The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-04-07
BrattIebOrO Local
OUT FOR REMNANT.
Keene Club to Make Plans to Capture
the Flag.

II the officials OF the Keene baseball
club have their way the coming month
there will be no resident of keene oil
surrounding territory who will not be con
WINGED that this city is to be on the base
ball man the coming season and that their
assistance is needed and desired TO success
fully prosecute the plans for pennant
winning team. With officers selected
schedule adopted, working plans complete,
and with keene as one OF the quartet OF
clubs making up the Twin State league,
all that is needed is warm weather and
the cordial and financial support OF the fans
in the surrounding territory, to make tins
summer one long to be remembered.
The league season proper, VIII open IN
keene the afternoon OF July 4, and plans
are on foot TO make ii a notable opening.
II has been suggested and the suggestion
will probably be presented to the keene
Commercial club for action, that there be
arranged this year a celebration OF indie
pendence Day, in which the opening OF the
baseball season would be an afternoon
feature. At the next meeting of the base.
ball club this suggestion will be discussed
and ii favorably regarded, committee Will
be appointed to seek cooperation and as
sistance in arranging Fourth OF July cele-
bratio The morning OF the Fourth, the
keene club will open the season with Brat
tlebolo at Brattleboro, and Brattleboro
will be keene's opponents at keene IN the
afternoon. The Saturday before July !,
keene opens the league season at Charles
town with the Charlestown team.
To successfully conduct the team this
season, will require about Loo and a
committee of six is at present at work to
secure the amount. The soliciting is being
attended to by DR.. j. b. Duffy, Hermon G,
Rice. Ralph d. Smith, Dr. George II. Les
ure, Maj. +. G. Reyes and Don j. Williams.
Fans who have the disposition to assist in
the movement might just as well send a
subscription to one of these gentlemen, as
il is inevitable that they will be approached
as soon as located.
The grounds will be placed in first-class
condition and negotiations are being con
Quoted relative to the construction OF a
crandstand For the convenience and
pleasure of witnessing the games from an
enclosure, an additional 10 cents would
be charged and it is figured that the re-
CENTS OF the season would about pay 1or
the erection of the stand.
Keene will have Wednesday afternoon
game each week for nine weeks, ana II Is
believed that there should be the Wednes-
dav afternoon holidays in keene that are
enjoyed by practically every other New
England city and town. In F1tchbnrg'
Worcester, Springfield and other cities IN
which the merchants have adopted TINS
half-holiday plan, it has been found that
the benefits derived are far beyond expec-
tations and they would not willingly re-
turn to the former method. If the mer-
chants of Keene would agree on some sucn
nlnn. il would assist the team and grant
Ia emnloyes during the trying months,
a recreation that would result in more
efficient labor. A Keene manufacturer re-
lated his experience of granting Saturday
halfbolidays and stated that he opposed
il for some time. but finally consented TO
Give it a two-months' trial, with the result
that the firm has continued 1t ever since,
so beneficial were the results:
II is probable that Thomas Leonard, VINO
successfully managed the team last year.
viii act in similar capacity this season.
Other men with whom negotiations are
perdjnr are Qualters who played third base
last season, O'Day and Sam Minis. The
officials Of the Keene club have received
many applications from ball players
throughout New England, but viii make
thorough investigations before signing up
with any. -,
From now on the baseball wires will be
kent hot and it seems as if nothing could
prevent Keene from showing class. It's up
TO the fans, and now is the time to give
evidence of interest. Instead
If allowing the Brattleboro fans to go to
The EXPENSE of purchasing and erecting the
hap pole. for which they have been al,
yertising, a committee from Keene should
90 TO Brattleboro and tote it over here
where It will be needed.--Cheshire Repnb-
hnap