Evening journal., 1889-07-08
DELAWARE STATE LEAauE.
The Season Opens To-day-rwo Games
TO be Played

TO be Played.
The Wilmington Club will play the
Dover Club at Union Park this after.
noon; the Camden and Milford teams
will cross bats at Camden. These games
will open the season for the Delaware
State League. The success Of the enter.
prise of giving the people Of this state
good base ball will depend upon
the patronage Of the people
themsel yes The teams seem TO be
evenly matched and interesting contests
will be fought The Wilmington team is
strong and stands good chance Of sue.
cess. All the clubs are hopeful of win
ming the penant. We place Wilmington
for first or second place.
Play ball
Games to morrow--Smyrna VS.. Cam
den at smyrna; Wilmington VS.. Dover,
at Dover.
The Smyrna Record base ball man OBJ.
ects TO Manager Richardson's actions as
follows:
The manager Of the Dover Base Ball
team got his fine work in on the Fourth.
The manager of the Smyrna team, after
keeping his eye on these men for a couple
seasons past and having been satisfied by
their records that they we're the men he
wanted made a proposition TO them In
writing as soon as the Smyrna club was
| orgai lied this year. Two Of them ac.
cepted at once The third, named Hutch
ins Of Bordentown, N. J playing with the
BoIdentown club did not accept at once
| Later, however, he intimated that N
proposition with fixed time for accept
ance when made he would come. Mana
ger Voshell wrote him at once, offering
| fixed salary and stating that II accepted
he must report at noon Tuesday, July 2,
otherwise another player would be Sc
| cured. A telegram was received on Tues
| day morning from Hutchins announcing
| that he was coming and in due time he
reported in person virtually closing the
contract. After practice game or two
Hutchins went TO Dover to play the game
arranged with Dover for the Fourth.
shortly after his arrival at Dover, one
Armstrong, stool pigeon Of the Dover
Club approached him and it was not long
before Manager Richardson Of Doverhired
him at an advance Of $10p month over
his contract rate with Smyrna. Manager
Richardson's conduct in the affair is
nothing less than disgraceful. He has
violated the league agreement, section .,
article 3 he has done more, He has
/
Judgment, and he has lost sight Of the
courtesies that prevail among gentlemen
everywhere. An apology would palliate
the offence, but he declines TO make IT,
Does his cooler judgement commend this
act, not wholly excuseable when done
under excitementf Is man so suscept-
ible to the Establishments OF money as
! Hutchins wholly trustworthy
} In commenting on the above the
} Smyrna and Dover base ball
writer's agree that Manager Richardson
l secured both players leritimntely and
that there is no grounds for the accuse
= sarions.
: The Wilmington team TO day viii bs
s as follows: Day, p; McCanerty, c.
/ Maloney, ID. Campbell, 2b. O'Donnell
d 3b. Chapman, ss. O'Donnell, lf. Rid
IS die, c. I. Marks, T. T. Hodson and Mage
I, will be Dovers battery.
The Alyas Of this city defeated tn
> Americas OF New Castle on Saturday.
l. q score OF 10 to 8. The complaint Of
writer that the Dover boys were too ligh
for the visitors is we'll founded in a Gel
tain sense, fer the visitors were "a
much for the New Castle boys. III
10 Wilmington team was the youngel
a. however.
d The West End Base Ball Club Of th
Us city would like to hear from the colort
-e teams Of Milford, Dover. Smyrna an
Is Middletown. Address z. L. States, MAJ
ager, No. 209 West Eighth street.
It The Daisies defeated the Excelsior's 0
Saturday, Al to 2.
t. The Philadelphia Press says that job
McMahon did wrong in signing wit
ID the Athletic, because he was under col
tract with Norristown.