The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-25
BIG BASEBALL MEETING.
HELD AT THE HOTEL GARDE YES-
 TERDAY AFTERNOON.

state League Circuit VIII Contain Eight
 CIubs-Hartford Gets Derby Players
 and Springfield d Gets the Bristol Ch m-
 pions-No Hartford Director Appoint
 ed-yictor Ball Adopted.
 A meeting of the Connecticut State
 Baseball league was held in the Hotel
 sion turned out to be one of the most
 important in the history of the league,
 The chief topic of debate at the meet
 ing was concerning the ten-club idea
 and later the transfer of the Derby club
 to Hartford and the champion Bristols
 to Springfield. Springfield, therefore. gets the plum.
 Hartford, however, gets a fair set of
 players in the list who were on the list of the Derby team, the league tail enders. The two best men of the Derby
 team, however, Scannell and Lawlor,
 who were owners of the club, were crafty enough not to put themselves on the reserve list so that they cannot be held by the transfer voted by the meet ing yesterday.
 There is only one exception in the cases of the Bristol and the Derby teams who were yesterday voted trans ferred to Hartford and Springfield, re- spectively. Hi Ladd, who led the league in batting, will not go from Derby to Hartford owing to a technicality in his contract, and Dr. Reisling, the Bristol captain and star all-round player, will not go from Bristol to Springfield but will play with Hartford.
 The Bristol players who will go to Springfield are: Anderson and Beau mont, catchers; Mclean and Mann, pitchers; Connors, first base; Owens, second base Berry, short stop: Francis, third base; sheff1er left field; Kennedy, center field. One of the extra battery men played right field for Bristol last season.
 The motion to make this disposition of the players and settle the most knot ty question of the season was made by Secretary O'Rourke.
 There was a little sparring over the SN circuit. This came in the form of a motion by the leader of the minority, Thomas l.. Reilly, of Meriden that the circuit for this year consist of ten clubs. MT. Reilly was snuffed out in a twinkling. The vote was to against | his motion. The only clubs supporting | him were his own-the Meriden club and the Hartford club.
 &n lob Nyrle that which decided that the league sea son should begin May and close Sep tember 13, week later than usual. Since the league was organized it has closed its season the Saturday after Labor day. This year the addition of Hartford and Springfield has made the league decide to play week later in the fall.
 The league directors for the year were all decided upon. with the exception of that in Hartford, where the organiza- ton of the club is not fully completed. The list appointed follows: Springfield, Roger Connor; Hartford, undecided; Thomas l.. Reilly; New Lon- don, P. l.. Shea; Bridgeport James Fl. O'Rourke New Haven, James F. Can avan; Waterbury. George F. Harring- ton; Norwich H. B. Davenport.
 It was decided to adopt the Victor ball as the official one for the league, c. P. of Springfield representing that company, was at the meeting and q addressed the magnates in their execu- tive session.
 The following committee was appoint ad to revise the constitution and by laws: Thomas l.. Reilly, Meriden; J. L. Hartford; James H O'Rourke, 
 A short discussion relative to chang Ing the method of distributing the gate -eceipts was held. It was unanimously agreed that the present system of eiv- ng the home club GO per cent and the , ,isitirg club 40 per cent. was the fairest I possible manner and that it had been | he salvation of the league since its or yanization. f April 1 was set as the limit allowed S he clubs for filing their bond for the ( eas son. T Sturgis Whitlock, a member of the | tate senate and president of the state I eague. was in the chair at the meeting afternoon. The representa- Ives of the league present were: New Haven and Brideeport James H. I } )'Rourke; Springfield Rooer Connor; feriden, T. L. Reilly; Hartford J. l.. Viltsie; Waterburv G F. Harrington; Norwich J. H. Tighe; New London, P. [. Shea h