Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-18
Newsy Paragraphs From All
Clubs in the Organization.
GAME B00Ms IN NORFOLK
Lynchburg Suffers as Result Of
Changing Salary Limit-Walker's
Success Here Gratifying.
Special Dispatch TO The star

day AT Bishopvile. :. G.. b." bride being
a Miss Stuckev Of that pla,S The mar
riaSe took place at the brides home and
Mr.. and Mrs. Mahry are now in Roanoke.
IL is understood that Mabry j. member
OF the faculty OF the Eastern College.
which is located at Manassas. which team
made other schools playing II this season
live hard, for It only lost one game dur
ing the entire spring
Backers Of the Virgins League are
with themselves Just now
over the increase of patronage Tor the
Virginia League i'm Norfolk. for the re-
ports in the Norfolk papers show last
week it was more than twice as much
as the last week the Tars spent at home.
Perryman. the Emory GA college
pitcher, who has signed with Danville.
has a college record TO he proud OF and
If he can show half as much ability as
a professional he will shine before long
as a member of the Red Sox In the
seven games The lowest number OF
strikeouts credited 70 him in any game
was thirteen. while mis- best record was
twenty. Ills fielding average was per-
feet and he hit the ball al .25o in the
seven contests. Looks like Manager
Laughin has picked up a good man.
Harry Mace. the old-timer. who started
the season with the Sally League. is UNI
piring in the Tidewater League.
President Williams has released TIM
pires Leary and Brantley. the latter hAv-
ing been let go after three or four games.
Leary started the season and lasted
about six weeks.
I'D Mula0oN N p pod ha
team OF the outlaw league until a week
or two ago. has induced Pitcher Grauiey
of that team TO jump with him TO Yazoo
City. Miss.
Leo accorsin of this city has gotten
his release from Johnson City of the Ap-
palachian League. and he is now PLAYING
third with Bristol of the same league
The talk of Richmond going into the
Eastern League to take the place of Bal
timore in event the Monumental City can
land major league berth has been re-
vived again by the morning paper I'm
Richmond. and the three afternoon sheets
followed 1t up with jeers and fun. Sew
eral months ago the afternoons started
the same report and the morning scribe
poked fun al ii.
1t will he a long time before Richmond
will get in the Eastern League. and this
VIII never idpptti long az oWnoT
Bradley of the Virginia League franchise
there can prevent 1t, for Bradley prob
ably now makes more money with less
trouble than he would make II he owned
an Eastern League franchise outright.
not to say anything about the cost Of
getting ii and getting away from the
Virginia League
Richmond is too far away from the
Eastern League for the magnates to con-
q dQI-f strhf hare
other towns equally as large to he drawn
from B-class leagues in some of tho
northern states which would make a
more compact circuit should Baltimore
quit.
The Danville team is making the hest
of Harry Griffin. the erstwhile Lynchburg
pitcher. while he is going good. Griffin
reported to the Red Sox May pc, ard since
that time the team has PLAYED sixteen
games seven Of which have been pitched
by Griffin.
Umpire Leary. who was released sew
eral days ago by President Williams, 10
after a berth in the Tri-state. Leary
halls from Philadelphia.
Blanchard. who was released last spring
by the locals without being ordered TO re-
port, has been turned adrft by Bristol.
the New York Americans since the be-
ginning Of the training season. has been
turned back 10 the Richmond team. and
the fans over the Virginia League circuit
are wondering how the Richmond team is
going TO get or rather stay in the alary
limit with this pitcher for Reyelle has
been in the game too long to play for the
love OF il or for salary less than $500 a
month. 1t is probably more.
Revelle will add strength TO the Rich
mond team If he is in condition. hut IL
he does not show better form than he
did at times last season he will do the
Colts little good. for he will find the pace
here this season trifie more rapid than
il was year ago.
This salary-limit business. as il has
been applied i'm the Virginia League. has
worked hardship on the local team, for
Lynchburg seems TO have been the only
club on the circuit that made any effort
TO get into the limit from the start. 1t
seems to have been the only team that
secured its PLAYERS with a view of OBJ
serving rhe limit having turned down a
number OF men that could have been
signed at $3.50 a month who would now
add quite bit OF strength in spots. IL
was the idea OF the club 70 carry twelve
men, for with thirteen il would have
been about $40 over the limit The other
clubs. disregarding the twefve-hundred-
dollar limit. got toRerheN and raised II
500 month and put the Aynohburg club
in bad The other clubs Mad players dt
81, 400, while the locals had turned them
down, believing the limit was To be OBJ
served.
Clarence Walker the first baseman
from the South Carolina Association, who
made such a brilliant getaway with the
Washington team, is a native or Hristol,
Va where he worked a southern
railway block office telegraph operator
before getting into base ball This seems
to be his first season I'm professional ball.
and his friends in Bristol are at loss
TO know where he learned the art. he
Joined the Spartanburg team, which So
him TO Washington for $500 record
breaking price for that league. early In
April and was a star from the start.
Dodge. the inf1elder secured by Nor
folk from the Arkansas League. who
was expected to go trough this league
like a house afre. has hit terrific bat
ting slump. and this has resulted in a
good bit of umpire batting from the
PLAYER He has been benched and fined
recently for this and Tuesday Umpire
to be careful in the future. Since June
/ Dodge has hit at .159.
Looks like Charley Babb and his Nor
folk Tars who have been leading the
race since May =. having had almost
phenomenal success. are in for slide.
for the Tars dropped four straight up
to Thursday, three of them being to
Danyille the occupants of the cellar.
The Tar pitchers have not been going
as good as OF yore. and some or the
has been predicted around the circuit
,bo+ THE would come and now the race