Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-03
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 BASE BALL NOTES.
American League Held an Important
 Meeting Yesterday.

Meeting Yesterday.
 President Young yesterday issued a call for the annual meeting of the Ma tional league and American Assocla- ton of Professional Base Ball Clubs, to be held at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York city, on Tuesday, December 10.
 Patsy Donovan, manager of the Na- tional league base ball club of St Louis, has signed two new pitchers, Allemang of Little Rock, Ark, and Dunham of Dayton, O. Both are said to be promising younsters.
 Sudhoff of St Louis will in all prob ability be the next Cardinal to desert to the American league. Jimmie Me Aleer is hot after him for the ,ew club. Last year Sudhof drew $l,s00 from Frank Robson. He has received son. but this McAleer has raised an ad- ditional $500 and the chances favor his desertion.
 American league nlagnates spent yesterday afternoon and evening in the transaction of business almost wholly routine. then adjourned until to-day. leaving to q committee of three the arranging of terms with Matt ISillilea for the transfer Of the Milwaukee franhciSe to St Louis. The committee to treat with killiIea consists of Coir- iskey of Chicago, Shibe of Philadei- phia and Postal of Washington. They will report today. President Johnson said definitely that the controlling in terest in St Louis or the interest not retained by Killilea would be held by the leagEan until such time as it was given over to suitable packers, or until .L 4l1., cess. The league went into session with the following representation: Chicago, Charles \. Comiskey; Detroit, John McNamara; Milwaukee, Fred c. Cross; Boston. Charles w. Somers: Philadelphia. Benjamin Shibe and Connie Mack: Baltimore, Harry Gold man and John J. McGraw; Washing ton, Fred Postal and Thomas T. Lof tus, and Cleveland. J. F. Kilfoyl. Mir McNamara made a speech. rehearslng the conditions in Detroit and reciting the change i'll ownership from Burns & Stallings to stock company headed by $. A. Angus. Similarly the change in Washington from Postal &S Man. ming to Postal & Loftus was an- nounced. Upon motion committee of three on playing rules were appointed to report at the schedule meeting, v ager of Detroit, and Kilfoyl. Ban Johnson was reelected president, with Charles w. Somers vice-president To the board of directors were elected Philadelphia. Boston, Detroit and Cleveland. Much interest was shown in the makeup of the teams for next year. Johnson refused to give out d list of the National league players said to be signed, but compilation of the teams from different sources, official and unofficial, was obtained. Somars of Boston says he has not signed Di- neen of the Boston National league team. and his name does not appear on the list. George Davis. the Giants shortstop for the Chicagos. Tom Dalv is down for second base on the same team. Hughes is claimed as a pitcher for Baltimore. but .whefher Hughes of Chicago or Hughes of Brooklyn is not announced. Denzer who pitched q few games last year for the Giants. is included ainong the Chicago box staff Chicago also claims Danny Green of last years National league club. Orth and Townsend. pitchers of the Phila- drlnhfa National league team. are claimed by Washington. as are Wolvcr- ton and Delehanty. Mack's team in PhiIadelphia claims Duea1eby. q pitai- CT: Monte Cross. shortstop and Harr. gel and Flick. II is said that this list includes only those that Johnson and his pirates are sure of. It is said that others are under consideration.