“Flash Beauregard, pride of Warren” was noted for being so fast that he would scamper from first to third base without ever touching second.  And not be caught by the single umpire used at that time!

Chit starred in the Warren versus Bristol Baseball Little World Series from 1912 to 1933, hitting .371 and continually making spectacular fielding plays from his outfield position.  From 1921 to 1924 most of the players in this Series were major or high minor leaguers.  During those four years he and future major leaguer Joe Morrissey (a fellow Hall of Fame member) were the only local players asked to compete.  In 1932, at the age of thirty-eight, he led the Warren team to victory with an average of .455.

He was a member of Warren Shoe’s 1912 and 1915 Manufacturers League Champions, while in 1922 he was the only Warrenite on a local team that defeated an American League All Star team featuring George Sisler.

Chit tried out with the Boston Red Sox and had offers to do so from other major league teams, but he did not want to leave Warren and so never pursued these opportunities.

In a 1920 Little World Series game, outfielder Chit threw out three Bristol runners, two at third base and one at home plate. In 1923 the Warren and Barrington Gazette had this to say about Chit: “At the Bristol Common he made one of the sensational outfield catches he is noted for.  No other man on the field would have laid a glove on the ball.”

 Picture from Hall of Fame archives (1912 Manufacturers League Champions)