. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. sands ofworkers being thrown out of employment for months, amongthem many of the players in the league. Several forfeituresnaturally enough occurred and the league finally discontinuedplaying after but eight weeks of play. When the call for a meeting to reorganize for the 1905 schedulewas issued it met with ready response from the big packinghouses in the yards and six teams were finally chosen to form theleague. These were the Hammonds, Nelson Morris, Armour& Co., Swarzschild & Sulzberger, the Anglo-America
. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. sands ofworkers being thrown out of employment for months, amongthem many of the players in the league. Several forfeituresnaturally enough occurred and the league finally discontinuedplaying after but eight weeks of play. When the call for a meeting to reorganize for the 1905 schedulewas issued it met with ready response from the big packinghouses in the yards and six teams were finally chosen to form theleague. These were the Hammonds, Nelson Morris, Armour& Co., Swarzschild & Sulzberger, the Anglo-American Packingand Provision Co and the Swifts. Mr. Harry G. Miller, himself one of the star players of theamateur diamond, was chosen to guide the destinies of the leaguethrough 1905 with a capable staff of officers. The league is wellfinanced, paying its umpires, score-keepers and having all of itsteams in fine uniforms, besides which it has secured three en-closed grounds at which all of its games will be played. Theleague games start at 3 oclock on Saturday afternoons, giving. Spaldings Chicago Amateur Base Ball Annual. 67 the other stock-yards employes time in which to go home andeat before showing up at the game. Up to the time the league was forced to disband last year theHammond team had a big advantage, being two games aheadof the S. & S. team. The standing of the 1903 race up to the time the league dis-continued playing for the year was as follows: FINISH OF THE 1904 PENNANT RACE. W. L. Hammond 6 2 .750 Swartzschild & Sulzberger 4 2 .667 Swifts 4 4 .500 Armours 4 4 .500 Nelson Morris 3 3 .500 Anglo-Americans 1 7 .125 The opening games of the league this year were attended bylarge crowds at all three of the grounds and the standard of playwas better than in any other one of the local organizations. Timealone will tell whether the Packers will take precedence overthe other local leagues in the skill displayed by its ball players.
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