The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-26
The MeddLer
If the coat fits you, pat it on"

Those who carefully cultivate flowers for II
their own pleasure and that of others re- t
gard with rightful Indignation the petty e
thieves who will strip flower bed of its !.
choicest blossoms From several sections j
of the village comes this complaint and in
at least one instance plans have been made
whereby the next thief viii discover that
he has acquired something besides flowers.
Baseball has been the absorbing topic Of
conversation locally this week The ma
tional game is pleasant diversion and
sport for most of us; it is a business only
for professional players and the owners of
franchises under the national agreement
The Twin State league clubs are organ
lied to furnish entertainment and recre-
alton to the people in the several towns |
Not a club in the league makes money |
The people who come to the games in
Brattleboro don't wholly support the
clubs with the price which they pay to
see games But for the backing of certain
men who went into their pockets for the
coin we would have no club League base
bali is a good thing for the town, because
it gives an opportunity for enjoying the
game here at home. Instead of going
away for a good time local residents are
furnished with sport right at their doors.
League baseball is a good thing for the
town and a good thing for majority of lfs
1t is curious how seriously many people
take their baseball. They get into heated
arguments, lose their tempers and make
fools of themselves over something that
makes no difference to them personally
They indulge in abuse and vituperation
K over something they cannot even remem-
j. Der two years from now
: Brattleboro started poorly in the Twin
e State league, losing the first two games.
5 and winning the third yesterday. Now we
II are not going to discuss the club, its man
L agement, its players, or the handicaps
e under which the team started those are
# other stories, as our old friend Kipling
# would say.
Perhaps YOU noticed that there Were
n only handful Of spectators at the game
10 yesterday when Greenfield came here fol
- the first time. The reason you will say i
N because the team had made such a poo
Pc showing in the two previous games That
N one reason, but there is another 1t is be
~ cause many people We're so disgusted a
p the opening game with the abuse and tn
Ne TRADES that they preferred to stay ava
= rather than be made uncomfortable by til
mouthpieees of the blatherskites
On Tuesday the stream of abuse bega
= to flow before the game started and
-, continued throughout the contest III
directors, the manager, the players, ia
scorers, and men who were known to d
% fer from the compliments were made II
subjects of attack
People left the grandstand long befol
g the game was over because they were di
gusted with the cheap talk
Explosive outbreaks from irresponsible
10. are to be expected, but indecent and alb
io' sive remarks from men of mature yea
are nauseating.
RAJ We might quote from memory some
'e the things heard If we did and nam,
some of the men who were guilty of Il
gentlemanly conduct we imagine tn
-, would be sufficiently ashamed not to
dulge in curbstone oratory tonight
~ 0"' The people who go to the game to e
IL joy the playing have some rights VIII
OF they are driven away by the outpourings
ON the hot air artists their rights are
fringed Our advice to certain individu;
is not TO take baseball so seriously,
ate curb their tongues, to remember that
ing majority of people wish to see the gan
en without annoyance and without the aceo
IN paniment of an anvil chorus. In this c,
less nection we recommend the FASTING in
ing. few hats of these fine old lines Fl,
find Thackery:
eHh Who misses or who wins the prize,
-aet Go lose or conquer, as you can;
IN But if you fail, or if you rise,
this BE each, pray God, gentleman
tia
sSes We suppose that in the industrial ma
= forward it was necessary to cut that hor
Wan cash through the forest of Wantastiquet
the order to make way for a power line,
no