The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-07
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By JOHN A. CLUNEY


 Harrisburg Sept. 7-Basing its de- cision on the contention of the Am erican Legion amateur baseball team of Valley Stream, Long Is- land, N, r., that the Waterbury City Amateur League champion Franco-American club had used six players who had not played five City Amateur League games with the Frances during the past league season; the All-American Amateur Baseball Association protest commit tee disqualified the Waterbury team from further participation in the 1946 AAABA tournament here, which will be concluded Monday of next week.
 Played eligibility rules of the A ABA require a contesting tourna- ment team to certify that each of it's players, aside from three battery men (pitchers or catchers) from other teams in the same league; must play at least five games in it's home city to be eligible for partic- ipation in the American tourna- ment at Baltimore in 1914 and Har- risburg for the past two years.
 The protest filed by the American Legion team of Long Island charged that Mike Kissko Jimmy Piersall, Billy Moore, Johnny DeVito, Lud Jasilunas and Benny Yoksa had not played five games with the Franco-American club this season in City Amateur League competi- tion; and, under AAABA player eligibility rules, were not eligible to play against the Long Island club yesterday morning.
 Win But Lose
 Franco Americans, with Piersall, Moore, DeVito, Jasilunas and Yoksa in the lineup defeated the Long Is- landers GA yesterday eliminating them from further play, as they have been beaten twice in the cur rent tourney.
 Five hours after the game Long Island protested use of the Water bury players mentioned. After a lengthy hearing by a three-man protest committee consisting of Vic JonesGauzza of Washington, D. C., Frank Clark of Baltimore, Md; secretary of the AAABA and E. R. Jones of the Harrisburg Amateur Baseball Federation. the Long Island protest was upheld Waterbury, winner of two of three games play ed was disqualified and the City Amateur League suspended from membership in the All-American baseball association for a period of one year.
 Six copies of Waterbury news paper from June M through August 26. showing box scores of City Anna teur League games in which the Franco Americans took part conStiZ tuted the only evidence of player eligibility rule violation submitted to the protest committee. In an of- ficial statement, relative to It's de- cision, the protest committee stat ed that, while the six players in question, may have been eligible Tor AAABA tournament play under CA. L. rules, they were not eligible un- der the All-American Association rules. making disqualification of the team and suspension of the City Amateur League mandatory.
 As a further result of the protest conmittee's decision the American Legion club of Valley Stream, L. l, gets credit for a win in the game in which they were defeated 6-4 by Waterbury yesterday and meets Flkton, Md, at Il A. M. today. washington, Baltimore, Spring Grove, Md, and Olmstead Field Harrisburg are also left in play, Martin Bombers. 1946 tournament champions and the host team, En- smineer Studios of Harrisburg have bothe been eliminated; each club having lost two games. Washington and Baltimore, both undefeated ln thre games, meet at 1 P. M. today with no Sunday games scheduled The semi finals and finals will De played Monday.
 Third Disqualification
 Waterbury's disqualification was the first of it's kind of record against a Connecticut team in a national tournament, but the third in the three years of organization of the All-American Amateur Baseball Association, sponsored by Glenn l.. Martin, president of the Martin Aircraft Corporation.
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