Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-22
THE DIAMOND.
WHO RUNS <.
 THE LEAGUE
Danaher Had Another Meeting Last Night But Nothing Was Done-Joe Connor's Case. .zs

GSs of the Connecticut Base Ball league attended the meeting of the league in this city last night, which was called by Cornelius J. Danaher, the vice, held proxy for MT Bristol, the Meri- den director, and that made four. Be, sides MT Danaher, Manager Dau O'Neil of Springfield and Manager F. H. Prindiville of Holyoke were pres ent. It was expected that Mir Bristol would attend in person, and it was sa4~. that Manager Humphries of New Lon. don would come.
 The three managers had an informal talk in the lobby of the New Dom meeting in a. private room. At this meeting the action of Vice-President Danaher in ordering the meeting was ratified and it was decided to have him call another meeting so that all of the clubs in the league might be represent ed. Manager O'Rourke of Bridgeport and Manager Tracey Of Hartford say they will not attend any meeting until the first Tuesday in January, the time when the last meeting was adjourned to. It was said last night that infiu- ence was brought to bear upon some of the directors to keep them away from last nights meeting, and Nh Danaher and his friends think they can remove this influence
 Orator 0'Rourke wrote character istic letter to Mir Danaher, as follows. "The Connecticut league held its an AI<x- vember 15,s 1904, all directors havin4 had legal notice of said meeting, ana the directors at said meeting transact ed all business of the. year legally and harmoniously, leaving nothing unset tied in the form of disputes and diff. ferences to be adjusted hereafter, and l then did adjourn to meet again on the first Tuesday of January, 1905. Hart ford is not central, inconvenient and expensive for some of our members to get to-"
 In his application for meeting MT Danaher requested that it be called to be held in this city. The majority of the directors prefer to meet here, as it is more convenient than New Haven. MT O'Rourke objects to paying the ex. tra far fare from New Haven to this city. He attended one meeting in this
 
 adjournment was taken he had to wait in Union station until 2:30 a. m. MT Danaher said last night that he did not consider either meeting held in New Haven November 15 as legal. He said the constitution of the league pro- vides that the annual meeting shall be held in Derby on the last Tuesday in October at 1O.3O a. m. At one of the
 meetings the last season the directors | voted to have their meetings in Hart,
 ford. O'Rourke did not pay any atten- tion to this vote and but one meeting was held here
 The three directors who met last night said that while there was not a quorum present they had the right un- der the rules to transact business. But they did not care to do anything un, ! less the other directors were present MT Danaher said he would call a meet | ing before the first Tuesday in Janu- ary. He said he believed the public was tired of the squabbling of the base ball directors and would like to see an amicable settlement He showed his call for the annual meeting and il l did not mention any hour. He sup posed that the meeting would be held I in the evening and that was why he did not go to New Haven in the after
 noon. MT O'Neil said he did not know l if the hour was specified in his notice.
 MT Prindiville said his call was for ] 2:30 o'clock. The inference was that I TO'ROurke put up Job on Danaher to l keep him away!
 I Mir O'Neil said he was not identified with either the O'Rourke or the Dana
 her faction and he cared no more for 1 one than the other, but he would never l vote to award last seasons champion ship to Bridgeport after 1t had been won by New Haven. He said he be. lieved that good sportsmanship de
 handed that the fighting of the direc-
 tors should cease.
 1 MT Danaher did not expect Manager l Tracey at the meeting. He said that Tuckey had not pitched a game for
 New Haven since he had been sus- pended. When he was suspended bS O'Rourke MT Danaher secured a mail vote from four of the directors, which raised the suspension. After the Ma
 tional association suspended Tuckey
 he was not allowed to pitch. He said
 that Bridgeport permitted Allen to
 pitch for an independent club ana
 Hartford permitted Ferguson and
 Cross to play with independent teams. l Joe Connor of the Springfield team. who is living in Waterbury, came over
 to consult with Manager O'Neil. Man, ager Burnham claims that ne has drafted Connor and will pay $500 for
 his release. Mir O'Neil claims that he
 has not received proper notice of tlse
 draft. It is understood that Connor prefers to play in Springfield. Nh l O'Neil said he would have most of the l players who were with him last season and few new ones. s
 At the meeting last night MT Dana her was authorized to call the next
 meeting. This action shows that the
 rump meting at New Haven in the
 evening is not seriously considered as
 at that meeting GsNeil was chosel, president. Mir O'Neil said he looked 1 upon it as a joke. Therefore. Bridge port at this time is the pennant winner
 of 1904. A
 l NOW FOR BUSINESS.
 MT Editor: