The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-31
Six Teams From Enc
Of City to Play on OF
Days Next Summer.
IN RS ARE
ELECTEDFOR TEAM
Three Games to Be Played I
Each Off Day, and With tn
Wealth Of Good Players Now
in the City, There Is No
Doubt That the Games
Will Be Interesting.

The first meeting OF the promotes
of the City Amateur Baseball Lcagr
was held last night in the rooms
the Amateur Billiard Club. and, q
though officers of the league were NJ
elected, plans were laid for the foi
nation of an amateur baseball ileaEu
in Richmond to play here on the day
, that the Virginia League clubs ar;
away. A meeting will be held mex
Saturday evening for the election o
officers OF the league, after which ths
real work of forming the league VIII
begin
In the meeting last night were base
city. and there was absolutely nj
trouble in disposins of the nnanagdy
ments of the teams. It is proposed
have six teams In the league, and fivS
of the managers were selected lasl
night. The only team without d mani
ager is the Southside, or Manchestet,a|
team Y
After discussing the matter pro and
con. and looking the field over thor.S
oughly. the following managers ON
teams were elected: F. L. Butler, al
member of the Common Council. man:
ager of the Church Hill team: Dr.,
William Fl. Parker. manager CT the
West End team DR.. George F. Bagby,
manager of the Central team; John IA.
Boulware. manager of the FultonI
team. and L. L. Gregory, manager or
the North Side team.
All the managers elected were pres
ent in the meeting. and pledged them
selves to give their best efforts toward
i we'll worth the watching. All of the
| gentlemen named are most enthusiastic
| in regard to the project, and there l.
little doubt that the teams will be
4 1t was shown in the meeting th1j
there are at present twenty-five anna:
4 teur teams in Richmond that play reg.
ularly. 1t was also shown that if the
/ player on the amateur teams would
want to be in the league. and that
there would be no difficulty In getting
good players.
! 1t is proposed by the promoters Of
the league to play three games week
| in Richmond-on Mondays. Tuesdays
and Wednesdays. The schedule of each
the schedule will have to. be followed.
| The teams will, however. be allowed
| to play any teams that they can en-
gage with on the off days. and trips
TO other cities will be encouraged. The
| schedule of the league. however,, must
be closely enforced. Il
The promoters of the amateur league
1 VIII meet next SATURDAY aIleTHOCuk ~
elect the officers for the league. No
suggestions have been made yet. for
the officers, but 1t is certain that we'll
known baseball lovers. who are closely
Identified with the movement. Will be,
! made officers. 1sSS
1t is not the idea of the amateur
league to run in opposition to the
Virginia League games and no games,
! will be scheduled on the days that
the Virginia League plays in Rich.
| mond 1t is merely to fill in the Off
days with good baseball s IA ., that ,r the
I the material which has been developed
in the city. there is no doubt that the
I games will be interesting.
The teams have been selected not
only because of the ends OF the city
| but because each team has diamond
of its own that can be used, Each
team. when formed, will have dia-,
mond of its own. and three games
will be played each day in the week.
The teams are so picked that the rtyal-s
| ry between them must be most mar IL.
/ ed, and the residents of the parts Of
the city represented by the teams are
expected to be most enthusiastic a bout
/ the matter. & MI *