Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-28
THE DIAMOND.
CITY LEAGUE
 PREPARING
Managers Are Strengthen. ing Up Their Teams Meeting To Be Called Shortly-Other Notes.

SA1V1 SSJ VtaoSA AS~SSSs
 The managers of the City Amateur Base Ball league will be called togeth- CT shortly to make arrangements for next seasons work and the choice of officers. Some of the managers are ai
 ready at work signing players anG vCwing that Brooklyn will not win the pennant again next season, if they can build up their teams the way they want them Base ball in the City Amateur league will boom again the coming season because there is no Ike | ll.ood of professional team coming in here, for the very good reason that there are no grounds. Independent ball would hardly pay here either, although an independent team could make few dollars in other towns. Waterbury is too big to patronize independent bali It has outgrown that kind of base bali, which pays so we'll in the small towns of Bristol, Willimantic, Winsted, TEr- 'aington. Naugatuck and other places of that size.
 . Relative to the building up of teams. it is reported that Brooklyn will lose some of her best players and that St Joseph's will benefit thereby. Brook lyn always had fortunate way in get ting players to fill in vacancies and there is no doubt but that organization will be found fighting again this sea- son. t & s-s --I .
 The Washington Hills, the Pastimes, the North Ends and the Merrimacn will undoubtedly be in the league the coming season once more, which with the B.coi,yns and the St JOsephs will constitute six teams. Poor Bill Kieley, the former umpire, has passed away. and the league will have hard time trying to fill his place. The first meeting of the league, may direct that all who wish to ac, in the capacity of umpire during tho season send in their names and then d
 choice can be made. .5 -.<..s' There may be some changes in the rules which have governed the league ever since its existence began. but tLose rules will be for the benefit of the league as well as the public. The Atlanta base ball club has changed ownership and the new own. CTS will endeavor to get Bobby Lowe, formerly of the Boston Nationals. as manager.
 Dr Patrick Carney. who has been stopping at his home in Holyoke for |, few days, has been signed by St Paul of the Western league. Last year ne was with the Boston Nationals.
 Pitcher Holycross, who was with Cairo, III. last year. has senn his signed contract to Manager Grlihth, who has also signed Robert Metcalf. ;l scmi-professional who has made his mark-in games up in The Bronx. President Hermann of the Cincin- nati club has released Pitcher Kcll,im 10 the St Louis National league club. This comes as n surprise to the base ball world. as it was generally sup posed that Kellum would he traded tO Philadelphia.
 Barney Dreyfuss. president of the pittsburgs. has again changed his mind ill regard to a training ground for the Pirates. He now announces they will 90 to Baden Springs for their spring
 originally intended.
 The Philadelphia Nationals have traded Catcher Roth and Infielder Don' ohue to Indianapolis for Catcher Mike Kahoc. .who was with the St Louis Americans last year. The Cincinnati, club has released Pitcher Kellum to the St Louis Nationals. Hughey Jennings. the crack all
 round player of the Baltimore Eastern
 league club. announces that he will
 give his entire time to managing tho club this summer. With the exception
 of Lewis. who will play on Ned Han
 Ions Brooklyns. the team will he the same as last year.
 stand fifteen of the best pitchers in
 the country in line and give the man
 agers of the different clubs their first
 choicc. says Harry Fry of the Wash
 ington Star. who would ba selected: Il
 is dollars to peanuts that five out o'
 the six would pull out Dineen. "Bic
 Bill'' is undoubtedly the best twirlcr il
 the business to-tay.-Boston Herald.
 The Boston Americans may be shift
 eL about considerably the coming sea
 son. If Myron Grimshaw can outba
 I.achance. Grimshaw will play frs
 hasc. If Burkett and Seibach can out
 lat Freeman the latter may adorn th,
 bench. If Freeman strikes his old hat
 ting gait this season and if Lachanc,
 and Grimshaw don't show up well witl
 the stick. Freeman may go back to hi,
 old position at first base. providing. O
 rourse. that Selbach. Burkett and Stah
 hit the ball at the right clip.
 Base ball is fiourishing in the Yukon
 country. where crowds of 5000 10 q.
 Ot0 spectators at q game went wilt
 over the contests last summer twice !
 week at Dawson. Sheriff Ellbcck o
 Dewson says the games are called al
 Sp. m. and sometimes last until neal
 ly midnight. The Yukon territory au
 tborities have appropriated Sl2-Gsi fol
 i base hail ground and the Americ:II
 national game has taken hold in tn
 Yukon country as a night entertain
 BIent during the summer months
 Happy Jack Chesbro is the frs
 pitcher to say he would not object t'
 having the foul strike abolished. H.
 $ quoted as saying: something.
 think. shouId be done tc increase tn
 Hitting. The spit ball is sure to worl
 to the ietrime1t of the batting gam.
 wouldn't mind having the foul strike
 abolished. provided the umpirt.S woul,
 have the nerve to get after the nleT
 who foul balls on purpose IL is prett!
 tough to pitch to men who dciitcratei,
 foul them off. and there are quite a fes
 tsatters who can do the trick
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