Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-11
NORWICH TEAM IS NO MORE
Dsbands Today = Local Promoters Vote to Cuit the Game-Poor Patrcn =ee All Over th= Circuit-Nor- wch Makes Its Last Game Shutout.

The four promoters of the Norwich baseball team in the Connecticut asso- 1 ciation-Dennis J. Hayes, George P. l Madden, Stephen P. Coffey and Samuel Sanderson-$1,00 ,000 to the bad in their effort to put a league baseball team into. this city, have come to the con clnsion that they have had enough and the players will be paid off this morn Ang and the team disbanded- If any / one wants the team for the asking, he can have it, said President Hayes Sunday night, but he and his three colleagues are through. MT. Madden intimated that he might be induced to hold on for little longer if there were any other Norwich men who would come across with the financial part of the proposition.
 The opening game this week settled the question in the minds of the Nor wich owners, and when the Sachem par1 gate receipts showed $5S.15 for a crowd of 21S paid admissions, they
 thought it was time to throw up the sponge. The Norwich owners had been hoping that the attendance might grow this month but it has been going the other way. Last week at one home game there were 76 paid admissions, at
 another there were 90 And not only
 has the patronage in Norwich been
 bad, but the three other towns have been in the same class. Trips to Mid
 dletown cost S7-5O more than was re- ceived when the MiddletoWn gate re- ceipts were split up. Willimantic had
 been expected to turn out a thousand
 or more, but the Saturday games in the Thread City drew out scarcely 300
 New London was as bad as any of the places, and as it cost $3S to put on game here the balance was on the
 wrong side of the ledger all the way round. The Norwich men called up President Dunn in Wilimantic on Sun day night to tell him of their decision
 From what he said they inferred that
 he was glad someone had come to the conclusion it was time to quit.
 To many who have been patrons of the games the local promoters are thankful for their support. There are number also who helped to give them fund of $500 to start the season with, and to these they are also grate
 ful. But there are others fro whom they have no kindly feeling. these be- ing the ones who have made trouble all the season by their schemes to avoid paying at the gate, even to rip ping boards off the fence.
 The team will go out with a clean sheet. paving up all its, bills, This Del-Hoff, turn in their suits and re- ceive their salary checks. For this the owners will have to go down into their bank accounts to provide the cash. just as they have done twice be fore this season when payday came around.
 The players now on the roster are C6Pt NldHdSer TduOy Du1I, PlIcner Bill Smith and Pierce Mooney. Second Baseman Strickfus. Shortstop Joe Friel, Third Baseman Bill Shaw. Catchers Anderson and E. Chapde- laine, Outfielders Jim Noonan. Dennie Mcintyre and Murphy. A new pitcher by the name of Crosby arrived here Saturday night. All the boys have liked Norwich as a place to play in and are sorry that they are not to make it their home for the rest of the season. They are a bunch of clever ball players who can make any team hustle. and they finish the season tied with Mfddletown for second place in the league.