Evening journal., 1894-09-20
review of Dover Club's woriI.

| Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, Sept 90 The Dover Base
ball Club has disbanded for this season
and the citizens are proud OF its work-31
victories and ii defeats. With but two
exceptions all were home boys, Only
one club won the series from our boys
and that WAS the Snolersville Md, club
which was composed Of the best college
play ers in the country.
Dover was tied in the series With
smyrna, Rockford md the Media clubs
and therefore not a club in Delaware got
but even honors from it. Dover lost
most Of their games when Clark was
handicapped by his afflicted eyes and his
support back OF the bat, but when Zear
foss, the pride Of the club, took charge
OF him and also began captaining the
club everybody played ball, and Clark
had more confidence in himself and
showed the people that he could pitch
ball--evsn IL 1t was bis first year at the
business.
] The Dover boys were certainly hittsrs
and every pitcher that faced them will
ackno wledge the fact, and with the
stick they won the majority Of their
games, they also depended considerably
ON the pitchers and they always did
their part we'll They lost II games TO
the following clubs: TO smyrna. 2 TO
Camden, to Sudlefsville, 1 to Clay ton,
to Rockford, ] to Media, and / TO Sea-
ford, composed of the best players all
oyer the state.
the Y. M. G, A.. Of wilmlngto
defeated the Conference Academy club
OF this town, in the early part Of the
seasor but they never defeated the
Dover club Baker, jackson, Pearson,
Levy and the Richardson boys all de-
serve great deal of praise for the
article Of ball they put up both at the
bat ard ia the Geld All of the Dover
club With the exception of four players
are but boys and this Is their frat years s
experience on the ball field and ali of
them have done wonderful work The
ciuzsns here are sorry that they did not
get 70 play the deciding game with the
Rock ford for the state championship.
nat under circumstances IL was impossi-
bic for our boys to do SO, but next year
we hope a league will be formed and our
boys win still hold their good name on
the baseball field.
Dover defeated some very strong
clubs, including the Hamilton and
Wynnewoods, OF Philadelphia; Media,
Pa Reading Browns, OF Reading, Pa
Sudleraville, Md Rockford and Y. NJ
G. A., of Wilmington; and smyrna
Clayton, Camden, Wyoming Farming
ton, Milford, Lewes and many Other
good clubs.
The club made out we'll financially, as
the average paid admissions to the games
Ia this town were 400 Burrls and
Zearfoss left for Washington College
Tuesday morning leaving many friend:
here. The balance of the players live
here, aud Clark will probably attend
Princeton College the coming year, snC
the Richardson boys will probably
attend Yale College The other boy
will stay here all winter, with the ex.
oeption Of jackson, aud he may attent
the West Chester Normal Schoo
again A certain league club manage
has been Ia correspondence with Clarl
for some time, wanting him to play will
them next season, but he has not dc
s cided as yet where TO play next year. bn
0 it will probably be Dover, as his parent
) from home The Media club also want
i him next season, and he Is to pitch 70
! them next Saturday against the Cheate
, team for the championship OF Delawar
8 county, Pa The Chester club offsrei
him a liberal sum to pitch for them ii
/ this game hut their letter was not re
celved until he had made arrangement
with the Media.
Clark csn throw baseball 372 feet,
/ inches, which is only q few feet short 0
the longest throw ever made
4 Zesi foss halls from Lincoln, an
4 Burris from Houston, Delaware, an
therefore Dover's hired players wer
from this state, only few miles fror
y Dover kid" Williams caught fou
games. for Dover, bus it was when Zear
!, foss as hurt. Williams is a goo
\ catch but he cannot hold Clark lik
ZsaA This Is the end Of baseball i
DoveF Tor the year 1894