Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-02
VIRGINIA LEAGUERS
Manager Stocksdale'S ReSig-
nation Event of Week. |
NEW LEADER FROM SOUTH
All the Latest News and Gossip
From the Tight Lit
tie League.
Special nlsnntch 70 The star.

Special Dispatch 20 The Star.
LYNCHBTRG, Va. June 1.-The reslg-
nation OF Otis II Stocksdale manager.
which came upon the return OF tho
Lynchburg team from a siN-day trip dur
ing which seven games were lost. was the
big news OF the Virginia League during
the week. Although some well known
base ball men make the assertion that
the team gotten together by the late man
ager looked about as good as any other
on the circuit, yet II was unable TO breaK
into the run column with enough fire.
quency TO satisfy the home faas and
there was a general demand for his re-
lease. Fandom on it's head for
week. and there was nothing for the as
sociation backing the team 10 do bu: lee
him go and look for another mar ager.
despite the fact that neither OF the local
papers took a hand in the tr tuoles OF tho
team. Comment, OF course, was m.lda
relative 10 the games. hut not 4 sngls
criticism appeared during the slump for
the manager. There was no boosting.
for there was nothing 10 boost about hut
the papers cannot be charged with Stocks
dale's downfall.
Man for man, the fans almost unani-
mously believe the Shoemakers ale -
good an aggregation as has played here
this year. and all of the teams have been
Richmond.
When the resignation canis Jack MORT.
son, who halls from Shippenshurs, Pa.
who had been field capita, n. was plueed in
charge of the team as teninorary make.
shift, while President Wilkinson h.cd
himself to the Carolina Association 10 buy
| leader for the team.
Monday. despite seven straight defeats.
5s3 fans turned out to see the game, and
| what would II have been hal the team
been making the showing in the race no
| fans believe IL IS caoaDls Of n,akine2
| This city is just as ripe for winner as -
| there had been no base bail here for
| eral seasons, for Lyme 1bl-g has not has
q representative aggregation on the dia-
| mond since 1907. IL the club caE strike a
| winning stride, watch the fans turn out in
| big numbers.
| ignation President Wilkinson went to
| Greenville. s. c.. TO get in touch with
| Manager Laval of the Spartanburg team.
| where arrangements were made for the
purchase of James F. Kelly. for three
years manager of the Anderson team in
| that circuit An agreement was reached
looking to the purchase of Kelly or for the
| pick of the local outfield Manager
| Pressly of the Roanoke team was selected
to pick the man to exchange for Kelly.
| and his selection was Buck Hooker.
| Hooker. upon being apprised of the deal.
declined to go. He had played bali be-
| Tore IN tnat climate, ana nad TO quit De-
cause of his health. and for that reason
he blocked the trade. Then the Spartan
burg team was notified that Lynchburg
would buy Kelly outright.
For three years at Anderson Kelly kept
his team up in the fight. and he was
| wanted back there again for this year.
but preferred a change. Upon suggestion
of President Wearn of the Carolina Asso-
citation. he held Off to take the Whining
ton franchise in case Anderson defaulted
in the winter. but when Anderson came
lup with the guarantee Kelly was out. This
caused him to sign to play with Spartan
burg. 1t is also rumored that he de-
clined an offer to go to the Roanoke team
when ShaughnesSy was drafted by Fort
Wayne, Ind.
In two years Kelly played in $50 games.
making eleven errors and hitting at -.
in 1908, -.32g5 in f9f6 and .352 last season.
His coming here means shake-Lp for
the Shoemakers will then have five out
fielders and the player and salary limit
is to become effective today. Several new.
men are to be secured, and these IL is be-
lieved, will put the team into the rum
ming.
Fisher, who did the catching for Roa-
noke after Cooper was released and be-
| fore Lafitte was bought from the South
ern League. has been given his release.
| Infielder Adler, an asset OF the McKees-
port pa team. who was with the WASH
Richmond from Mckeesport. and IL he
measures up to classy standard he will
help the Colts get into the race.
Poor street car service is given as the
largest contributing cause for the dis
appointing attendance in Norfolk.
Harry ZanneIl, the Washington infield-
err who was let out several weeks ago by
the locals, has landed short field with
Danville, working Fleet Mayberry out or
the job in short fight. Zanneli, how
ever, is not hitting as hard as he did
with the Shoemakers last season, when
he hit .3O4
Heine Busch's champion Petersburg
| crowd is making a great race, and If the
| other teams do not look out Busch will
make runaway race out of II. The
| team has been going strong since Busch
got back in the game after an accident.
| which kept him out of harness for a
| week.
AL Orth has been presented with a sill
yer loving cup by the Washington and
Lee University base ball team as an ap-
probation for his good work as coach for
| that team this year. Ortiz has the gilt
| on exhibition at his smokeshop here.
| The hackers of the teams in Lynchburg
and Danville are burning the wires in an
| effort to bolster up the weak spots on
their respective teams, for, as far as their
| standing is concerned just now, both
| clubs appear to be outclassed.
| The report from Baltimore that Manager
/ Dunn of the International club there will
protest games Roth has pitched for the
Shoemakers has been the cause OF a
| double jointed laugh here. for Roth's two
games have been lost by close scores and
because Vincent Roth. the local SOUTH
paw Is not Dave Roth, the Baltimore
| asset.
When shown the report from Baltimore
| that he must go back to Baltimore or
quit organized base ball. Roth merely
smiled and declared he had never been
| in Baltimore in his life, nor had he ever
| been farmed by Baltimore to Troy or to
| Scranton. He halls he says. from Cleve-
land, and was with Frank Shaughnessy's
Fort Wayne team in the Central League
when he was crowded off that aggrega-
ton by more experienced men. knowing
that Roth would be let go. Manager
Shaughnessy tipped President Wilkinson
off to him, and the local people lost no
time getting in touch with the pitcher.
Roths work has been good since he
Joined the locals and he bids fair To be
a winning pitcher when the club once
strikes a winning stride. At the same
time the Lynchburg team will not be
averse to having the first two games
the big southpaw pitched thrown out, Tor
both of them were defeats.
According to advices from Danville the
story from Suffolk that the Danviile
franchise had been offered to Suffolk TO
be refused is a yarn out of the whole