The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-03
VIRGINIA LEAGUE
MEETSONCE MORE.
Election Of President and Other
Officers in Petersburg To
morrow at Noon.
MAGNATEs GREATLY DIVIDED
Split in Twain, Two Factions
Will Fight It Out to
Bitter End.
MAGNATEs GREATLY DIVIDED
BY GUS MALBERr.

.
Another meeting of the ytrrini,
League viii be held in Petersburg to-
morrow in the stratford Hotel. Tho
| meeting Will be called to order atf1o
o'clock by President C. r. Williams.
Every club has been notified OF this
meeting. and, whilo It Is known that
severai OF the clubs will not be rep
resented, 1t Is also known that enough
representatives Will be on hand to
constitute quorum and TO make
whatever action taken legal
II reports provo true. Richmond.
Lynchburg and Danville Will be the
oolters this time, as Petersburg, Nor
Iolk and Roanoke will be represented.
from information received, the meet
ing VIII proceed to elect officers, en-
urely disregarding the action taken at
| the previous meeting. when C. r. Will
mans. present head of the organiza-
ton, was said to have been deposed.
Split Wide Open.
Ihus the public Is given the on
portunity of witnessing the Virginia
League League split from top to bottom.
THOSE who will meet tomorrow claim
that all previous action taken was IL
ieGai. They hold that they are upheld
In their contention by law. and they
VIII be prepared to fight the question
out In court II 1t Is necessary.
From the standpoint of the other
faction everything 1t cut and dried.
ana the action taken tomorrow will
amount to naught. Still the cry goes
forth that the Virginia League Is In
perfectly healthy state; that there
are no troubles, and that the stability
OF the Organization cannot be cues
| toned.
lnsinuations that President Wood
ward Allen. of the Norfolk Baseball
corporation. did not sign the proxy
given to Elmore Helms of Roanoke
the right to cast Norfolk's vote in tho
meeting which broke up In row. are
declared to be false. President Allen
did sign the proxy, and it was WITT
messed by Moo Levy, in Spartanbure,
5. G., both nc and Mr.. Allen being In
that city at the time.
Advice Has Been Sought.
EViaently some one has been adj
vised of the legal status OF the situa-
lion, for unless this Is true the meet
ing tomorrow would amount to moth
ing. II these men have been properly
ADVISED. then tha meeting which elected
Lawyer Whitaker. OF LynchhurE. did
something which merely served to sat-
,s.S tne anlmus of some against the
present chief executive. Whichever
side is right, there is anything but
harmony in the camp of the league.
The Cockade City Baseball CORPORA
ton. controlling tho Petersburg fran
chise, held Il meeting q few days ago
and decided that ii the election Of
whitaker stands. the franchise, to-
sether with other physical properties
OF the club, would be placed on the
market Norfolk would likely take tho
same action. while Roanoke would
most certainly stand by the man who
comes from that town.
President Williams has just recently
returned from meeting OF the Ma
tlonal Association of Professional
Baseball Clubs. and II NAV he TIM he
then learned what his rights are in
the present controversy. Certain 1t is
That Williams is highly regarded among
the baseball men higher up He has
come In for a great deal of praise, and
ms administration has been favorab bly,
commented upon In many quarters.
Ready for big Fight.
He is ready to fight for his rights
but he is also willing TO step down
and out. provided his successor Is
elected regularly. Should the matter
get into the courts and Il mandam,us
be asked for compelling him 10 rclin-
qutsh the office of president of the
league. the division of the Organization
viii be further accentuated for the
reason that half of the league would
appear asking for the mandamus. while
the other half would appear requesting
that the court order be not granted.
While the war is going merriiy on
the public sits to one side ard wonders
what the upshot OF It all is going to
be. 7, say that the public doesn't
care about how the the league Is run
so long as the doors open regularly.
right as to say that a depositor In e
bank doesn't care who Is tho president =
of a Lank. or how the bank is run
80 long as tho doris open regularly.
Neither the public, nor the ball play
ers. nor the league mdgnatcs them
selves. can have confidence in al, or
ganization which is unable to provo &
its right to public support through at II
tending properly to It's own affairs.
This great trouble with the Virginia
League is in the disparity In popura- n
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