The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04
Rumors Rife That Many
Players Will Be Seen
on Same Teams.
LEAGUE PERSONNEL
STILL UN ,oEIILEL
Danville Will Stick to Finish.
Lynchburg Looks Wobbly, and
Portsmouth Is on Anxious
Bench--Norfolk "Agin the
Government Bradley
Going to New York.
M cus ,IaLBEnT.


The one peculiar thing about base
ball is that no formula has yet been
discovered whereby the various Ills be-
longing to the game can be solved.
Protestutlons. loud and long. are forth
coming that the affairs OF the Virginia
League are in prime shape. that each
team will be cred.tably represented;
that the salary limit will be adhered to,
and that ali is going as marry as
wedding bell.
But how In the name Of common
sense and reason and a hundred and
one other things are wc going to make
these statements dovetail with the fol-
lowing facts, which are laid before
you for your particular delectation:
/. Not a single individual. firm. mag
nate or authority IN local matters can
state definitely what leans VIII COM
pose the league.
.. Each owner OF club In tho Viz
Einia League Is looking susp!ciousiy
at the other owners IN the league.
Q. Way down in the hearts OF some
OF the men Interested in the league the
hope IL still held out that Danv!lle viii
be dropped and portsmoit n substituted.
& Norfolk is still mystery to the
other rnagnates. and wha. Will be done
in that city remains to be seen.
Not All Plain Sailing.
And vet we are continually having
1t megaphoned into our ears that tho
league is sailing smoothly or and that
a safe and sure haven is in sight. So
may it be.
Here is the latest, which comes from
q man high in authority. His name is
sufficient guarantee that he knows
whereof he speaks: Roanoke will have
practically the rarne team next year
which represented the Magic City on
the diamond last year. Nov Will you
listen to that. and then will you listen
In mo when tell you that the salary
limit next year has been placed at
$1,000 ii month, and that each man rep
resenting each team swore by the horns
on the goat that died rtghteoualy from
overfeed!ng on Harlem tin cans that
he would live by the new rules and
would not pay a cent above the limit
adopted.
Even the Prcdigsl Agreed.
why. these men met in meeting and
Rugged each other because. with the
reduced salary Unit. the game would
be put on a living basis" Jake Wells
was canonized as the man who hau re :
claimed the burning brand of ruin
which was torching its way rampant
through Virginia League baseball. be-
y
pay. 1t was the greatest jubilation
In years. Men who had been at odds
got together as brothers. Even the
prodigal of the organization, meaning
Norfolk, of cou:se, was agreeable to
the new price, and be 1t recorded here.
this was the one and only thing to
which Norfolk did agree.
Take this little pellet and then see
how 1t cottons with what has gone
4 i,p, co, mo
team next year. Roanolsc's team last
year certainly cost as much as $4,000
a month. Truly. they have developed
new rate of arithmetical progression
or retrogression up among the hills II
$4,000 in 1910 can be made to look Ike
$1,000 In 1911.
Have Ono Eye Open.
stalwart ones, listen further The
other maGnntes are working on the
principle that because some Of the
otner men are going to break the new
rule they have a perfect right. They,
are sleeping with one eye open all OF
the time. Two wrongs are going to
make one right, The cats out of the
bag. Secrecy is no longer secrecy. i
won't tell what I am going to do until
after i have heard what the other
follow Is going to do"
That's the slogan. Ii John Doe !:
going to have his old team ca, back pa a A. {
Why. sap my tailsails, but Ill do tn,
same thing So oplnss the skipper
who answers to Richard Rowe, It's
merry game, so take a stack aud sit IN
Further sayetn the deponent: Il mus
protect my rights am not going t
work and set a lot Of youngsters +
play on nty,ball team W.aen the 3t a.,
be treating my patrons right. How
merriiy tho buzz g4es on Ine enu2
ton does set formidah b. Pretty 500,
r rMaet fan fam The p sKeln will unravsl; i
not now. then later.
Bravo for Dnnyi1Ic.
RTay9 for ee snh s s.eG haWs come 81 1 o
holdly and declared TINT they wnult
not sell their franchise. nor th:ir play
ors, Now If anything Is done the VIZ
ihrowing out the city on the Dan, .liu
public opinion enters into the assu
inent, and such Al, action !, Would not b
ono Hsi Nov which Viii " would Elll protTSsiona
baseball IN this SECTION Of the ta,s country BUN
never saia. omit up there, and tnaat'
the kind Of medicine We people. want.
a substitute. at leas! i vas z Z, Sa s,,n
Lynchb,,re, provided the Shoemaker
10 run the team. sell the fransn!sA..t Z
Portsmouth because n team IN Ports
mouth would helm Norfolk to draw
money and reaWaken interest On .th'
cosst. Really Byzantine, the pMerlht.
CT some folks. Masses understanding,
stu In Same Place.
Realize that Portsmouth has changed
EeoEraphically, otherwise YOU Will ht
unable Ito get the meat ou!t. Of the
ssuhstitute." For, II Portsm nov
pccupies the same geographic ca \, 4'osl
lions 1T held When the town forsool
# The ball park for the more allurtns
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