin
the team until after the close of the
school year but IL is probable that
Manager Higgins can secure the ser
vices OF Guy Priude. the Williams
student unless the big boy makes
that position on the Williams varsity
team.
Brown, who played the infeld here
in several games last year. NAV he
available for the shortstop position
and Lloyd Waters will be on hand
fer the third corner Two positions
IN the outfield, Prindie i'm left and
Hickey in center have already been
taken care of, leaving only second
baseman and right fielder yet TO be
found and the opening game over
two months away.
The Jehersonians of Schenectad,
WI play their first game here on
June >. That team this year will h,
a frequent visitor in Bennington 81.
IN order to complete the league schc
dule d Will be necessary for tn,
3 Jeils to play ten games at Morgan
palk Two of them Will be played IN
: June and two on July I. morning ant
afternoon. For a number of wears
the Jers" have been the best draw
ing card at Morgan park and at III,
? old Y, NJ. c. A grounds The sam,
2 players have composed the team sen
son AFTER season until they hay,
made "a large number of persona
friends here. So many of the game
here between Bennington and I'M
f.. Schenectady boys have been won h.
o single run that a close contest ba
come to be expected whenever Nh
'Jels' arrive in town. The gentle
manly conduct of the New Yorker
+ both on and oil ,he field. has ais
been a considerable factor in thei
popularity.
One of the most difficult tasks 70
. the manager Of a Bennington team Il
u previous years has been that of st
/. curing visiting mines capable of pla,
i ing good enough ball to make III
e games interesting. The local tear
5 has always been too fast for many q
5 MS opponents and a portion of tn
Il games have been too one-sided to b
/ interesting.
The ten games with the "Jens
ought to make the coming season on
OF the best in years, for with tha
number of games already provide
IS for 1t will not be at all difficult fc
Manager Higgins to fiji in the othe
1t dates with good teams.
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