The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-15
MUST SELL DUNN'S
+ STOCK BY TUESDAY
OR LOSE FRANCHISE
Unless Purchaser Found Local Club Will Be Forced Throw
Up Sponge and Give Up All Hope Of Retaining Repre-
sentation In International League-Wil
- Sell Stock For $4,000.

While a few days ago it was
thsught that Richmond was sure
- retain It's berth In the inter-
national League. 1t new develops
that ,unIess Jack Dpnn's holdings
h the local club sre sold by next
Tuesday night this city will be
without Glass "A baseball during
he eosuinE season.
nunn owns stock 10 the amouat
~ $4,000 in the Richmond base
haIl club. ana In order 70 raise the
| nouey by next Tuesday thfs stock
ssfll he sssA for SiS,000. TAis noney
. needed In order - help Ansnee
The club In the comfng campaign
ana umless II II fortheemiHg by
the day named above this city VIII
- forced TO throw up the sponge
ana give up all hope Of seesng
further exhibitions Of the national
pantfme en- the International
II was said last night by member
Eof the board of directors that this
Estock will be sold In lump or IN
fpaSts. should one person purchase
1.-The stock he will own the controlling
Interest in the Richmond club. There
|arA several prospective buyers of the
stock, but up to the present time the
|mAmbers Of the board of directors OF
|y44 HtCnfu0uu GAnlUtttGh COMPANY
have been unable to get definit an
|swcr from any of them
This stock that 10 to be sold is worth
|t3O.0Oo, but owing to the fact that 1t
will be almost impossible to raise
|this amount by Tuesday. IL will be
|necaosAry for the local club TO sell
~ half this amount In order TO secure
this money BY Tuesday. within .
year or two the virginians viii be
worth at least 100000 and the man
who purchases Dunn's Interests here
|wili make a good investment.
II may be that Manager Dunn VIII
sell his stock in the local club to some
Outside party, but he declares that he
|ufli give the people OF Richmond the
|prefoxsnce and IL the money can be
raised here he viii not open negot'a-
|tions for the sale OF his stock with any
one else. However. this money has
|xot TO be raised by Tuesday. and II
m not known whether Dunn could sell
his holdings by that time.
Directors Locking for Buyers.
In the meantime the members of the
|Richmond Exhibition Company board
|of directors will get busy and try TO
dispose OF the stock 10 prevent Rich
|mond from losing the International
League franchise Any one who IN
taking stock in the local
Club can communicate with the mem
hers Of the board. which Is composed
|of Alvin NJ Smith. b. W. wilson, Gre
war G. puia, w. n. Pigsini Julian H
hffi and Dr. William Fl. Parker
IN the event that this $4,000 10
raised the club can meet all OF its
and will be in position
10 70 through the 1915 season with
perfect ease
From present indications II looks as
hf the Richmond club Is going 70 DC
- wing proposition during the coming
reason and IL would be shame To lose
hhe franchise after so much time ana
bnoney have been spent Tn an enort
10 bring the club 20 Richmond
Richmond wanted representation IN
D large baseball league and the city
lot IL, and now II Is hardly probable
That the local ca pltaiists Kill stand siiA
ana see the club torn from It's grasp
with such a bright outlook ahead,