Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-23
THE DIAMOND.
Brooklyn Athletic Club Award
 ed the Pennant.

ington Hills Withdraw Their Pro-
 test-It Was q Unanimous Vote to Give Brooklyn the Cup Meeting
 Ended in Perfect Harmony.
 The controversy in the City Anna teur base ball league over the award ing of the pennant is at. an end, and last evening, after general hand-shake e all around the Brooklyns were for a second time declared the winners and the cup was awarded to them by a unanimous vote. The investigation which has been going on quietly for the past two days has created an un- usual amount Of interest and last night around the rooms of the St Joseph so- ciety, where the final meeting for this season was held, there were many peo- pie awaiting the issue.
 The whole trouble can be laid at the door of a player named Campbell, a former resident of this city, but who has been absent from the city for some months until he returned a few weeks ago. While the said Campbell did not assume any aliases he certainly did essay the role of one of the greatest story tellers that ever existed. It seemed utterly impossible for him to tell the same story in the same way or possessing the same significance within a half hours time of each tell ing. It was a strange batch of infor- nation concerning Campbell that was brought into the meeting last night and after it was read the managers looked at each other and wondered how such person as Campbell ever expected to get away with his various tales. How ever, here was the evidence laid before the meeting.
 Campbell told the president of the league that he had never told any per- son he was a professional ball player until he told the president Wednesday night He said he never told another newspaper representative that he had played base ball in Poughkeepsie all summer. He said that representatives Of the Washington Hills and the Brooklyns had been chasing him up all that day Wednesday,, and he finally told his wife to tell the callers he was not at home. He had played eight games for s a game with Staatsburg. He was a professional and wanted it known as such. He would not have played at all if he knew the trouble he was going to cause He never told any manager he was not professional, nor was he asked the question. A
 Now, as to the truth Of all the above statements, the following was brought out: Manager Kelly Of the Hills had been told by Campbell that he was a professional before the. president had q talk with him at all A signed state ment from s. Daniel ]. Sullivan was presented to show that Campbell had told him in Poughkeep- sic that he was playing base ball there and was having a good thing out of 1t, Both, the. Washington Hill and the Brooklyn management, denied chasing Campbell mp, but Campbell had gone to the mana ger of the Hills with his story of being a professional. The story that he. told his wife to fell disproved because his wife is not here in Waterbury Two dispatches had Ee CT sent 10 ff- marty he claimed, was manager of tie Staatsburg team and neither one of them was answ cred. He told the Pastimes before he played with them last Sunday, that he had not played professional ball and was eligi- ble to play in the City league. He told certain other parties that the Hills and the Brooklyns were after him 10 decide the question since Sunday and he was going where he got the most money. Both mana gers of those teams denied offering him any inducement: in fact, Manager Madden had not seen him and Manager Kelly had seen him only when he presented himself.
 As soon as the bunch of contradic- tions was presented to the meeting, Manager Kelly Of the Washington Hills at once withdrew his protest of the game with the Pastimes. At once motion was made to award the pen nant to the Brooklyns. and every man. acer present voted in that way. Man ager Kelly of the Hills was the first nan to shake Manager Madden's hand. and he was congratulate in turn by every other manager. Votes of thanks were rendered to the St JosepI's soei- ety for the use of their rooms and to the president for his work in the league. The secretary and treasurer were also rewarded by votes of thanks.
 The meeting broke up in the best of good feeling and all jotrneyed out to- gether and spent an hour in social en- l joyment. The bitterness had all been washed out and friends who had been enemies. so warm had the controversy grown became friends once more. Ev- erybody seemed to be well satisfied 1 that the matter was ended and ended peacefully Every manager admitted that the Brooklyns deserved the pen. nant and were glad they got it. Camp bell. the teller of many colored tales, 1 was put down az a genius in his line l of business and the season of 1903 end ed in more harmony than has ever characterized any season in the history of the league.