The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-08

Richmond baseball fans arc likely
70 lose one Of their chief baseball
stimulants this season IL the mag
mates Of the Virginia league persist
In the course which they started at
the annual meeting held in the Rich
mond hotel yesterday. That stimu-
liant IL the Saturday game. Q number
Of which will be lost to Richmond
should the schedule which President
Boatwright has been delegated to
DRAFT be accepted At the next called
meeting. The plan for what Is called
an equitable schedule was suggested
5 by the Petersburg contingent. and af-
ter exhaustive debate was passed by
tho magnates.
II the suggested plans are carried
out IT will mean that the Colts will
he On the road about eleven Satur-
days during the season. and that of
the ten week lend series at home each
of the other clubs in the circuit will
be given two in this city. This Is
the equitable schedule, which has
been suggested, and on which the
president Ia working.
But two other matters were con-
sidered at the meeting yesterday. The
owners of the various teams paid In
their guarantee Of s7oo. and at the
request of Mr.. Lawrence, of Ports
mouth, the magnates rescinded their
action at the 1913 meeting, compelling
the clubs TO install turnstiles at the
various gates. The remainder of the
time was spent in considering the mat
ter of schedule.
Bradley Fought Proposal
Secretary Bradley fought the pro-
posal for AN equitable schedule hard
during the early part OF the morning
session, but when II became evident
that Petersburg was determined to
secure the change, and when several
other representatives signlhed their
willingness to try the new order for
a season he readily acquiesced and
voted aye when the motion was put
He said last night hat he did not be
lieye that the course was for the good
Of the league. az whole, however.
but was willing TO try the experiment
as he felt that the Richmond club
would not suffer materially from the
change.
las we now stand" continued the
secretary, we are regarded as the hest
class league in the country, with
prestige which IT would be folly To
allow to suffer. The change which will
place the Richmond club on the road
q number of the week-ends will weaken
the standing OF the club at home so
that when other clubs come here Tor
their series they viii ultimately be the
ones to suffer. The Richmond club has
other uses to put Its plant TO besides
that of baseball and I do not believe
that there will be an appreciate dtf-
ference In the columns at the close OF
the season"
willing TO Experiment.
Mt Bradley stated this in part be-
fore the meeting OF tho league. but
Petersburg thought that It would be
10 It's advantage to secure the change,
and as the others were willing TO try
the experiments the motion was passed
II was planned to have the schedule
drafted at an afternoon session and that
mai action would be taken on ii at a
meeting TO be held early in the even
ing. However. when the masnates met
In the afternoon they found that the
drafting of an entirely new schedule
was too much for an afternoons pas
time, so that postponsment was de-
cided upon. The new schedule Will
now be drafted by President Boat
wright who win call meeting. when