The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-06-30
LEAGUE RACE TO
START TOMORROW
Brattleboro and Bellows Falls
Will Meet on the New Park.
LOCALS A LIKELY LOOKING LOT
Have Been Practicing Hard Since Wed
nesday and Are Anxious to Get into
Race Something About the Men Who
Represent the Town This Summer

Represent the Town TINS ouiluheF'
The race Tor the Twin State league pen
nant starts tomorrow il Jupiter Puylus
will allow il. Weather permitting, the
four baseball teams that make mp the clr-
cuit will meet in BrattleborO and Charles
town. the locals going up against Bellows
Falls and the Springfield Charlestown nne
meeting keene. On the morning OF lues
day .Iuly 9TH, keene will come TO Brattle--
boro while Bellows Falls Journeys up The
river to greet the llyphens. In the alter
noon OF the holiday keene and Battleboro
will cross bats in the New Hampshire clty
at the same time that Bellows Falls ana
SPRINGFIELD Charlestown are settling their
differences al Barber park IN the paper
making metropolis.
Practically everything is in readiness ior
the opening game on the new Island Park
grounds tomorrow afternoon at 3 CLOCK;
and If the temper OF local fans can be judged
M this time an enormous crowd VIII ne on
hand 10 see Breckenridges Islanders Try
conclusions with the Bellows Falls braves
The sluggers y from up the river, accom-
panied by large delegation ot rootefs
will arrive in Brattleboro on the first sec
ton OF the White Mountain express due
at -. and as soon after > o'clock as pos
:
Regiment band will march from IN front
of the town hall to the island grounds
There win be no preliminary ceremonies
Rrattleboro having not vet won the pen
nant that will eventually float from the
flagstaff across the river, but alter the
nsnal nractice Umpire II. i Foley OF Am.
herst Mass, will call play ball and
tben-well. we can tell better tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock what viii happen
then. m
The batting order OF the two teams will
be as follows r..
Shea lst; Thompson. c; Nolk. 3D.; Nc
Pherson, IS: Murphy, II; Garneau, ci'
Brignola or Miller. p, -,
Horan. ID; lvers. lst: Mcleod, c; fiyih'
If: Mcdonnell. #: Cobb, s.; Bennett, p. i,
Most of the Brattleboro players, arrived
in town Tuesday as did also Manager
Breckenridge, who stopped of, on his way
| from Hanover. \. H., where hls Amherst
team closed the season with Dartmouth
| that morning. The boys went to the PARK
| Wednesday morning IN citizens clothes
and listened to some sound advice itol' ~
| their leader. In the afternon they put IN
| three hours of hard work and were at II
again Yesterday at p. m. They VIII con
| Time their practice today and by tomof
row row afternoon should have developed, as
much team worl, a. il possible IN the nm
lied time they have had in which to get
acquainted.
And LET il be said right here and now, a
few ail.handlers to the contrary notwlth'
standing. that the boys who are TO wear
the Brattleboro uniform tomorrow are q
likely looking lot clean, manly young lei
lows. full Of pepper and ANXIOUS 10 ,gPigI I
l II bpN
;s n nretty good place in which to summer
/ Take them in the order they Will come
70 bat First up is f. J Kelley of North
/ Attleboro Mass. likely looking heldei
Who can also hold down the third sack II
creditable stvle. member of the team thai
won the Bay State league champlonshll
Il for North Attleboro last season and one o.
its consistent hitters Next Is = >, sat
terv Of Marlboro. Mass, who has beer
playing with Ftchburg this season am
shows up strongly in fielding ana throwing
He has the reputation OF being soiiigtlll,,I II
az n clouter and is fast on bases, Horah
Va tbird hitter. is a Trinity college pol
who was signed this week to take the plac'
Of O'Keefe. He is a big. husky athlete wh'
halls from South Manchester, Conn, an'
has covered third for the Hartford colleg
t,vo seasons. Charles Ives, next m order
is n Middletown. Conn, lad who IN prac
t;ce handles a club with great ease, cover
the bag well and possesses dandy whip
In anearance he is a ball player to the las
inch Thomas Mcleod, who follows lNers
is another huskie who glves, promise
rounding into an exceptiohallS ciesea bhor bbe,
stop. He works well behind t1e s ruooe, =,
has good eve for the bases and steps u
to the plate as if he were not used =
nuncbino holes in the atmosphere lie nan
from Torrington, Conn, and was memoe
of the strong Zoe Brass team OF last sea
son GINS Flvnn. left fielder. is from th
same town as Kelley and helped WIN tn
Raw State league championship tor MORT
Attleboro last year. He performs wen i
the outer garden and has the reputatioti, .
| beinr consistent clouter. Iharies No
Donnell. who will appear IN the rlght gai
| den. is a change catcher VINO CONES ilo, .n
| tbe Catholic University OF WaShinglo
| with an excellent record and should prov
| valuable both in the field and behind Tn
| hat Hollis Cobb. who will be at short,
| former Drury academy star who las
| ~ear nlayed with the fast North Adam
| team He did not report for practice unit
| Yesterday. Last and least IN staturr,
| though not in Importance, Is James ,
Bennett, the clever little southpaw 1roi
| plymouth. Mass, who all loyal fans nol
will be able to make the mighty men irol
| Bellows FalS luHge iidHti i''p's
below the ball. Bennett is a midget, pl ,.
he works easily and seems to have splendl
control together with varied assortmef
of benders. -. :,
cludes "Slats" Atwood, the lanky Iuf
college twirler who will probably pltc
Tuesday morning, and Jimmy Clun
the well known local twrler who Is trylI
for permanent berth and seems to be q
ing very well. J. T Meehan, the Arh
academy second baseman whom "BreeR rec
signed several weeks ago. reported we
nesdav with sprained ankle and was SCI
home Yesterday to remain until the lnlui
heals. Breckenridge liked the appearan'
; Of the voungster in the field and at d
: and he will probably join the, squad u
latter mart of next week. Another pitch,
from '|down country" is also due to put
an appearance within day or two Cra
and Wanamaker. the Melrose high scho
battery on whom Breckenridge was
pending. jumped him at the last momen
\ Cram sent word last Friday that he NJ
sdecided to play professional pan, anu M
Monday night wire came from wan
maker that he was going to Wlnhlpe
Manitoba. to Join the ""pros:
Manager Breckenridge Is making i
e. boasts about the team that he has IN q
nrocess of construction but he tees that
y. has the material out of which to man
:. facture a baseball machine that can be d
~ pended upon to do what the Ians wa ".
l. provided they don't want sometIhng a., a