Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22
| he is as fast as lightning. The last av-
| erages show him to be hitting at .1O.

| he is as fast as lightning. The last av-
erages show him to be hitting at .2O.
| 1t is thought the draft money going to
| Roanoke will hardly pass the season
| losses for the Tigers. 1t was Admitted
| in July that the losses then We're SlUS.
and if that was correct the ledger must
| have gotten more lolsided than that ne
| fore the close of the season, Tor the IL
| gers did not draw enough at home to
pay for the big jumps they had to make
to stay in tie circuit.
| While the Virginia League had three
| men TO go to the majors by drafts, the
Appalachian circuit lost five men, Grubb
! of Morristown going to Cleveland. Thras-
| ter of Cleve and to the St. Louis Browns,
1 Merely OF Knoxville to Washington, VII
| son of Knoxville to Cleveland, and Fash
am of Clarksville to the ST LOUIS
| Browns.
| Manager Busch gave a young pitcher
named Smith from Waver!y. Va. tr al
| in the box against Anderson in the post
| season series. and the yOungSter made a
| splendid showing. No doubt he will be
seen in a Cooler uniform next season.
Another thing to come from this Ander-
son-Petersburg series is that Busch may
be expected to grab a couple of Ander-
son players by draft, for now he knows
what they can do. and if there are any of
them left when the higher leagues are
through Petersburg may be expected to
annex couple of these Electricians.
The fact that the Bristol team demand
ed a guarantee of 500 to go to Roanoke
for series with the Virginia League
champions shows that the reputation
Roanoke has for turning out small
crowds has gone beyond the bounds of
the Virginia League, Roanoke draws no
better with a winning team than it does
I with a tail-ender. for the large majority
of fans in that city appear to be score
| board fans. Just before the season closed
at one of the games, with the Tigers
fighting desperately for first place, a visit
ing base ball enthusiast declared the
crowd turned out was less than 200 It's
Il dollar to q douEhnut that the official
figures. If available, would show Peters
burg outdrew Roanoke three or four, or
maybe more, to one.
The ruling of the national commission
TO the effect that leagues having q provis-
ion against the use Of players under an
! optional agreement is not in accord with
| the revised national agreement. ought to
appease the conScienceS of some of the
magnates of the Virginia League who
during the last season used such players.
despite the fact that there was such a
provision in the constitution of the cir
cult Nearly every team on the circuit
was guilty of the disregard OF this pro-
vision.
1t is reported that eco admissions were
paid by Petersburg fans for the last game
Of the season, in which the fight for the
flag was settled with Roanoke and that
the average paid admissions during the
season We're 1850 a game That sounds
good and Petersburg locks like d good
town, but wait till the Coolers get in
the second division, and the followers Will
quit cold.
Capt Charles T. Bland has quit the di-
rectorate of the Portsmouth team and
the report comes from Portsmouth that
Lou Castro has been signed to handle
the team again in ID With Bland out
OF the game Portsmouth will have a hard
time sticking. for when Bland has not
been identified with the Portsmouth fran
chlse Portsmouth has not long stuck to
the game. They had a hard time down
there this year even after season and
malt without organized base bali.
Richmond is after an International
franchise again, but Richmond should not
overlook the fact that if that town lands
III that league the International sched-
ule Will not be built to give Rich
mond the Weekend games every week
during the season. Ii must not be for
gotten. too, that ffteen-cent admissions
VIII be d thing of the past in that circuit
and that many other conditions that built
up Richmond crowds in the past will be
out OF order IN the "A circuit.