The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-28
BYLAWS ADOPTED
BY LOCAL LEAGUE
Directors Meet and FOrmu-
late Plans-HarwOOd
Made Scorer
PLAYING FIELD
TO BE IMPROVED
DepressiOns TO BE Filled and Grounds to
BE Rolled with Steam R0Iler-Patron-
age of Fans Solicited to Make Season
Successful.

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Bylaws were adopted and other busi-
ness transacted at meeting of the di-
rectors of the Brattleboro Baseball
league in the Office of the president, E.
W. Gibson, last evening. II. H. Har-
wood was elected official scorer. 1t was
voted to improve the ball grounds on
the Valley fair grounds The pitchers
and batter's boxes will be made of some
more substantial material than at pres
ent, and the depressions between the
bases and in the field will be filed in
and rolled with the steam roller.
The directors will see tnat the bylaws
are enforced, with the idea of keeping
the games clean and fast so that the
public will not lose interest. The direc-
tors solicit the patronage of the fans
IN an attempt to make local baseball a
successful venture.
As previously stated, the league con
sists OF teams representing the S. A
Smith Mfg. Co., Company ]. the Fort
hummer Mills, and the Brattleboro
Last and Wood Heel Corp Two seven
inning games will be played each Satur-
day, beginning at ,, o'clock, the second
to follow Immediately after the first.
G. +. Skerry is vice president of the
league and A. G. Wyman secretary and
treasurer. These with President Gibson,
+. g. Gustafson and Ii. H Harwood
constitute the board of directors
Following are the by laws adopted at
last night : meeting:
Section ]. Govprnment3rhe officers
of the league shall consist of a president
vice-president. secretary. treasurer, and a
board of FIVE directors of which board the
president Vice-president secretary and
treasurer shall be members ex-oficio
The board of directors shall be the execu-
tive officers of the league and shall have
the general management of its affairs
They shall attend to the enforcement of
the bylaws and may make such rules and
regulations as they may deem best for
the promotions of the interest of the
league.
Section III. GameS-There shall be
two games each Saturday afternoon each
game to terminate at the end of the sew
enth inning. unless at such time the score
be tied. then play shall continue until one
side has scored more runs than the other
in an equal number of innings or game is
called by the umpire.
Section III. Umpire.-An games shall
be played under the one umpire system
who shall be engaged by the secretary at
the direction of the board of directors
The umpire shall have absolute control
of the game and under no circumstances
shall a captain or player dispute the de-
clslon on a play unless it be a question
of his Interpretation of the rules in such
case the captain only may appeal to him
but no other player shall be privileged to
do so. For the use of obscene language
conduct unbecoming gentleman and fail
ure to comply with the order of the UNI
pire a player will be ordered out of the
game and shall be reported to the secre-
tary of the board of directors. the offend
ing player or players viii be suspended
for such a period of time as the directors
shall determine. This section shall be
rigidly enforced
Section ". Players.-Each manager
shall submit to the secretary list not to
exceed fifteen 40 players, additions to
such list must be submitted to and ap-
proved by the directors one week before
player shall be eligible to participate in
any game. In case a club is unable to
secure material to strengthen its team or
for reason of absence of members of the
team, players may be shifted from one
team to another to strengthen the weaker
team, but in no case shall q player be
taken from the team in the game PLAYERS
may be taken only from the idle teams and
then only at the sanction of two of the
directors.
Section V. Balls-Two new balls
will be put in play each game one ball to
go to the winner and one to the loser at
the end of each game. In case a ball is
lost the losing team shall forfeit its right
to ball.
Section VI Scorer-The directors
shall appoint an official scorer and all rec
ords shall be based on said scorers books