The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-14
WILLIAMS SAYS. He
. ALONE CAN PRESIDE. ~
ATLEAGUEME MEETING
Denies Right of ember of Board Of Arbitra-
\ II ton or Any. Other Outsider to Sit in Coun- "a
& -z.:'',5,clt Of. aMagnates-Will Not Postpone
4 3 j#}i Meeting United States League
III n. 8. n. VI. Gossip


a right to step in and so we asked for
a postponement until some member OF
that body could be in attendance
I'VE will abide by whatever HIS
decision nlqy be. Tho way he votes
will satisfy us. I can't SEQ how Mr..
Williams. hoing n member OF tho
Board of Arbitration. can call a meet
ins In the face OF the telegram VIC have
received. believe that II the meeting
Is postponed that something will be
accomplished. You understand our
position. We have no candidate to Of
fer. Any man from anywhere, who%ia
capable. Will BIO acceptable TO Rich
rlond-that is any man but williams.
We are for harmony md want mat
tiers adjusted so that VIC can get to
work for next season"
Can Outsider yotcs
The one thing which NIr. Bradley did
not make clear and tho one thing on
which the entire question hinges. is
what right member Of tho National
Beard of Arbitration has to act aa
president OF the league and to cast q.
ycte in that organizations? 1t may be
that such right does exist, but II Is
hard to understand from either busl.
Eess' or a baseball viewpoint.
As matter OF fact WilliamsS haa
nothing whatever to do with the sit
uatfon. For the hundredth time It
must be stated that the Virginia.
LEAGUE Is composed Of just ak clubs
Three of these clubs want no one but
Williams The other three want any
body but Williams Neither side is
willing to recede from It's position nor
to give an inch. From MIR. Bradfey'n
conversation he practically eoncedoa
that Norfolk will support williams.
Thus the war is being waged.
Regardless Of Willians's ability OF
inability to conduct the AFFAIRS OF the
league, the enc and the only way to
OF the three clubs. Unless this Is done
it is hard to see how harmony can
prevail. Where no majority eriste no
! majority decision can be reached.
A Fictitious Majority.
Even admitting. tor the sake ~ OF
argument, the right Of Secretary Far
rell to Jump in aud preside Mt q meet
Ing OF the Virginia League. and ad-
hitting further that Williams would
be ousted as result Of that action.
wouldn't such acttop come just as pear
disrupting the league as Williams
holding over? Wouldn't the new
PRECEDENT. whoever he might be-, start
out with the cnmity OF the three clupa
supporting Williams? It would be
| swapping one trouble for another.
Flying, freA. ills we know to Ills we
know not. Just because an outsider.
oven II that outsider Is member OF
the National Board OF ArbItFatioHs
steps In and creates a majority for
, one side. 1t does not settle the mattor.
It would be purely fictitious najor-
ity, for the integral parts OF the
league would be divided Just as they,
were before. Three clubs would have
/, won over three other clubs by the IN
! reference of an outsider st55 &
| If there Is any one who thinks thai
, such a condition would help the cause
Of the Virginia league no Is nightly
mistaken. Really and truly Williams
seems to have the better Of the argu-
mont In that regard. Al least one OF
the clubs opposing him is 80 wohpW
that breath could force II over.
| Danville Is by no means q certainty
In the Virginia League next season
The franchise Will probably be- hawk
ed whenever the borrd of directors DC
the corporation controlling tile
! franchise con hold a meeting, So ut
: tie interest exists in panviile that a
meeting has been Impossible UP TO
/ this time a,'$
! Instead OF natters. getting olsen
| targled. the skein becomes more
| tangled at each move. The waters, al
Iready murky. are now SO added that
nc one can SEQ bottom, nor has bottoms
oeen Lreached. rfsa ta ,s5..st - $40 ..ai
! Thunder for United states Lesguc.
| Very naturally the promoters Of the
United States League View the StrJ
glnia League situation with anything
, but alarm. They see In the prevailing
stutc or affairs, what every far3eelng
man sees. the final disintergration OF
tho organization. DisintcSration OF
the Virginia League means no opposI-
ton. In Richmond. AL of which would
be acceptable.
Secretary LaSarous Is going about
his affairs. consulting architects. have
ins blue prints made and doing other
things needed for the establishment OF
his plant at Lee Fark. While IT is
not expected to build g concrete stHd-
iGm. the construction Of the stands at
the new park Will DO partly concrete
and partly wood. sketch Of the
rlapt was shown the writer yesterday.
and If 1t Is anything like the sketch
wren it is completed, 1t is going to
be Some park.
Ernest c. Laadsraf. who will be tho
managing head of tho team, Is getting
hold of players rapidly. He writes that
he has several men already signed. and
Is dickering with a number Of others.
Hc regards as q joke the statement
that his league will be unable to got
players. When you've got the money
10 pay. them with, you can get all OF
the ball players you want" he re-
ma rlsed just before his departure. and
tho fact that he already has number
tod to his strins lends weight 10 his
statement.
Stuck BIZ Richmond. S
Rregdent Witp,an's visit created res
newed interest in+.what the league IL !
doing, The addition OF Cleveland
making the eighth city Of the circuit,
gives three towns in the West WHEN
Reading In the league sohlejof our az
aoclatea laughed OF us,'t' he eaid.
But believe before the saason4tia
oyer we VIII DO laughing at;l them.
Souno OF them actually didn't knows a
where Richmond Is. We'll, II 7 am d. 81 \
iudse of men, sotor. Laa4 & Eozs {