Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-20
THE AMATEURS.
NOW FOR
 THE FINALE
City League Begins Last Series-AthIetic Field for Saturday Games The Cav-
 anaugh Benefit Arranged

anaugh Benefit Arranged
 That the City Amateur league Is not dead nor sleeping was proven very em- phatically last night when every man. ager was present at the meeting of the league in the St Joseph rooms on East Main street Rumors had been rife Of late that the league would not continue. Every manager last night was strong ill his determination to stay to the end and why anyone should want to get out is mystery. The league has never made q dollar in the first weeks of the season. It is when the interest awakens ill the last part of the season that the money comes in and this will be the case this year. That was proven very conclusively last Sunday when the generous contribu- tions of the people who watched the games were counted up.
 All the talk last night was to try and stop the winning lead of the Brooklyns and every team that comes up against the Brooklyns now will give them q hustle. The Brooklyns have no cinch on the pennant and no one knows this better than Manager Lachance and ex- Manager Madden. They can recall when the BrookIyns had it cinched once before and the Washington Hills beat them out. They can also remem- Der when the Hills had the cup all but won when the Brooklyns turned the tables on them. The loss of one or two games will make all the differ ence in the world and the fight from now, to the close will be bitter one. There was some talk of extending the season and increasing the number of games by five, but as this would not Sbe fair to the Brooklyns, who are now in the lead, the matter was dropped.
 One matter which was talked of last night but which was not definitely set tied at the meeting was brought to q head after the meeting was over. That was the matter of playing baseball on Saturday afternoons. After the meet ing was over the president of the league had q talk with Manager Sew ell Of the trolley company and his consent was given for the league to play baseball on Saturday afternoons on the old Athletic field grounds, and after next Saturday, afternoon there will be games there every Saturday until the season closes Next Satur- day the Consolidated team under Man ager James A. Thompson and the Wa teryilles will cross bats at the Driving park and the City Amateur league did not wish to hurt the two teams by scheduling q game for the Athletic field, particularly as Manager Thomp- son Is an eX-manager of the league.
 One week from next Saturday the first game on the Athletic field will be played This will be the long looked for benefit game for Patrick J. Cayan- augh, the catcher of the St Joseph team. who was injured so badly that he will not be able to play ball any more this season. Tickets will be is- sued for the game and all the mana gers and the players will try and make the benefit big success.
 A committee was appointed last night consisting of the managers of the Washington Hills, the North Ends and the St JoseDhs to make arrange ments for the securing of some trophy which will be presented to the winning team this season. This trophy will be selected at once and will be on eX- hibition in some window for the rest of the season.
 Next Sunday starts the final series of the league and then will come the battle royal. One strong point that will start with the final series is tic fact that no player can jump from one team to another after next Sunday He must play with the team he starts i'll with in the last series or he must drop out of the game. Players can be SC, cured from other leagues, but no pro- fessional players will be allowed. This has already started q rivalry and some players who have played on various teams throughout the season may find permanent positions next Sunday. The battle will be all the more interesting for this reason.
 The schedule for next Sunday is as follows: Washington Hills ys St Jo- sephs at 2 o'clock, and this means 2 o'clock. Any team not on the dia- mond at that hour will forfeit the game to the other team. At o'clock the Merrimacs and the Pastimes will do battle, and at o'clock on the up- per diamond the Brooklyns and the North Ends will face each other and the North Ends claim they will put plug in the winning of the Brooklyns. Bill Kieley of Naugatuck will umpire for the rest of the season the two games on the lower diamond.