The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-13

Another meeting OF the virginia
State League Of professional baseball
clubs will be held In Petersburg Mon
day at II O'clock. and a fourth at
tempt will be made to elect a presi-
dent.
Thrice since the season closed the
magnates, or at least a portion OF
them, have met and transacted BUSH
ness which has been of no value save
to keep the league before the public
in n highly unfavorable manner.
At the first meeting after the sea-
son ended President Williams had ev-
erything primed for his reelection.
He had placated the Petersburg club
owners and made himself SO popular
with Gordon McCabe that the lat
ter was willing to nominate him for
president.
Mr.. Williams had impressed on Mr.
McCabe his Importance as the owner
OF the pennant winning club of the
league and the prominent part TINT
Petersburg should play in the pro-
ceedings He intimated to Mr.. Me-
Cabe that Richmond was not the only
plum In the pudding or the only club
in the league. and 1t was up to Mr..
McCabe to impress this fact upon
Richmond.
Was he not the owner of the PEN
nant winning club?
To be-. certainly.
All Fixed for Nomination.
SO II was all fixed for Mr.. Nc
Cabe to rise up and nominate Mr..
Williams for reelection, which Mr..
Helms. OF Roanoke, would second.
Then Mr.. Allen would join with Mr..
Helms and Mr.. McCabe. making three
votes. After which Mr. Helms, hold
ing the proxy OF the Danville Club,
would announce that Danvilie was
voting with Roanoke, Norfolk and
Petersburg. Whereupon Mr.. VIII
liams would be declared reelected.
1t was a nice little program, and
|it would have gone through IL Mr..
Bradley had not been told In advance
what was coming off.
Mr.. Bradley and Mr.. Wilkinson, of
|Lynchburg. held consultation. and
they sent a wire to Mr.. Roach, OF
the Danviile Club. acquainting him
with the situation, and asking him to
hold OF the proxy. SO that 1t could
not be voted by Mr.. Helms for Mr.
Williams. Mr.. Roach. who Is a very
independent person. wired word that
the proxy was not to be voted In the
matter Of electing president. To
concerning his instructions he wired
ito Mr.. Williams and Mr.. Helms what
be had wired Mr. Bradley.
Natter In Postponed.
Then Mr.. Bradley proposed that the
matter OF electing . president be
postponed, and although Mr.. MeCabe
thought 1t would be best to 60
through with the program that had
been arranged. he finally, with his
usual courtesy. agreed to the post
ponement.
faction outgeneraled the Williams
men and elected Judge Whitaker, Of
iLynchburg, president.
| Mr.. McCabe had been shown the
error Of hts way by Mr.. Williams, who
had intimated to the Petersburg man
that he had made a mistake in con-
seating to pestPohemeht at the first
meeting Mr.. McCabe. naturally, was
a little peevish. 20 when Richmond
proposed that Petersburg man be-
manned Tor president Of the league,
he declared that the Petersburg Club
would insist upon Mr.. Williams and
no one else.
| Mr.. McCabe proposed to do a 1T
| tle. dtctating. that ~ ~. ss,r A. prssi-
dent OF the pennant-wtnniny club and
! the right hand man OF the president
of tho league. who was asking favors
| Of him. he naturally felt that he was
| In position to DO q little debating.
1t never for moment occurred to
him that Mr.. williams was using him
because he could not ind anyone else
who would stand for being used. So
Mr.. McCabe dictated.
Norfolk Spoils Plan.
| The result was that the Williams
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