The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-11
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VIRGINIA LEAGUE
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sInu9EsFT LLnuUL
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your salary limit was $1,000. You
gave good baseball Your race was
close. The public. which made your
| league possible, gave you loyal sup
! port. The next year your salary limit
was increased TO about $1,000. Still
you made money and pleased your cli-
entele. The following year the salary
| limit went up to $500. and yet you
| managed to come out on top. Then
| you Jumped to $4,000, and while some
OF you barely pulled through, the or
| BaEi2ation remained intact In 1910
your salary limit reached from $4,000
to $500, and the result you know, and
SO does the public.
Lived beyond Means.
You You DID not give a bette PARTICLE of
lou did not give better article Of
SIMPLY lived beyond your means. and
1t happened to you as it does to every
one else following the same policy
You lost Now it is uN to you to cut
E Tbaro garment according to your cloth
a tmefe IS no reason to talk about one
club being more valuable to the league
than another. THAT Is sll bosh. Dan
vile Is Just as necessary as Richmond.
For. while Danville may not draw as
many many people in Danville, she has al
ways had good club and one witch
drew large crowds in the other cifies
of the league
What you must do is figure the
amount OF money. you can draw and
snet see now much you can spend. If
you 90 this, and do 1t honestly. and
each and every one of you live within
the amount of money you have arreed
70 spend, then. and only then, will Won
.lieli, ahd receive the patronage of the
t p'e,upe VINO support the game. Do the
Things in the summer you say Won viii
DO IN the winter and you viii give tho
public real article Of bali and at the
same time make it commerciallv
Practical proposition
To Continue Old League.
PRESIDENT Wells was roundly ap-
piauded at the conclusion OF his re-
ing Lynchburg, then introduced a reso-
luton that the league continue for a
perloa OF five years with the same
.1i as composed the original or
, ganl% aai Despite the fact that it
was pointed out that this motion was
out of order because the old league
had ceased to exist, and it was in
order 10 perfect new one, the mo-
llon prevailed, the chair sustaining the
motion. 20 ~
Lynchburg, Roanoke and Dany1lle
voted aye, while Richmond and Pc
lerspurS refused to VOTE telegram
was here received from Consolvo, stat
ing that 1t was impossible for either
night. After much haggling, and
without vote being taken, 1t was
tacltly agreed to adjourn until S
o'clock.
Ll.ynchburg;. j. W. Boswell and w. NJ.
Snead of Danville; r. c. Finney, Of
Petersburg; w. b. Bradley. OF Rich
mond: Charles II. Consolvo. OF Nor
folk; j. L. Van Patten, Of Portsmouth
G. B; a. Booker, Of Newport News
and Vim Clarke Of Hampton. flied
into Room 222 Of Murphy's Hotel. The
three last named We're not connected
with the Virginia League, and We're
present only through courtesy.
Consolvo Retires.
Mr.. Mclaughlin Immediately re-
session. providing that the league con-
tinue constituted as in the season of
1910. Mr.. Consolvo arose and stated
that II this was agreed to he desired
slider no CIRCUIT in which Danville and
Roanoke Wife not left out and New
port News and Portsmouth substituted
Booker, OF Newport News, added his
voice to this sentiment, as did Van
Patten. of Portsmouth, and Clarke, of
Hampton.
Many thought that Consolvo was
bluttng Bradley obviously spared
for time. Then the question was called
tsrsSe Kaadks nS the n names ns
We're called, Richmond wanted de-
lay. but Bradley. finding himself out
generated. finally voted with the
crowd. Then the question of Il presl-
dent arose. G.. r. Williams. OF Roa-
noke, was placed in nomination. II
would like to suggest. that we delay
the election of president" said Mr.
Bradley. II think 1T would be best to
elect q man who had no interest in
any club" but the upstate crowd
ruled the meeting, and Williams Is
president of the Virginia League.
President Wells was given a vote or
thanks when he retired. President
elect Williams gave his thanks, and
promised faithful service. Plans now
under way promise a club In Norfolk
Independent OF the Eastern Virginia
League, newly formed, meaning two
ball clubs in Norfolk. Who Will be
interested in this club or who will
manage II has not been learned.
meeting of the Virginia league will
be held as soon as the new president
DEGREES. Until that time things will
remain as they are.
The New Organization.
1t was alspirted meeting. and clear
~ proved that the best laid plans OF
mice and men often gang aglee." No
one familiar with the situation but
would have said that Bradley held the
whip hand. 1t was clearly shown that