Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-30
City Basketball
League Determined
| to Have Clean Sport

The Cushnoc team has been elm
mated from the City Basketball
League and their place will be taken
by team from the city of Hallowelf.
This action was taken at a meeting
of the managers at the Y. M. c. A.
last night. 1t was a case where the
whole team will be made to suffer
because Of the poor spirit shown by
two OF its players.
The managers will go forward with
their schedule and will give the pub
lie some good, clean sport. They de-
plOre the fact that roughness devel-
oped in the game at the Y. NJ. G. A.
last Friday night and have taken ac-
tion which they believe viii eliminate
1t. Each manager is anxious that his
team shall play clean and that if any
player starts anything that he shall
be put out of the game. for the rest
of the season. 1t is believed that the
fans who are following the ,sai..es as
the Y. NJ. c. A. and at the City hall
will stand by the managers and will
back them up in their efforts to de-
velop clean athletics.
The next game scheduled will be
played between the Printers and the
Clerks at the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium
on New Years night and there will
surely be big crowd on hand to see
the game. The Clerks are known ia
nave strong, fast team and Jack
Cooper. who is managing the Publish
ers will put his best lineup into the
game against them. A double-header
mas been arranged for Friday night
at City hall and an announcement
will be made later regarding the
team which will play.
On the question Of eligibility, # is
the contention of some. that any
man. whether he is originally from
This city or not, if he is not reeu.
lariy employed each day by the es-
tabilshment from which the team
comes, IS not eligible to play on that
team Others contend that any man
II he is originally from Augusta, al
though working in some other CITY
is eligible to play on any team pro.
Vlded that he is employed one day
out OF the week in the establishment
which the team represents. -.
Each one of these controversies
.hat occur tend to breed a spirit OF
Ill will between the participants
which strikingly manifests itself dur-
ing the game. Ill will is but another
name for bad blood" and bad blood
between two opposing teams. esne-
tiaiiy in amateur athletics, general
ly results in an exhibition that re.
bounds to the disadvantaee and dis.
credit of the players and possibly TO
the whole league.
In one of the games played in CITY
nal! on Tuesday evening, Dec. "a
lhere was considerable discussion
over the eligibility of one of the
players and the direct result was an
unnecessary rough game. Itis we'll to
say that the player in question had
absolutely no connection with fhe
establishment which the team rem
resented.
Durins the season Of the Twilight
Baseball League last summer 81
much controversy was caused bv the
same question of eligibility that one
OF the teams withdrew from the
league in disgust.
Inc rules covering this point are
vague, allowing much leewav and
ihahy Ioopholes for q team manager
70 crayl through if called to account
tor using player who is theoretical
~ eligible but. in the strict sense OF
the word, no more eligible for a place
on the team than a professional play
er' The only remedy is new SET OF
rules which will allow no set of fine
lines to be drawn, and the sooner the
rules are made the better it will be
for the league and the players. com.
posing it.
the managers are now endeayor-
ing 10 arrange 9 set Of rules which
VIII cover the question of eligibility
Of players.