Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-12
THE DIAMOND.
DAN O'NEIL
 WON POINT
President Whitlock Dis. solves Tie in His Favor Some of the Fest Base Ball Ever Seen in This League.

New Haven, Aug 12.-Dan O'Neil
 carried his point at the special meet ing of the league directors here last
 night and it was ordered that the for
 feited game of Tuesday be played
 over in Springfield on the coming
 Tuesday as one game in double
 header. As soon as the ruling was
 made Holyoke representatives flatly announced that their team would not play the game. but that they would
 enter an appeal from the ruling to the National Association of Minor Leagues.
 It was found necessary to- appeal the $25 rule, as Secretary James H. O'Rourke found on delving deep in his baseball lore that the league has no
 right to impose such fine. MT O'Rourke stated that under the Ma tional rules the most that player can be fined on a first offense is 50. On the second offense it was stated that the player could be fined and sent from the game also, but there is no provision for such a fine as $25.
 Mir O'Neil showed that he had not been idle in preparations for last nights controversy. as he appeared in the meeting holding the proxy of the New Haven club. Consequently New Haven, Hartford and Norwich were for Springfield, and against it were Meriden. Bridgeport and New London.
 The following magnates were in at tendance at the meeting: Dan ONeil of Springfield; Jens J. Madsen and Jacob Becker of Holyoke; James H. O'Rourke of Bridgeport; William j.. Tracy of Hartford; Charles Humphrey of New London: and George Allen of Norwich Mir O'Rourke held the proxy of the Meriden team and after casting two votes against Springfield, charac- terized the whole business as per fectly scandalous."
 When it was found that the vote was tie, President Whitlock said he would prefer to see the directors set tie the matter without assistance from him, but he was urged by Tracy to vote and break the tie. He finally said he would and that his vote would be in favor of his old friend, Dah O'Neil.
 A letter was read from Umpire Will Ham Smink in which it was stated that he had put Fitzpatrick out of the game and that when he ordered the game started again. Manager O'Neil refused to put man in Fitzpatrick's place. He said the Springfield captain ,. oh, hin, AIonpUpr O'Neil denied that he had refused to send out a player to take Fitzpar- rlck's place and pointed out that he could hardly have told whether one was really needed, as the umpire had once prepared to resume play with Fitzpatrick in position.
 Mir O'Neil made most of his fight on the ground that the forfeiture was H. legal since the league had passed vote that notification must first be given the manager before any game could be forfeited That was to be In force if the manager was on the grounds. and MT O'Neil was admitted to have been much in evidence Tues day.
 Counter to this claim was one from the opposition that the rule had been wiped of the books when. in January of this year. the league voted to adopt a new constitution. Ii was stated that the league then voted to accept the laws of the national association in their entirety and to be governed bs them. On the matter of Fitzpatrick> status after being put out of the game the directors agreed that he could not go into the same game again Sr the payment of his fine.
 The motion that the game he played over was made hy Mr Kennedy and was seconded by Dan O'Neil in behalf of New Haven. Secretary O'Rourke gave it as his opinion that the national association will uphold Holyoke In its appeal from the ruling of the league president. In the meantime Holyoke l insists that it will not play more than | its regularly scheduled game on l rI art