Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-08
AMATEUR LEAGUE.
A BENEFIT
is ARRANGED
Pick of City League to Play
Consolidated for Injured
Player Cavanaugh--O Other
Amateur Notes.

The City Amateur league held a very
important meeting at the st Joseph's
rooms last night, and every team was
represented. The matter OF finances
was thoroughly discussed and as the
teams cannot play base ball without
some remuneration 1T was decided to
ask the public who have been witness
ing the contests free OF charge to help
out little. If all who attend the
games on the Riverside grounds every
Sunday would only drop in 5, 10, Is, 20
Or % cents each, the managers could
easily pay their expenses. Some may
ask what those expenses are. There
are six new balls put in play every
Sunday, the umpire must be paid, the
managers of the teams have to pur-
chase bats. gloves, masks, etc, and
there are innumerable little expenses
which mount up to quite lump sum
at the end OF each game. There Is no
admission charged and the public
should assist a little in the payment OF
actual expenses TO that end the peo-
pie who are present next Sunday will
be asked to donate little to help along
the six teams in the league.
One very important and generous
feature adopted unanimously last night
was the giving of benefit game for
Patrick J. Cavanaugh, who was SO bad
" injured in one of the games last Sun
day. At the time of the accident 1t
was not believed that he was seriously
hurt, but later Developments disclose
the fact that his ankle was fractured
and that it will be some time before he
will be able to use his foot again, II
he is ever able to use 1t In as good
shape as 1t was before the accident.
Every manager was unanimous In Civ
ing a benefit game. and the following
proposition was submitted The man
ayers were to pick out of the league
ten or twelve of the best men In the
league and pit them against the strong
Consolidated team Manager Thomp-
son, who was representing the North
End team last night, and who Is one
of the managers of the Consolidated
team, declared positively that the SER
vices OF the members of the Consoli-
dated team were at the disposal of the
committee of arrangements for the Dem
eft game. 1t was then decided that the
game would be played on the Water
bury Driving park on Saturday after
noon. June %. Tickets will soon be
distributed throughout the city ana
every team will make an effort to make
the benefit game big success.
AS the Consolidated team Is one or
the strongest and heaviest batting ag-
gregations among the serni-profession-
al teams Of the state, it was decided to
pit against them the best talent in the
league. and to that end the following
team has been selected to face the
Consolidated: Dwyer of the Brooklyns
and Spellman of the Pastimes, eaten
ers;4 Tom Byrnes of the st Josephs ana
George Byrnes of the Merrimacs, pitcA-
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base: ShugrTle of the Brooklyns sec
ond base; Burgess of the Merrimacs,
third base: Young Hennebry Of the
Pastimes. shortstop; Dews Of the Pas
times. left field: Maloney of the North
Ends. center field; Kane of the Wash
ington Hills. right field.
The Consolidated team will be made
IN as follows: Slayin. catcher: Dan
Cook, pitcher; Mulligan. first base; Fred
Taller. second base: Fred Hennebry,
third base: young Lallier, shortstop;
Iawlor, left field; Camp, center field;
and Thompson. right field.
The president Of the league will UNI
pire the game and it is expected that at
least 1000 people will witness the con-
test.
II was decided last night to make
one more effort to secure the Driving
park for the games or the lSasu e, dhs.
to that end committee was appointed
to wait upon the park management and
see what could be done.
The following was the schedule ar
ranged for next Sunday: At 2 o'clock.
the Brooklyns and the Merrimacs; at
4 o'clock. the Washington Hills and
the North Ends; both games on the
lower diamond; and at 3 o'clock, on the
upper diamond, the Pastimes and the
st Josephs.