The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-24

saturday May 12.- two weeks earlier
 earlier ''0 %'ear
 President Buckingham announced mat the automobile ride arranged for
 the members of the league at inc e1oso of last season, and prevented becauss
 or severe rain storm, would be held on Hrlday evening May 12. the night
 oefore the opening of the league sea-
 son.
 Benjamin Stewart announced his re-
 tlrement as manager of the pennant
 MInnlng Crane No. 1 team. Edward
 Ayouy has been elected his succeSsor
 With every league manager and all
 the officers present in the Factory
 league moguls last evening meet in
 their annual conclave at tlae home Of
 the leagues secretary Fred F. Willard.
 l94 Black Rock avenue. Officers were
 elected as follows: president. Thomas
 McNamara: vice president Walter J.
 Pitt; secretary Fred P. Willard: trea-
 surer B. J. Cooney. Thomas E. Kee-
 nan having resigned as manager of
 the Union Typewriter Co. team was
 elected as an honorary director of the
 league. Edward J. Lynch who manag-
 ca the Yost's forces during the sea-
 son Of 1909 has been selected as his
 successor Thomas Quinn will manage
 the Birdsey-Somers team to succeed
 Austin Ketcham. Manager Pitt Of
 the Bullard team and Manager Lynch or the Yosts were selected as coua- mittee to revise the constitution and bylaws. The Factory league like the Indus-
 trial intends to branch out this sea- son to at least an eight club circuit. It Is understood that the Whiting Manufacturing Co. team will make ap- plication for admission, while over lures have been made to the Bridge ' ~ rn Manufacturing Go. and the Bryant 1 Electric Co.
 Those managers who were present last evening were Pitt of the Bullards, Lynch of the Yosts, Austin Ketcham 1 of the Birdsey-Somers, Richard Feyit 1 of the American Tube & Stamping Co. George Gottschalk of the Ashcrofts s and Mat Farrell of the Automatic | Machine Go.
 The next meeting of the league will I be held Monday evening March when
 the constitution committee will make a report and the league will elect su- pervisors of umpires and scorers. l A league much on the plan of the professional organizations wherein l franchises have to be purchased and l nursed, is the intention of the lead CTS of the City Baseball league. The l league started last season with four l clubs, the St. Josephs, Yosts, South l Ends and North Ends. There are as- surances this year that, eight or even | ten clubs will be represented Already applications for membership have been received from the Newnelds. Black Rocks, Eagles and Lincolns. while it is understood that a team VII come in from the Whiting Manufactur- l ing Go. The Eagle team is new or ganization composed of seasoned play CTS. It's manager will be Christopher
 McMahon, former manager of the. St. Josephs and it's secretary Thomas Mo- Namara, president of the Factory I Baseball league, and former manager of the Star Shirt team of the Indus l trial league.
 Representation in the league cannot be had through application only. En- l trees will have to satisfy the man. agers that they will have an organiza- l tion of known ability. have suitable grounds at their disposal and will pay 1 $50 for the privilege of entering . team Heretofore the entrance feo l into the league was $10. The fee is l raised so as to place the league on . frmer basis.