Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-21
AMATE EURS MAKE APPEAL.
The Lovers of Base Ball Asked to Contribute tc the Support of the me..-Contributions Can Be Left at Democrat Offcc---Scorc of Opening Games in Greater Waterbury Amateur League Yesterday ---Protest From
 St Josephs Sec
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The City Amateur league will open its season on May IS, with ali the clubs playing in different sections of the city. Between now and then there has to De a great deal of work done and much money expended. To get this money is what we want you to get interested in, and with that end in view we wish to put our case before you, to judge for yourself. The league is composed of the best clubs in the city and have in their ranks Waterbury's best a1na- teurs. These clubs are the Washington Hill A. C., Brooklyn A. C., St Joseph's, St Thomas Cadets A. A., Pastime A. c. and the Jeffersons. These clubs con- prised the league last season and gave the public the best ball that has been played here in some time, free of charge. All the expenses for the sea- son (and they amounted to over S6O0) were paid out of the different clubs terasuries. This season the expenses will be just as high, and the different managers think that the public is inter- ested enough in amateur base ball to help them defray the expense. The league will give the people forty-ive games this season (fifteen by each club so that the attendants at these games will have their pick of three each week. The league has to furnish base balls. umpires and other incidentals, besides uniforming the teams, and to do this they have got to have money. What the league will give. the public is clean, fast amateur ball for fifteen weeks, by the best amateurs in the city, and what the league expects the public to do is to contribute some money to the sub scription that is opened at the Demo- crat office. We ask you to contribute anything you wish, and all those wno contribute p cents or more will be sent a button that will entitle them to a place among the promoters of honest sport for the entire season. No more overtures will be made by the league for money, and there will be no col lections or any other schemes worked. We take our chance on the subscrip- ton and there it ends. All the money will be handled by the Democrat until the league directors take action on it's disposition. Yours,
 CITY AMATEUR LEAGUE.
 The opening games in the Greater Waterbury Amateur Base Ball league were played yesterday and were wit messed by large crowds. The games resulted as follows: Moonlights IS, Columbias [; Sunshine A. c. 32. Fifth Wards 6; Lafayettes 5, Oakville Stars ?: Merrimac A. CT. Big Seven 2. All the games were interesting to watch, excepting the Sunshine A. Griffith Ward game. The Fifth Wards appear rather weak. The Merrimac- Big Seven game at Waterville continued only five innings, as the teams had to give the grounds to the Brooklyn A. O. and Wa terville teams. Players from the City Amateur league are playing with the team in the Greater Waterbury league. This may cause trouble later on It is too early to judge much concerning the teams. but indications point to a hard race between several teams. The standing of the league is as follows: