Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-02
VIRGINIA LEAGUERS
Magnates to Hold important
Meeting in Petersburg.
MAY BE A new PRESIDENT
Williams Will Accept the Office if
Renominated Unanimously, But
This Is Impossible.
MAY BE A NEW PRESIDENT
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBCRG, Va, October q
The base ball eye of the Old Dominion is
centered on the next meeting of the Flr-
ginia League at Petersburg on November
q. when the magnates will either
strengthen or weaken the present organ
iZation. Naturally, the greatest interest
! will center in the fight to re-elect {. X.
Williams president secretary treasurer
for another term. If Mr. Williams Is
quoted correctly. he is not a candidate to
succeed himself. but is willing to accept
the combination of offices for another
term if he has the unanimous support of
the six directors. The indication now is
that Mr. Williams will not get this, for
President Wilkinson, of the local team.
has indicated that he will not support Mr.
Williams.
At the recent meeting Mr.. Bradley of
Richmond opposed going into the ques-
ton OF electlng a president then, Dut
this is not to be taken as criterion as
to how MIR. Bradley will vote in Novem-
ber He wanted time to look into the
situation and was unwilling at that time
to go into the election. No one can pre-
dict now how Mr.. Bradley will vote after
lie will have gone over the situation.
Danville, too. is an uncertain quality
in the fight, but it is generally expected
that the Red Sox representative would
vote to retain Mr.. Williams.
But the election of president is not
the most important phase of the meet
ing, for it is already patent that the
question of circuit will be one that will
bob UP serenely again. 1t is not known
whether an effort will be made to induce
Danville to sell out in favor of Newport
| News not. but there is IA grave doubt
| if, the circuit members, whoever they may
be, can muster sufficient strength to
| throw the Red SoX out bodily If Dan
| vile Is willing to sell and Newport News
| is willing and able to raise the price then
there may be a change for 1912
| The talk in the eastern part of the
circuit about giving Portsmouth the
! Danville franchise does not SAVIOR of
good judgment Portsmouth fell down
on the Virginia League in July. 1910
and ii cost the circuit about $4,000 to
carry the team until it could be moved
to Petersburg Last year when the
! Tidewater League they were boosted
| as great money makers for Wynne
Clarke's team in the outlaws But it
was Portsmouth that fell down first
and started the wedge that split the
outlaw circuit wide open. Then if
Portsmouth has fiunked on two organiza-
ions in as many seasons, what is to be
expected of that town for next year?
Some of the circuit makers are also
fixing up a card to GUST Lynchburg
from the circuit. the team which played
the schedule out last year with less
mileage than any other on the cir
cult on account of its geographical
location It's true the ShOemakers did
not make great big pile of money for
the visiting teams less this year than
usual: but when it is recalled that
Lynchburg has not had winning team
!, since the first half of the 1907 season it
will be readily seen what Lynchburg
would do next year for a team that
started to fight and stayed in the race
!, the season out. 1t would be just like
!, not having had ball for several years
!, This Year Col. Stocksdales team was
the hospital aggregation of the circuit
He had more accidents and sickness III
the first three months of the season
!, than any three teams on the circuit. In
deed, his troubles may have been as
many as all of the other clubs combined
For month everything went well with
the team in good condition. Eighteen
out of twenty-three games were won and
the attendance jumped up, but more &C
cidents and more sickness put the team
on the blink again and with this went
the attendance. Lynchburg is like Other
ball towns with losing team, but give
the fans here a team and they will back
it, Stocksdale had the team last sea
son. but he had too many accidents tc
make any kind Of a showing with it..
The upshot of this circuit-makins
propensity may be that Newport News
may get in. if Danville is willing, but
that will be about all of the changes
under the agreement which has -four
more years to go.
AS far as is known generally Richmond
is the only team TO have finally settled
the managerial question for 1912 Steve
Griffin is to handle the Colts and he is
already at work on his team. Busch. no
doubt will go back 10 Petersburg if he
wants to- and he will probably want to,
because he was the kingpin of everything
in the Cockade City last season. Shaugh-
messy will probably handle the Roanoke
aggregation again, despite reports dur
ing the season that this year would be
' his last in the Magic City. The Norfolk