The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-15
PASTORS WANT PROMPT ACTION : IN BALL CASES De laney Expects To Have Warrants 0ut
 By Tomorrow Managers Fined $50, Players
 Fined $15 In New
 Haven Court

Impatient because Prosecuting At l torney A. L. Delaney did not at once
 issue warrants for the arrest of the
 officers and players of the Bridgeport Baseball club on the visit of their de- i teetive and representatives to De- Laney's office yesterday, the Pastors association today sent a representa- tive to police headquarters to ascer- l tain what steps had been taken by the police towards the contemplated prosecution of the players, under the Sunday law.
 Captain of Detectives George H. Ar mold, acting superintendent in the ab- sence of Supt. Birmingham, who is i'll, 1 was not in his office when the Pastors 1 representatives visited the building, this forenoon. They said they'd re- turn later in the day.
 Delaney received the pastors with his customary deference, and took for the arrest of the officers and play CTS He closed the interview telling the visitors he would look into the documents and take the matter un- der adviseInent. l. He had not prepared any warrants up to late hour today, and until such time as he does the police will take no action. The ministers, it is un- derstood, want all the players who took part in Sundays game placed eSA9O the owner, manager and other officials of the club.
 MT. Delaney said today that the matter would be taken up in the reg ular course, and that action might be expected tonight or tomorrow.
 Hs Is pressed with business just at present there being host of petty cases pending in the city court as well as an unusually large number of ccnplaints. | zg
 New Haven, Conn, July 15George M. Cameron, owner of the New Ha- ven Eastern Association baseball team and James H. CIarkin, owner of the Hartford club pleaded guilty in the I common pleas court today to part1ci- I patton in a professional baseball game l at Savfn Rock Sunday in violation of the law, and were each fined $50 and | costs The players arraigned also pleaded guilty and were each fined $15 1 and costs.
 While Cameron and C1arkin were each fined $50 the costs in the form l CTS case brought it up to $64.S7 and | in that of the latter to s71.77.
 Eleven New Haven players were in | court and each was fined $15 with | costs of $4.S7. The nine Hartford i players paid fines of $15 each with | costs of SLIT. making the entire amount paid $59514. In imposing the | fines Judge B. c. Simpson, who pre- sided, said the men had pleaded l guilty he did not wish to deliver a lecture. He hoped, however, that this would be a lesson to them, and fn- press them with the fact that the court must be respected.
 Owners and players were brought into court bench warrants issued yesterday by Judge Isaac Wolfe at the instance of Prosecuting Attorney Woodruff. Judge Wolfe a few days ago had three players of the New HaL- ven team before him on charge of violating the Sunday law by playing a professional ball game one Sunday in April at SaVin Rock, but dismissed the cases after the players accused, together with the other witnesses, had testified that they "did not remem- beT, any such game. At that time the court advised the prosecuting of whether perjury had been committed.
 The New Haven players and owners were served with the warrants in this city, hut those issued for the Hart ford men were served at Meriden, that Journey increasing the amount of the costs levied against the Capitol City players. F
 Manager Jerry Cornell of the New Haven team had the case against him dismissed in court today after he had under suspension at the time and was not in uniform that day.
 Asked later as to whether the New Haven nine would play next Sunday, MT. Cameron said:
 tI don't know. haven't decided yet''
 MT. C1arkin. who is himself a law yer and appeared for his players; said that he came to New Haven Saturday with his men as schedule provided for a game and he was compelled to abide by the schedule.
 But I shall play no more Sunday ball. he said, "so long as the present law prevails.''
 The players fined were:
 New Haven team-Aaron F. Kerr, Clyde M. Waters, John Nagle, Robert Miller, Hyde B. Barr, George Sher- wood, Clarence Foster, Joseph Pope, stephen White, George Crowther, Will liam o. Burch, Ray Rolling.
 Hartford club-Benjanfn Kauf, Au- gustus Gardella, Michael Kelliher, liar ry F. Hoffman, James Curry, William Powers, William Morley, Edward Bar ney, Thomas Philbin.
 In this city yesterday three anna teur players and an umpire were fined B apiece for playing Sunday ball. Judge O'Meara, imposing the penalty, said it was against his personal wish that he did so, but that he was inn pelled to follow the statute.
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