The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23
.RUMPUs IMMINENT
OVER THE UM|P|RES.
Clubs Are Now at High Tension
and Something Will Snap
Soon.
PRESIDENT WELLS
IGNORES PROTESTS
League Head Writes That He Does
Not Know When He
Will Get
Here.

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The Virginia League Is scheduled
to have a Dig rumpus and this rue
ton is not Tar distant If present IN
! dtcattons go for anything. The UNI
pire question in the league has reach
ed a serious stage, some action Is re-
CURED and 1t Is not forthcoming, that
Is. Il does not seem TO be forthcoming
and several of the clubs will start
something before great while.
President Wells, who was expected
TO reach here at the end of this week
and who was to be petitioned to look
into the umpire question and pro-
vide for some relief. has written that
he cannot come at this time and that
he does not know when he will come.
The president Of the league was
coming ostensibiy for the purpose of
getting gut statement of the league
affairs at the request OF the clubs.
They asked for 1t at this time on
account of the trouble of the Ports
mouth club, their idea being to have
the books audited by a committee OF
the magnates.
They are 10 get the statement
all right but the president will not
be here at the time. He has written
his secretary. Mr.. Gregory. ordering
him to get up an iternixed statement
of league expenses and send II to all
the clubs at once and in the same let
ter he explained that he himself could
not be here.
1t was the purpose of the nlagnates
to insist that the president take some
action IN the umpire question. some
thing that has been standing re-
quest all the season and something
that the president has persistsntly
ignored. He has escaped 1t again and
no one knows now who he will be In
this part OF the country.
Following the receipt of the state
ments the magnates will appoint their
auditing committee and go over the
books as Is the usual custom in the
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Umpire Complaints.
The complaints about the umpires
have now become general around
the league. Those long associated with
the affairs OF the league declare that
In all its history II Vas never in such
bad shape as to organization. disci
piine and general conditions They
assert that something IL bound to snap
soon and that when II does there viii
be trouble galore.
The state of affairs is all laid at
the feet OF President Wells who seems
to have completely ignored the affairs
OF the league this year and left all
in the hands Of his secretary. Several
OF the magnates declare that they
have repeatedly sent written COM
plants to the president and that he
never even replies to their letters or
gives any indication of having re-
ceived them.
The latest report about the con-
duct OF the umpires of the league is
that they are afiiliating with certain
Of the players and even with some
Of the clubs. 1t Is claimed that the
Danvilie Club and the Lynchburg
Club beth put UP at the cottage of
Umpire Mace at Ocean View during
their last series with the Tars in Nor
folk.
This matter has been brought to
the attention OF President Wells and
so far as Is known he has taken 10
action and has shown no inclination
OF taking any cognizance of the mat
ter.
The Norfolk Club claims that the
Danville and Lynchburg clubs got the
big side OF all decisions In their series
there and that the Tars never had
any chance to win out except by COM
pletely outplayig their opponents.
Trouble Is now brewing IN fact and
II may be looked for at any day.
Fender is a general favorite In the
league and Il regarded as the best of
the four umpires. The other three
are distinctly not favorites and there
Is something In store for them. II
not from the president, then from
the ctnbs and II not from the clubs
then from the individual players.
This subject has been brought TIP
so often that It has become tiresome
and II seems that the more President
Wells Ii censured for the way he
ignores his duty to the league the
more he ignores It, There is hardly
q person interested in the league who
would not be glad to see the league
head hand In his resignation and
those who do not wish 1t are alb
viously not familiar with the condi-
tfons that now exist and have existed
throughout the present season.