The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-07
DIR. BAGBS AND MANAGER BAILEY
OF CoLLEGIANs DENY AL
CRITICISMS
HIS RULINGS CORRECT
WINNER or GAME SATURDAY BIZ
TWEEN BATTLE AVE AND co.,
LEGIANS WILL END ENTIRE
NATTER.
By JAY LEWIS.

10y IN LEWIS
Dr. Charles W Eaton, president of
! the Capital City league, has been
! made 70 realize that the path Of the
/ man who tries to run an amateur
| baseball organization without fear or
/ favor is decidedly -eae ef-F<eses- I
] looks very pretty. but there are lots
of thorns and anyone who does not
20 over thu way rcughshnd is PIT to
get a few jabs.
The president of the ledgne Is of a
naturally Kind and generous disposl-
ton. He has always tried not 60
displease anyone in his rulings and to
temper Justice with few kinds words
of consideration for the fellow lie
has been obliged to rule against Con-
sequentiy kicks ON his decisions have
! been registered and finally the kick
/ ing became loud enough to attract at-
( tentiOn II he had been rude and
rough nobody would have dared regis
/ ter lick bat finally one earnest en-
thusiast even voiced the opinion that
President Eaton was discriminating
/ against INC Collegians. the second
+ team in the Capital City league race,
IN favor Of the Battle Aye M, the
present amateur champions
II Was ass, . thai the Coie9i4ns
specifically ga Tsed the president
Went beyond his rights IN refusing
To allow two forfeit games to the
Collesians when the Athletics failed
to show up last Saturday a week. Or
Eaton allowed one or the games. the
other he has held up pending an in
yestigation The Athletics failed TO
show Up for their double header with
the Battle Axe team saturday Both
games were forfeited 10 pt farker's
team
Right mere is where this roIIeaians
base their charge that the president
Is playing fan orites with the Battle
Axe nine"
No Charges Made.
Right here is where it j. proper
IN say that no charges have been made
by the Colesians unntfcialv or
otherwise pr. Bashy has repudiated
any statement that tha Collegians
have questioned any Of the rulings If
President Eaton. Manager Cleve
Bailey states that no charges have
been made ny the Collesians against
President Eaton and that the griev-
anees of the Collegians existed only
In the imagination Of the writer
In other words, the collegians have
no desire to appear in the light Of
, sQueaieFs. especially as "A large
hoticf" Went mp when the f'ollegians
secured TrepiIl!aA from the Ashla n1
team and Word from the Athletics
and practically broke up the Capital
city league season.
The Collegians had perfect right
TO sign Trevillian and Word and if the
league suffered that is the fault of the
league.
The statement thai the signing Of
Trevllian and Word practically broke
up the league season may appear to
be little strong. but nobody who
knows Of the existing conditions viii
attempt to deny it.
What League Should Do.
What Is left for the Capital City
league is to profit by it's experience
this year, and put one or two ironclad
rules in the bylaws that will help mat
tiers Hext season,
Nobody viii dispute that the cham
pioHship In the Capital civ league de
ponds on tn" game Saturday bety-rt5
the Battle Axe team and the collie
eians II the Battle Axe wins II viii
have tie championship beyond dispute
If the Lollegl.4ns -tAep-%xiH- t.s-+.44--
disputed champions. Some one may
point out that the Battle Axe team is
credited with two victories over the
Collegians and the ColleRians with oriv
one over the Battle Axe team, nut IN
spite OF this if the Colleeians win sat
urday they will be regarded az having
Won the championship of the Capital
City league
The regular schedule nfathe iet-ue
was killed the day that pitcher TIE
william was released by Ashland aud
ouifielder Word by the Athietics N,tth
those TWO men out Of their lineups The
Ashland team and the Athletics be-
cane jokes as contenders against such
strong teams as the Battle Axe. fle
Goiiegians or the Grays. with 'aae1a
pitching
Leave to Strengthen.
II looks as If the league had given
consent to the two leading teams 70
strengthen as far as possible en- tha.t
date by grabbing star players from
the other teams The Colegians got
two good players ana the friends ~
the Battle Axe team let ont howl If
the Battle Axe team had signed tie
pair the friends of the Collesiaas
would have yelled fully as loud
hen the Battle Axe team scored 4
point by having double header. for.
feited by one Of the weakened tean's
credited In its Official record the
friends of the Collegians put up Vel
ltat foand an echo in the criticism
dit ec I'd against President Eaton. Ills
ruljng a'as just and right and he only
9 thHt could be made under tire CIR
cafostances. All his rulings have been
backed AZ by the Amateur commits
sion, ana there is no reason To dount
THAI IN this case his ruling :, ould bt.
Endorsed.
DR., Eaton was inclined to laugh
when his attention was called 70 state
ment IN a newspaper, not the Rich
mond Nirgnian. that the Colieg.ans
had charged him with favor; -
7 saw the statement and asked Or |
BagbN II IL was true. He said f11t
the statement was made without au-
thority from him. and that It was not |
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