Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-09-08
OUR PENNANT WINNERS.


Brattleboro won the championship of
the Twin State baseball league Labor
day in a struggle which was not settled
until the last man was out in the last
inning of the last game. so close was
the finish between Brattleboro and
Keene.
The ending was extremely dramatic,
nearly $500 people-probably the largest
crowd that ever witnessed a ball game
in Vermont-witnessing virtually a per-
feet game, full of the thrills and uncer-
tainties which makes baseball the great
est popular sport in America, but finally
ending. to the home contingent at least,
more satisfactorily than the novel which
tells us that they lived happily forever
| afterwards"
1t was the game of a lifetime.
Brattleboro people have been furnished
a season of high-grade. clean whole
some sport in an attractive environment.
The young men who started the move
ment for organized baseball are entitled
to great credit--so are the managers of
| Island park, who provided a place for
the games which for attractiveness can
! not be eXcelled in the country.
Brattleboro was strong in pitchers, ex-
cept in the first of the season, but many
of the players in other positions did not
meet expectations, especially during the
early weeks of the struggle. There were
many disappointments, and as every fol-
| lower of baseball has his own opinion Of
how the game should be played, there
was plethora of criticism and knock
ing at different times But that is all a
memory which is fading away now in
the satisfaction which comes from lift
ing the flag. 1t is a time for rejoicing
and congratulations.
Brattleboro and Keene led the race for
the reason that these two teams were
better managed than the other two In
individual players Bellows Falls and
Springfield were fully as strong as the
leaders President Rice and Manager
Breckenridge OF the local association
pulled together throughout the season
and to them great praise is due for the
successful termination of the season.
struggle. Breckenridge was in absolute
control of the team, and deserves credit
for producing championship team
within the small salary limit, and in the
| lace OF many Trying ODStdCleS.
AS the season progressed all of the
league clubs were strengthened ant
many shifts We're made in the variou:
line-ups. Horan and Mcleod are the
only players who were with the team
from start to finish. They have gver
the club effective service and have wor
friends on every side. Wachtel will
but two defeats in nine games pitched
undoubtedly leads the league as a reg
ular pitcher in the percentage of win
nings, and Jackson pitched more score
, less innings and scoreless games thar
any other twirler. Bosk. who was will
the club the last two weeks, was a fac
tor in the result through winning tw,
hard games out of the last four played
Brattleboro not only won the pennan
but drew larger crowds than any othe
team and from a financial standpoin
, the season here was successful, although
the balance sheet has not been draw
off.
The league has run its first year.
course without arousing any bitter an
tagonisms and it is probable that al
four clubs will be ready to battle 70
another flag next year
; Here's to the pennant winners of 1911
; And here's another to the Twin Stat
league in 1922 Long may it live