Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-13
THE DIAMOND.
Trouble Brewing in Conneeti-
 cut League Ranks

An Official Meeting and a Snap Meet
 ing Held-Was Dan O'Neill Really
 Punished ?--Lindeman and the Ho-
 bokens Were Beaten Yesterday-Re-
 suits of Games in All Leagues.
 The Connecticut league just now ls in the throes of discord and all be- cause Dan O'Neill spent little of the money he was making in getting good team together and because he has a fair chance to win the pennant. It is a good thing that some manager came into the league to stir up the sluggish blood of several of the mana gers and force them to loosen their purse strings. Just listen to some of the expressions of opinion from three of the daily papers:
 The Hartford Courant says: "Hol- yoke and Meriden each claim to lead the Connecticut league. Manager O'Rourke of Bridgeport. the only gen. uine diplomatist in the league, says that the league voted to throw out the games in which Vickers pitched for Holyoke. He says there is no possible doubt as to the legality of the vote and that there Is no occasion for an- other meeting. Manager Connor of Springfield says he instructed his proxy, Canavan, to vote in favor of throwing out the Vickers games. O'Rourke says Canavan voted in O'NeflPs favor
 The Springfield Republican prints the following from it's New Haven correspondent: Ut came out to-day that an hour after the session of the league had closed last night, or more specifically, about o'clock this morn ing, vote was passed resembling the vote which threw out the games won by Holyoke with Vickers in the box. This remarkable action was taken af- ter the meeting was said to have ad- 1ourned, and after Vice President c. J. Danaher, the chairman of the session, and Manager Kennedy of the Meriden team had gone home. The impromptu session of the league magnates was called in the corridors of the Hotel Garde. instead of the room where the formal votes had been previously passed, and it is not known who was chairman or whether the magnates had a presiding official Whether the vote was illegal or not cannot be told Ue lA4io lil4Ss dCllOA Dy Uu6 league last night in several respects was revolutionary one, for the mil Dority faction of the league had the bits in their teeth and rode roughshod over Jim O'Rourke, the founder of the league and the power which has dic- tated every move ever made by it. O'Rourket has had Tom. Reilly of Hart ford, Roger Connor of Springfield and generally Morrissey of Norwich and Humphrey of New London with him. Last niRht Manager Canavan of New Haven held the New London and Springfield proxies"
 The Meriden Journal says: 'tAfter the warmest session that the directors of the Connecticut Baseball league ever held, Dan O'Neill, the scrappy Holyoke manager, was beaten at every turn, the Vickers games thrown out and the Meriden team placed first in the league over HolyolSe at the Hotel Garde last night. Never was there such a stormy session. Personalities flew thick and fast, and the inter- change of shots would remind one of the firing line in the Philippines. Vice President Danaher. who was in the chain, had a go with O'Neill and the Holyoke manager came off second as was to have been expected O'Neill and 0Rourke had another spat, and the Paper City man grew very bitter. He was worsted at every point and after the meeting had been on ten minutes, he crawled and begged the directors to let up on him. He came in blus- tering and bluffing and went out whipped