On 2/29/2012 8:11 AM, Ruth Barton wrote: > The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 9, 1889 ... > (Base-ball fever hit the area for sure. I wonder if there were any pro > leagues at that time? RHB) Ruth: There was a "Northeast(ern) League" of pro or semi-pro teams in 1887 that had teams in Burlington, Malone(?), Montpelier, St. Albans, and Rutland. I can't find out much about it. Such leagues were clearly around -- and just as clearly they didn't always keep very good records. My hometown even had a pro team once, in the Twin States League in 1911. It was called the "Springfield-Charlestown Hyphens". I kid you not. Darrell