The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-27
Twin State Directors Vote
to Have Newport Play
Bellows Falls
PROTEST AGAINST
KENNEDY FAILED
Is Entitled to Play with Brattleboro-
keene Pitchers Under Discussion -
New Rule May Result-Playoff of
Postponed Games Arranged.

Everything was amicable at the Twin
State directors meeting yesterday in Bel
lows Falls. President Murphy of New
port made the motion, after considerable
discussion, that the game forfeited bv
! Bellows Falls to Newport be PLAYED over
and 1t was arranged that it be played as
! the second game of double header Fri
day.
Manager Jimmy Burns, it developed.
was lame in his explanation Of why his
| team did not appear on the field at New
port July IL. He admitted that his team
reached the hotel at 345 o'clock on that
afternoon and declared that it would have
| been sheer foolishness for his men to have
| dressed and gone to the grounds, where
| President Murphy claimed his team and
! between 200 and 300 spectators were
waiting. Burns had to admit that he did
not notify the management of the home
| club that his team had arrived, whereas
he should have known that it is not the
/ lproylnce or privilege of the visiting man
| lagement to decide whether grounds are lit
for play.
| Burns passed the ugly word once or
twice to President Murphy. who paid no
attention. and finally, after declaring that
| 1t was 4.20 when Umpire Cassidy finally
declared the game forfeited which was 81
minutes after Burns's team had arrived
III town, President Murphy moved that
the game be Feplayed and it was so voted.
! Burns did not have leg to stand on in
his protest over the playing of Maurice
Kennedy by Brattleboro in the game
against Bellows Falls Saturday Burns
had with him two letters from Kennedy
in which he agreed to play with Bellows
Falls and a third one in which Kennedy
-. .t.,Ea, a,ya.44 H. 4. L
Iity with Hartford and asked to be released
from his agreement. Burns acknowledged
that he had willingly agreed to Kennedy
Igoing with that club under the circum-
lStances.
Ii Burns had sent Kennedy's name to
the president of the Twin State league as
suspended for failure to report no other
club in this league would have had right
to negotiate with him But Burns did not
do this and SO far as the Twin State
league is concerned Kennedy had a perfect
right to do business with Manager
lO'Hara
There was some discussion over the fact
that Nichols and Fahev, who are pitching
for keene, are not regular members of
the team. Both men play bah elsewhere
: and arrange to play game a week, if
} wanted, for keene Nichols is unquestion-
tive, pitcher in the league, and he shows
mp in keene only once a week This is
paipably against the intent and purpose
OF the league rules, but there is not a rule
to cover it. There is nothing to prevent,
| so lar as the present rules go, any club
engaging some star pitcher not under ma
, tlonal association rules, to pitch off and
on for the team, but it is not within the
Ispirit of the rules
II On motion of NJ J. Moran, league rep
resentative from Rratteboro, it was voted
that it was the sense Of the meeting that
in the future no player who plays ball
: a part of the time elsewhere than as a
! a part of the time elsewhere shall
! be a member of team in this league 1t
, is probable that such rule will be made
! to become operative next year.
Playoffs of postponed games were ar
i ranged as follows: Northampton at Bel.
lows Falls. July 80; Keene at Newport
Aug 10; Newport at Greenfield, July 20;
Brattleboro at Greenfield, either Aug 2
Tor TO- depending upon the wishes of the
Greenfield management. which was not
represented at the meeting
T. Those present at the meeting included
President Keyes of Keene and NJ. j
Moran of Brattleboro H. c. Rice OF
4 Keene, Connell Of Northampton, Murphy
; Of Newport and O'Neil of Bellows Falls
d tOthers present. who were not entitled Il
e vote, were President George f. Sherman
! and Directors f. j. Fenton and c. b
l. Crowell of Brattleboro, Manager Burns o
;. Bellows Falls and Manager Nolk of New
m Eport.