The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-15
FORMAL TRANSFER Mir. Cheney Appointed Director to Represent Meriden
 Ball Team.
NO MORE FREE PASSES
Everyone Entering Ball Grounds Must Have a Ticket-S100 for 1908
 Winning Nine.

The formal transferal of the Nor wich franchise and baseball team to Meriden took place at the meeting of the Connecticut League baseball mag mates yesterday afternoon at the Garde hotel. An unexpected feature of the meeting of the session was the rule passed that no free passes will be is sued this season.
 Gustave Fisher of Hartford offered to give the winning team in the league this year a trophy prize of s1OO.
 All of the managers of the league were present including Messrs, Cheney and Sweet of Meriden. President Tracy presided at the meeting The first business of importance to be discussed and passed upon was the transferal of the Norwich team to Merden. At last Tuesdays session in Meriden the deal was decided upon and only the formal transferal which took place yesterday was necessary. Cheney and Sweet an- nounced that they have raised the nec- essary money and expect a prosperous season.
 The announcement that Cheney and Sweet have enough money to pay for the transferal and to fix up bleaehers for the baseball field comes as a sur prise as but a week ago the men had but enough to pay for one third of the $l,500 which the franchise and team costs. This goes to show that there Is con mon interest in the welfare of Meriden's baseball ambitions and that that city will not lack in enthusiasm nor lack in the support of that strong combination which is traded from Nor wich to the Silver City.
 As each team in the league is repre- sented by a director the appointment of one was necessary from Meriden. Mir. Cheney was chosen by the league to hold that important position.
 No previous intmation that there has been any great trouble concerning the issuing of free passes to the baseball games nor that the league has suffered or felt at all through admittance of people into the league games who do not pay admission but have a personal drag with the management was let out until yesterday when the matter was suddenly sprung at the session yester- day. A rule was passed which prohib- its the issuance of free passes by any of the managers of the eight teams this season. Every person who enters the gate outside of the players. managers and umpire must have a ticket. No person even a scribe, can witness the game without the admission ticket It is probable that computation books will be issued td reporters but the ex- pense of these books will be up to the manager who gives them out. Thus the visiting team will be paid forty per cent of the receipts, every ticket corresponding to money. In this way the out-of-to1n team will not suffer from the issuance of tickets by the home manager.
 ness man of Hartford has offered a trophy of sl00 to the team winning the pennant this season. His offer was accepted at the meeting yesterday.
 Supervisor of Empires Kennedy was at the meeting but he is not yet ready to give out his full list of umpires. Nothing was done concerning the sche- dule at yesterdays session. At the next meeting which will be held in about month this matter will be nc doubt, brought up.