The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-15

if Newport Drops Out-Believed Six
Games a Week Would Warrant High /
er Salaries.
For the second time in As many years +
Northampton has won the champion +
ship, of the Twin State league In +
1913 "BiIl' Luby' 5 hustlers grabbed I
the bunting, and ''Jimmy' Burns, 7
shortstop ON that team, has piloted
another band OF Northampton ball Il
players to the achievement of the same
undertaking once more. The Larks !.
earned the victory. for not until the /
last day of the season was the pennant
einehed for good, beyond all chance OF
loss The team that won was by no
means composed CT the same men that
started the season, for changes in the
lineup were numerous. But under the
leadership of Manager Burns the team
was always in the fight, and after the
first week it was never more than two
games to the rear of the leaders, and
for the greater part Of the season the
| Champs We're the league leaders.
The Twin State league underwent
| when two new teams were admitted
| Newport and Greenfield, and the add
| ed rivalry contributed largely to the
success CT the league The pennant race
was the best ever, and no team, with
the possible exception OF Newport, has
| lost so much money that it viii be un-
able TO start when the 1914 season
| opens For a time after the season had
| l.. 1.
pitching by Cram and Winkler Soon.
however, Northampton drew up, and
then Bellows Falls. The Champs then
spurted and went way ahead, and looked
| like pennant winners by good margin
i'm early August. And the penuant
would surely have been cinched several
weeks before the end OF the season, thus
reducing interest in the games. had
not the Climbers from Greenfield struck
a wonderful winning streak. which
forced them through the ranks from eel
lar to first place in less than three
weeks.
Once first place had been obtained
the Climbers took Il fall, and for a
week it was a merry mix-up. Keene.
Bellows Falls, Greenfield and North
ampton enjoying quadruple tie for
period Brattleboro was winning most
of its games, bat the Islanders finished
in the rut because a team of mediocre
Iplayers was retained too long aud when
fast men were admitted it was too late
to recover so much lost ground. They
made a game try, and only Newport i
fast bali playing the last week OF the
season prevented Manager Brecken-
l1fyl l.,
support given the Brattleboro team bv
home fans was remarkable; and il is
seldom that on the day the team is los
ing its l4th straight game a crowd Of
1900 fans cheers them ON the home dia-
mon, as was the case in BrattIeboro.
The last week in August saw North
ampton III the lead on Monday, and
Greenfield on Saturday During this
week and the one previous the second
division clubs were making heroic eff
forts to improve their standing, with
= the result that at the opening of the
last week OF the season only five and
Gne-half games separated the leaders
from the tailenders, and no team wa.
sure of its position aud could possibly
win the pennant. The Champs hao
= been in the throes Of a bad slump ant
probable that q second pennant woule
come to Northampton. The last weel
changed the complexion of the >entir
G standing. BY taking three games from
5 Greenfield and one from Bellows Falls
n while the same teams were faring bad
q " at the hands Of the other clubs, tn
/. Champs assured themselves Of anothe
: flag. Keene came along strong, and b
No, 10, I., To-
l. of the season took second place by on
h point from Greenfield. Newport plave
a strong game and forced Bellows Fall
n to divide the. honors of fourth plac
d with them, while the lowly Islander
= fell down badly in their last chanc
l. and succeeded in maintaining the repl
N tation of tail-end club by winnin
ID only one game out of SIX
1t The games this year were cxtraord
narily good. Most were decided by
as single run, and the contests in While
n one side secured over 10 runs can /
d counted On the fingers of one hand. II
40 class of baseball offered in the Twi
n State is interesting because of the lii
and spirit put into the game by the IA
nc youngsters, many of whom are colleg
"a stars. Of course a number of oil
: timers drifted into the league aft,
having been canned out of organic,
baseball, but in comparison with Il
number Of coming players their nun
Der is small. Among the men who pl;
- in the league are undoubtedly MAJ
- who, when they finish the
a. schooling, will go into the mai
~ leagues, and men of the caliber of {
tergren and Smith Of Keene, Goodri
~. of Northamntnn. BrickIeN. Cram ~