Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-16
THE DIAM O N D WHITLOCK IS
 TURNED DOWN Tracy of Bristol Elected President of Connecticut League New.
 of the Meeting.

Connecticut league of base ball club. l yesterday. defeating Sturgis Whit
 lock, who has held the presidency
 since the league was organized. Ex I Senator Whitlock has not been an ac
 tive president and 1t was said in tho
 meeting that more activity and more vitality was needed. At the variou.
 meetings of the league the presiden
 was seldom present or accounted fol
 and it was deemed for the best inter i est of the organization to put 2
 younger man on the job. Norwich
 was awarded the pennant for 190t
 and the club was given $25 to buy g
 suitable emblem. The Norwich man.
 ager will also have the privilege oi having Connecticut League Cham. l pions" on the blankets of the horses that draw the champions to and from l the grounds. John E. Kennedy was reelected chief of the umpire staff.
 It is probable that no change will be made in the makeup of the league the coming season.
 This was the first annual meeting of the league to be held in Hartford and the honor was greatly appreci- ated. The meeting was held in the Pompeiian room at the Hotel Garde, which is short distance from the lobby and down few steps. Some carpenters were at work nearby or there was a bowling match in prog ress in the vicinity, for every few minutes there were sounds that seemed as if battery of artillery was in action around the corner. President Whitlock presided during a part of the session, but left the room before the vote for president was taken. He returned later and re- lieved Director Madsen of Holyoke, who was called to the chair. President Whitlock looked well for a man who has had business reverses, an attack of paralysis and held the office of president of the Connecticut league for ten years. He did not take his defeat to heart and at the lunch con which followed the meeting he took his Martini without fiinching. Mir Tracy was vice-president of the league up to yesterday. but he could not attend as he is up in the Adiron- dacks with his wife. He Is going to stop over in Montreal before he re- turns. As soon as he gets out Of tba bush he will hear about his new hon ors, as the news of the Connecticut League of Base Ball Clubs is flashed all over this country except the hunt ing camps.
 Two directors who can usually be depended upon to do their share of the talking were absent yesterday. Daniel O'Neil. the Springfield man. ager, was in New York on important business, and he was represented by his son, w. A. O'Neil. The Spring field magnate's purple tie and Pontet Canet complexion were missed. Harry Durant. the Waterbury man. ager, was also among the missing. Mir Madsen held his proxy Mir Prin- diville of Holyoke and Mir Danaher of New Haven wore. statesmanlike frock coats and white waistcoats and upheld the reputation of the dele gates from a sartorial point of view. At some of the previous meetings of the league Mir Danaher and Mir O'Rourke said things about each other which did not look we'll in print. But they worked in unison yesterday and when a suggestion was made to oust the veteran secretary, the New Haven magnate was quickly on his feet and made a fine argu- ment for the retention of the c. O. M. of Connecticut base ball. There was not harsh note in the entire proceedings and those who advocated a change fin the presidency were very temperate in their remarks. The election of officers resulted as fol- lows:
 President. William J. Tracy of Bristol.
 vice-president. A. E. Taylor of Chicopee.
 Secretary. James II. O'Rourke of Bridgeport.
 Treasurer. P. II. Prindiville of Hol- yoke.
 Directors, James H. Clarkin, Hart ford; James H. 0'Rourke. Bridge port; carnelius J. Danaher. New Ha- ven: Harold R. Durant. Waterbury: Charles II. Humphrey. New London: IT. B. Davenport. Norwich: Daniel o'Neil. Springfield: J. J. Madsen. Holyoke.
 Frank A. Mitchell of Norwich rep resented MT Davenport at the meet ing. The treasurer's report. made by Mir Prindivilie. showed a handsome balance on hand. Fines of s each were collected from players in the folloving clubs: Hartford. Daly. Fallon. Walsh. Crook: HoIyoke. Lawrence. Hoffman. Crook: New London. Sam Kennedy. Curtis: New Haven. Cornell. Hannifin. Jope: Nor wich. Bridges. The only player soaked twice was Tom Crook. who played on both the Hartford and Hol- yoke teams. The fines of the Hart ford men were due to the run-in that they had with Hugh Rorty. Secre- tsry O'Rourke was allowed f10e for his expenses at the gathering of base ball clubs in Chicago and Thomas l.. Reilly was allowed s25 for A trip he took to Vermont in the interest of fhe league. g. W. Challenger of Brfdeeport was given the usual hon. orarium for getting out the schedule. Every club paid its assessment of SIS.
 Msdsen. O-Rorrke and Humphrey were appointed a committee on the schedule for the coming season A vote of thanks was passed to Nr WhftIock for his long term of ser vice There was TO opposition to the re-ore~fso- c< Chief Remedy N-