. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. prominent members of the order in thiscity. The game was unfortunate in drawing a cold weather dayand the crowd was not as large as expected, but from it camethe idea of having a base ball league of their own and stepswere taken during the winter to get the organization on itsfeet. As a consequence ten strong clubs were secured from as manycouncils, the league choosing Mr. Frank J. Keyes, for severalyears a prominent official of the Catholic Order of ForestersLeague, as its president, the other officials bei
. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. prominent members of the order in thiscity. The game was unfortunate in drawing a cold weather dayand the crowd was not as large as expected, but from it camethe idea of having a base ball league of their own and stepswere taken during the winter to get the organization on itsfeet. As a consequence ten strong clubs were secured from as manycouncils, the league choosing Mr. Frank J. Keyes, for severalyears a prominent official of the Catholic Order of ForestersLeague, as its president, the other officials being well-knownbase ball men. These officials and Mr. M. D. Dolan, of CalumetCouncil, drew up a schedule and the league started out on ]\Iay20, 1905, on what is expected to prove a successful career. The league has a paid umpire system and requires all of itsteams to appear in uniform. But one rule as to eligibility ex-ists, all players must be in good standing in the order and belongto the Council on whose team they play. The order itself is one of the oldest of the fraternal insur-. I. M. BRANSFIELD,Secretary Knights of Columbus League. Spaldings Chicago Amateur Base Ball Annual. iii ance organizations of the country, being one of the few RomanCatholic secret societies endorsed by the church. It has alwaystaken an active interest in base ball and numbers among itsChicago members such well-known players as Billy Sullivan, GusDundon, Jiggs Donahue, Jim McCann. Jack ONeill, JimmyCallahan, all major league stars, and Dr. Mullen, LeRoy Hackett,Frank and Ed Sauter, President Charles Comiskey of the WhiteSox, and dozens of others equally as well known,
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