The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-06-28
BASE BALL LEAGUE
PROGRAMMED
LAST NIGHT
Rutland Takes Place of Hooslck
Falls Club
E. L. BATES IS PRESIDENT
Details of Season Partially CompIet-
ed-Schedule to Be Compet-
ed Later.

The Northern Trl-State DdSeDdll
league was recognized Friday even
ing at a meeting held in the rooms
of the Stark hose company. The va
cancy in the league caused by the
disbanding of the Hoosick Falls
club was filled by the admission of
Rutland. A preliminary schedule
was arranged for next week and
another meeting will be held tomor-
row to complete the schedule for the
season.
The meeting was attended by the
managers of the four clubs and
number of members of the board of
directors OF the Bennington associ-
alton. The Adams club had failed
to contribute its share to the umpire
fund during the past two weeks and
an attempt to settle this problem
took up more than an hour of the
meeting. Manager Shanahan insist
ed that the matter be adjusted be-
fore any further proceedings were
taken toward the reorganization and
the discussion, at times, was rather
lively. President W. H. Berry of the
Bennington association finally lost
patience with the wranglers and
shut of the discussion, but it was
resumed for brief periods during the
meeting which did not adjourn until
after IL o'clock.
TIE league organized with the cleo
ton of the following officers Presi-
dent, Edward l.. Bates of Benning-
ton; vice-president, Francis Cassidy
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North Adams; secretary, Harry Dor
an of Rutland.
There was another long discussion
over the guarantee feature of the
arrangements. Manager "Cy" Ferry
of Adams and Manager Arthur Good
win of Rutland were strong
for percentage of both gate and
| grand stand receipts to visiting
teams but the scheme was opposed
by Manager Morrissey of Benning-
ton and Manager Sahnahan OF
North Adam S. The percentage
scheme was finally abandoned and
an agreement reached whereby Rut.
land should pay the other three Wis
Ting teams guarantee of S75
when playing in Rutland. Rutland
| 10 W ltCtlNt Budi Vi tOu
when playing away from home.
Another subject that helped to
make rough travelling for the meet.
ing was the fact that the Hoosick
Falls club is shy" to the amount OF
500 in the umpire fund. This was
partially solved by the offer of
President Berry of the Bennington as.
ISOLATION to personally subscribe IS
to liquidate the Indebtedness. This
offer was duplicated by Frank Van
Steinberg. The former manager of
the North Adams club, who was
present at the meeting The Ben
nington. North Adams and Adams
clubs will probably be assessed to
make up the balance.
Little difficulty should be exper.
fenced in making out the schedule
tomorrow. Rutland insists that one
OF the teams from the south end
shall play in that city every Thurs.
day and every other Saturday, an
arrangement that is satisfactory.
The meeting would have been able
to transact its business at an earlier
hour but for the wrangle over the
$50 which the Adams club had fail
ed to put into the umpire pot. For
a time it looked as though this con
troversy would disrupt the meeting
but at the suggestion of President
Berry, w. A. Peart was elected tenn
porary chairman and Manager Shan
ahan clerk and about $50 the real
business of the gathering was given
a show. Like many meetings that
start with a disposition to hagglt
over small details the delegates, in
the end, settled down TO business
and transacted it in business-likt
way.