Tuesday, December 26, 2023

New Hampshire leagues

 White Mountain League
    1913 Bethlehem
    1914

    1911-7-25 two Morristown AA players leave to play with Bethlehem - roster listed - team plays
        five games a week
    1914-8-30 Bethlehem roster

    Whitey Witt signed to Philadelphia Athletics from St. Johnsbury
    https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Whitey-Witt/
    
    “I went right from high school to the A’s,” he said proudly. “I was going to boarding school in Barre, Vermont, and playing in the White Mountain League. That was a summer league with teams sponsored by the big resort hotels in New Hampshire and Vermont. Most of the teams were made up of college boys from schools like Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth. They had summer jobs at the hotels.

“I was hitting over .400 while playing for St. Johnsbury,” Witt continued. “A scout was following me. One day I got a telegram from Connie Mack asking me to meet him in Boston."

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Western League

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