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RICHMOND, V A., 8 A T lift D AY, SEP T E M BER '17,
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C. R. WILIAMS WOULD
BE LEAGUE PRESIDENT
ijUi* i,- ' r ... ...< ■' V,** ' W-rA
Hoad of Uoanoke/lub Will Op-j
pose W. H. Luca? for the |
. Position. '■
|IOW THECU'BS
VIEW CONDITIONS
, All Will Probablv Favor Same !
Circuit*—May Have
Four Team
league.
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By T. O. BONNEVILLE.
Although 'It l» very Mkely that
another five-year contract will Ire sign
ed .by the *1* clubs in the • Virginia
League, It will not Ire «loue until sev
eral matters of importance have been
arranged by the magnates at the meet
ing to be held In Murphy’s Hotel next!
Tuesday. While all of the club* are j
probably willing to continue, the!
league with th»* same six clubs that
have made the circuit for the past ,
live years, there are issues that will |
take no little time In the settling.
It has l>een stated that the meeting [
will Ire brief and that the magnates,'
need nut cunnt on spending much time j
here. But, as a matter of fact. It Is ,
very likely that some time will be eon- j
«umed in arriving at an understand- j
lug about a number of matters that
must be made plain before the five
year agreement will be signed up.
Another Candidate OuL
Probably the most important mat
ter before the augnali-s will be' the
consideration of the candidates for the
presidency. President <’. R. Williams,
of the Roanoke dub, is now u candi
date for the place, and this will cause
more or less confusion. It has Just
leaked out that he Is an aspirant, and
it has been considered before that W.
If. Lucas, as the logical candidate,
would have a clear Held.
It is said, however. Jhm Mr. Wil
liams Is very anxious W be elected to ;
Hie presidency and that he wilt putd
up a stiff fight for tit* Job. Mr. WR- |
llama is an excellent wtan and has a j
thorough knowledge of baseball and of |
the league's affairs. <
The candidacy of Mr. 'Williams places j
the other magnates in a delicate po- :
stlton- Even If they do not favor him
as president, it will he a hard matter
for them to oppose his election. He to j
a general favorite around the circuit. ■
it will be pointed out. however, that •
Mr. Williams, m a practicing' attor- 1
any, will not be able to give the league
the necessary time. He will, of course,
la- able to do much better thau Presi
dent Wells h«* done, but the league
magnates want a mat who will give
his entire time to the league affairs
and who can gc around the circuit to
arrange difficulties at a moment’s no
tice. Rome of the magnates may be
expected to take the abovo view of the
matter.
Pays Good Salary.
The league presidency this year w ill
pay a salary of tt.kM, and It baa been
expected that Mr. Lucas would come
here for that amount and give league
affairs his entire time. With Presi
dent William* ui the field the mag
nates are facing a delicate proposition
and their decision will be watched with
both interest and concern.
Four-Team League.
For several yuars the .Norfolk dub
has been anxious to make the Vir
. glida League a four-team organise- >
tion. and titer will very probably bring t
this matter up at the coming meeting, i
Mr. Charles Consolvo, vice-president j
of the league and a director of the i
Norfolk club, has spoken of the mat- j
ter many times.
The Idea entertained by Norfolk is i
to have Norfolk. Portsmouth, Peters
burg and Richmond to constitute the
circuit, leaving out Roanoke. Danville J
and Lynchburg. They desire this step <
for the reason that they will have a!
compact league of four good baseball j
towns and transportation expenses
will be cut down to a minimum on ac- j
count of the proximity of the four)
teams. '
It is believed that an effort wHl lm
made to drop Danville and Lynchburg,
anyway, making a four-team league
with Petersburg. Norfolk, Richmond
and Roanoke. It in claimed that the
► ether two towns do not pay well and
are a aevere drain on the league.
U§uu Thaw StAftd. i
The Jticbmhnd dub stands neutral j
and doeg not care much how thing* go.
There Is no fear of the Colts being
dropped out.* If Lynchburg and Dan- I
vltte wish to stay they will be strongly ]
Supported by Richmond. ■ i
Norfolk will insist upon reforms and ,
will probgbl.v stand out for a four!
team league. They will also make;
the schedule an Issue, as they have
never been satisfied with the schedule
Saturday games, tit j
and wagt more
home. * • 2 ■ -
Roanoke will probably be satisfied
with either four or six teams. They
will stand by Lynchburg and Danville,
however, if those two team* wish to
remain. Roanoke will sak for a low
er salary Umit and a good president.
They will, of course, support Presi
dent William*. r
Lynchburg wants to stay and will
not Insist .upon the terms. They like
the present saiary Umlt, but want a
strict rule on Its being violated.
Danville la uncertain. It stands to
reason that the Champions would re
jaanr in ttve issirue. ana t»ejr‘wQi
probably do so. They would like to
see h strict salary limit an* a good
nsf
Who bee aoaltomed tha; rsport of Ms
has come to stay. uplsss
unforeseen happens.' They
will accept tho action of the majority
the magnate*.** sattefactory and
* «ih m an
likely that There
hew umpire staff
«•
BiTii LOST
TflJE COLTS
Negligence in Filing His Contract
Left Title With Fayetteville
o and Washington Drafted.
MANAGER LAWLOK
WiLL NOT BETCRN
Positive Announcement Can Now
fie Hade—-Hove al Good
Hen Being Con
sidered.
By T. D. BONNEVILLE.
In spitu t»r the fact that the pur.
• base of Bunting front the Fayetteville
club #«i duly recorded with Secretary
Fatrell, of the National Commission,
the Colts have lost the valuable third
sacker and he will probably never be
seen here again. The most promising
player on the team. Bunting was badly
needed for neat year,# and his being
drafted by the Washington club came
as a severe blow to the locals
Bunting's contract with Richmond,
dated duly iS, was sent to him on thst
date, but be did not return it to Secre
tary Gregory for some time, and Sec
retary Farrell, of the National Com
mission. declares that he did not get
the contract until after August 20. the
last day on which legal sales can be
made.
Since the contract was not tiled be
fore August 20, It was considered that
the title to the player still remained
with Fayetteville in spite of the facT
that they had sold him to Richmond.
Owner Bradley has investigated the
matter and is satisfied that he has lost
tb<* valuable player, but that he did so
through the negligence of somebody.
There is no reason why nearly a
month should have been consumed in
rending the contract to Farrell for fil
ing, and had it been bandied with dls
palch the player would have belonged
to Richmond. On account of this, the
local dub loses IS00 as well as the
most promising player with the team.
-"'ft, cun now be stated positively that
Manager Lawlur will not Mad the Colts
next year. This Information comes
from an authoritative source and can
be accepted as trua and final. Lawlor
did not make a big success with the
club during the past season, and it
Is learned that a change was decided
upon for next year even before this
season ended. ' ,
It must be said, in justice to the
former manager, that he did not hava
exactly a fair chance, for the reason
that he was incapacitated on account
of injuries for the beat part Of the sea
son, but his methods were not those
that are desired here to bring out a
fast and winning team.
Lawlor has an excellent Idea of the
game, but seems lacking in the mat
ter of making his man practice. Bunt
ing and Dobson were the only men of
this year's team who ever took any
batting practice, and thay always did
so of their own aCeord and aot by
Lawlor’s orders. The two youngsters
betook themselves to a (fillet part of
the lot every day before the game and
had somebody pitch them over while
■they clouted the ball and got their eye
on iL
Steve Griffin, of the Danville club,
had his men at the pork earl}’ before
every game and the entire team was
put through hard batting practice, with
the' result that they had their eye on
the ball when the game was on.
No contract has yet been signed with
a new manager, though several good
men are being considered. There are
some excellent baseball man who have
never worked In the Virginia League,
and there "is one who has seen con
siderable service tot the league and
who would doubtless make the best
manager of those who are willing to
take the poeltion. This man is a fast
player and has managed dubs In the
league and been successful tn the pen
naat race. He it being very favorably
considered and will probably come
here to handle the Cotta next year.
Immediately following the football
season, a force of men will be put to
work on the diamond at Broad Street
Park and vraen spring cornea there will
be a regulation grass diamond tn the
place of the old shinned diamond that
has seen so many years’ service here.
Owner Bradley has decided to accept
the offer of Scout Arthur Irwin, of the
Yankees, and have the keeper of the
ankeea* grounds come down to over.
see the job and insure the beat possi
ble diamond. Irwin oCsrsd tba ser
vices of his man when he was last in
The Tankers will piny the Cotta here
on March I« and » and from here Stay
will an to' Atlanta. The Tanheea w*
to brain at Hot Springs.
The Colts win report for practice
on March tt. an teat spring. "
■“Tfftf ' mccod baseman
k feaaon for the Colts,
to Trenton. -• The con
act wan signed several day# ago
lay ton was assured from Treuton and
i«i was an uoderatendiag -thay
ndd have him hack If they wanted
Next;; year Landgralf will make
mthar trial for the position, and there
e%A * saikm h aaha - t inf as' atkea - . mndnm — . Ag)
HI WB »ww 'dPWw l|9lt Hi
y for It also. Clayton was a good
ddir andalgo^Uar. but
on-'-th*
p to tha
____ him a
Bjihaf thy ~n-hegp
U. C. M. FOOTBALL SQUAD 1910-11
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Tnn utandiTnr_Liw uiiard Or&hatn, uuarter back; Wlllin, quarter back.; McCullo-we. end.
Stahdlii*—-B?ackl»ton, coach; Coe. tackle: Butler, center; Huff, guard; Styles, right back; Xlartln,
fun back; Hulch.r, h*lf back; Meredith. .ad.
tackle;
Hudson,
imciK iieiidy
FDD SAME ME
Entertains No Idea of Dropping
Out on Aecdlmt of, Two
Poor JSeasou.
| RESIGNATION OF THE
PRESIDENT EXPECTED
\k-Laugh!in Has Not Lost Heart,
But Would Giro Up
the Office Any
L wav.
(Special u> The Richmond Virginian.)
LYNCH BUKO, VA., September 17. !
—Lynchburg will have a baneball
team in 1*11, and also in 1913. 1913,
1914 and 1»U.
This in spite of two rather dis
astrous seasons which have coat the •
local association some money and the”
fans a good daal of, disappointment
at various times.
There are several reasons for the
belief that the Hill City will be in
the circuit next season, notwithstand
ing several rumors to the contrary
which have been going the rounds,
not only among the tans at home,
also in other spots In the circuit. Some
of these reasons are pretty good in
dications. and may he briefly sum
marised as follows:
First—The association la signing
up—or is about to sign op very
shortly— new men for 1*11.
Second—That while the local base
ball club has lost money, possibly
something like four thousand: dollars
all told, if the truth were known,
during the past two seasons, it is
not so far in the hole that one good
season will not set it on its feet
again.
Third—The statement made by
President McLaughlin that he would
not serve as tbs head of the asso
ciation another year is no indication
that he has lost faith In the pos
sibility of a winning or a good team
and a paying proposition or that he
regards the local situation in the light
of a failure. He accepted the presi
dency upon the condition that he
would servo for only one year, and
accepted It then only under much
’_ (Continued oaBecond Page. )'
Is Matched to Meet McFarland
and Wants Chance at
Wolgast. *
NEW YOKK, September 17.—Fight
fas* who watched Jack Ooodnan,
local lightweight. outpoint “Fighting
D4«k'* Hyland, of California. In a tea
round bout at the National Sporting
Club last night are agreed that, his
science hi a match for any of the
lightweights. hut are In doubt ae to
whether he haa a hard enough punch
tor a champton. ^Oftodmna la. match
ed to ttght Pncky McFarland and
wants a match with champion WV>l
gaab but be will have to show more
than he did. last night before he can
hope for victory over thee*. •
The light was one of the .best or
the mason and Goodman** cleverness
easily oftsetHyland's rushing taettee.
Only In the ninth round »M me
Westerner able to do much damage
to hle shlfty wphenent In a longer
boat. Hyland's ruggedness might have
returned him n winner. •
Coach Long Will Make First Call
for Practice on Mon
day.
SCH E DULE AX X()EXCED—
OLD MEX ARE BACK
Manager O’Flahcrty Has Ar
ranged for Good Gaines-—
AH Linemen Are
Back.
Twenty or more sturdy football
warriors of Richmond College will
answer C-'iKch feme's tail Monday
afternoon when the first practice of
the season will lie held on the Spiders'
gridiron. Nothing but the lightest
kind of practice will be ind-ilge,j in
at this time, the first day will be
spent in passing and falling on the
ball and studying the changes In the
rules.
Manager o’Flaherty I# enthusiastic
over the prospects for the coining
season and expects to bring a much
stronger team in the field than that
of last season. Nearly all of the
veterans will again don the mole
skins. the line from end to end being
complete with the exception of cen
ter. Strlngfeliow, who ailed the
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Otmeh Blanchard Has Had Squad
at Work All This
Week.
WILL TRY HARD FOR
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
; Old Men Came Back and
Promising Ma
terial is on
Hand.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.. Sept. IT.—
Prospects are bright at William and
Mary this year ror a good season on
the gridiron. Coach. Blanchard arriv
ed here at the first of the week and
has been hard at work with his squad
every day.
Practice started Monday and has j
been continued at a fast clip on ac- i
count of the favorable cool weather j
that h*.< prevailed all week- Coach s
Blanchard has succeeded in bringing:
out a quantity of new material and
expects to develop a number of strong
player* from among the recruits.
William and Mary will make A atrong
bit this year for the championship of
the Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate
Athletic Association. The ttun was i
not strong enough last year \o annex j
the tropny. but the chances are bet- j
ter this season, and unless some seri
ous accident happens the eleven will j
doubtless give somebody a hard race
for first honors.
A npmber of last year's best men
are back and these are already in good
shape for work. The new material
will quickly be whipped into line and
In a few days the squad will be going
well.
The old men who have already re
ported here are Schenk. Parrlmore,
Lea, Graves, Marrow and Goodwin.
These men will form the nucleus of
the early training squad and around
them will be bail! a strong eleven.
Several more of last year’s best men
sr« expected daily. ,
Chech Blanchard has made a close
study of the rules and will Instruct his
men so that they will have a thorough
understanding of the change* that have
been made. Moat of this week has
L_ tConUnw** on a«oo»d Page)
t Cincinnati Pitcher Shows Great
j Form and Will Stay in Big
NEW YORK. September 17,
theory that “they can't coma be
lias b*cii disproved by Harry C
MU, Polish miner pitcher of
Cincinnati regulars in the opinion
of those who watched the big south'
paw mow down the Brooklynites ye*-,
terday. Covaleshl has been shunted
hround from team to team and league
to tenure raaraiher dlsKeariSelni
manner but Manager Clark Orlf
flth is authority for the statement that
he la now in* the big league to May.
Covaleskl gained fame two seasons
ago whan, a- msnaher of the PhUadeb
phis Nationals by beating the Hew
York feaip three times In oae week
and killing off its pennant hopes.
He fairly "burnt up" the Southern
League this yepr and QrHHUi hi
■With a
OLD PLAYLKS KtPUJ
mm
4J
NICIES DOT
FOB THE SEASON
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Strong Independent Team Will
Begin Practice in a
Few Da vs.
BEST PLAYERS FROM
LOfJAL PREP. SCHOOLS
Liue-lp Includes a Number of
Well-Known Grid
iron War
riors.
A number of fast independent foot- i
ball teams will be organized in Htch- I
round this fall and promise to put up
some classy exhibitions on the various
gridirons of the i ily. Managers are ■
now busy getting their men in tine j
and practice will begin next week j
with several-of the organisations. I
Among the strongest of these teams i
will be the Invincible*, composed of
strong players who have seen ser
vice jin local prep-schools and on
different teams in the city.
The Invlnelbles are now being or
ganized under the management of
parsons, last years captain. The man
ager is enthusiastic over the pros
pects for the season and is picking
his material with care since he has
a large assortment of promising play
ers to choose from.
The team was organised during the
latter part of last year and without
much practice went into the game and
was not scored on. Only four games
were played as the season was far
gone when they took the Held. All
four games were won. The First
Regiment team was defeated In the
city and the Invlnelbles went to Pet
ersburg and defeated the fast team
of the Riverside Club.
Among the old men who will be
with the team this year are: Cap
tain Parsons, Clarke, Stilton, MeOree,
Blair, Seldom Word, Wood and Wad
dll. These players will make a
strong neuclus for the team and oth
er players will be picked from the
most likely material to fill in the
vacant positions.
There have been numbers of vol- .
unteers from among well known local
players and manager Parsons wtU
look these over and select the ones
who are most likely to make a win
ning team. The prep-schools turn
out good material each year and last
year’s crop will furnish some fast:
The Invincible*’ schedule has not j
yet been made up but they plan to ;
i have a game at least every Saturday, i
< They have issued challenges to all j
I local teams and will doubtless have
a Tull schedule for the season.
The team has no regular coach but
all of the meu are veterans and will
be able to get themselves in shape
and plan fast plays that will conform
with the new rulea Practice will
begin In the latter part of September,
and will conttiAe at a fast ottp until
! the first game is played.
The Invlnrlblea win pis.v all of
tbelr local games at Byrd Parti- •.'Ib
is likely, however, that they will play
games with a number of teams out
side the city. Ail of these wHI have
to be arranged for Saturday, as the
players are all working In this city,
and cannot leave their positions to
mid-week.
More Room deeded to
date Crowds for Bij
lion Touruame
Avia.
Hlllllll SHIS
ra lawn wit
SEW YORK, September 17.—Five
thousand addition) seats will b«
added to (,he grandstand at Balmont
Park to accommodate the enormous
crowds.expected there durine the in
ternational aviation tournament,
October It to October It. A large
force 'of carpenter* and engineers
have begun work there and It Is ex
pected that the structure will he re
modeled and In shape before the
opening of the meeting.
It is believed by the managers of
the tournament that the handling of
the crowds is* to be their mast eerlous
problem, and Allan A. Ryan, chair
man of the committee on arrange
ments. stated last night that every
thing would be done for the comfort
and convenience of the people.
Application for seats and parking
space are coming hi from all parte of
the country, The Indications are that
most of the boxes for the special days
will be sold before the gates are open.
The board of governor* of the Aero
Club of America have given their
dfltctel sanction to the, International
meeting, and cablegrams ware sent
to the club's foreign representatives
assuring them that the meetlns Is
bound to ha »: brtlttaat success. h
James A Blair. Jr., one of the
board of governors of the dote said:
The Aero Club of America in doing
everything In its power to uiahe this
meeting something to be proud of.
and, with the efficient Work that is
now; being done by the. Ofganisers of
the toturnament, there can be to
question of success.”
YALE TEAB TRIES OUT 'A
; NEW FOOTBALL BULES
' . LAKKYUXdB, CONN.,
IT.—WA^new foot hair -**» 1»
denoe for the first Ume ilTOte
ttmtnsry,. practice of the *52
baUjKtuud>ere to.day.
thebrjtfdcof the line
was directed- at the
•posting over to-%rg(t!
Sr1, 'A*
new
Manager Lawson and
Cooke Are Optimistic ]
ing Season’s Prospe
STRONG NEW MAT!
FOR WEAK POJ
M. C. Va. Also Has
pects—Two Games'
for Champion
the game*. Manager
charge of the team last
them through a succeaefi
The old men who Kara
who will make up moat
tloaa thia season are; C
fullback.; Butler, center;
guard; Ruff, left guai
right tackle; McCullom
Ivey, left end; mills.
Hulcher, right halfback;
halfback; Barbour, left
smith, halfback; Coe. fc
end.
Although the medten
strong team in the «M
men. they hare several
who have entered ooH
and some of them may J
and strengthen it.
Among the moat pre
ngw man are: Oavtg.,
Carolina fullback, who
last 'yean.' but whn l
strength arid may he al
strapping guard fls
Mary, who will maw
srfes'S&is
fast. He comes well
has a reputation s#
its We player,
Kelson, a V. F. |.
trand, of Bingham, a
candidates who win
any may .gat poaltl
trick plays that i
the changes la the
The coach Will tsl
work next week, an
tiaue every day un
played. The men f
ing tkeiMMtvfe# al
the rules and have
the code of signals
CRICACM^