The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-31

Manager of Graniteville Team Explains
His Side of Situation.

iils Noluc VI Jltuatioh
Editor, Barre Times: | wish to cor.
rect few statements made in your pa.
pei under date OF July 80 in regard tc
the Sunset league lately deceasedl
In the first place, in regard to the
game that was to be played in Barre
4 he Granitevilte A. c. was not notified
where the game was to be played, and
they supposed that it was to be played
on the trotting park, where all the
games of the Blue Sox have been played
81 far this season. 1t was stated in
| your paper that Granitevlle was notified
/ that grounds were unobtainable by thu
| Blue Sox. This is not so, as nothing
/ was said about grounds by the manager
OF the Blue Sox The only reason the
Blue Sox manager gave was that they
could not get the b. A. G. players, as
the Chinese team was playing the b.
| A. c. team.
| At a meeting Of the Graniteville club,
! It was voted 10 accept no more cancela
tons, before the manager Of the Blue
Sex called up; therefore, Graniteyile
could not allow the Blue Sox to cancel,
and We placed our team on the field
ready to play, SO the official umpire for
fcited the game to Granitevile for the
appearance OF the Blue Sox.
1t is also stated that the majority
OF the directors present rendered their
verdict in favor Of the Blue Sox. This
Is not so. as there was no vote taken
on the matter, and whoever made the
statement was either misinforined or is
telling a malicious falsehood, trying to
down Graniteville.
Now the GranitevilIe club is not per-
feet, but there ia one statement that /
wish to make and that is; The Granite
willie Athletic club is Tor wasl the only
team in the league that lived up to the
rules OF the league and the only club
that has not paid out a cent for players.
When the league started, a rule was
made that each club would be allowed
ID players, and each club had them all
signed mp. but from the start Granite
willie had the fastest team, so the rest
Of the clubs wanted To get in some new
players that they wanted One manager
allow them to strengthen up. Even then
they did not seem TO be able to beat
Graniteyille so another rule was made
that each team could play any men that
they wanted to, providing they notified
the manager Of the team that they were
to play one night preceding the game
Now, just imagine the effect OF such
a rule when the Sunset league was sup
posed to be strictly amateur. You see
IL opened up very wide field and gave
the club with the most money chance
to hire any player or whole team Of |
n.
made the statement that he would beat |
Grantcville If he had TO 90 out OF the !
state to get players. This has seemed |
10 be the slogan. Anything TO beat
just to show you how things have
heen working East Barre was going to
use Davidson, Gomolli. Bartoni. Witt |
Soldini and two or three more OF the |
L. A. G.. Blue Sox have been using and I
intended to use Davidson, Mute, Stew.
art and few more of the b. A. G..
We have no objections to playing the
y. A. c. or the t. A. c. or any othep
team. but the idea is to play them under
their own names, as we do not consider
Il any disgrace to be beaten by good
team
did not intend to take up 50 much
pace in your valuable paper, but had
%, as the piece that was in yesterday
made it appear as if Graniteville was
quitting, but we are not and are ready
o prove that we were the fastest team
n the late Sunset league Neither do
want to start any newspaper controyer- /,
y but | just want to show that Gran
teville was not altogether to blame for
he untimely death of the Sunset league.
Thanking you for your courtesy, am,
,
Yours truly. Il
Alvin B. McLeav,
Manager G. A. C. y
4