The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-18
STARTED IN DANVILLE
WESTERYELT NOW ILL
Umpires Were Not to Work in
Danville Club Physician
Called in to Treat
Arbitel.
HINTS FOR FANS.
Weather preuietions-Cloudy and
warm.
Probable battcries-For Richmond,
Reveilc or Verbout and Cowan. For
Norfolk, Vance or Walsh and Mum
son.
Game called at $3.50 O'Clock.
HINTS FOR FANS.

BY II. ID. Bonneville.
a mutiny among the Virginia League
umpires was ayerted Wednesday only
by reason of the fact that they were
not called upon ito work. That Is.
TWO of them were on the verge Of mt
tiny and are still 80. They may be
pacified Thursday, and II not they
viii not be on the field to otfieciate
III the first game with the Tars.
S, The two arbiters are Davis and
westerveit. who claim that they have
considerable money due them from
the league. They declared In Danville
Wednesday that they would not work
unless they got their money, and II
had not been received when the time
came for the game. The managers
OF the two clubs picked two players
to handle the game. but the rain pre-
vented ita being played. and thus the
arbiters did not have to show their
hands
Davis declared that he would not
work in the game here Thursday I'm
less he had settlement for past ser
vices and trouble Is brewing. Mace
worked in the Roanoke Lynchburg
game Wednesday. and he probably has
his money, and will not take part in
the trouble.
In discussing the matter Thursday
Secretary Gregory stated that IL was
none of his affair, and intmated that
there was nothing coming to the ar
biters. He stated. however. that he
would have a talk with them. and
that they would doubtless be on the
tield at the time the game Is called.
Secretary Gregory expressed great
surprise when told that the two ar
biters had not intended to work We'd
nesday, and until told could not inn
agine any cause for their action. Moth
ing has been heard from Umpire Pen
der on the subject, but both WesterveIt
and Fender are very positive, and de-
clare that they must see the color OF
check before they don their work
Ing toys and get on the diamond.
Umpire Fred westervels IL facing a
severe spell of fitness. and is now
awaiting the verdict of hts physician.
He is being treated by DIR. w. r.
Matthews. the club physician of the
Richmond team. Westerselt has been
feeling badly since last Thursday.
when he was taken III In Roanoke. He
has not been able to do any work
since and seems 10 be getting worse
every day.
He arrived 1T the Park Hotel from
Danyiile early Thursday morning and
Immediately sent for DIR. Matthews
His trouble has not yet been dag
nosed by the physician, but II lis fear
ed that the arbiter has typhoid fever.
Westerveit Is scheduled to work in
Petersburg Thursday, but stated that
he would not be able to 60. and that
he did not know when he could work
again.
Davis and Mace are scheduled to
work In the GanH-haEl- Ae.sr@@a- tire
Colts and the Tars, and one Of them
viii be sent over 10 Petersburg to
work in westerveits place.
The Colts seem always to- encoun-
ter rain on their trips to Danviiie
and they now have six postponed
games with the Bugs. IL will he prae-
tieally impossible to play of all these
games this season. and come of them
siii have to go unplayed.
The Bugs and Colts meet In only
two more series, and these do not
offer enough games to play on the
postponed contests. IL would require
doubie~header every day, and this
would be impossible.
Danviile plays here September /.
and 3. and one OF these days may
see a double-header. On the 5th,
Labor Day. they play another double
header here. Then they go To Dan
Vile for games on the 9Th and 7th
and this ends their schedule together.
-Mll-1Ei TWO VI
The postponed games played of. and
this will leave four. Some of the
games now scheduled may have 70
be postponed on account of rain.
The rainy weather Is proving a
severe strain on the Bugs. and the
sffect on the club treasury is not well
come. Only one game this week has
been played. and at this game they
took In about $40. They were forced
TO pay the Colts q guarantee of s195.
and after paying this where did they
get on?
Once already this season the Bugs
have been forced to call upon pub
lie subscription to help things along
Now they may be on the verge again
as the cash IL slow in coming in and
the treasury is never filled to over
Sowing.
Az long as they keep the lead. how
ever. tho Bugs can successfully cal
upon the fans to contribute freely
The other clubs In the league are aisc
feeling the result Of the recent rains
and q cloudless sky from now until
the end Of the season would be wei.
come all around the circuit.
The Bugs are getting uneasy over
y the WAY In which the Roanoke
Champs are climbing up on them II
the pennant race. The Colts have
Just returned from panv1lle. ana re.
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