Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-27
No More Sunday Base Ball In. ~~ This City.
MANY COMPLAINTS HE SAYS

Prosecuting Attorney Durant Issued an
 Ultimatum To-day-The Rumpus of
 Yesterday at Riverside Park Caused
 the Trouble-This Plan if Carried
 Out, Will Help the Amateur League
 Week Day Games.
 You can safely state that Sunday baseball in this city will be stopped if it can be stopped Thus spoke Prosecuting Attorney Durant to a Democrat reporter this morning ill re- ply to a question from the scribe as to whether or not Sunday baseball will be prohibited in the future. This new move on the part of the prosecut- ing attorney was caused by the dis turbance which took place at the ball grounds yesterday afternoon. twill the game be stopped at Riverside park only or all over the city?'' Ut will be stopped at all the grounds through l out the city, Asked as to who would stop it, he replied, .'The police author ities." Attorney Durant furthermore stated that several complaints against Sunday baseball have been lodged with ihim already this season, but that there was no complaint made to him l to-day about yesterdays trouble, neither had any warrants been sought l for the arrest of any persons who took part in the trouble.
 1 Chief of Police Egan. when asked l in regard to the matter. stated that it was likely that the game would be stepped, but it rested with Attorney Durant to say whether or not it should
 be stopped "If it is prohibited in one place it will be prohibited in all l the places,'' he continued. s"There will be no discrimination. Last year there were a number of complaints lodged against the game, but is was allowed to proceed. This year it was thought that the managers of the different teams would be very careful to see l that there would foe no disturbances But the trouble broke out very early.' | In am interview with the president | of the City Amateur league this after noon relative to the decision of Prose | cutor Durant, is was stated to a rep l resentatiye of the Democrat that while 1 it would create a little inconvenience l ito the various managers in that league, l yet the stopping of Sunday games l would work to the advantage, fnan-
 cially, of the City league. The only ] available grounds to play baseball on and charge admissions is the Driving l park, and this park has been secured 1 for every Saturday, morning and af- ternoon and every holiday, morning and afternoon, by the president of the l City league. He further stated that
 the City league would remain intact, l with perhaps the addition of, one or
 two other teams in order to nlak it
 an eight-club league, and that teams l would be brought here from other cit l ieS throughout the state and as near as possible league would be formed between those cities. The City league 1 went through last season without one complaint being made against any 1 team, and although the season for 1 this league was to start next Sunday
 the president was authorized to state
 that the managers would comply with the law and refuse to play on Sunday. The president further stated that spe-
 cial trains would convey the people to l and from the Driving park and that two games would be played on each 1 Saturday, except when visiting team | came here A meeting of the league
 will be held tomorrow evening and 1t
 will then be decided whether to take l in two more teams or continue as at present constituted.
 A baseball game in Riverside park South Main street yesterday between the Sunshine team and the Lafayettes
 was interrupted by the presence of a
 man named Charles Krantz on the | grounds. Krantz. it seems, rode on
 the trolley cars to the grounds and | when he entered the baseball arena he | was shouted at. Had he stood his 1 ground perhaps he would have been
 safe, but like the man and the dog
 that were scared of each other, when
 the man ran the dog ran after him.
 So when Krantz took to his heels away
 went the crowd after him, laughing | and shouting. Once he fell and dam- l aged hfs hat but saved his head. At the police station he stated tha
 cause of his presence, and half q doZ- l en policemen and detectives imme5i-
 ately started for the grounds. They
 saw crowds of linen on the roadway.
 but the field was cleared when they
 arrived there.
 Krantz was not hurt. but he was
 considerably scared. It was said that two or three other men were surround
 ed by the crowd at the ball game and
 mocked and ieered at, but the police,
 who were on the scene within five min
 utes after the report was made to
 them, say they found no evidence of
 any further trouble Krantz's was
 the only complaint made to them.
 Ytalinns Arm Against Mana.