Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-02
NTH HE AMATEURS.
Stealing Each Others Players
 in the City League.

That Is What the Brooklyns and Pas
 tlmes are Doing for Sunday1Both
 Teams Want That Cup and Only One
 can Get Heterogeneous Made for
 Five Thousand People and Perhaps
 Larger Crowd.
 There will be warm ti,,os at 4ho Drlving park next Sunday aftarnon,, ,1lo when the BrookIyns and the Pasti,nas meet to play the final game in the con. test Tor the cup and the chamDionsbin the City Amateur league. Ii will De remembered that last Sunday Mad Ien and Camp of the Washington l!sils played with the Pastimes and ,.Iueu much in the defeat of the Brook Ayils. Both those players claim the9 were pald for their services but that eey were not paid by the manager
 lhe Pastlmes but by an outsider NOW NOW IL IS learned that Madden and camp will play next Sunday with the brooklyns against the PastiInes and mat they have been offered a much larger figure than they received last sunday. This money will also be paid by an outsider. s~
 It IS pity that the managers of. the Bfooklyns and Pastimes cannot get to- gether and play their regular teams and not resort to this means of win- nlng pennant. One of the rules of the league says distinctly that if manager pays players all games so played will be declared forfeited. Of course the managers are getting around this rule by having some out 0gl " N1 1T this IS not in violation of the rule at that, as a player that is paid for his services is a professional and pro- fessionals are barred from this league Managers Madden and Mcdonald should get together before Sunday and arrange to have the game with their regular teams. Then whichever one winG will have the satisfaction of knowing that he won on his merits and the merits of his regular team and not by the aid of paid players. Every one must remember the trouble the hiring of professionals caused last sea- son and the rule relating to this point was inserted just to keep out those players, but it looks as though the conditions are about the same even though some of the players pose as Amateurs
 It is reported that Kane and Cav anaugh will play with the Pastimes on Sunday to fill the gap caused by the absence of Madden and Camp. It is impossible to learn whether those players are receiving a salary or a present, but evidently since there is money flying around for good players they are as much entitled to it as anyone else. E.-.-
 There is one thing probably that would stand in the way of the two regular teams getting together. Last Sunday Madden and Camp played with the Pastimes and Manager Mad del of the Brooklyns would think it hardly fair for him to lose a game to 1 the Pastines with those two players I helping in the defeat and not be al- lowed to do the same thing himself. That is just what started the trouble last season. One manager began to take in professionals and then there was rush by the leaders for tTe best talent to be secured and when the flnal game was played it was pretty hard to find one amateur player in either b11nch. No matter what is done now tbe game will be a warm one ana no mistake. It will start at 5 o'clock sharp and there will be plenty of cars 10 take you up and back and all your friends with you.