The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-03
Twin State Notes.

A lot Of people claim that their
knocking before the first game started
resulted in Brattlcboro getting real i
team together. So far as The Reform
er is concerned they may have the |
credit
1T may be I IN no third baseman, "
said Capt. Delaney yesterday in dis |
cussing the game at Bellows Falls in |
which lie was suddenly called upon to |
play the hot corner, 'but ] had EN-
blutfea so that they only knocked two
| at me and / got both of them, -
In Sundays New York Sun there APP
| peared an article on blind man who |
attends all the at-home games of the
| Giants. Although blind he can tell ev-
cry play that Is made, but is shy on
| balls and strikes. Now, don t encour-
| age Cassidy by showing him this. -
Bellows Falls Times.
Greenfield merchants want the time
for starting the games in that town
| changed from $50 to , O clock. The~
claim they cannot get back 10 their
| places of business before 6 clock. Ii
they would urge that the players he
forced to take their places on tine run
| instead of sauntering out and back the
time of each game would be cut down
20 minutes.
/ Some of the men playing in the Col
0nial league are anxious to play in the
Twin State, SO anxious that they write
TO more than one manager and make
propositions. AS n matter Of fact the
Twin State league this year is faster
than it ever was before and frequently
, there is better ball played here than
there is iii the Eastern league. to say
nothing of the Colonial
Only one team in the league is sure
of its position after the games today.
This is Newport, the leader. Yesterday
> Brattleboro was in tie for second
with Bellows Falls. The same teams are
: tied for third today with Keene in see
. ond place, while Greenfield and North
. ampton have snapped positions at the
. bottom of the ladder.
a The Bellows Falls Times says: cit
n had to come. The first week of the
n league would not have been a success il
n some sport writer had not accused Bel
q lows Falls of over-stepping the salary
a limit. Just as soon as Bellows Falls
n makes more than three hits in a game
or wins two consecutive victories some
u dopester grasps his typewriting ma
chine and pounds out a wallOp. The
{ Mort hampton Herald gazeek had the
- | following in Thursday paper: 'Ano
y | speaking of good players, it is asserted
y that James has exceeded the salary
y limit somewhat. lie is carrying Il
y men and Crowell, who was offered $l2.
y a month here went to the Turnstiles
y because he could get $3.50. But at thai
YOU can t blame Crowell. Afte1
y watching James s bunch in two games
y we are willing to admit that if he il
: exceeding the salary limit the manage
ment is being terribly stung.
The Bellows Falls Times is not en-
. thusiastic over the showing of Burn
Z and his team because they lost tw,
Is straig ht games to Brattleboro. In tn
y, account of Wednesdays game TIN
r Times says: "Unless Burns 5 men shoy
III a little more ability at home than the,
| have at the last two home games tn
n. attendance will drop and the leagu
}, standing will show Bellows Falls at tn
y, bottom of the list. Breck put on a tear
)n 100 per cent stronger than that of las
* week and did it in spite of the fac
II, that Fishburne, his regular shortstol
G was laid out in an automobile sufferin
n. from an attack of stomach trouble. Dt
ed laney was on third and Johnston play
IN ed short. And right here let rs sa
IN that in this player Breck has pickle
n Jewel, or at least he looked thu
way yesterday. He felded perfect
zee and pulled off a feature catch of la
tin llins s foul in the ninth that was
lst bird. He went clear to the bank bac
tof third to catch the ball.