Evening star., 1911-06-04
VIRGINIA LEAGUERS
Increase of Salary Limit Ap-
proved by Club Owners.
OUTLAW REFUSES TO JUMP
Gill Sticks to Norfolk Contract and
Returns Transportation to
Roanoke Team.
OUTLAW REFUSES TO JUMP
Special Dispatch to The Star.

OF the Virginia League directors In their
meeting here Wednesday in increasing
the salary limit from $1,000 to 81 400
seems to be pretty generally approved by
the fans. who look for a better class OF
ball. That this limit is to be enforced
seems 10 be assured. for the disposition
Of the owners is to respect II without
giving President Williams trouble over IL
The increase has worked something OF
a hardship on the local team. for the as
sociation owning il tried to sign players
that would keep the club inside the 1920.
expecting to accomplish this by using
twelve players, instead of thirteen. -
provided for by the constitution. A month
or more ago the club declined the
services of men. good players, who could
have been signed had the limit then been
N,4O0. The other teams generally seem
to have anticipated this action and have
men whose salaries aggregate about that
amount. Now. the Lynchburg team Will
have to go out to get men to cope with
the present condition in the hope OF get
ting back in the race, which it can do
when the disabled men are back at work.
One thing that came out during the
meeting was the fact that President VIII
liams has been very active in his efforts
to protect the circuit from the Tide
water (outlawD League, which is play
ing in the territory protected by the ma
tional agreement for the Norfolk team.
This is now pending before the national
board, and It is not at all improbable that
help will come from the National Asso-
citation IL the Virginia League finds that il
cannot handle the situation without as
Sistance financially.
One of the most promising phases OF
bo Ia
vaded the deliberations. There had been
some MISUNDERSTANDING that had led up
to hard feelings, but explanations dis
closed that these were due to misappre-
tensions and the meeting wound up with
a heart-to-heart talk around the board
which proved to be an enjoyable love
feast 1t is quite certain that the direct
ors went home with better feelings Tor
one another than has ever been the case
since the organization of the league The
directors all expressed commence IN the
circuit and its ability not only to go
through the present season, but to re-
main intact for years.
Although there had been some criticism
of President Williams administration. the
result OF the love feast was that all ad-
mitted that the administration lis a FAIR
and impartial one and that the new ex-
ecutive Is operating the affairs or the
league in a manner that Is businessliko
and that will tend to strengthen ana
solidify the circuit better than ever De-
fore. He assured all that he wanted 70
be fair and impartial, but that he would
make mistakes. which could be corrected
by the directors, yet at the same time ne
wanted the clubs to feel and know that
he was honest and impartial In every act
for IL he could not administer the once
in that manner he would tender MS resiB-
nation at once.
The Roanoke team made an unsuccess-
full effort to induce Gill of the Nor1olk
hi fv~l0
he announced that he was satisfied 70
continue in that circuit. and returned tne
transportation sent him to report TO tns
team here last week.
Martin Walsh. the oldest pitcher In the
league, is getting away nicely with the
strong Norfolk team playing benind MIN:
Martin holds the unique distinction OF
having had two trials in the majors, TOT
he spent a training season with the Chi
cago Cubs. and the next spring with the
White Sox He is a brother of Ed Walsh.
the well known White Sox finger
Pritchard. who was a member of the
Roanoke pitching staff last season, has
been turned adrift, for he was not aoie
1 to keep UP with the pace this spring. rms
does not make IL appear that tne Virginia
League is slower this season than IL was
last.
Tabor, a first baseman who came from
the Davidson On. Co College. tailed 10
show the goods after a trial with PETERS,
burg and Manager Busch let him go.
| Pat DIVERS the Washington lad, who
had lengthy trial at Petersburg. mas
been given a show by the local team his
first game showed class, but since that
DIVERS has not shown virginia League
caliber.
Ed Cefaiu, a Cincinnati product, seems to
be about as versatile PLAYER as one hnos
| in the minors. Recently he has worked
| in the infield and outfield, In addition to
pitching and his work has been spectac-
ular Cefalu is a hard hitter and has q
bright future.
| "Topsy" Draper. the Roanoke south
paw, who has the whole southwestern
section of the state crazy, TOT ne hails
| from Wytheville, set new record Tor
4 the season last Saturday when he tanned
| thirteen Lynchburg batters. He broke
record made a few days before by Effird
| of the same team, Effird having struck
out a round dozen Petersburg players ten
days previous to this.
Today Richmond lost game TO Peters
burg by forfeit. -Four five players
| failed to pay fines imposed upon them
and President Williams instructed the
jumps to keep these men out until the
fines were Iiquidated. This was a few
too many for Manager Sullivan. who
could not play WITHOUT tneSe men, anu
he allowed the game to go to the Goo
bers. 9 to o.
The action of the Norfolk court in
en- Joining the Norfolk team from using
Second Baseman Richards. who jumped
the Newport News team to play with
Norfolk, seems to have put a stop on
further raids on the outlaws by the
Virginia League. The trouble with this
raiding business is that all OF the vir-
ginia League teams are within the 1u-
risdiction Of the Norfolk courts and their
restraining orders.
Umpire Connolly. who was laid up for
a week with a sprained ankle, is back
on the job again. This means that the
four men on the staff are now at work.