The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30
LEAGUE MAGNATES
f ALL TO AGREE
In Conference Ten Hours, and
Norfolk Situation Remains
Unchanged.
WAY DECIDE ON EIGHT CLUBS
Another Meeting Will Be Held
To-Day i'll Hopes of Coming
to Terms.
ny GUS ,rALBEnT.

Messrs. Consolvo Cheshire and Cor
man, representing the Norfolk base
ball corporation, and Messrs Bradley
and Williams, one representing the
Richmond baseball club, and the other
the Virginia League, just ten hours to
Ieside that they would do nothing in
regard TO the Norfolk situation.
Folks. there was nothing doing.
There is no need to mince matters.
Norfolk is as far from becoming a
part of the Virginia League under pres
ent conditions, as il ever was before
the great conference of December 20
was called.
4 number of suggestions We're of
fered, but aside from holding two ses-
sions. one beginning at / o'clock, and
the other at S in the evening, after
an intermission for dinner, or supper.
depending entirely upon the condition
of the purses of those present. and
talking a great deal nothing was done.
1t was the most vapid inconse-
auential meeting that has ever been
held. Another meeting is scheduled
for to-morrow-which will be to-day
when this Is read-at / o'clock But
unless there is a different spirit mani
tested from that manifested at the pre-
vieus meeting, the reply will be the
same-"Nothing doing
Consolvo Makes Suggestions.
The day began we'll enough. Charles
Consolvo. representing the Norfolk in
terests appeared before the assembled
gestions for relief of the situation.
First, he wanted an eight-club circuit
adding Newport News and Portsmouth
to to the Ell League Then in addition 10
guarantee from each of the clubs of
$50 for series of three games. In
addition. he wanted an equitable sched-
ule. which, according to his interpreta-
ton of the word equitable, would mean
Just as many Saturday games in Nor
folk as We're played in Richmond
1t appeared at one time as if the
eight-club proposition would prevail
Indeed, it is not certain even now that
u Will not ultimately prevail. But the
S225. guarantee is an impossibility, as
neither President Williams nor Owner
Bradley will agree to any such prop
osition, holding that IT is an imposition
in smaller towns.
The real animus behind the whole
situation seems TO be that Norfolk
feels that Richmond is getting the best
of 1t in every regard. Consolvo says
that Norfolk is just as good a town
as Richmond, and will draw as much
money. He points out in The meeting
that in nine games played in 1909 Nor
folk drew more money on Saturdays
than Richmond
Represents 100000 Investment.
In addition Consolvo stated that the
interests of the Norfolk Baseball Club
represented an investment of nearly
10000. OF this sum $4,000 is said
to have been lost during the past two
seasons. Naturally, there are some
who differ from this statement OF the
case. Among those are President Will
iams and Owner Bradley. But that
isn't all Consolvo says that without
Portsmouth in the league, he will
consider no proposition to come back
into the fold
1t looks to an opservant writer af-
ter witnessing and hearing the va
rious arguments of the several men
interested, that the yirainia League is
either doomed to shipwreck, or else
Norfolk is coming back into the fold
under Just the same conditions as
existed last year. Neither Bradley nor
Williams are inclined to agree to what
are regarded by these two as unrea-
sonable requests. The matter of sched-
nle is looked upon as Just grievance
An Increase of the guarantee is rike-
wise possible. But the acquisition of
Portsmouth, otherwise than by buying
a franchise in the league, or by in
frowned down by both Bradley and
Williams.
1t sets one abuzzing to listen to the
several claims made by the warning
Is bad Another declares that the
schedule is wrong. Still another says
that the larger towns cannot live with
bigger guarantee. BUT behind 1t all
Wells that he made money with the
Norfolk club undeG iuss the same con-
ditions that NOW exist. He reiterated
this to-day.
Could Have Saved.
VIM Clarke, who is certain to man.
age Norfolk next year in the event that
the present state of affairs is adjusted
told me to-day that the club lost $1,000
last year, and that $500 of this could
have been saved had the management
agreed to the sale of a player who
was wanted by another team higher up.
VIM also said that unless there had
been hitch in the arrangements the
football game between V. p l. and
North Carolina a. and al could have
been pulled off at the League Park
which would have more than put the
club even, This statement was made
in the presence of Secretary Barney,
of the Norfolk Club, and was corro-
borated by him.
The question of the salary paid by
the Norfolk Club per month for ball
players was also brought up, and it
was declared emphaticaly that the
salary limit had never exceeded S2,4oO
q month, though it was admitted that
for two months at tho beginning of
the season, Norfolk had thirty-two
players on the pay roll
Another solution offered.
II is we'll to add right here that an
other solution of the problem offered
by ConSolyo was that the guarantee