The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-17
WHIRIW/IND CAMPAIGN .
WILL START MONDAY
Entire Business Section VIII Be Visited This Week by Com
mittee Soliciting Subscriptions to Bring Baltimore
Club Here-All Papers Signed Yesterday
BY ERNEST POLLORD

Siv local business men. all of whom
have been very instrumental In Sc
curing the Baltimore OrtcIe franchise
for Richmond. yesterday afternoon
signed a contract with President J.
o. cartwright, of the Virginia League,
binding themselves to forfeit the sum
OF $1,000 unless S12.b00, the amount
! to be paid for the territorial rights,
are turned over to the State organ
| ization by next Saturday night. Those
| who placed their cognomens to the
| contract are Alvin NJ. Smith, William
| II. Parker, Julian Hill, B. w. Wilson.
{ Grover c. Dula and G. H. Coleman.
| If the International League deal falls
, through IL will mean that the above
! mentioned will have to take the mon
ey out of their own pockets to pay
] the forfeit price.
| President Boatwright. together with
/ Abe Horwitz, of Newport News. and
! Richard T. Wilson. OF Petersburg.
were present at a meeting OF the
executive committee Of the Richmond
, Exhibition Company yesterday after
noon in the Business Mems Club.
where ali of the papers were drawn
I'D and signed The Virginia League
| head and the other two moguls con-
graduated the Richmond business men
/ for the efforts that they are making
to get into LEAGUE Of higher cfas-
| sihCati0n tnAn the one IN WHICH IaSy
are now represented
President Boatwright asserted that
he was at loss to know Just who
! started the wild rumors, to the effect
that he had not been authorized to
/ surrender the territorial rights here
to the International League for the
sum Of sf2500. He declared that he
made no such offer to the business
| men in Richmond until he was given
| nj Yis hxYt ia ffah .yr
Start Whirlmind Campaign
Alvin NJ. Smith. president Of tne
new corporation. yesterday afternoon
| secured all OF his canvassers and they
will start out early Monday morning
! The entire business section Of Rich
mond will be secured by those In
charge Of the campaign and every
available effort will he exerted to Sc
cure the 5000 necessary to swing
the deal with Jack Dunn by next
Saturday night.
I Announcement was made yesterday
afternoon by President Smith that the
par value OF the stock will he sip
per share. It was placed at this
low mark so that Il will be within
big banker.
Twenty-Five men will he in charge
OF the campaign ali of whom will be
associated with one or mere co-wcrf-
erS Each committee will work sep
arate streets In the husines sector,
Of the city Last year when there
was little chance OF getting the Bal
/. timore orioie franchise here the pen-
pie in Richmond subscribed sonsethina
like $4,000, and ii Is believed that
with the club now assured IL viii
be an easy lob TO get the necessary
money to bring the International
League club here.
Want Better Baseball.
Practically all Of the business mon
have expressed themselves heins
, In favor of better baseball. and It II
now up to them TO get the club here.
, II would be more than shame to allow
, the thing to fall through after -
| much has beer accomplished. All
Of the local people who have Rich
, mond'a welfare at heart and want 10
, see good exhibitions Of the National
| pastime at Broad Street Park th3G
season should subscribe to some -
the stock when the members Of the
committee call this week.
On this page will be found . blank.
which should be filed In by thosa
Wishing TO subscribe and sent either "a
, the sporting editor Of this paper Or
to the Richmond Exhibition Cdmpa-
! ny, Fox. II, Richmond, Va. This oD-
. portunitv to give Richmond q bett<N
, class of baseball and put the capffto
of the Old Dominion in the clAn1
, that II belongs In the baseball world.
should not be passed up. but every
} ono who feels able to do 30 should
buy some shares of the stock