The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25
VIRGINIA LEAGUE
FANS AND fANh|ES
NOW MARKING Time
AWAIT FIRST. OF
MONTH FOR DEFINITE An
NOUNTMENTs.

Virginia league fans are quietly sit
ting this winter waiting for the advent
Of February LIST to know what the CIR
cult for the coming season will be
and Just what the makeup OF the
league will be will not be known
until then. Portsmouth seems to be
the uncertain end OF the league and
IL the home Of the Truckers is to be
Judged by the past. a good guess is
that the Virginia league will not be
represented there this year.
Portsmouth fiunked on the Virginia
league in mid-season 1910, costing the
league O. couple of thousand Of dol
lars to transfer the team to Peters
burg. The next year the city was q
factor in the Tidewater outlaw league
and 1t was Portsmouth that fell down
and helped to disrupt that organixa-
ton soon after the Fourth OF July.
Then In 1919 Portsmouth got back on
the map when the Virginia circuit. was
increased to eight clubs and last fall
at the annual meeting the hackers
threw the franchise back on the
league, having decided to quit.
But Billy Hannah, former secretary
of the Norfolk club and in 1911 presi-
dent of the Tidewater outlaws. show
ed up and was given a chance to get
backing for the Truckers at home.
If he has accomplished anything along
this line such a fact has not become
generally known over the circuit and
it will be interesting to note whether
or not he comes over on February LIST
with $700 in cash. or its equivalent,
In order to hold to the franchise. This
the National association requires and
che Virginia league has fixed the date.
Were But Club Checks.
Heretofore these guarantee checks
have been merely club checks, but this
year they are going to be checks certi-
fed or certificates OF deposit to the
credit Of President Boatwrtght or they
do not go.
Roanoke has just come over with
the necessary backing for the team
for the coming season, the fans
shouldering the financial responsibility
instead of leaving 1t for President
Elliott. 50 Roanoke will again be q
factor in the Boatwright circuit.
All Of the clubs are fixed for man
ayers with the exception OF Ports
Bristol that Red Munson has been
suggested for the Job. Further than
to reprint the Bristol report the
Portsmouth and Norfolk papers have
had nothing to say. Ray Ryan. who
has been globe-trotting since he went
from Roanoke to the Chicago Cubs
some years ago. having finished last
year Win NoE1oiks Will AAhuAc ooi
Colts.
Doctor W. L. Pressly. two years u
the head Of the Roanoke outfit. has
been traded to Norfolk, and he will
go there to try to compete with the
seaside resort attractions. Heine
Busch. who has won two penants and
missed one by half a game In three
seasons, will be back at Petersburg.
while Harry Matthew'S. the old South
ern Lacquer. II to again have charge OF
the Newport News Shipbuilders.
Five Teams Well Fixed.
These five teams appear to be bet
ter hxed for managers this year than
ever before and IL the sixth club can
arrange matters as we'll, there ought
to be O nifty fight in the Boatwright
circuit next summer.
Carl Carnes, q big first baseman
signed for Newport News, has already
turned up there and he has announc-
ed his intention of staying until time
to go to work on the diamond. He
played last season with the Drain team
OF the Michigan league. fielding al
.ss2 at first base in 81 games and hit.
ting at .270. He has nine stolen bases
to his credit. Garnes stands No.
among the first sackers Of that circuit
Mathews has also released Outielders
Geer and Quinn. Catcher Dempsey and
Infielder Gellispie, who finished the
season last year with the cellar cham.
pione