Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-29
THE BOARD OF APPEALS
Hears Evidence in Cox and Conroy
Protests and Other Matters.

Winthrop. Me, Aug 2S.-(SpeciaD.-
The first real step in the settling Of the
dispute over the eligibility rule in the
Trolley League was taken in Winthrop,
tonight when the board of appeal and
the four managers met here in G. A. r.
hail. The meeting was called 10 order
shortly after o'clock by DIR. i. III. Bad
ger who acted as chairman Of the meet
ing and when the meeting finally adj
journed nothing in the way of a decision
was reached. The board of appeal decid-
ed to think over the evidence and they
will meet at the IIallowell House in Hal
lowell this noon, u O'Clock. and settle
the matter once for oil.
The proceedings during the evening
were interesting and showed how the
managers construed the rules to meet
their own individual ends. j.. II. Carrie
ton addressed the meeting shortly after
its opening, announcing that he WIS pres
ent as counsel for the Winthrop team.
There was some objection to his acting in
this capacity owing, as one manager
said, that the managers had agreed to
have no counsel at the meeting. This
y
by Manager Penniman. This, though,
proved but an incident of the meeting. ;
The first real business was the consid-
Grafton of Rule of the leagues cOnsti-
tuition. in regard to players. The rule.
according to the first draft, reads as fol-
lows:
The respective clubs shall have charge
Of their players, but no players shall be
allowed upon any team who have. within
the three years past, made any team
which is q party signatory to the Ma
tional or American agreement, except
that any player who was a regular player
upon any team in this league during the
season of 1901 shall not be ineligible to
play in The season of 1906; no player who
was 4 regular player upon any team in
this league during the season of 1901
shall play upon any team other than tina
same team this season except by the
consent of the manager Of the team rep
rcsentInG the same city or town in 1904
and also by amajority vote Of the board
of directors of this league
Manager Penniman contended that this
rule had been changed. the words tho
three years last past, made" being strick-
on out and the words present year.
signed" substituted. Tho other managers
admit this. but they contend that the
word ''made" was left intact and still is
In effect in tho agreement.
AS q matter of fact, one manager stat
cd after the meeting. that the records
of the meeting when this rule was chang
cd were taken down by Manager Penni-
man on the back of an envelope, and tho
Winthrop man afterward made copies of
them, so that as the matter rests now it
is n matter of the word of Gardiner,
Hallowell and Augusta men against Win
throp. The correct wording OF the rule is
still undecided.
The next matter was the protests
against Cox and Conroy Winthrop had
filed two protests against Conroy and the
managers of the Hallowell and Gardiner
teams had filed one each against Cox.
Manager Penniman of Winthrop. show
ed telegram from Sec. Morse of the New
England League. saying that Conroy was
reserved by New Bedford. To offset this
Manager Douglas said that Conroy has
not played with New Bedford since n
year ago last July, and did not receive.
as he should have done, any advance
money from this organization the first of
January. and that, therefore, he was eli
Sible to play on the Gardiner team. The
board took the matter under considera-
ton
The next business was the consideration
Of the protests against Cox. Gardiner
and Hallowell both contended that Cox |
had played II gamess with Nashua and
was. therefore. n subject for the black |
list. Winthrop. however. claims that Cox |
was not signed. This was practically the |
business Of the evening.
Manager Douglas of the Gardiner team.
says that now that he is so far mixed |
up in a controversy he will go little l
further and file protests against Winthrop
for playing Carrigan after he was sus-
pended early in the season.