. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. r organizations, but which still possessed a couple of teamsstrong enough to put up a stiff argument. These teams were the Chicago Mercantiles and the GageBrothers nine from the Millinery League, together with theKellogg-Switchboards, former winners of the Commercial Leaguepennant. With these three teams were secured the MontgomeryWards, the Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Dennison Tags, SimondsManufacturing Company and M. W. Caldwell & Son. No professionals are allowed to take part in its games, eachplayer having t


. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. r organizations, but which still possessed a couple of teamsstrong enough to put up a stiff argument. These teams were the Chicago Mercantiles and the GageBrothers nine from the Millinery League, together with theKellogg-Switchboards, former winners of the Commercial Leaguepennant. With these three teams were secured the MontgomeryWards, the Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Dennison Tags, SimondsManufacturing Company and M. W. Caldwell & Son. No professionals are allowed to take part in its games, eachplayer having to be a bona fide employe of the house which herepresents. In this they differ from the Commercial and Mer-cantile leagues, which are allowed to obtain players on the out-side and what the league may lack in the way pi good playingis expected to be more than made up by enthusiasm. A schedule beginning May 20 and ending August 19 wasdrawn up, the teams playing at different points in the of the teams are uniformed and a strict observance of baseball rules is


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