The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-24
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fhe mast aud even lf the Lrahchlse IS
s not turned over to dach '1ilHA "i ="
some other good man ihe 4caS U' 49,
conduct the affairs 81 the Ciup an nt
4 Will doubtless come out WIN ~
instead az having 10 make a zig h"'e
In me sinking fund.
All preparations had been maui
for the meeting THURSDAY htsHl' Uh'
President N ellis telegraPhFd i3l@t tt''i '
had been IA mistake It's the hfSt tS't- +
gram and that he could not p'SSt"l5
Ne here on Thursday night y con
ference was hold Thursday after
r,apn in the office at the Local park {
!. ana IL WAS decided to hold the meet /
ipg MONDAY night and make final set
flsment of the Portsmouth fran /
.h3se
Z II il nkelN that there viii not be +
many of the maguafcs present at the /
,,,4efing. President Wells and
Z .gwnar BRADLEY, III the locals win
dannfless control the meeting which
,eiii be short and to the point MI.
Isradley has the proxies vi President
Williams. of the Roanoke CLUB. and
Seeretary snead. of the Dauyllle club,
ana h.. is believed to also hold the
& .,rayy IF President Mclaughlin Of the
yvrrhturg club This tyin give him
fo,,r votes and the Portsmouth fran
4 chise viii Doubtless go where he VIII
..,tsh IL
~ ls believed that Mr.. Bradley. as
xsall As the majority of the other mag
mates are in favor of Jack Grnn, and
II il quite likely that Grimm VIII re-
,sa,,re m. franchise if ne wants IT,
re hae hean {n communication with
same af the naEnAtes SINCE the
fronhle occurred and il Is most likely
thai he will be present at the meet
4 Ing Monday night
sss et.creiary snead of the nanvlue
,.Y,t OF
II the meeting but when ne toaha Iha'
Il had 10 be postponed he talked the
matter over with owner Bradley ana
ended the matter bE appointing nun
proxy for the panViHe club. ffcsf-
dert Briggs. of the Portsmouth clu"'
4 Ii here with the team ana was pres
1 rnt Thursday afternoon az "A confer
6 snte between owner nradley, set. @
y tary Snead and Secretary 1ftkoIS'
MIR. l3riggsi Is here for an intervie"
with Presld dent Wells and evidently
has some plans In mind for holding
\ his position with the club or else keep
H ing his holdings al stock
The league, however, VIII SahtF III
tie or no loss as "a result al the
n truckers trouble and there il no pos
sibie chance of the league beng
u broken up or ting schtdhle belns 'h-
terferred with in any way. DiFquet-
ing rurnors to the contrary nave hU
Foundation and are not 10 be taken
seriously The Truckers nave a so"u
team and are likely To cllnh near lhs
top as soon AS good baseball man
takes charge Of their aafflrs.
The Colts now have fourteen men on
the squad and something VIII nave u
"a bic done at once III ti4S H"f % it'e"S
Jig on suspending one o. ihem Man.
ager Lawlor aud owner bradley are
II, conference over the matter ana some
gctioD will be taken Sdtulda aftef t'e
f sarna.
What change Is - iie madt rs nara
to tell At this time pul IL WI uVuo'
less effect either to"ah "r Brown anu
may effect them b"iH' Al amy iate
there may be one or more tha''Kcs III
the club that Will mar " stF"i e.T;
Manage Law Tor has ne pam" @iH "iI
not diVuige theH uht'L ie - ''"u'
action.
IL seems that Johnny Sha" Is 70 se'
of scott tree from ms HV"p'' ga
I Roanoke, Messht 10 ho longer lild''
agsr OF the tlub ahV wiz Pl "p~,'s
make no suggestion io4 PuI'asI'II'Sii1 L
Manager I-a"lor says th"t H' N%' '!"t 10Y
III charge ot the c'uo al tue NM e'' ~
II has Hutnlng To oo "'th ui' matter, =.
Il is CONTRARY 20 the pinelile ~ iiet
bradley - puhlsh mas ms" 4h" So
Johnny Will probably continue 90 pay
his position as before
Jonhny did receive " NIu3 Speetn
from Manager i-''""f "Y"cF"i' -
which he VAS aaInohishtu nos /" ~ ,
the trick again or soinelhIns "o0'n
happen 10 HIM sudden iie eAPlaii9u
II that ne dld not know why nv "''e" ~
q and intiniated thal ne "uulo az Eo"u
IN the future.
shaw plays the Truro nag III Sd''a-
HI Factory form ana II Is t0i thls req
soi THAI the Colts ca0i"t wen al4pFa
10 see him SO. he ls 4Yl as Epoo a
fielder as Brown pot mas St'pt t'"i
noa.edge Of tn@ position makes h4lH
x s-saore valuable there. II Bt""H we're
81 better trained In tagging runners ana
had q better bnowicage IT what II 90
NJ the right time, he teV'a easily take