The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10
HARRISBURG COMPETITION
 SET SEPT. 5

Championship teams from more than twenty-five cities including Waterbury will be represented iu either one or both ofs the national amateur baseball tournaments which are to be staged by the All-Ameri- can Amateur Baseball Association this year, according to an announce ment today by Glenn L. Martin, chairman of the Board of Directors of the AAABA.
 First of the tournaments, schedul- ed to start August 22 at Johnstown, Pa, is that of the limited division. which includes championship teams composed of boys 18 years old or younger. The second tournament, for unlimited amateur teams, gets under way at Harrisburg, Pa, on September 5. The first tourney last year was held in Baltimore, Mary land.
 Many Sought Tourney
 Acceptances of their invitations to hold the tournaments in the Penn sylvania cities were wired to Mayor Arthur L. Schwing, Johnstown, and the Municipal Recreation Conimis- sion, and R. c. Loitner, Harrisburg Park Commissioner, after the AAA- BA Directors had selected them from the numerous cities in the eastern area which offered their baseball facilities to the Association.
 MT. Martins acceptance wire in behalf of the Association read. in part. as fololws:
 We have received your telegram inviting the All American Amateur Baseball Association to select your city as the site for the champion snip amateur baseball tournament and we are pleased to inform you that our associations tournament site committee has unanimously ap- proved this selection. As chairman I am pleased that the tournament will be held at your beautiful city with its fine parks. All of our Di- rectors and franchise holders are being notified. You will be prompt ly notified of the cities and the teams they are sending to the con- tests. And members of our Associa- tion will soon reside in your town to cooperate with your splendid committee to conduct the tourna- ment, Best regards
 Sixteen teams, which comprise the limited division, will compete not only for the l-American team trophy but also for individual cham pionship medals.
 For most of the boys, the trip will be their summer vacation, and. a majority of the teams will travel to Johnstown by auto. The tournament Is arranged so that all the boys will be back at their homes in time for the opening of their school terms.
 The cream of the amateur leagues is represented in eighteen city and area champion teams which are en- tered in the unlimited division at Harrisburg. Each is winner of the elimination tournaments held in their respective localities among the amateur leagues, as the tournament eligibility code prohibits the parti- cipation of professional or semi-pro athletes.
 Represents 5000 Teams
 The limited clubs represent a total of more than 5000 sandlot teams scattered throughout the eastern section of the United States, while the unlimited division champions come from leagues composed of more than 1000 teams which during the season have represented clubs, churches, industrial organizations, and military and naval service units.
 A final entry list of the teams has not yet been issued by AAABA of ficials, as tournaments are still go- ing on in some of the cities and areas to determine their represent ative team. Tn a few cases, the champion team will not be known until their own tournaments close few days before the opening of the AH-American competition.
 Cities and areas to be represented in the two tournaments include Amsterdam, Schnectady, Nassau, New York City, Brooklyn and Elmira of New York State; Baltimore and Middle River, Maryland; Toterboro. Trenton and Newark, New Jersey; Johnstown, Pittsburgh, Butler, Phil- adelphia, Harrisburg and North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Cleve- land and Zoneville, Ohio; Water bury, Connecticut; Bessemer, Ala bama; Holyoke, Massachusetts; Washington, D. O.: Clarksburg, West Virginia; and Prince George County, Maryland