Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-05
THE DIAMOND.
EIGHT CLUBS
 IN THE LEAGUE
Norwich With All Her Ar- ray of Arguments Was Downed-No Application from Waterbury.

league this season. This was settled yesterday at special meeting of the league. Norwich made desperate attempt to get back into the fold but was thrown down by a vote of to 7. Norwich men presented a petition filled with the names of lovers of base ball in that town. A delegation of influential citizens, headed by Judge | Desmond, R. B. Tracey, D. J. Hayes and Thomas F. Burns represented the newly formed Norwich team. TheI formal spokesman was Cornelius J. Danaher, owner of the New Haven franchise. He said that the manage ment of the Norwich new club had 1 fine grounds, excellent men assured, l plenty of backing, and were all ready to put 8 strong nine in the field. l Waterbury made an informal appli- cation for admission last week but it was not represented yesterday, be- cause no grounds could be secured. The Waterbury men who were at the head of the movement were George Strobel and NJ. I. Thompson. MT l Thompson is a former Georgetown university trainer.
 The circu definitely settled the schedules which had been drawn up for the claimants for the $50 prize offered were submitted. Two of the league directors were candidates for league cash, MT Bristol of Meriden and Mir Humphreys of New London. They presented their own lists of dates and Manager Dan O'Neill of Springfield presented one which had been compiled by G. c. Starcy. sport 1 ing editor of the Springfield Union. The league finally adopted the opening dates and holiday matches scheduled l by Mir Starcy and the rest Of the sche- dule of MT Humphreys and voted to divide equally the cash prize between the two. According to MT Starcy's schedule the holiday games are to be as follows:
 Memorial Bridgeport and New Haven, morning and afternoon: Mer- iden and Hartford. Springfield and Holyoke, and New London and Worces- ter. It is practically certain that the mornings game will be New Ha- ven at Bridgeport, Hartford at Merf- den, Springfield. at Holyoke, and Worcester at New London.
 Fourth of July-Springield and Worcester, Hartford and Hoiyoke,
 Meriden and New Haven, and Br dge- port and New London. The distribu- ton of morning and afternoon games on this date and on Labor Day Is not certain.
 l Labor Day-New Haven and New
 London, Meriden and Bridgeport, Springfield and Holyoke, Hartford and l Worcester.
 The dates for the three days which include the opening games at home of all the clubs are as follows : Thursday April 2S, Hartford at Worcester, Hol- yoke at Springfield, Meriden at New London, and New Haven at Bridge port.
 I Friday, April 29, Hartford at Springfield, Holyoke at Worcester,
 AEer den at Bridgeport, and New Ha- ai ven at New London.
 . Saturday, April 30, Worcester at
 Hartford, Springfield at Holyoke, New
 Haven at Meriden, and Bridgeport at
 New Haven.
 Lynn wants to get into the Connecti-
 cut league. A formal application was
 presented yesterday from F. J. Leon
 ard of that city. Not much discussion , followed on it. Nobody saw any chance of granting it and it was
 
 } Danaher presided at the meeting and
 the delegates who were present were: Springfield, Daniel O'Neill; Holyoke F. H. Prindiville; Hartford, W. J. Tracey; New Haven, MT Danaher; Meriden, W. F. Bristol: New London, c. D. Humphreys; Bridgeport, James H. OiRourke; and Worcester, Malachi Jedediah Kittredge.
 { TTS,,, Wade, pitcher for Holyoke last year; Harry Moves, the former New London third baseman; Terry Rogers, the old Norwich shortstop; Jack Tighe, cap tain of the Norwich team for three years; and Umpire Merrick. MT Mer
 rick will probably be a member of the umpire staff again Wade has moi } signed, but he is through with HoI l yoke. He pitched for the Murray Hills against the Philadelphias Sunday and was beaten, 5 to 0. Moves is still un signed. He played with the Hobokens : against the Poughkeepsies on Sunday 7 tie game resulting, 5 to 5. Moves } played third base. Lamar, formerly oi : the Meridens, catcher, and Pete Kier 7 nan, of the Bridgeports, snortstop l Tuck Turner of Norwich played center } field
 , No action was taken yesterday look ) ing to change of name of the league $ No date for another special meeting
 was set and another may not be neces
 sary before the playing seasons opens
 in two weeks. The only unfinished
 business is the announcement of the
 staff of umpires and Dan Shannon ot 7 Bridgeport, head of the staff, vii I probably promulgate announcement il 7 few days.
 : It was voted to require each teams
 bond of $500 to be on hand on or be fore April 15.
 : At Montgomery.
 Montgomery. Ala, April 5.--The
 New York Nationals tried to take
 things easy in their exhibition game
 with the local Southern league team
 here yesterday and when they woke UT
 1t took them ten innings to land vic
 tory. The final score was New York