Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-26
BASE. BALL ALL TROUBLE
 AVERTED
City League and Greater Waterbury League Prac. tically Agree that But One League Can Exist.

Ine two amateur leagues In Water.
 bury held meetings last evening and
 practically settled whatever little con-
 troversy there may have existed be-
 tween the two. Although one of the
 leagues will have to succumb because
 of the scarcity of ball fields, yet the
 managers of this league realize now
 that to attempt any Sunday morning
 games or even to try and begin their games at noon time are out of the
 question. The Greater Waterbury
 league, composed of the younger play CTS of the city, has given the public some excellent ball games and would have done so this season had not cir cumstances been against it. The edict sent out that no morning games could
 be played practically put an end to that league, as their games were all scheduled for the morning. Naturally they made fight to secure some of the afternoon patronage aud some ot the ball field, but last nights meetings emphatically settled all disputes, al- though committees from both leagues will meet on. Thursday night to talk the matter over.
 The Greater Waterbury league, with President James Kilmartin in the chair, held meeting at the Lyceum Tn Brooklyn. The managers discussed the situation in order to find some way out of the. difficulty. There did not seem to be any possible chance to play the schedule of games and some of the managers were for throwing up the league right there. It was, however, decided to appoint committee ot three to hold conference with the City league committee and talk the matter over, although none of the man. agers in the Greater Waterbury league could see any way out of tine tangle even if they could play one game on Sunday. This would not half run out the schedule. The committee appoint cd consisted of Cunningham of the Cadets, Butler of the AcOrns and Lahey of the Ben Mohrs. Several Of the players in the little league, realiz- ing that the game is up. have signed with teams in the City Amateur league and in all probability many of the Greater Waterbury league will be found in the bigger league when the season opens.
 After the meeting of the Greater Waterbury league. the managers of the City league got down to business, on the arrival of Manager Kilmartin, who Is president of the Greater Waterbury league and also manager of the Pas times of the bigger league, The result Of the little league meeting was made known and the managers of the City league discussed every available point, in order if possible to give the other league a chance to play, but there seemed to be no opening. The City league is forced to play three games each day in order to carry out the schedule, and this will prevent other games in any league. However, in order to be fair and do what is right, a committee consisting of Hayes of the Merrimacs, Kelly of the Washington Hills and Moreau of the North Ends, will meet the other committee Oh Thursday evening at o'clock at the St Josephs' rooms and explain to the smaller league representatives just how the matter stands. This undoubt- edly will end all dispute, as the little league managers will fully understand how impossible 1t is for the two leagues to exist.
 Another point which is the strongest in favor of the older league is the fact that the managers have secured the Riverside grounds, the only available place in the city to play. The league will open the season next Sunday with the following games: At 2 o'clock the Pastimes and the Merrimacs will face each other, at o'clock the Brooklyns and the North Ends will take fall out of each other, and both these games will be played on the big diamond. At 3 o'clock the Washington Hills and the St Josephs will play on the upper dia- mond.
 The umpire question was settled last night, too, when James Carolan and Manager Cunningham of the Cadets of the little league were appointed. Caro- Ian will umpire the two games on the big diamond and Cunningham vii! take the o'clock game. They will change around on the following Sun-