The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-16
BASEBALL ARoUsING INTEREST.
Keene Fans Urged to Begin Making
Preparations at Once.

Brattleboros start toward baseball
team next summer has aroused interest IN
Keene and Bellows Falls, and plans are
already under way for meeting OF repre-
sentatives from the three towns for the
purpose of discussing the situation. The
following article from the Cheshire Re.
publican has an important bearing on the
subject
Although il may seem a bit out of sea.
son to talk baseball it is none too early
to give some thought to the possibilities
and probabilities OF the year 1911. The
average fan wakes up to the situation
about the time the big leaguers are start
ing south for the spring training, and from
that time on the air is filled with his cries
and lamentations. There is so much to do
and so little to do with and no one is
anxious to tackle the thankless job Of
starting the ball a rolling. The big league
management has learned from experience
that the time to plan for the coming sea
son is Immediately following the close of a
years work Then the mistakes of the
past year are fresh in the minds of both
the men and the managers and there is
time to consider and discuss matters with
out haste or excitement, which condition
usually attends the opening of the game.
What is keene to do next season. Many
suggestions are heard but little will be ac
complished unless some method is devised
whereby all interested parties are brought
together and begin to work from some
common ground. One idea that seems
more or less popular is to form an associa-
ton similar to the one in existence some
years ago each member to pay IN GER
tain sum at stated time Then when the
lobins begin to sing it will be known Just
how much cash is available and plans can
be made accordingly.
A meeting and a discussion might de-
velop some promising plan and some gath
ering of this nature should be brought
about soon. If as has been suggested there
is to be a triangular league formed be-
tween Brattleboro, Bellows Falls and
| keene, it is imperative that steps be
taken at once to bring about an organiza-
ton to govern the three teams. Otherwise
the customary condition will be the result
of negligence and indifference and we will
be treated to the ofttime spectacle of one
team hiring the star players from another
| team and the payment of exorbitant sala-
ries. Such conditions mean poorly match
ed teams, short funds as consequence,
and disappointing season. Most Of these
results can be avoided by league agree
ment covering all such points. Work has
already been started in Brattleboro for
the coming season and at this early date
grounds are being prepared. The Island
grounds have been secured and the
foundations placed for a grand-stand that
will seat 1000 people. 1t is generally be-
ieved that M. j. Moran and George E.
Fox, two prominent business men of Brat
tleboro are behind the plan. If this is so
it means a successful season and corking
good team. as both of these gentlemen are
hustlers and know how to do things.
Ral1nxrs Falls the straat railway ppO-
pie own the ground and grand-stand which
they furnish free and are liberal contri-
butors to the support of the team. In re-
turn they receive an increased income
from the more liberal patronage of their
cars. Carrigan, of last years team has
been induced to remain in town, employ
ment secured for Bregnolia, and a line