The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-13
SCRAPPY BASEBALL MEETING IS TO BE
 HELD TO-DAY

meet this afternoon in Waterbury. It's special meeting, called for the
 purpose of discussing the opening and
 holiday dates of the league. It has always been the custom of the league
 president to arrange the holiday schedule. Aside from the opening and holiday games the rest of the schedule is left to Q committee of three. This years committee includ- ed Cameron of New Haven, Clarkin of Hartford and Winkler of Holyoke.
 President Tracy submitted his holiday
 games to this committee. The sched- ule was printed in the press, much comment arising about the assigning.
 The committee took it upon them selves to change the schedule, which the president was given power to make.
 Manager O'Rourke of this city, secretary of tf1e league, saw at once that the committees acts were un- constitutional ,and so informed them.
 throw cold water on the local owner, but the latter carried his point so we'll, that President Tracy gave ord- CTS for a special meeting, which is the one today. O'Rourke's fight will be for the upholding of the constitution of the league, and to stand by Presi- dent Tracy. The obstreperous direc- tors will have to obtain five votes to carry their point. Where they are to get the five is mystery, unless some of the weaker directors flop over to their way of thinking. From
 the outside the battle has dwindled
 down to a personal scrap between O'Rourke and Clarkin of Hartford.
 The local magnate is equally as strong for the adoption of the schedule of the president as Clarlxin is against it. As it stands today the schedule does
 not affect the Hartford club in any
 way. Should the two magnates come
 to real battle, it is probable that other
 matters will be brought up.
 Manager Teller of Spring field, whose proxy is held by Fred Winkler of Hol- yoke wants the scores of the Con- necticut, league clubs to be published in the Sporting News and Sporting Life. The fee it is understood is but $10 for each club. The Pony mag nate points out that only a dozen players were taken by the majors from this league last season, and that every other Class B league. with the exception of the Northwestern league had a better record in the way of dis posing of players to the big leagues. He believes the fact that the baseball publication did not carry the State league scores caused baseball men higher up to underrate the Connecti- cut league. Only i've players were drafted by the majors from this lea que, while seven were purchased and some of these were clear cases of towering up.'' Zeller says:
 II firmly believe that our league lost at least $5.000 by not having our box scores in this paper during the past season. as the big fellows would take a chance on drafting a man where they would not trouble to send a scout to look him over and try to buy him. It has taken away much of the prestige of the league and am going to see that the scores are used next year if I have to pay the entire bill
 myself"
 Pitcher Artie Romer and Outfielder
 McCabe of Holyoke, both of whom were each fined $50 near the close of last season by the Holyoke manage ment for a scrap between the two, will not be found with the Papermak- CTS next season. Romer was reserved by both Holyoke and Bridgeport, but the former has relinQuished his claim upon him. This was due to the fact that the local management put in a request that his name be removed from th9 Holyoke reserve list. as he played with the Papermakers under an optional agreement with the local team. The National Board of Arbi- tration has gone on record as uphold ing the fine placed on McCabe, because of the row McCabe took the matter to the league directors, who support ed Treasurer Winkler. The player
 then took an appeal to the National board, but lost.
 Mickey Finn. new owner of the Wa terbury franchise, has announced that
 he has secured Si McDonald from the Little Rock team of the Southern League by which club he was drafted from the Authors last season. It was
 Finn, as manager of the Little Rock club, who drafted the hard working
 Brass City back stop.
 Billy Dyer, former Holy Cross player and a Worcester boy. who made a great success as manager of the Des
 Moines club. has appealed to the com- mission asking that he be declared a free agent. He claims that he has
 been twice covered up by thev Chicago American League club by being sent to Des Moines. which he sets up is a violation of the rules He also claims that he was promised a bonus from the Des Moines owners if he landed 1 the. team in first place, but has never