Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23
VIRGINIA LEAGUERS
TideWater Outlaw League Re-
ported in Dire Straits.
NOT LIKELY TO LAST
Zannelli Continues to Play Great
Ball for Lynchburg-Gossip of
Teams and Players.
>pecial Dispatch to rac star.

Special Dispatch to Tnc star
lYNCHBUR RIG. Va. july - be-
ginning OF the end of the TideNater tout
iaW) League * at hand. for the NorfoIk
team where the promoters Of the project
expected Ia clean up bit OF money dur
ms the season. has been trans ferred :,
hampton Virginia peninsula town
across Hampton roads from Norfolk hay
ing ABOUT one-SiXth the popula ton OF thu
larger city This action was taken Tues
day afternoon al a called meeting Of the
directors. after Owner Hannah, who .
also president of the circuit. stated that
the poor patronage necessitated this stet
1t was shown that the people OF Haro-
ton regretted that they did not go into the
league when it was formed and that the,
would now welcome a Tidewater team in
that city.
The Norfolk team has been MANAGED
by Buck Hooker q former Virgin,
League outilelder, since Steve Griffin ouI,
the Job. and it is made up largely OF
players who have formerly PLAYED in thls
circuit, some of whom are hardly fast
enough To get back in this circuit
1t IL generally believed that IL Will
not be long before the circuit will go to
pieces
The removal OF the Norfolk team n
the outlaws from Norfolk seems to in
sure better patronage in that city 70,
the virginia League, not to say a thins
ABOUT the fact that organized hall has
won victory by routing the opposition
In that protected territory. 1t is prob
able that 1t will be long time before op-
position crops out again as IL did this
year, for il has been very costly TO the
outlaws. as we'll as to the organized team.
Outfielder Spencer of the Petersburg
team has been fined So5 and suspended
for five days for abuse OF Umpire Flvnn
in series played here last week between
Lynchburg and Petersburg
Tho Richmond team which has tho lead
! in tho hitting Of the league seems 10
have gotten its high record of ..72 at the
expense of the Roanoke and DanVili.
clubs. for the Colts have hit AT 3lG
tiers have pounded the Roanoke pitchers
al .3'2. while they have been able to hit
at 30 against the Lynchburg team.
Ray Morgan pulled off a Ty Cobb stunt
in Richmond Tuesday. when he singled
and stole his way from first base to home
Manager Cowan was catching for the
Colts.
Catcher Sinck of Spencer " O.. who
two local catchers were out with bad
hands, has been turned loose, and Nc
Cormac is doing all of the catching Bleh
who has a bad thumb. hopes TO be able
to work in a few days.
Bob Fender. who returned recently from
the Eastern League. is dong nicely with
the indicator on this circuit now. He has
proven a valuable addition to the indi-
Gator staff.
The Richmond News Leader says L>f'
Fielder MATHS is a terror to the pitchers
of the circuit, but this has not proven to
be the case with the Lynchburg pitchers.
for Maths has hit at only .2n5 ia the
games he has played in against the Shoe
makers.
The race In the league has frightened W.
considerably. and there is no way telling
now who will be in the forefront wher
the season ends September g. The night
at this time appears to be between Nor
folk, Lynchburg and Petersburg.
If the locals can land another winning
pitcher to help Brooks. Brandon and Rieu
out they will be there to the last
Kid ZanneIli, the Washington lad who
took up the job at short for Lynchburr
in June, is one OF the finds of the sea
son. Zannelh is one of the surest men
on ground balls who have ever played
in this circuit. He is one of the ten
best base stealers Of the league, and IL
he continues his present hitting clip ha
will be well UP around the leaders, for
his sticking up to this week has been at
a .3.i clip.
Heating the local third sacker is a
marvel on the base lines, as will he seen
from the fact that he is leading the base
stealers of the league on batting av-
erage of .2l5. In the last official averages.
which included the games up to July /.
Heating stood at the top with Shaugl-
messy of Roanoke second, but since that
Heating has pulled away from Shaugh-
messy, for he has stolen seven sacks to
Shaughnessy's four since the 1st OF this
month. Keating's habitat is Philadelphia.
Guy Titman. who has been playing in
the New York State League this sum
mer, has joined the Roanoke team and is
now working In the outer garden for
the Tigers. Titman iS one Of the Elost
Sentlemanly men who have worked here.
and this means something when il is
known that this is his sixth season.
having played with Richmond and Ports
mouth during the five former years OF
the present league
One reason for the splendid showing
made by Lynchburg in the past month is
the hard hitting of the men who are reg
ulariy in the game. Five of these are
hitting above 800; one at 219 and the
other at .a66.
Priest. Washington boy and a New
York American asset, is putting up fine
game at second for the Richmond team.
Priest has added needed strength to the
Colts, but they cannot hope To win CON
sistently until the twrling staff has been
bolstered up a tritle
Callahan. the Baltimore catcher. who
was secured to help Richmond out. was
let go when big George Edwards was
secured to take his turn behind the bat
with Manager Cowan.
Owner Bradley is credited with making
the prediction that his team would cop
the rag again this season for Richmond.
but Mr.. Bradley will hardly realize this
hope without some winning pitchers.
Three teams now appear to be stronger
than Richmond. namely: Lynchburg,
Norfolk and Petersburg, but an experience
ed pitcher or two would soon put the
Colts into the running.
The shortest game of the season WAS
pulled off here last week when IL re-
quired only eighty minutes for the Lynch
burg team to defeat Danville In a 4-to-l
game. Umpire Bob Fender was on the
job, and he hurried the men into this con-
dition.
Simmons. a recruit with Petersburg. was
fined So5 by President Williams and sus-
pended for five days for umpire baitin.
here in the second game he played after
joining the Bronchos. having come from
one of the outlaw teams where sllrl