Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-21

rectors cannot bring such a condition =
about, then let us feel the strong hand
of the national board again and IL there
stand for base bah, get rid of it, =
The playing season begins April - and
closes September and another meeting
will have to be held for the adoption of
the playing schedule. +.
Hamilton. who was about the best
pitching sensation I'm the league last sea-
son. has written Manager Heine Busch
of the Petersburg team that he will not !
report to the Seattle team of the North-t
western League, where he should go bs7
draft. Hamilton is too good man to-
allow such thing to put him In bad
with base ball. Seattle will make no
mistake in coaxing the pitcher to go TO
the coast, for IL he shows the expected
Improvement over last year he ought to
has had three or four years experience
in Virginia. and his natural ability ought,
to stand him we'll in hand should he got
to the coast.
The Petersburg team has large string
Of pitchers signed. from which Manager
Busch expects to be able to find a squad
to take the place Of Hamilton, Vance and
Bruckmiller, who will be missing this
year. These men are Vern Hughes Of
West Etna, Pa; Fred Ostendorf. Bal
timore southIaw; Dave Rayner. ]. s.
George. Larry Hannifan. Duke Pritchard.a
John Crozier, f. J. Lawrence and VIII /,
liam Bender. =
Eddie Starke, the Cleveland. Ohio. lad.
who finished the 1911 season on thes
Lynchburg mound, has returned his 1917 >
contract with his signature and af1davit
attached. Manager Stocksdale hopes to
develop a good slabman out of this
Forest city product.
The proposition Of the state tax COM
mission to put tax on all professional
1,oc 1,ol1 1oA in, fhA u
mittee Of the general assembly before the4
solons had whack at it. Virginia
would not stand such an imposition from
the tax experts.
Victor Accorsini. who has been working
for several years at Niaraga Falls. will
make application for berth as umpire.
in the new Virginia League. Accorsini
played behind the bat for the Little Rock
(Southern) team, and later with. several
teams in the nutmeg state circuit on first
umpired a number Of exhibition games on
the local grounds. and the way he got
way with them showed he has the making
Of an arbitrator.
Would you like to be recommended to .
minor league manager by Manager Con-
ME Mack of the worlds champions
That Is what has happened to Albert
Nixon, semi-professional player from At ]
lantic City, N. j., for he has been givena
chance to sign Lynchburg contract
for the coming season strictly on theto of
the Athletics manager. Recently Manager
Mack wrote AL Orth about the player, tell
ing him that he had seen Nixon work.
adding that he looked a real ball player
and suggesting that if the team wanted
good prospect to get the lad. Ortiz
promptly turned the letter over to Presi-
dent wilkinson. who lost no time getting
Nixon's contract. Nixon will therefore
get trial in the Shoemaker outfield this
spring.
George III. Johnson. Baltimore semi /,
professional, will be another man for the
Lynchburg outfield. Johnson comes TO
the team here upon the recommendation
of Fred Bruck, the Baltimore pitcher,
who starred with the local team last
year. and who goes to Columbus, Ohio,
this season. Bruck says Johnson should
have no trouble making the team hereH
this spring.
The directors of the Lynchburg Base
Ball Association met this week and
authorized the advisory committee to-
make plans to finance the team for
the coming season. This action did
not come until after the national com
missions decision. for LynchburS
would not have been in the league un
der old conditions The committee will
sign Stockdale soon. though he is re-
Garded as signed now. and there is mo-
doubt that he will be in charge again.