The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-02
LARGE NUMBER ARE GOING
ON NEW HAVEN BUSINESS MEN'S
 ASSOCIATION EXCURSION

l 1OO or 200 VIII visit FenW1ck FOlnC On
 Friday--Game Between "UPtOwnS'
 and "Downtowns" the Feature
 "High BalIs' Only to be Used--E. |.
 Atwater to Umpire-SDecial Rules
 Formulated.
 The committee In charge of the New Haven Business Mems excursion to Fenwlck Point on Friday. August 8, held a meeting yesterday afternoon to make final arrangements for the outing. It was found that between 150 and 200 are planning to go. This will be the third annual outing of the local association and Edward l, Atwater is the chairman, while F. J. Linsley Is assisting him.
 A special train will leave this city at 123O o'clock in the afternoon and the party will leave the point at 6;lS o'clock
 The feature of the day will be tho baseball game between the uptown" and down town" hines. The "up- town" hines of the past two years, under Captain Ralph s. Pagter, have won, but this year Captain Booth of the "downtowns' says he is going to make Pagter's nine hustle.
 The lineup of the "downtowns" as given by Attorney Booth yesterday are Captain J. R. Booth, p; c. E. Stormont, c; w. H. Ely, 1b; Arthur Dean, 2b; R. c. North, Sh; W. P. Frost, ss; J. B. Richards, of; Otto Dieter, Ii; w. w. Gale, If.
 The "uptowns" will line up as fol- lows: Edward Dugan, c; Dr. F. IA. Kir- by. D; Lawrence Pagter,, Yale '09, 1b; H. F. Kinnon, 2b, formerly of the Hol- yoke baseball team; P. Jente, Sb; ID. C. Marks, ss, formerly of the Waterbury Athletic association; R. s. Pagter, cap- tain, If; Nat Whitfield, If, of the Ham, den Baseball association; Frank War ren, of, of Highwood,
 Captain Pagter is proud of his ag- gregation, which, he says, Is bona-fide strictly business mems team, and is confident of turning the trick again, There was a hot discussion at yester- days meeting over the personnel of the teams Captain Pagter said he would allow no ringers on his team and ob- jected strongly to any one of the down towns"
 Special rules have been formulated to meet the emergencies which are ex- pected to arise. Rules:
 No ball other than high ball shah be used. Snow balls are especially ex- cepted,
 Ten strikes are out, whether the bat ter hits the ball or not
 First base shall be situated within six feet of the home plate.
 Any player caught stealing a base | shall be fined no more than $5.
 Any player detected using sticky fly paper on his hands will be disqualified.
 A ball hit beyond the pitcher shall entitle the batter to one base only.
 The bats used in this game shall be no more than twelve inches wide, and no bat shall be extended longer than 12 o'clock midnight on the night after the game.
 Any batter hit by pitched ball shall be declared dead and shall not be per- mitted to participate further in the contest.
 The batting average of the players shall not be published.
 Any player making home run shall be disqualified from further psrtIcipa- ton in the game.
 Players shall oe permitted to use gloves on both hands provided they make application one hour before the game for such privilege, which said ap- plication shall be accompanied by a doctors certificate that it is necessary to protect the life of the applicant.
 Baskets not exceeding twelve feet in diameter may be used by the f1elders. Edward L Atwater will b0 the umpire of the game and all disputes as to his decisions will be referred to The Hague Peace conference.
 Lake Mohonk representatives are re- quested to remove their rubbers before the game
 The committee is very anxious to { have all intending to go to get their tickets of Edward L Atwater of F. ]. Lindsley immediately in order that ade- quate preparations may be made for the entertainment of the excursionists.