Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-31
DOE SLAPPED AGAIN
The Base Ball Directors Fine tho Norwich Team for Using Ringers.

The Base Ball Directors Fine the
 Norwich Team for Using Ringers.
 The directors of the Connecticut state league of base Ca- clubs held thelr annual meeting yesterday after noon at Hotel Garde. New Haven. and transacted in a speedy manner and without the semblance of a wrangle IhG business which came up. The lolloWlng places were represented:
 Waterbury, Roger COnnor: New Haven, James E. Canavan; Meriden Thomas l.: Reilly; Bristol James Kennedy and W. J Tracy; New Lon don H. H. Riggleman, Thomas Hern- don and George Bindloss: Bridgeport James H. ORourke Mir O'Rourke also represented Derby. Norwich was not represented at the meeting. even Fred Doe not being present. He was probably not anxious to listen to the comments which were to be made on his unfair and disgracecu1 conduct to- wards the close of the season.
 The meeting was called to order at 3:30. and in the absence of President Whitlock. Thomas l.. Reilly was called upon to preside.
 The first business which came LID was action on a numDer of protested and forfeited games. which received but scant considera tioHl. The former were sustained and the latter killed
 Under section Il of the constitution information for violation of section 43 of the constitution by the Norwich club was presented to President Whit lock and considered by the board of directors. The unanimous decision of the board was that the three games in which Lewis. 8 member of the Boston club, took part. to Wit one against New Haven and two against Bridge port, should be thrown out and the penalty prescribed by the constitution, viz, $50 fine, be imposed on the Nor wich club.
 It was then voted to award the championship to Norwich with the usual money stipend.
 The following resolution was then adopted:
 Resolved, that no player under contract either to the National league Eastern or Western associations of base ball club, shall be eligible to take part in any championship game 1 played by the Connecticut State | league: but this is not intended to in clUde within the provisions of this resolution any player a member of the | Connecticut State league during the SeuSOu Ol l3oO
 Any violation of this rule shall subject the offending club to a pen | alty of S150 for each game in which said player so takes part or in lieu of said penalty, expulsion, at the op- tion of the directors
 r During the discussion of the con- duct of Doe of Norwich some em- phatic language in condemnation of | it was used and this was endorsed by all present. It was the unanimous opinion that If such conduct was al- lowed to continue. the State league could not last, and, therefore, it was decided to prevent a repetition of it in the future.
 The election of officers resulted in the unanimous choice of Sturges Whitlock for president and James H. O'Rourke for secretary and treasurer,
 The, New London franchise was transferred from GeoIse Bindloss to Messrs Riggleman and Hernon, and the Meriden franchise was voted to Thomas L. Reilly.
 It was unanimously voted to put the Bristol club on the same sharing lines as to (equaD percentage as the others. | Boston will not take Pitcher Dough erty after all. Manager O'Rourke has received notice that the draft. has been released.