The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-09
Virginia League Season Is
Heightened by Club Owners;
Colts Retain Weekend Dates
Directors Vote Permit Richmond to Continue Playing Last
Three Games Week at Home-Season Will Not Close
Until September e-Both Games Of Double Header Will
SO Full Nine Innings.

will win the closing half. The Goober
owners have made IL known that they
are going To also strengthen their
team a good bit, and that their play
ers are going to work just as hard for
the henors In the second half OF the
season as they did in the first.
Double Headers Nine Innings.
In the future AL double bills will go
the fun nine innings These abbre-
waited affairs have caused no little
complaint by the fans. not only in
Richmond, but In the towns all around
the league. and il was decided to dis
continue this practice OF cutting the
games short. However, in many In
stances. the abbreviation of games was
neeessitated by slow playing Of the
teams. President Bradley will today
sent out letters to all five of his UNI
pires instructing them to see that all
games are played as fast as possible
and to prevent loaing. This is al
most entirely up to their royal nibs,
and they can do much towards hurry
ing things along. Fans lose interest
when a game drags. and President
Bradley realizes this fully. He says
that there viii he big improvement
in the very near future.
President Bradley Is willing to do
everything within his power as head
q. the Virginia league to make Ii one
CT the fastest and best organizations
II it's class In the United states. He
says that the league has more likely
baseball material than ne has seen
around the state circuit fer many
scarR. and he feels confident that from
now on the league is going TO be Of
which the fans in all OF the towns rep
resented may feel justly proud
Club Owners Are satisfied.
Club owners who attended the pow
view in Norfolk seemed oserjoyed over
the financial condition OF the league.
At the present time there is net a
single week brother, and they declare
tfst there is no reason why every
Grub III the Bradley league should not
eome ont ahead Of the game. AS was
stated yesterday in The Virginia n,
Newport News barely made both ends
meet as result of the disability of
d mum Der Of players Just when they
saw the coveted gonfalon in sight But
the Shiphuiiders' financial hackers have
* yer been in IA quitting mood, and
they are now predicting most sue
eessfar season.
The reports show that almost every
sub In the league made money dur
ing the first half OF the sea son. in spite
Of the ups and downs experienced when
the league season was an It's infancy.
The owners declare they have never
seen such bright outlook since they
have been n1ixd ur In the baseball bus
mess, They are all good sports and
can he expected TO give the fans in
their respective towns just as good
baseball and as good material as the
alary limit will permit.
II the club owners could he believed,
there will be no less than six pen
nents won in the second half To let
them tell Il, each club has the old
ecnfalon stored safely away. but un-
fortunately Mr.. Bradieys "aint put
tin cut" hut one flag for the second
half and Ave of the clubs will have
to be sprinkled around from second to
sixth places in the league