Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-12
BASEBALL NEWS.
Connecticut League Organizes ana
 Bristol and Derby Are Out.

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 At q gathering of managers of the Connecticut State Base Ball league yesterday afternoon at the Garde, New Haven, the circuit was definitely fixed for the coming season. There will De eight teams. The clubs decided upon are: New Haven, Hartford. Spring fled, Waterbury. Meriden, New Lon don. Norwich and Bridgeport.
 The changes in the circuit from last season is the admission of Hartford and Springfield and the dropping of Bristol and Derby. For two seasons the admission of Hartford and Spring. field has been talked of, but at the last moment these. teams were left our.
 The changing of the circuit has been under consideration for q long time. Harrington of Waterbury. Canayan of New Haven, and Kennedy of Bristol have been acting as q committee of the managers to see what could be done toward changing the circuit and the report as outlined above was ac. cepted.
 The Springfield franchise was award ed to Roger Connor, and he will con- trol the team i'll connection with his brother Joe. There is some doubt yet about who will control the Hartford franchise. The Hartford Base Ball Go claim the base ball rights in thar town. In all probability Reisling, late of Bristol, or Dan Shannan, the um- pire. will manage the club in Hartford. This will be settled at a later meet ing. Tom Reilly will have charge of the Meriden team and will not go to Hartford. as rumored Ownership in the other clubs will remain the same
 It was voted that the players of the dropped Bristol and Derby clubs re- vert to the league, to be distributed by inc managers to the clubs included in the circuit.
 The managers now feel that they have one of the strongest minor leagues in the country and by all means the most compact.
 Senator Whitlock of Derby was elected president of the league and James II. O'Rourke of Bridgeport sec retary and treasurer.
 Buchanan Keith, who owned and managed the Western league team Ill Omaha for two years, has declined to accept President Hickey's offer of franchise for that city in the Ameri- can association.
 Roy Thomas, the Philadelphia out fielder. came over to New York yeSter- day with a contract all ready to sign. The contract was one of his own draft- ing and Colonel Rogers did not like certain of its provisions. Thomas did not sign.
 The New York club yesterday se- cured two new players. The men are Matty Mcintyre, an outfielder of the Philadelphia American league club, and l.. Quinlan, shortstop of the Mon treal team Both players have signed New York contracts.
 The Pittsburg baseball club met at the office of James F. Northrope in No 1 Exchange place, Jersey City, yester-. day. The report of the president srowed the championship won, money made, all the old players remaining and some new ones signed. Presi- dent Dreyfuss was reelected, as were w H. Schalph as vice president, II. C- Pulliam, secretary and treasurer.
 Ned Hanlon will be in command of the New York National league team in 1902. A. G. Spalding will not be. president of the National league These are the two potent facts in the baseball interest of the time. Mir Spalding attended the session of the magnates yesterday and made an ad- dress. The vote upon the motion to make him president was tie, to 4, and as q consequence he failed of election Yesterday the magnates by