The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-04
O'NEIL IN FAVOR OF
A LEAGUE MANAGER
e. L. Breckenridge, Manager of Brat
tleboro Team, Suggested for Place
if Idea Is Adopted

BELLOWS FALLS, Sept 4 - \ sug-
gestion made by President Charles j.
O'Nen OF the local directors OF the Twin
State league. following the league meeting
in the Hotel Windham Sunday, has
spread about town, and baseball fans in
Bellows Falls have looked upon it with
great favor and are hoping that ms sug
gestion viii be followed out. At the pres
ent time the league has Il set of rules OF
bylaws OF an agreement which the sever
al associations are supposed to follow.
This year these rules have been almost
discarded and several have been openly
violated. Among them are the salary
i limit rule. the rule relative to suspended
players and others. As Ii IS. the assocIa-
+ tions have been running without COVER
nor, and the natural consequence Is that
when a league meeting j. called there are
no grounds upon which to base decisions.
If one rule j. broken and nothing is done
about it. all Of them may he violated with
no comeback
Mr. O\eil has suggested that Manager
+ L. Breckenridge OF Brattleboro be
hired as a league manager at the same
money as he is now receiving from Brat
tleboro, and, IN his capacity as manager,
to have charge of matters appertalning to
the league This position would require
man big enough to be beyond the sus-
picion of the most skeptical OF fans and
directors. and one well versed in baseball,
players and everything appertaining TO
the national game 1t is the opinion here
that "Breck would fill the bin to a
T. and the suggestion made by the
local director has met with almost unani-
nous approval.
BY having a league manager, who would
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league and in a position to give his en-
. tire time to his work, there would be no
opportunity for the petty quibbhng that
i may at any time creep into a league meet
! ing and the chance of violation OF the
rules would be lessened to almost nothing
Take for instance the case of a suspended
player If man were protested, the
league manager could collect the tact
\ within day or two after the protest wa
entered, notify the ASSOCIATION OF IN
findings, and the matter would be closed
except in exceptional cases, when lcagu
meeting might he held. As it is now
several players have been suspended am
they continue to play ball in the Twil
State league The matter Of eNpens
would not be heavy burden to the seN
eral teams, and the results would NOR
than make up for the expenditure. /
IL
II ager of the Brattleboro team would max
a good man for the job, and a. Brock
always has been popular here, IN TACT
was the fond hope all winter OF the BE
\ lows Falls fans that lie would manage tn
team this season, it is hoped if the leagl
manager idea is accepted by the otho
towns in the league, the navy coach WI
he the man on the job during the seaso
of 1o14
Mr. O'Neil's suggestion is no refiectio
on the ability Of President Reyes
Keene in the least, but the present pr
siding offer is a busy man and has into
ests other than baseball that need his a
tention In fact the job is too big Il
man not in constant touch with Il
job to handle The president has to I
ceive all the scores from the official SEQ
ers in the several towns, keep III tou'
with the other directors. look into Il
matter of suspended players and have
hand in the management OF his own ass
citation President Reyes is an old wa
horse in baseball, and he one OF Z
prime movers in starting the Twin sta
league. In company with few 9th
men interested in baseball. he work
hard to keep baseball in keene, and {
cry year has given up valuable time
the interests of the game. No doubt t