The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-13
NATIONAL BOARD WILL
SUPPORT WILLIAMS

matters and ended in three hours a
session which, had the desires Of the
men presenting the case been followed,
might have still been going on, with
out any immediate hope of terminating.
Section 7. of Article /, is what settled
the question and gave Williams Il de-
cided victory. That section says:
The constitution OF this league may
be altered by two-thirds vote of the
club members. ALI clubs voting Oh
amendments must be represented in
person. and not by proxy"
The members OF the board held that
By supulatnE Just when a proxy could
not be voted, the constitution OF the
Virginia League admitted the legality
Of proxies in all other matters. Add
to this the fact that Judge a. E. King.
representing the Williams side. proved
conclusiyely that 1t was common prac-
tice TO vote proxies In the league. and
that the proxy of the Norfolk club,
giving Gilmore Helms, of Roanoke, the
right to cast Norfolk's vote in the No
vember meeting. was given with the
full knowledge that the meeting was
called for the specific purpose OF elect
ing officers. and you will have the in
gradients which Will cause the board
TO Issue in formal language tomorrow
morning just what appears in the
opening paragraph of this story.
Owner W. B. Bradley. Of Richmond.
who is leading the fight for the Whit
aker contenders, practically admitted
his defeat Immediately after the hear
Ing had come to q close, and while
the board was busily engaged in hear.
ing other matters. without hesitation
he said that he felt that lie was go
ing to lose out on the proxy question
and he hit the nail on the head.
Judge King presented his side OF
the cast first. and told of the several
league meetings held. He spoke OF thu
meeting held September IS. at which
time an attempt was made to hold an
election. but out of consideration for
Danville, which was pot represented
by an official of the club, the election
was deferred, and the meeting ad-
, journed until November 8. He narrated
just what happened at the November
meeting. all OF which IS an old story
to Richmond fans. He dwelt at some
length on the December meeting, ut
winch Williams was elected. He
summed up by declaring the Novem-
bcr meeting to have taken mean and
unfair advantage OF condition which
should not have existed, and that the
| meeting. having boon organized on
the prcsumption that Norfolk's proxy
was in good shape and acceptable to
the representatives present, could not
by any procedure deny to Norfolk the
right TO have its proxy counted on all
questions which might arise
| Following Judge King. whose state.
! ment was, dignifed, concise and to the
point. Advisory Counsel ". H. Sands
began his argument, presenting many
| legal documents in the nature of afti.
davits and duly sworn and attested
copy OF the minutes OF the meeting
which was held in Petersburg in No.
vember. BY !nsinuation at least no
led III members of the board to tho
| conclusion that serious charges could
be made against Williams. He stated
that he had afidavits which. while no
did not desire to present them never.
theless told OF things which made It
plain that Richmond could not possibly
support the reelection OF Williams
He also said that 1t was the general
impression. whether true or not, that
Williams and the Roanoke and Nor
, folk clubs were one and the same
thing.
, Advisory Counsel Sands was request
: ed 10 rely entirely UPON the merits OF
tic case in hand and he. Sands then