The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-05
RIooND VA TUESDAY, pEcEn1BER 1e11

charged admission. It is alleged that
w. d. Bradley refused to charge adj
mission to tho fair sex on said holt:
days. and while tho league maEnates
are thoroughly In accord with the
chivalric spirit which prevented tho
Richmond magnnto from taking money
| of the fair ones. they hold that law Is
law, and as the constitution of the
league specifically provides that wo-
men shall be charged admission on
holidays, and as all Of tho other cities
of the circuit did charge them aimis-
sion. they feel that they are impclled
to ask w. B. Bradley to reimburse the
league for SIS admissions for women,
who entered Broad Street Park on
Labor Day. according to counter
which Mr.. Pritchurd. of Petersburg,
kept in his pocket. There would have
been demand for the money so lost
to tho league on othor holidays, but
that no accurate means was at hand to
determine just what the demand
should be. Mr. Bradley is given until
december TO pay these several sums,
with interest.
Ask Protection for o. her Towns.
After Issuing the ultimatum that the
warning cities must state what they
arc going to do on or before December
10, President Williams sent Il telegram
to Secretary ]. IL. Farrell of tho Ma
tional Association of Professional Ball
Leagues, asking protection for the
Virginia League for Suffolk. Newport
News and Portsmouth.
What effect this action on the part
OF the meeting held to-day will have
on Lynchburg, Danville and Richmond
remains to BIO seen. Whatever happens
1t is certain that tho three cities rep
resented to-day feel secure in what
they have done. They fail to rccoc-
nlHe the meeting at which Lawyer
Witaker OF Lynchburg. was named
as president. Indeed. the minutes Of
that meeting. complied by President
Williams. fail TO show wherein an
election took place The meeting, II
~ when Roanoke, represented by
Helms, who also represented Norfolk
by proxy. and Pritchard, representing
Petersburg. bolted.
They further hold that the proxy
which llelns presented from Norfolk
was accepted, not only by williams,
when he was in the chair, but by
Bradley when' he occupied the chair
temporarily while Williams was out
OF inc room, and that an appeal from
the decision of the chair required a
two-thirds vote. which was not obtain
ed.
National Board Called Upon.
should no reply be received from
LynchburE and Richmond and Dam
vile by tho 10th of this month, Presi-
dent Williams will take the matter up
before the national board and ask
that these three franchises tc declar-
CD forfeited to the league. 1t is un-
dcrstood that the bcvru is favorable
to tho Williams administration, and
1t is also understood that the board
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that taken by the meeting held on No
Fember 6, when, taking advantage OF
a technicality. an alleged election was
entered into against the wishes OF one
half Of the organization.
1t is also said that the sum OF money
claimed by the league from w. s.
Bradley, If 1t Is not paid as prescrib-
ed by the meeting to-day, Will be re-
covered through the same channel.
The men who were in this good town
to-day did not mince matters They
called every spade q spade, and ali
deprecated the fact that there were
not representatives from the other
cities OF the circuit There was no
fooling, no dillydallyins. The shots
We're straight from the shoulder. and
were aimed at some vital spot.
w. Gordon McCabe, Jr.. a man Of
ePuldtion anu man known Tor MS
lighting qualities. snid on the floor
that while he was more than anxious
10 be fair to all parties he did not In
tend to be bulldozed. He felt that he
and his associates had been taken ad-
vantage OF In a mean way and no re-
sented It. He felt that the action taken
to-day was both Just and right and
that this action would be upheld by
tho final appellate body of baseball in
this country--the board OF arbitration
And every man at the meeting felt the
same way about It. II was ono of the
most sincere, most energetic most pro
ductive meetings the league has ever
held.
Meeting Does Good Work.
II the Virginia League IL to last. It
Will DO tho action taken to-day which
kept 1t together. There were no
trickeries resorted to. Every action
taken was taken in the open with rep
resentatives of the press on hand to
watch every move. Tho coed of the
league was at stalks. and the NOR on
hand went at the task set for them
with their sleeves rolled up and with
determination TO surmount all dit
ficulties
Obviously the opposing faction,
meaning Richmond and Lynchburg and
Danville, have their redress. They
will be able to appear before the
National Board. They will even have
the opportunity Of taking the matter
into court and trusting TO the de-
cision Of That tribunal Emf since