The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-26
BY JAY LEWIS.

over the Virginia League circuit they
are saying that after all MIR. Bradley
knows more baseball than they ever
gave him dreGtt for, and when 1t comes
to generalship and fighting ability the
Richmond president need not ask odds
from the beet of them. not ever John
7. Brush.
The reason for this attitude of ad-
MIR ton Is the situation In the Vir-
ginia League after "a famous meeting
Saturday.
There are eight clubs in the Virginia
League circuit.
Newport News is one Of these Clubs.
Portsmouth Is another.
Roanoke no longer dominates the
league.
The square deal policy has gone
through, and every point raised by
President Iradley has been sustained
by organized baseball thr ,ugh Sec
retaiy Farrell. Of the National As
ISOLATION of Professional Baseball
Leagues.
Bradley Ri-ht From Start.
And the magnates conn ~s4ed Win
the other clubs are Obliged To Admit
that President Bradley has been right
from the start. The end Of the merry
little r proves il. MIR. Bradley won.
He won on the merits III the sase'
And to be winner and win On tne
merits of the case is to pe doubH
worthy of acclaim, although You may
he quite sure that no great Faeahs
OF praise witt be Poured teFth-htnn
Mr. Bradley from every siae. re"
may be found chanting quite
ary7,rt1rr- KIND of -iis,-y -ai,a they are
scarcely ito be- blamed 1t Is hot
EVERYONE who can take defeat grace
fully.
However. President BRADLEY 10
modest sort OF man. and he VIII nor
be found exultiug unduly over .he
fact that nc has shown ms i"iiuW
magnates what's what in Daseoai'
Las, night he said over the tsiePhone.
IAN differences of opinion haze peen
adjusted TN the Virginia League, ana
we are going 10 have harmony froT
this time forth. There ale nov eieht
clubs in the league. One ~ SeWpo..
News. with q population OF Ao,"ep 70
araw from The other is Portsmouth
with 3o,Do6 population.
Center Of Popul, ton.
Tor that matter ! may say uaaa
Newisgrt News has so.oeo poputi
NJ, which % draw People from lamp
tou Phoehus. Old Point Comfort and
~ ssc,dicrs' Hrrne VIII attend the
game, there. !coh fer Newport News
H. ~ a most successful baii to"h'
All n am pot mistaken portsmouth
VIII be the same
"Nr Bland is q very popular man
4, Portsmouth, and he says he Is 60
ing 10 iuild ell park right near
"a ! hipyard This Portsmouth cHip
nae MT omen the season In this part,
mi a wil be PLAYING there hesa-e
long. and with the games starting al
s-45 ..cloek there should be large
Attendance l3ok for the POTTS
mouth club TO have a very snceessful
season
rhe new GREAT should awaken
new interest in Richmond as Well we
will have seven clubs cdmlng mere, Two
new faces among them. and believe
the fans will turn out, especially to
Soc ~. newcomer The newer and
larger circuit will add more interest
to tae game.
YOU will notice that there has heen
NO question of the Virginia League
going on even with all this trouble
we have encountered
Another for Place.
THE fact OF the matter Is We have
had more applications for admission
than we could take care of, No mat
ter what clubs might drop out there
was always another to take its ace
We could not md room for SUFFOLK,
although that Is a great ball city Tor
fts size. none better. On the ques-
ton between Suffolk and Portsmouth
II II only natural that the league
should decide upon the larger city.
Suffolk has perhaps 5000 inhbbiiants.
Portsmouth has so,ooo.
so you see that no matter what
may have been said about the Viz
yiaia League there never for mo-
ment any doabt about the orsani-
xatton being continued. No city in
the old circuit wished to be counted
opt. Everyone was striving to stay in
and more wanted to come In. think
that covers the situation, and / believe
we ere gong to have very sLecesstui
season. I hope so. anyway
President Bradley appears to be
willing to forget. all that has passed
and work for the future. which Is
most commendable. hut he certainly
had very strenuous tinle since the
sisssss Of last SEA sap. >, lIias club VAS
tn. target for almost every other club
In the league. He did not receive full
support in his own city, yet he was
right on every point that he raised,
and he has been sustained by the
highest baseball authorities.
Queer Deal at Meeting.
A dispatch from Auburn let's in a
little light on the meeting in the JET
ferson hotel. Saturday. From the start
the Richmond club has maintained
8.tfaat the Newport News club Was and
IL a member Of the new league. At
the meeting Saturday the Richmond
club held TO this position yet an at
tempt was made to show that Rich
mond had quit in It's night for the
square deal.
Al telegram was sent to Secretary
Farrell asking II he would change his
ruling declaring Newport News a
xnaunhcr ar the league II six clubs