Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-27
BASE BALL NEWS.
Rules Adopted at the Meeting
 of City League

Business Principles Will Be Adhered
 to This Season-All Professionals
 Are Barred From the League
 President and Secretary Treasurer
 to Be Elected Later-Affairs ill the
 State League-Other Baseball News.
 The following rules and by-laWs, which were adopted at the meetlng ol the City Base Ball league on luesuay evening, will assure the people or va, terbury that the league this year win be conducted on business pfinclpies' and that the gentlemen connected Wiln the league are going to hustle 10 give the best kind of base ball this season. Of course some of the articles gwen below may be altered in some respect and there may be others added, put III the main they are about correct. lney are as follows:
 At the first meeting of the league 1T April of each year, the seconu ues- day, each manager shall mana to liie secretary of the league list or not more than fourteen players, said play CTS having agreed to play Wllh nls
  retary shall record said names Ill tue record book of the league. Tn case two or more managers shall claim the services of the same player ana no settlement can be arrived at, said nlayer shall belong to the team ne nlays q league game with first, and shall be so recorded by the secretary.
 No person shall be allowed to play with any team in this league unless said player shall have been a resident of the city of Waterbury for at least thirty days previous to the opening or the season.
 A player leaving a club with which he has agreed to play for the purpose of playing with and does play With an other club in this league, shall not De allowed to return to and play With the club he has left, only at the con sent of the board of managers, or every game shall be forfeited in which he plays.
 No player shall be eligible or shall be allowed to play with any club i'll this league who has played the prevl- ous season or part of the previous sea son, or who has or shall play this sea- son with q State league team or a l team known or recognized as profes- sional team. This does not apply, 1 however. to a player who may be given trial the previous season or this sea son. providing said trial did not or shall not last longer than two weeks. l The name of the league shall be known as the City Amateur Base Ball 1 league of Waterbury, Conn. The object of the league shall be to l furnish and manage amateur base ball among the different amateur clubs of the city, who are members of the l league.
 The league at the present time is composed of the following clubs: l Washington Hill Athletics, Brooklyn Athletics, St Joseph's T. A. B.. St Thomas Cadets, Pastime Athletics, Jeffersons. The manager of the above named clubs or any club which may 1 hereafter be admitted to membership, shall be the representative of his club at each meeting of the league. l Tn case a manager cannot be pres I ent at a meeting. he or the president of the club or the association he repre- sents shall have the power to send 9 l substitute, but said substitute shall furnish proof of his right to represent the club
 The officers of the league shall con- sist of president and a secretary, who shall also act as treasurer. They shall be elected by ballot at the first meeting in April of each year and q majority of votes cast shall constitute an election, but there must be at least fonr representatives present. | The president shall preside at all metings of the board of managers. If the president should be chosen from the board of managers he shall not be
 deprived of his right to vote on any l question. If the president is not 2 member of the board of managers he I shall not have q vote on any question, except in case of a tie vote. when he shall have the deciding vote on all oc-- casions.
 l The secretary shall keep q record of all meetings of the board of managers and record of all the games won and llost by each club of the league. also a record of all players belonging to the different clubs. and any other duties that the board of managers shall di- rect. and the managers shall also in- form the secretary of the signing or releasing of players.
 Aside from these rules there will De otherS adopted at the next meeting or the league. and possibly some of the above may receive additions
 I Joseph Brennan of this city is q can- didate for the position of second base on the Holy Cross base ball team for l the coming season.
 l Jack Lawlor. who has signed with the San Francisco team of the Cali fornia State Base Ball league for the season, will leave Ansonia for the Golden Gate q week from next Mo1i- day. Lawlor will be accompanied by Bone of New Haven and Thomas Leahy who played last year with NIil- waukee. in the American league Both will play on the Frisco team Law lor's family will remain in Ansona for the summer and if Jack decides to stay i'll California they will join him in the
 fall
 The Globes baseball man doesn't
 care two straws what sort of q team
 the management selects to do busi-
 ness with. All that is wanted is a
 team that can play ball and keep out of last place. We have been in it
 long enough. Some club has got to
 hold it down. 1t is some other clubs