Connecticut western news., 1909-04-22
CANAAN, CONN. THURSDAY. APRIL 22, 1909.
PROTESTS FILED
 AGAINST RINGERS .'f
IN HOUSATONIC VALLEY LEAGUE
At Directors Meeting Saturday Matter
 of Retaining League on an Amateur
 Basis Came to an lssue-SCheduIe of Games Adopted.

Basis Came to an lssue-SCheduIe of Games Adopted.
 The directors of the Housatonic Base ball League held a meeting at The Can field in this. place Saturday. The busi ness transacted included the acceptance of Millerton 70 fill the place in the league left vacant by the resignation of sharon the acceptance of the schedule as arranged by the committee appointed for that purpose, and considerable dis cussion on the admission of certain dis puted players whose eligibility as mem bers of certain of the teams was disputed.
 Messrs. Bates and Dakin were present at the meeting as representatives of Millerton and the latter team was given 1 a cordial welcome into the league. The interest which is already being shown by the baseball enthusiasts i'll Millerton is evidenced in the paragraphs taken 1 from the Millerton Telegram which appear in another column. The list of Millerton's players also appears there.  1 lists of 30 eligible players from each team as presented was taken up protests were made against players slated with Lin t Rock, Lakeville, Sheffield and Millertor. They were as follows: Lime RocK, Joe Chapin, William Ford and T. Ryder; Lakeville, Harry Finn, Edward Foley, and Fred Pero; Sheffield, Joe Chapin;. l Millerton, T. Casey. After some ex- plantations the lists presented by all but Lakeville were accepted, the latter being left until the next meeting to be voted | OH.
 The lists of players who will constitute the several teams of the league are given below.
 - CANAAN
 | Ivanhoe L. Scott, Thomas Sweeney, | George Heffernan, Charles Tierney, Frank Stanton, Port Feathers, Charles Bills, John Smedick, Ralph Stanton, William Sweeney, Percy Stanton, John Imhoff. Michael Foley, Charles McOarty Edward Joyce, Dennis Foley. Fred Brewer, James Tierney. J. Howard Beirce, Leon Feathers, William Dempsey Paul Guerney, James McCabe, Henry M. Dodge, Patrick Kane, Alfred Cald- well. James Mccormick. Jr., Henry Cudney, Hugo Thompson, Clarence A. Weymouth.
 SALISBURY
 T. E. .Burpee, H. Jones, F. Knicker- booker, F. Downing, w. Flood, 0. Whitbeck, N. Brazee,' T. Maloney. J. Laton, E. Ashman, W. Weeks, 0. Barton, L. Bonhotell, W. Carley, A. Goddard, J. Coons, R. Gray, J. -Rebbil- lard, D. Ostrander.
 SHEFFIELD
 William S. Pounds, Harry W. Little, Albert Shook, Elmer Shook, Joseph, B. Kirby, Gilbert M. Brewer, Ralph Schmid Joseph M. Chapin. James G. Bradnell. ! W. Hamilton Gibson, Ralph Morris, Riley Chase. Jason Gordon, David Rogers, Michael Kane, Donavan Peck, Robert McCann, Joseph Deloge, Martin O'Connell, William Mcdonnell, W. S. Hill, Spencer Andrews, Albert Durham Ernest Wakefield, Raymond Ford, Harry Hunt, Nat Stevenson. Riley Murray, Lyman Miller, Jack Lunde. LAKEVILLE Chas. H. Barnum. John Whafen, Edward J. Stuart, Harry Finn, Joseph O'Brien, Edward Foley, Louis A. Wilson Frederick Elhs, Joseph Smith, Charles Schleiffarth, Fred Pero, Edward McCue, Jr., Christopher Coffey, George Phillips Howard Martin, George Axleby, Walter J. Silvernale, Earle Turner, George B. Brastow, Sheldon Martin. Cero Beers, Horace BuckDer, William Gahan, John c. Bohlman, Raymond A. Silvernale, J. Raymond Jones, Chester Thurston, Si lnev Cowles. Irving Bryant. LIME COCKTAILS VILLAGE
 L. Davis. NJ. Merriman, John Geary, N. Weary, J. Bartle, F. Hodgetts, T.. Bartle, Henry Gagin. E. Fenton, J. Flanigan, D. Merriman, H. Brinton, R. N. Barnum. Wm. Ford, Geo. Traver, H. B. Warner, J. Van Dyke, R. Brinton
 
 Ryder. J. Rogers, B. Mover, W. Hughes N. Rogers, P. Silvernale.
 ? SCHEDULE
 The schedule follows; the first name ) in each cases showing where game is to ' be played;
 , May 15, Salisbury vs. Canaan, Lime -' Rock vs. Lakeville, Sheffield vs. Millerton.
 May 22. Canaan vs. Sheffield ,Lakeville vs. Salisbury, Lime Rock vs. Mil lerton.
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