The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-07
MOREY MAY LEAD
GREENFIELD TEAM
Baseball Fans Hone to Get Former
Dartmouth Athlete to Pilot
Outfit

"DANE'' Morcy, one of the greatest
all-round athletes ever turned out at
Dartmouth college and who for the past
two years has put Aliddlebury college on
the man who viii be placed IN charge
OF the proposed professional baseball
team in Greenfield this summer, accord
ing to the sports writer of the Green
field Recorder. Morey has two good
summer propositions under considera-
ton, one of which is an offer to go out
as a scout for one of the league teams.
While at Dartmouth Dave was
picked on Walter Camps All-Amerlcan
eleven as half-back and was also con-
sidered one of the most promising col
lcge twirlers in his time. Upon his
graduation he was deluged with offers
from the big league clubs, but decided
To take up school and college coaching
His early work at Lowell Textile school
brought him into the limeEght and he
was soon found to be big time timber.
At AIiddlebuTy in the last two years he
has made a name for himself, partIcu-
larlv in the baseball and football de-
partments.
At the last meeting of the Greenfield
! \. A. baseball committee when 1t was
/ decided to take steps toward the lorna
/ ton of Qro-baseball team and to also
! advocate the rejuveaaon OF the Old
| Twin State circuit, ''Dave' Morey was
| suggested as the man ~ iCttA Inv lNN%NA
! team and a member OF the committee
was instructed to get III touch with him.
/ I'm answer to the inquiry as to his plans
for the summer, Coach MOrey writes
that he has several offers hanging ire
+ the league scouting proposition beng the
/ best from a financial standpoint.
/ Norcv is "a family man, however, and
as the scouting berth would keep HIM
away from his family most OF the tune
he admits that a place such rs viii prob
ably be open here. would be more at
tTactive The hliddlebury mentor has
had wide experience IN the manage
mcnt and coaching OF amateur and pro
baseball teams having for at least five
years acted as manager of the summer
team at Oak Bluffs and Falmouth
baseball ut the two popular resorts I.
conducted by the hotel men and IS the
biggest attraction there. Few mdepcnd
emit teams which have met Moreg $ col
Ice outfit at The Bluff = i'm 81 basebal
series were fortunate enough 10 return
victorious and Dave 50 players were
always big favorites with the summer
visitors.
If ARRANGEMENTS can be made it i
practically a certainty that Morey vii
help place Greenfield in the professional
baseball calcium once more. lie sug
| gests i'm his letter that the time Is nov
ripe to start the ball rolling in the wa,
> of signing uD players and expresses
desire that the Greenfield \. \. commit
tee discuss the situation further witt
4 meeting of the \. \. baseball com
. mittee will probably be held within IN
next week to further discuss the sum
mer plans and to hear reports on tn
progress made toward the formation o
- Chairman Thomas /. Lawyer an
: Secretary Charles F. Coates have bee
: in communication with the athleti
= leaders i'm the nearby towns which wer
considered goOdleaguc posi- bilties. an
expect to he able to report tavorably o
the league proposition before the wee
\ Is ont