The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-20
Pertinent Com ma mt
BY GUS MALBERT.

Richmond is threatened with IN out :
law league j isn't the nrst time
that Richmond has been so Threatened,
and the only thing which might wcr-
ny Richmond at this time is that the
threat viii not be executed. lHch-
inunj IL ripe ior almost amy thing III
The lie srbuil line. ana Richmond VIII
sit right w and listen even If the
irnst on the pumpkin. The move
ntent wus started some time ago.
Probably tho FIRST intlmsnlon th;,i
Richmond was looked upon with favor
by those orguntaint: the League cam"
IN II letter to ~. Geor;;e T. Hagby
from u man named Page. ihts inut-
vIauai. who is not unknown in base
Ell AFFAIRS. wrote to the local man
giving a prospectus Of what lie pro
posed 20 do. The namcs OF the citie@
which would form the circuit, and
pointed out in glowing eoiors how
much money could &c nade.
Dr. Bngby did not answer the letter
no desire to set iuiNeo u' III outlaw
Baseball L..,tr I. eo!anittee OF thG
muu tutsterint Tie new enterprise
visited Richmond. Ind consulted w.
Is. Bradley They got small satisfac-
ton in that quarter. ". T., bradley
has been IN organized baseball entire
~ tuo many years 10 jump at anything
which wuuid pu, him in bad With the
powers that De. SUI thg committee
WAS not dissiUnticd. and. Is q report
IRON ,WashIurtou be true III. i;cn-
Inond franchise has Deou disposed Of
to a person answering Ia the call OF
I.andgraI. The report Socs further.
and says that "a park has hc"n Sc
cured here.
seven OF tho cis;ht cities which will
form the cirCul. have been selected.
They arc Brooklyn, Newark patcr-
son, Reading, Baltimore. Washington
and Richmond. Norfolk is being con-
sdered TO conclude the circuit The
league ioAks very much like the Ul1
Atlantic League, Praou:alIy the same
cities compose iii. circuit. Al Law
son, one Of tho nipHI persistent l'ro-
moters in baseball circles, is declared
not TO be in OF this deal, which
speaks better for the proposition.
The old Union League, which had
clubs in several cities of the proposed
Organization, had a few troubled
weeks of existence, and then went TO
the discard. There was nothing doing
in the money making line. In prac-
ticully all Of the cities in the circuit
there Will be opposition from organ
lied baseball teams. Tho promoters
say that they will be mbie to make
money, because th"Ir expenses will be
suraii They wil play any PLAYER that
ihey can set: viii h.lts no regard for
contracts" in other .ca-,tes. and viii
use any contract ,iuiIrer who wants
Ito inll III. The snia;w ,.mit proposed
is $%,aO0. the sam" as folds III tie
Southern League, Il Class y organiza
ton
II the proposition goes through
Richmond should prove to bo one vi
the best towns in the circuit. This
burst should bc 4 winner. from this
jump IL good baseball is given, bet
ter than tina, dished out by the vir-
:;nia League the FANS viii desert the
organized outfit for the outlaws. be-
cause tho fans have no interest other
: tnan TO see good baseball Still, re
gmdlcss OF how w"lcam" the league
might he Locally. the promoters are
up against a sim proposition. Not
smother city of the circuit presents the
/ favorable conditions that cEi here
| Regardless Of all this, nutt nave
/ progressed so fur tina, q meeting OF
! the prospective franchise nvldcrs will
be hold in New York tl;is WoclS The
namc Of tho organization Nh prob