Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-16
CITY AMATEUR LEAGUE.
Regular Meeting Held at the St Joseph
 Rooms Last Evening.

any season Of the six years or the league. There are several postponed games to be played and no team has cinch on the pennant. It is almost practically conceded that the Merri- macs and the Pastimes are out of the race, but they may be strong factors i'll the settlement of the pennant in their games with the four leaders. That was the case last Sunday, when the St JoSephS, who were making strong race for first honors, were beat en by the PaStimeS. The MeTrfnla cS are now putting up fast game of ball and should not be easy for any team in the league. With two teams tied for first place and two teams for sec ond place and all four within mailing distance of the pennant, the finish will be a corking good one and perhaps a sensational one.
 So far the managers of the league have kept as closely as possible to the league rules Sometimes, however, the rules were shaved pretty closely, but nothing of serious nature hap pened. Last Sunday, however, the Pastimes played a new pitcher and no one on the grounds seemed to know him, aside from the members of the PaStimes. He pitched so well that the St Josephs were defeated. Since that game rumors have been very rife concerning this pitcher and the pFesi- dent reported last evening that he had been informed that the pitcher was Stratton of Danbury. It was claimed by the manager of the Pastimes at the meeting that Str1tton came within the rules, as he lived here before the league started. Investigation to-day, however, failed to discover that fact and in all probability unless further evidence is brought to show that the pitcher could be used within the rules the game of last Sunday will be for feited to the St Josephs. It might be well to say in this connection that the manager of the St Josephs made no complaint in the ma tier, but the story first came to the ears of the president and he determined to ferret the case out
 The reasons for being so very strict on this one particular point are good ones. It will be remembered that some years ago when the City Anna teur league was closing up the season there were two or three teams who ! secured the services of several of the state league players to help them out in the final roundup. Tn order to pre- vent q recurrence of that kind of anna teur playing a rule was inserted which kept out all such players and prevent ed the introduction of ringers at the close of the season. That is why St Josephs will get the game of last Sun day unless the president of the league is furnished with conclusive evidence within twenty-folr hours that the l pitcher of last Sunday came within i the rules.
 Another matter that was touched ] upon was another report which had reached the president and that was to the effect that some of the teams in the league stood ready to throw games l to one or two of the fRvorites in the race before the season wound up. The managers were all informed that to | win a pennant in that manner would not be satisfactory to the winning | team nor to the league. The public, too, would decry such action, and it would be the most unsportsmanlike method ever pursued to win a pennant. Ii is believed that this warming will have the desired effect and each team will put forth its best effort to win out.
 There will be no more Saturday games played in the league, as it was voted last night, because all the factor I ies will resume the full work day next l Saturday, and the majority of the I players in the league are employed in the factories. The two games sched 1 uled for next Sunday are as follows
 At , o'clock, tns North Ends vs tine 1 -lns~. I ton Hills vs the Brcoklyns. These will be two of the best games of the
 season ard for this reason: Tho ullis and the North Enders lre tfc'l for first I place. X defeat of eitasr one Of thent
 means whole loE The BroeSiyns arc out foc the pennant and they believe
 that by defeating he Lli.!s they wi!
 land it. Last Sunday, it will be e. l membered. these two teams played Q ] tie game and 1t was one of the most l exciting of the season. The Merri
 macs, as was said before, can be 2 l stumbling block to any team in the
 league, and they will try to be thai
 block to the North Ends next Sunday .I in the first game. A defeat of both oi the leaders will mean still closer fin T ish, with four teams 'bunched for the I final sprint.
 William Kie4ey of Naugatuck will
 be secured for all the final games ol
 the series. He is Considered one of the
 most impartial unrpires in the business
 and has always been liked by the
 teams in the City league. The other umpires have done well, but as ths
 race is so close it was thought better to get man who does not reside 1T !, the city and-who would not be inclined \ to favor one team more than another
 Mana ger Leydon of the St Josephs
 and Manager Madden Of the Brooklyn. were appointed q committee to selec q suitable trophy, the price not to ex ceed $100.
 The following are the games to bt !, played before the season is over Washington Hills, three games, witt the Brooklyns Merrimacs and Pas skt