Evening star., 1912-11-03

few wears, but if Jack Grim elects to
raise this one il will be one that VIII
] in the limelight for another week or two
! Considerable dope is being dished up
| these days about the formation of new
| Carolina League, which seems to have
| been blocked by the refusals of the APP
| palachian League to permit Asheville TO
transfer its affections to a new circuit
| made up wholly of Carolina towns. The
! wind seems to point to new circuit IN
North Carolina. with Charlotte Green's
| boro and Winston-Salem as nucleus,
| and this causes some of the South Caro-
| lima towns to yield up the ghost ana
think there is nothing doing for them
from a base ball standpoint for next sea-
son, when there is now there one of
the fittest fields for rafting good cir
cult. All it wants is some one to nurse
it a little and it will make corker
With Charleston and Augusta lying idle
after some experience in the South At
lantic, and Spartansburg and Greenville
eager, as of yore. to be in the game
what's the matter with these four towns
forming an alliance with Rock Hill and
Sumter or Anderson for an interstate
league? Any six of the cities named
will give aggregate population Of
10000 Q91O census figures, and it ought
to be a good feeding ground for Young
hopefuls who have major league ambi-
tons.
The committee named at the Roanoke
meeting to audit the accounts of the Nir
gina League for the past season has
done its work, and President Boat
wright's books have been sealed with an
official Q. X. The committee consisted
of Bradley of Richmond and Pritchard
of Petersburg. who acted in connection
with President Boatwright.
The proposition to form new league
~ H.. a
iZation down there in 1906, which when it
broke sent some mighty good material TO
the Virginia League. About the best who
drifted into the Old Dominion circuit from
this disbandment was Harry Stewart, the
pitcher who went to Lynchburg and
proved to be winner for several seasons,
and who is now in the Pacific Coast
League. Stewart was traded to Houston.
Tex. for Arthur Wallace, who played in
the Virginia League with Lynchburg,
Richmond. Danville and Norfolk and is
now under suspension to the latter team.
A season with Houston prepared Stewart
for work on the coast. and there he has
done good work as pitcher and utility
man on several teams for three or four
seasons. Stewart is under reservation
now to the Vernon Club.
Among other ex-Virginia leaguers now
in the coast league are Walter Schmidt
formerly with Roanoke, who was secured
Association and was sold 10 San Fran
cisco after a season in Virginia. John
Teidemann, with Oakland, is protege
of Wynne Clark. Tedemann was found
by Clark on a training ship at Norfolk
and he saw so much future in him that
he worked for and secured his discharge
from the navy. Although Teidemann did
not do much his first year, Clark pre-
dicted great things of him, and he seems
to be measuring UP to expectations with
the Oakland outfit, for he has been there
two seasons. Walter Doane, with Port |
land, played with Roanoke two years. |
being sold his first season here to Cleve- |
land. who farmed him to New Orleans |
Doane came back again with Roanoke |
was recalled by the Maps and sen. t. the |
coast, where his hitting has gotten him |
a job. |
Joe Quirk, trainer for the Boston Red |
Sox. spent portion of the week in |
Lynchburg with his wifes relations. Mrs. ),
Quirk was Miss Towson. a member of a |
we'll known Lynchburg family.
The meeting of the Carolina towns to
build a 1913 schedule which is to be held
at Charlotte next Thursday, promised to
be one Of interest This league completed
this year a fve-year agreement. which
went through without a breaA in the cir
cult. condition very unusual for d
class organization.
The Newport News fans, despite the
fact that they have no assurance that I
they will have franchise after the COM
ing meeting of the Virginia League, have
formed an association which is applying
for charter from the state corporation,
and already the directors are in the mar
ket for a manager for next season
E. N. Shaw. an outfielder drafted by
Dayton of the Central League, from John
son City of the Appalachian, halls from
near Birmingham, Ala. He was brought
to Lynchburg in the spring of 1911 by
Manager Otis Stocksdale. but failed to
make good. From Lynchburg he went to
City, where he played two years.
Shaw is very fleet runner, and has de-
veloped into a good hitter.
In addition to Elmira. \. Y, which
team got the player, South Bend of the
Central League put in draft for Crei-
ger, the crack Petersburg pitcher. IL