The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-10
.BR ADLEY TAKES
TEAM TO TASK
Lays Down Law That Players
Must Stand to Rack Like
Men.
PRO MISSES CLEAN SPORT
Owner OF Colts Recognizes Fact
That Public Wants Good
Ball.
PROMISES CLEAN SPORT
ny HALE NELSON.

There won't be any more games for
feited because of the dilatory tactics
Of the Richmond baseball team, and
tat looks like laying down. Tom Mes
slit and his team have come to a
clean decision. and hereafter no mat
ter what the umpire does or what the
odds are. they are going to fight the
game out to the finish.
A conference was held yesterday
afternoon In the absence ofsa game
in the Broad Street Park on account
of wet grounds. between Owner Brad
ley. Tom Messnt, and newspaper. repre-
sentatlves. In this conference NIessitt
showed, and he had others to back
him up in his statements, that the
Colts drew raw deal in Norfolk. The
raw deal Is. of course, a matter of
opinion, but Messitt showed that others
beside himself thought that the deal
was raw.
Won't DO 1t Again.
Even with the raw deal the Colts
realize that they should have. played
the games through to the end and played
hard, but considering that the games
are OF the past and cannot be played
over again, 1t is just as we'll to let
them be forgotten.
Tho chief thing about the matter is
that the Colts are not going to do the
same thing again. and they will start.
out this afternoon after having, in
the words of Uncle Remus. spit on
their hands and token fresh holt
Because there was no game yester-s
day afternoon to hold their attention
the baseball cult had chance to have
good long talk, and the whole mat
ter was threshed out owner Bradley
presided over the meeting, and as
sured everybody that he and his team
We're after the winning end of the
game and nothing else lie has IN
structed The manager to make the men
play, and the manager has assured
him that they will play.
incidentally. Owner Bradley men
toned that he had written letter to
Jake Wells, president OF the league.
calling his attention to the fact that
Richmond hasn't got all that was COM
ing to 1t in the matter of away-from-
home umpires.S He shows that IN the
seven weeks of the season the Colts
have not once had Umpire Fender TO
umpire game away from home Each
trip has produced Mace or Davis or
some other who has since been dropped
from the pay roll.
owner Bradley says that Ponder is
the fairest out -of- home umpire IN the
league. Pender doesn't care tinker's
tfare-ye-well for what the crowd thinks
and his decisions arc as he sees thefn,
no matter who Is on the base lines.
Like Pcndcr's Work.
For this reason the Colts would ike
to draw Fender occasionally ana set
tho benefit Of his fearlessness, a fair
deal away from home has won many
game for the visitors. whereas a
slight curve in decisions has lost
games; therefore, Owner BRADLEY kicks
Jake Wells, thinks Owner. Bradley, VIII
look into the matter now ana sec slial
tho Colts get what is coming
The glne postponed yesterday af-
ternoon will he played in Lynchburg'
the next time the Colts 30 that Way.
1t Is too early in the season TO put
more than the scheduled games IN
Richmond, and a double-header Will
help out the team in Lynchburg con-
siderably.
Just to show that he wants the
games played suuarely and is8not abs
sorbed by the gate end OF the game,
owner Bradley has returned the Rich
Amond shGre Of the gate receipts In
Norfolk Tuesday because the crowd
demanded RAN checks after the fiasco.
,rhe money had besl pasq the Colts
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