The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12
GOOBERVILLE WILL
FIGHT TO FINISH
So Will Norfolk and Roanoke
So Where Is Virginia League?
Probable Change in Control
of Local Club--That
Eastern League
Franchise
BY GUS aIALBERT.

Somebody has set bomb under the
Virginia League, and on last Monday,
when rather cheap connivance caused
the embarrassment of President C. r.
Williams, the fuse was lighted.
Friends OF those who connived have
found pleasing pastimc during the
week in looking for what is left of
the sometime best Glass C League" in
the National Association.
History. though OF catapulting,
left-handed. boomerang variety. still
history. nevertheless. has been made.
Very probably the historian will not
care to remember it in after years,
and surely those who had hand In
the making will hope that kindly
forgetfulness by those who should re-
member, will pull a veil over what
happened over in Petersburg on that
memorable Monday. just six days ago.
In reality the Virginia League has
been sitting right on top of that bomb
for many moons. Being a quiet sort
of bomb. with no kissing noises
emanating from its innermost re-
cesses. those who should have paid
some slight attention to even an in
nocuous bomb. kept on in theft SNUG
complacency, with never a thought to
the seemingly harmless object. Once
or twice on previous occasions the
fuse was lighted. but there was al
ways a heroic Individual who quickly
/ stamped out the flame with blatant
utterances that all was we'll. So the
bomb lay dormant for days upon days,
just waiting what might be called an
suspicious moment to show what dam
age a bomb can do
Reign of Terror.
Now terror reigns. They of the SNUG
"comnassn.c,y,. are, realiziDS. the Fruits
of their Vaccinations. There is bitter
war in this usually peaceful Virginia
League household. Brother is against
brother; magnate against magnate,
and, just without The holy OF HOLES
sits the public quietly taking 1t all
in and laughing that men so erudite
and SO worldly wise could make quite
such IL spectacle of themselves.
c. r. Williams never dreamed for a
moment when he sounded his gavel de-
claring the meeting called TO order
over in Petersburg last Monday that
his Gavel sounding against the wooden
table was merely the death rattle of
an organization which had spent itself
inventing excuses and apologies and
making wordy declarations apropos OF
nothing at ALL Neither did he realize
that when he showed enough courtesy
to the magnates TO leave them alono
so that they might calmly and sanely
discuss his case that they would taks
advantage of his absence and OF tho
absence of sick comrade TO cause hiu
undoing.
Williams, unfortunately. was OF tha
opinion that even tho Virginia Leagus
had speaking acquaintance with the
amenities among business associates.
He even went so far as TO believe that
ethics of some sort might obtain In a
meeting of Virginia League magnates.
And therein Williams failed. For no
sooner did he turn his back than no
was literally torn into shreds. IL an
absentee can be so torn. Coming back
to Richmond on the electric car. Al
visory Counsel Sands. who happens to
be also director OF the Richmond
team. facetiousiy remarked that ha
had neglected to introduce a resolution
of thanks to- the retiring president.
If I had thought OF 1t would have
done It," he declared.
Petersburg Men VIII Fight.
Over In that same town of Peters
burg there is young man who is called
w. Gordon McCabe. Jr They think
pretty we'll of him over there and ara
willing to back him up in almost any
thing he does. because they know he IL
right. w. Gordon McCabe. Jr., Is re-
puted TO be fighter-a fightcr In moro
ways than one. Then there IL another