Evening star., 1911-08-13
President Williams May Lose
Position Next Year.
HANNAH is MENTIONED
President of Defunct Tidewater Cir.
cult May Get Job-Gossip
of Players.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

especially true as 10 the complexion OF
the league and as to it's executive, and
this Is going to be a mighty fruitful
source for the ''space-f7liers association
of the circuit until it is finally settled.
1t seems quite certain that another ef-
fort will be made TO oust Danville and
Roanoke. and IL would not be a surprise
TO see this effort extend to Lynchburs.
hut IL is just as safe TO assert that
Lynchburg and Roanoke will be in the
league in 1912 as il is TO predict that the
circuit will be doing business at the old
stand next year. The Danville situation
seems to be trifie more problenaticsl.
and It's solution seems to be with the
owners of the franchise held by that
town. If they want to stay there will be
enough votes to help them to hold the
fort, but IL they have had enough. then
there seems to be a chance of Newport
News getting on the map OF organized
ball next season.
Portsmouth has no more show or
getting in the Virginia League next
season than Charleston, $. C., for Ports
mouth has fallen down on two leagues
In as many seasons. Last year IL cost
the Virginia League several thousand
dollars to carry the Portsmouth team
until IL could be transferred TO Peters
burg. and then that team had To go TO
the country TO play the grounds being
too far from the city to draw well.
This year the Portsmouth fans were
expected to do wonders by the outlaw
team there. but they were the first 10
fall down and really were the cause OF
the league blowing. So Portsmouth is
to be eliminated from further con-
sideration.
But the question OF the circuit is
not the. all-absorbing topic OF discus
sion, for the wags are already wag-
g!ng over the presidency. They are
after President Williams, and IL would
not be a surprise to see a determined
effort at the fall meeting to oust him.
and the candidate that his opposition
may settle upon is none other than
William II. Hannah. who was the head
of the now defunct Tidewater outlaw
circuit. There has been a fight on
President Williams for long time,
just such fight as has been made on
other league heads, and IT is impossible
to forecast the result.
The report comes from Richmond that
Richmond. Petersburg and Lynchburg
are to be counted in favor of Billy
Hannah as against Williams Relative
to this President Wilkinson of the local
team has nothing to say for publica-
tion.
The same report has IL that if Presi-
dent Williams fails of reelection IL
will be because Danville can be in
duced to vote against him. thus leav-
ing only Roanoke and Norfolk for his
retention.
There have been hints for some time
of a determination to elect Hannah
president but il was not thought the
ma after would be aired publicly SO soon.
Now that ii is out and the fans are
talking. IL will be a fight interesting
to watch.
Jack Law. the veteran first baseman OF
the Norfolk team, has found out that
talking too much when wearing the uni
~ hoSo hou foo rsv,<jo
can be very costly at times. for Law -
now under indefinite suspension for
charging syndicate ownership of the Roa-
noke and Norfolk teams by the Norfolk
and Western railway and other things
that President Williams has seen n 10
deny. There appeared a special In many
papers last week from Norfolk in which
Law was quoted as making these charges
when he was under a fve-day suspension
for alleged umpire batting Immediately
President Williams wired an indefinite
suspension to President Allen of the Nor
folk team, and Law is out Of the game
for the remainder OF the season unless he
can show that he was misquoted by the
Norfolk correspondent.
In announcing Laws suspension Presi-
dent Williams stated that Law had given
the umpires OF the circuit more trouble
this year than any other player in the
league: that he had been fined nine times.
put out of several games and was under
his second suspension when the indefinite
suspension was ordered.
While Law was a trife rough on the In
dicator handlers in the games played by
the Tars in Lynchburg. he was not
bad as number Of other players. He
was never quite as bad as members OF
the Petersburg team, who We're not mo-
Tested by the jumps for their "sassing''
in games at the local fair grounds. Law
is good first baseman, and his knowl-
10 w i~h ma ID hiyea Hn
capstone of strong team, won many a
game for the rars. Minus Law the Tars
are considerably weaker than they would
be with him, and their chances OF landing
the calico are much simmer
The one great trouble with the umpires
in this league this year is that they have
been lacking in backbone. They haven't
had the nerve to sit right down on
player and make him toe the mark with
out either fning them or chasing them
from the game. There have been umpires
on this circuit who have taken no foolish
ness from the players and who did not
resort to fines and banishment because
the players knew they could not bait
them. IL kicks were registered the kicker
was told to shut up and they shut up.
Bill Byron, now of the Eastern League.
was that kind of man. for when he let
the player see that he had gone far
enough there was nothing more TO II. BY
ron wass boss and the players knew il
and respected him for IL.
Pitcher Vance, who was with the Nor
folk team last season under an optional
agreement with one OF the Tri-State
teams, which option was exercised last
fall. has joined the Petersburg club and
he will add a tower Of strength TO the
Bronchos. who are now making a deter
mined fight for the championship.
Buck" Hooker, who managed the Nor
folk outlaw team until the circuit went
on the rocks. Is playing left field for
the Lynchburg team and he is doing IL
well. Hooker started out strong with
the stick. He played with the local team
in 1907, 1908 and 1909 and last season with
Danville. Hooker is q Richmond boy and
once had a trial by Cincinnati In the box.
but he had TO quit the box when his
salaried wing dropped on him. He has
been playing ball eleven years and IL Is
doubtful if he has had q run-in with an
more popular with the Lynchburg fans
than he.
Tom Guiheen, who managed the Tide
water team at Elizabeth City, N c., has
Joined the Petersburg outfit and is play
ing second. With Keiiher at first: Cui-
heen at second. Busch at short and Howe
dell at third the Bronchos have a fast
and experienced infeld and one that will
average considerably higher than go
with the stick.
Eugene Hudgins. a catcher late of the
Norfolk Tidewaferites, Is now doing
stunts behind the bat for the Danville
Red Sox.
In Mondays game Pat Krebs of the