Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-01

was last year, and predict that it will
be stu greater next year.
The gentleman is probably right, for
at the game on Saturday there were
more than $500 who paid admission,
10 say nothing Of the number of ladies'
who were admitted free. The average
attendance at the games is about 500,
and the persons who 10 are deeply in
terested in the sport and would readily
pay % cents to see championship
game in which the reputation OF Viii
mington is at stake. There il no
doubt that more people are interested
in the game in Wilmington this year
than for several years, and ii the num-
Der increases proportionately there
would be little difficulty in supporting
a nine Of good standing.
2 Players in the minor leagues this
year gre receiving small pay, and the
expenses of a team are not near so
great as they use to be, consequently
the cost would be much less at the
present time than it was several years
ago There will be lots Of good play
ers on the market next winter and
moderate salaried team can be easily
gotten together.
Rockford is putting up splenid
article of ball, and the team is com
posed Of as gentlemanly set Of fellows
as ever set foot on a diamond in Della
ware. They have captured the popu-
lar heart an are continually charging
their circle OF fsiends. The same can
be said of the Columbia Athletic
Club Of New Castle, and it is exceed
ingly gratifying to know that if there
ever was any animosity of any ac-
count existing between the two teams
1t has disappeared. The next game
of the series will be played in New
Castle on Saturday, August 10th. Will
mington will be largely represented.
Thore is talk of running at least one
special train, for IL the weather is good
special train will be necessary to ac-
commodate the friends of the Rockford
team who desire to see every game of
the series. There will also be other
special conveyances. A South Will
mington man told reporter sof 1.-THE
Gazette" Tuesday that he is going
to take a hack-load over from that
section of the city.
AMONG THE WHEELMEN.
Charles II. Sasse, one of the most ac-
tive members of the Wilmington Bicy-
Gle Club, is organizing a party that
will go by wheel to Atlantic City
either the latter part of August or
early in September. The roads across
New Jersey are mainly level and good
side paths are reported nearly the en-
tire distance. 1t is the intention of
Mr. Sasse TO have the party leave Will
mington on some Friday afternoon and
wheel from PENIS Grove TO Millville
a distance of As miles, before dark. At
Millville they will pass the night and
will resume their journey early on Sat
urday morning, with the expectation
Of reaching Atlantic City in ample
also be made on the wheel in the same
manner 1t will be very enjoyable il
the weather is agreeable.
The members Of the Wilmington BIZ
cycle Club are endeavoring to find a
remedy for racing through the streets.
Some OF the unattached wheelmen OF
the city seem to take great pleasure
in riding as fast as they can on the
smooth streets, and it is only miracle
that there are not more accidents.
This fast riding seems to be more OBJ
jectionable at Eleventh and Washing
ton streets than at any other point in
the city, and those who are guilty evil
IDENTIFY do not realize the danger they
are in and how much they imperil the
lives of Others. Only last evening 4
young man was going up Washington
street at 4-minute clip, and although
he must have known that there are
riders almost all the time on Eleventh
street, he did not slow up at all when
he reached that thoroughfare, but
seemed to push on harder as il he was
pursue by demons. The result was
that he had an extremely narrow es-
cape from striking two young women
who were riding leisurely side by side
out Eleventh street. 1t was fortunate
for them that they were moving
slowly, for one saved herself from col.
lision by jumping off her wheel, while
the other succeeded in turning into
Washington street Immediately along!
side the scorcher. Both of the womer
were badly frightened, but the heartlesf
man continued on and in all probable
ity kept up the pace clear to the bridge.
Such conduct as this il kept up will
result in something serious an it il
the wish of the members of the club
that all persons caught racing on the
streets be arrested and punished Sc
verely. If they cannot be captured in
the act it would be well to get theil
names an arrest them when an oppor-
tunity offers,