New Britain herald., 1919-05-23
FACTORY LEAGUE
 OPENS TOMORROW
Six Teams to Pry Of Lid at
 Walnut Hill Park

The lid of the Factory bS'0o .
 league will be pried off tomorrow "A - ernoon at o'clock, when the ,1
 teams comprising the league " iiA , clash on diamond No. l. One oI 'li0 , strongest organizations ever formed Ill i this city to represent the various i"o tories on the diamond has been formu- 1 lated by the officers of the league.
 The magnates have selected the fol- lowing officials: Valentine B. Cham
 berlain, president; H. s. Robertson,
 secretary, and c. H. Sweet, treasurer.
 The umpres are c. M. Beckett and
 Charles Johnson.
 Six clubs will comprise the league
 and the player limit has been restrict
 ed to IT men. All eligible players must be employees of their respective
 factories before May 6, 1919, with the l exception of service men, who have 1 the right of joining their factory l teams at any time they may resume l their factory operations. In order to
 prevent "contract jumping" no play
 CT who has been listed with one team
 may join another during the coming 1 season.
 l All of the cerem monies that accom-
 pany the opening of major league l baseball will be in vogue tomorrow.
 There will be street parade headed l by the Philharmonic band starting at 1 1:30 o'clock from the Landers, Frary l and Clark concern on East Main l street. The procession will proceed | through Main street to Franklin l square, around the High school, and ] thence back to Main street, to West l Main street, to Walnut Hill park. l Members of the various teams will ride in auto trucks provided by the l factories. The teams have all been
 supplied with natty uniforms by the l factory officials with the exception of l Landers, Frary and Clark's nine l whose playing togs have been pro- 1 vided by the Universal club of the | concern.
 The opening game tomorrow brings l together Landers, Frary and Clark l and the Russell and Erwin mines at l o'clock. Imm ediately at the close ] of this game, the Fafnir Bearing and l the Stanley Rule and Level teams will ] clash. The third game, between the 1 New Britain Machine and the Stanley 1 Works may be staged on the Walnut i Hill park diamond, but there is a pos- | sibility that the game will be played l on the Stanley Works diamond on Silver street, north of the Fafnir ] Bearing company.
 The schedule, which provides for
 5 games for each team, is as follows:
 Saturday, May 24 Walnut Hill l Park-Landers, Frary and Clark vs 1 Russell and Erwin; Fafnir Bearing ! company vs. Stanley Rule and Level company. Stanley Works FNeld-New
 Britain Machine vs. Stanley Works. l Saturday, May 31, Walnut Hill l Park-New Britain Machine vs Lan- 1 ders, Frary and Clark; Stanley Rule
 and Level vs. Stanley Works. Stanley Works Field-Fafnir Bearing vs. l Russell and Erwin.
 i Saturday, June 7, Walnut Hill 1 Park-New Britain Machine vs. Faf- ! mir Bearing; Stanley Rule and Level
 vs. Russell and Erwin. Stanley Works F'ield-Stanley Works vs. Landers, Frary and Clark.
 l Saturday, June IA, Walnut Hill l Park-Russell and Erwin vs. Stanley l Works; Fafnir Bearing vs. Landers, ! Frary and Clark. Stanley Works Field-NeW Britain Machine vs. Stan l ley Rule and Level.
 Saturday, June 21, Walnut Hill Park-Fafnir Bearing vs Stanley 1 Works; New Britain Machine vs. Rus sell and Erwin. Stanley Works Field-Landers Frary and Clark vs. l Stanley Rule and Level
 Saturday, June 2S. Walnut Hill Park-Fafnir Bearing vs Stanley Rule and Level: New Britain Machine vs Stanley Works. Stanley Works 1 F'ield-Landers, Frary and Clark vs 1 Russell and Erwin.
 Saturday. July 5, Walnut Hill Park-Stanley Rule and Level vs
 Stanley Works; New Britain Machine
 vs. Landers, Frary and Clark Stan 1 ley Works Field-RusselI and Erwin l vs. Fafnir Bearing.
 l Saturday, July 12, Walnut Hill l Park-Landers, Frary and Clark vs.
 Stanley Works; Stanley Rule and
 Level vs. Russell and Erwin. Stanley | Works Ffeld-Fafnir Bearing vs New | Britain Machine.
 1 Saturday, July 19, Walnut Hill l Park-Landers, Frary and Clark vs ] Fafnlr Bearing; Russell and Erwin vs. 1 Stanley Works Stanley Works 1 Field-Stanley Rule and Level vs l New Britain Machine.
 1 Saturday,, July 26. Walnut F1i1, l Park-Landers, Frary and Clark MS l Stanley Rule and Level; New Britain | Machine vs. Russell and Erwin Stanley Works Field-Fafnir Bea aring ! vs. Stanley Works
 1 Saturday, August 2, Walnut Hill
 Park-Stanley Works vs. New Britain
 Machine; Stanley Rule and Level vs. l Fafnir Bearing. Stanley Works Field
 Landers, Frary and Clark vs Russell l and Erwin
 ] Saturday, August g, Walnut Hill
 Park-Russell and Erwin vs Fafnir | Bearing; New Britain Machine vs.