The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-19
AS Long as Briggs Stays with
Bellows Falls
Club
PRESIDENT O'ROURKE
WARNS HIS MANAGERS
Welgold and Keegan Taken from the
Greenfield Team by Owner Carey of
spr1ngfield-Briggs Ought to Be
Dropped.

| BRIDGEPORT, CONN, July 10
PRESIDENT James H. O'Rourke of the
Eastern association has cautioned the
league directors about farming out
players to the Twin State league and
yesterday Owner William Z. Carey Of
the Springfield club recalled Tom Kee-
gan, who has been playing with the
greenfield club. Otto Weigold is also
TO be recalled and placed with some
other club, where he can play ball and
not run the risk of getting in bad with
the powers higher up. Whether or not
PRESIDENT o Rourke's caution is well
timed Will be known after SUNDAY. the
time limit Outfelder Joe Briggs of the
Bellows Falls clubs has been given to
report to Meriden.
| At the start OF the season, when the
Twin State league directors were talk
ing OF seeking protection from organ
lzed baseball, the Eastern association
granted permission for Northampton
to join the circuit by waving TEN.
porary right to its territory, which in
Guides that city. In return the Twin
State league agreed not to harbor sus-
pended players and until recently has
probably been living up to this prom
| Use.
When Briggs got into trouble with
Outhelder Nealon at New London. he
was suspended and fined $25. Upon
Briggs representation that suspension
would deprive him of a means of a
livelihood and prevent him from pro-
vlding proper support for his family,
President o 'Rourke agreed to lift the
suspension so that Briggs could be
traded to the Holyoke club. This was
before Holyoke transferred its fran
chise to Meriden. In this deal. Briggs.
lnfelder Sullivan and Pitcher Waller
were traded for Pitcher Daniels and
Third Baseman Moves. Briggs. who
had IN the meantime caught on with
the Bellows Falls club, of the Twin
State league, was ordered to report
to Holyoke. This he promised to do
but Owner Whalen has seen nothing of
him.
Whalen then took the matter UP to
President o 'Rourke and the league
head wrote to Briggs, ordering him to
report to Meriden by July 20. Briggs
still remains on the suspended list and
has not yet paid his fine. Failing to
report, President O'Rourke saws he
will turn Briggs ease over to Secre-
tary Farrell of the National Associa
ton of Professional Baseball leagues
and that this will have the effect of
placing Briggs on organized baseball s
blacklist. This will mean, saws
Q Rourke that Briggs will be up
against sitter fine, amounting to
probably 500 and in order to secure
reinstatement, the outfelder viii be
compelled to put his case before the
national board of arbitration.
But there is another side to the situ-
alton which does not concern Briggs
and effects whatever players Eastern
association owners have sent to the
Twin State league. Already there is
possibility of fine being assessed
for allowing their players to play in
the same league with Briggs, as he is
suspended player. President
q Rourke declared at the time of the
league meeting here he thought. it
most advisable for Eastern association
owners TO recall whatever PLAYERS thev
had playing ball in the Twin State
league. This affects Springfield to the
extent that keegan and Weigold are
now plying bali with the Greenfield
club. Owner Carey's recall, however,
has already been issued
just what is the position of Rube
Sager, the former Holyoke pitcher with
the Greenfield club is not known. Sa-
ger is supposed to be suspended by
Fall River for not reporting after
Whalen arranged to send him down to
the New England league.