The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-10-01
PUT BENNINGTON
into EASTERN
ASSOCIATION
Bio Move In Baseball For
Season OF 1914
TAKE PLACE OF RERIOES
Owner whsien and Manager Gary
Propose Joint Club with North
Adams.

Joe Whalen. owner of the Meridcu
franchise Ia the Eastern baseball as
sociation. which is composed OF
clubs representing the cides oi
Springfield aud i'iiisneld. Mass.
and bridgeport. New Haven. New
London. Hartford and Meriden.
Conn. was In the village yesterday
10 the purpose OF looking over the
ground with the possibility OF trans
fcrring the franchise TO his locality.
Mr. Whalen was accompanied by
Jimmy" Garry of Dalton. Nho cap
talned the Meriden team last sea.
son. and who will be remembered as
the MANAGER Of the Pittsfeld club
during The last year OF the Berkshire
league.
Mersrs. Mhalcn and Garry were
unable TO see many of the baseball
fans here bat outlined their plan 70
Manager Morrisscy OF the 1913 team
aud some OF the directors and inter
ested persons. The scheme is TO
give Bennington and North Adams
a club that will represent the two
towns In the association. BY divid.
ing thc home games that would be
scheduled TO one club between two
towns Mr.. Whalen believes that the
attendance would be sufficient to car
~ tho club through the season.
Such an arrangement would re-
suit in no more games during each
week on local diamonds than have
been played by the Bennington and
North Adams teams in recent years.
In case the plan is adopted, nc.
co.ding 10 the ideas put forth by
Messrs. Whalen and Garry, the To-
cal association would be expected 10
| care for the leases of the two base
hall parks and to assist In the sale
OF season tickets.
Il has not been possible to obtain
| the views of the local fans In the
short space of Time that has elapsed
| since The plan was announced. a
| representative of the Banner talked
with few of them this morning
| While some were skeptical the ma
| iCrity were inclined TO give M. WhG
| len an opportunity to carry the base
bal burden in 1914. The work in re
cent years has fallen upon the shoul
dors of few who have given theii
time and their money 10 pull tn,
team through the season and Their,
is an evident disposition on the par
of these men TO retire from activ,
participation in baseball manage
men, in the future.
| If Bennington and North Adams
were given a representative in tn
Eastern association there is not tn
| slightest doubt that the two town
| would be able TO see some good bas
ball. With the games divided be
tween two communities there ough
not to be any great difficulty in 50
! curing as large crowds as have a
tended games in some OF the associS
ton cities during the recent season
AS baseball in Bennington is pu
lie institution the acceptance or r,
lection OF the plan will have to com
through a public meeting. The pr,
posal Is certainly worth serious con
sideation as it is evident that ther
must be some change of method
order for Bennington to be represer
Ell on the diamond next year. tn
recent season was disappointing
that the clubs that originally forme
the Northern Tri-State league faile
to keep together, three of them fal
ing by the wayside before the dat
set for the close of the season.