The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-12
F0UR-ClUB CIRCUIT |
WILL NOT SUCCEED
NORFOLK SCRIBE BELIEVES
THAT VIRGINIA LEAGUE WILL
GO OUT OF BUSINESS.

The sporting editor of the Norfolk f.
lVirginian- Pilot Is of the opinion that
.if Richmond becomes represented in
the international League the Virginia
League just as well prepare to go
out of existence The following In
what he has to say about III:
Since the refusal OF the Richmond
committee 10 accept the offer of tina
Virginia Baseball League directors to
admit the International League into
Richmond for $4,000 there have
been one or two developments in tha
situation. The International League
meeting. which was scheduled to be
held in New York today, has been
postponed until January 20. Accord
ing to a New York report the scheme
OF reducing the International Leagu,
to six CLUB circuit by dropping Balti-
more and Jersey City has been re.
yived
IL the Richmond territory Is re-
leased the Virginia League can Just az
We'll prepare to go out Of existence.
not only as a Glass e baseball circuit,
but altogether. There Is no lodging
that fact and the club owners VIII,
might be willing TO sell out their
rights in Richmond to the Internal
tional .,ea que must face that fact in
their negotiotions The project of let
ting Riehmcpo go and dropping ono
league could be forme@ has been sug-
gested But. a four-clab league has
never been known to be success as
far as professional baseball Is con-
cerned Tie teams play each other
100 frequently. and there is not
enough variety in the race. ANY sup
position that league composed of
Norfolk. Newport News Petersburg
and Suffolk OF Portsmouth would be
success is based on mighty slim
foundation.
International Is Faitering.
No matter under what arrangements
the Information al League IL admitted
to Richmond the Virginia League d.
rectors should reseve the right 10 the
territory II the International League
ever withdrpws its club there. Those
! IA miliar with baseball conditions in
the East regard the Barrow organi-
cation as On Its last legs IL Is freely
predicted that II will not last the sea-
son. There are Just four cities in it
which broke even or better last sea-
son. Trey are Providence. Newark,
Rochester end Toronto. Montreal al
ways has been frost as a baseball
town. In Buffalo the Feds have tho
whip hand. Jersey City is ready 10
give up the ghost es its owners are
trying to transfer the club to SYRIA
cuse In Baltimore Jack Dunn had
TO quit nefoTe the season was over.
So. II the league withdraws from
Richmord il should reserve the right
10 reclaim the territory II the Inter-
national ever gives II up. This reser
Walton would permit the reorganixa-
tion of the old Dominion circuit next
season, which is longer than local
followers Of baseball give the l. l. TO
i've In Richmond.
Oft and on Il has been printed In
Richmond that II the Virginia League
did not agree TO admit the interna-
tlonai Tho National Commission would
take hand and force the smaller
I, hague To let its larger brother have
the territory. This. az has been point
ed out ia these columns, would BE-
den'. Letters to that effect were read
by President ! q. Boatwright at the
against MI ha seball law and prec-
recent meeting, though the letters
have not yet been given cut for pub
/ licstion by the league head. Ii La
hardly YHobatle that the Natiofa,
/ Commission VIII bother itself with
the question. especially in View Of the
antitrust sui just brought ny the
Federal League which viii KEEP the
y &. busy for weeks to c9,.sS