Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-30
VIRGINIA LEAGUERS
Tidewater Body Transfers
Norfolk Team.
NEW PLAYERS SIGNED
Lynchburg Has Seven Players Who
Are Ripe for Faster Com
pany Next Season.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
LYNCHBURG. Va. July 2a.-The Tide
water League has lost out in its fight for
supremacy over the Virginia League in
the territory protected by the National
Association. for. the Norfolk team has
been transferred out Of tho limit. having
been taken to Hampton, while Wynu-
Clarke. owner and manager OF the Ports
mouth franchise. also located in the Nor
folk territory, has thrown up the sponge
and quit, leaving the circuit with fv.
teams.
While the Tidewater has had to trans
fer its Norfolk team from the city by the
sea in order to keep going the patronage
OF the Virginia League in that city ha,
neen growing. thus showing that organ
lied ball has again triumphed over OUTLAW
sport.
Pitcher Starke. who was released late
last week by Norfolk. has been signed by
the local team. This gives the Shoe.
makers an old Norfolk battery-SStarke
and Phelan. Starke pitched only two
games against Lynchburg this season and
he beat the Shoemakers both times Man
ager Stocksdale thinks we'll Of the man
as a pitcher.
Nancy" Hanks. the Danville southps w
VINO was recently released by DanvilIa
Aiter ne had been under suspension for d
time. has Joined Richmond. With Hanks
In condition there Is no better port slider
in the league.
The Danville Association has put an
end to the fear that the circuit would hs
disrupted by the transfer of that fran
chise. by the declaration that the Red
Sox VIII not only finish the present sea
son. but that Danville will be on the man
during the four years the present agree
ment is to run.
Danpille. the smallest town on the cir
cult, has the gamest lot of supporters the
game has in the state. The team is not a
money maker. but what the team lacks
70 numbers 1t makes UP in liberal hackers
The team has just been put on its feet
financially, and Secretary Snead an
nounces that the club will finish the sea
son under the management of Steve Grit
fin. Former Manager Laughlin will re-
main with the club as a catcher
1t appears that one great trouble with
the Richmond team is not with the pitch
ing staff so largely as with the fact that
the club is made up of lot of individual
players who are playing for No 1 rather
than for the Colts. Probably more than
half the regulars are guilty OF this.
Centerfielder Stein. late Of Petersburg.
has signed with Norfolk and he is work
ing IN the Tar outfield now.
Lefty Lloyd. the port-sider who was
SOLD last winter to Baltimore by the
locals. is pitching great bali for the
trenton Trf-State League team Lloyd
writes friend here showing that he has
won nfteen and lost six games this sea-
son. 1t would not be a surprise to local
fans to see this pitcher back In the
Eastern League next season. He was
SICK all winter here and did not get
IN good playing form until after he was
turned over to Trenton by Manager
Dunn.
Walter Moser. the old Shoemaker star
OF 1906 and 1902 now with the Boston
ocean View. where he went for the
purpose of getting in good shape Moser
mas been In bad condition this season.
yer the Hub people have held on to him
Moser while In Virginia expressed the
oelief that he would not be turned loose
by the Red Sox and that he would We.
make good. Last season he pitched the
largest number Of games of any pitcher
s1xty-one games for the Oakland team
or the Coast League. He expected 10
report to the Sox upon the return of
the team from the western trip.
In Mondays game the score sent our
from Norfolk of the Norfolk Richmond
game shows that Player Stein is credited
with home run. In the write-up ~
the game. however. the run is shown ia
have been scored on three-bagger and
a block ball. the correspondent adding
STEMS homer was fiuke. He reaches
third on a hit, and being given home
handled the ball" Block balls do not hap
pen often in the Virginia League. There
has been only one here in near six sea
sons, but that does not excuse an oficia
scorer from being acquainted with such n
play when it is pulled off. This gives
Stein a home run which he is not en-
titled to.
Mccarthy. an out6elder secured by
Petersburg from the Ironton (Ohio) team
in the Mountain State League has been
sold to Norfolk.
High and Jobson. formerly with Nor
folk and Portsmouth, respectively. in the
Tidewater League, Joined the Rio hmond
team recently. While these pitchers were
winners with these outlaw teams they
lost their first games pitched I'm this
circuit.
w. NJ Snead. who was president OF
the champion Danville team last season.
has been elected secretary of the team
and as such will have about the same
duties that devolved upon him last sea
son. The Red Sox are now playing about
as good ball as any other team in the
league.
Richmond has given unconditional re-
leases to Pitchers Rapp and Pierce and
the latter has signed with Norfolk for 4
trial. He is a good twirler when he can
locate the plate.
CHM. an outfielder purchased from Brts
tol appalachian League) TO take Joe
Hollands place in the outied. is going
along nicely. Monday on the local grounds
he secured one of the longest hits. for
circuit, ever seen here.
In recent series Richmond went
through the three games with fielding
average of 1884.