Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-05-12
VOTED FOUR CLUB LEAGUE.
Action Taken at Meeting of Baseball
nthusiasts-Accepted Offer of Use
of Island Park


Interest in a local league was suffi-
cient Friday night to induce "a men
some old enough to know better and
others in the prime of life, to turn out
for the meeting in the Brooks House
parlors of the Brattleboro Athletic asso-
citation.
1t did not require a lot of time to
vote to have four-club league, as was
the case last year. The report of the
special committee appointed at the first
meeting 10 days ago, of which August
Wilson was chairman, was to the effect
that the Vermont Wheel club, Company
l, Fort Dummer and Knights of Column
bus would be ready to take the field.
Everybody was willing that the sea
son should be started Memorial day
but a suggestion that it be started
Saturday, May 27, as an eye opener
eventually met with with approval. The
plan as finally lined up was for the sea
son to start May %, with two games
to be played each Saturday and each
holiday to and including Labor day.
The question of grounds brought
forth the statement from August vii
son that NJ. j. Moran, one of the pro
prietors of Island park, had told him
that the park would be put in condition
for play and the park management
would take 10 cents of every admission
to the grand stand as rent for the
grounds admissions to the bleachers tC
go entirely to the association.
Following some discussion as to con
tinuing play ON the fair grounds it was
voted that the games be played OF
Island park, provided the grounds are
put in proper condition in time for the
opening game and the teams are al
lowed to practice there late afternoons
and evenings during the season free OF
charge.
1t was further voted that admission
to the games shall be Is cents, with II
cents additional, which does not go t.
the association, for seats in the CRANE
stand.
Each club is to furnish list of Il
players to the president of the leagu,
not later than May 20. The readjust
ment of the players will be made by tn,
officers of the association and the man
ayers of the four clubs, as was the cas-,
last year This means that in tn,
event of some one team showing ia
greater strength than the others tn,
players are to be e-aranged So tina
all teams will be as nearly equal il
strength as possible. The schedule i
to be made out by President Sherman
The association owns the uniforms o
the various clubs, and as some of then
have not been turned in it is desire,
that this be done at once to Presiden
George T.. Sherman at the Brook
House. The officers of the association
announced at the meeting that the,
would see that the uniforms of tn,
teams were Numbered if the few tina
had not been turned in were sent t,
President Sherman.
President Sherman announced that |
resident of Brattleboro who preferred
to remain unknown had offered a silve
cup to the winning team. A letter wa
read from a sporting goods firm offer
ing a cup, or gold baseball fobs or golt
chains to the team or the members O
the team winning the penmant, provid
ed the baseball manufactured by tn,
firm making the offer is used in thu
league games. No decision was reached
on this question, but it was general,
admitted that the ball manufactured
by this concern was satisfactory one.
1t looks as if Brattleboro was in lin,
for local baseball played on Islano