Some days seem to start as slow news days, while others start out as busy news days. Some slow days start slow and never develop as anything but a slow day. At 5:45 AM on September 11, 2001, I was kind of watching the news on what I thought was a slow day, as they were repeating the same two stories with weather and traffic mixed in. In the course of the next few minutes, I learned it was a very historical day.
On June 22, 1907 was a busy day in baseball news from the beginning. It started as the Burlington, Vermont and the West Manchester, New Hampshire Clubs of the New Hampshire State League folded, causing the league to fail. The league was revived as the Vermont State League on July 2. The New Hampshire State League has an interesting story in itself as the league started out as an eight club league with six clubs in New Hampshire and two clubs in Vermont. The New Hampshire clubs all folded early in the season, making it necessary to reorganize as the Vermont State League. This league should not be confused with the Southern New Hampshire League as that was a four club league, with all the clubs based in Rockingham County. The SNHL started play on July 6 and only played on Sundays.
The second event that captured attention was the 18 inning game at Eagle Park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Ohio-Pennsylvania League game was played between the Lancaster Lanks and the Akron Champs. The Lanks won the game 1-0 in 2:45. Another game getting attention was the Western League game at Denver, Colorado. The Omaha Rourkes beat the Grizzlies 16-9, when the Grizzlies committed 9 of the games 15 errors. These events were just the hightlights of many that graced the sports pages on that day.
Tomorrow we look at the founding of the Modern Olympic Games.
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