New Britain herald., 1930-04-15
MAKE PLANS FOR
 LEGION LEAGUE
Players on Team Must Be En. rolled Before June 15 This Year

Hartford, April 15-Seyeral thou sand Connecticut boys are making ready for repetition this spring of | the splendid times they and their elder brothers had last year as par ticipants in the American Legion junior baseball program.
 This comprehensive undertaking in community betterment and boys | welfare work has been started on its way with the distribution of the Connecticut official rules and in structions as prepared by the base ball commission of the Connecticut department of the American Legion. These rules, prepared by Elmer L. Manning. superintendent of recrea- tion in New Haven. W. S. Alexander of Meriden, department commander of the Legion, and Henry Sullivan of Bridgeport. prominent in last years program, have been furnished to the officers of every post in the state and it is expected that organiza- tional work will be commenced inn mediately.
 The program of the American Legion in junior boys baseball is broad, according to Commissioner Manning. It seems to bring as many boys as possible under the banner of the great national pastime in an or
 ganized way, with competent lead
 ership and full adult assistance. True sportsmanship with all that the
 term implies is the goal toward
 which the program moves. Legion
 men with baseball knowledge ad-
 wise, others umpire and still others
 serve in the less spectacular fashion
 of scorers, transportation commit
 tees, finance committees, business
 managers, etc.
 Valuable suggestions from the
 field, gained through actual expert
 ence in the three preceding Legion !, baseball competitions, have been in , corporated in the 1880 rules. They are designed to give each ct
 the wide-awake boys an equal
 chance. The rules will be strictly en-
 iolSON' olllSc lllC lCdSlllllS ol Spol manship under Legion supervision k
 one of the primary purposes of the
 competition. A summary of the moro | important provisions follows: , The competition will be open onl. 7 to boys who are amateurs. boys wht have not been paid for playing base , ball. The boys must not have attain
 cd their 17th birthday before Sep
 Der 5, to be eligible.
 l All games will be played unde the official playing rules of baseball : and on regulation diamonds. Th, ) ball used will be a standard leagu' ball. Each player must be a bona s fide resident of the community rep
 resented by the team in which h.
 enrolls.
 Civic organizations, commercial concerns and newspapers are invited 3 to sponsor one or more teams in tn Q Legion supervised competition. Al . pions will be under the direction o . the county athletic officers legion
 All state tournaments will be playet
 under the direction of the depart 2 ment baseball commission.
 \ All players must have been en s rolled before June 15, 1880. No tcan } may carry more than 14 players = This personnel cannot be changed = after date of official enrolment OK = cept in case of death or disability ] and then only upon authorization o lthe department athletic officer ant
 the national director.
 . The state championship team s must be certified by their respectiv . department athletic officers to tn S national director not later than Aug a ust 10. 1930.
 : In cities or towns having popula t tions of 50,000 or more, accordin r to the 1920 federal census. no team $ will be allowed to draw person
 from more than one high school. Th
 high school record of February l
 1880, will govern as to bona fide en
 rolln1en of a nlayer