Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-30
ALL DOVER ATTENDING
Big BASEBALL GAME
special to the Evening Journal.


Dover, Aug. 30.--The game OF base
ball arranged to be played here today
Is exciting considerable enthusiasm
among the local enthusiasts OF the
truly national game. The old sports
as well as the younger ones, are agi-
tated over the result A good game is
anticipated.
The Dover club. with Dan Layton In
the box, is preparing to inflict a deadly
walkover to the visiting semi-profes-
sional team from Easton, Md The
Easton team lately has returned from
a Virginia trip and it's next game OF
note will be upon the athletic fields
Of this town. They were hired as a
team in toto by the baseball enthusi-
asts OF Parkersburg, Va, to play a
series OF three games in that place, and
have such crack players as THE Iron
Man" McGinnity, formerly OF the Bal
timore team OF the American League
this year, who recently was expelled
for splitting in the face Of the umpire
He has a championship record as
pitcher in a pitching series while on
the Cleveland team.
The Dover team, with Dan layton
the University OF Pennsylvania pitcher
Is expecting TO administer a defeat TO
the visiting boys
There is on exhibition In front OF
Henry H. Moore's -four and feed store,
In South State street, two punches OF
peach trees with peaches attached
They are of the liberia variety and
were grown on ex-Sheriff Joseph Nc
Daniels fine West Dover farm The
twigs are each about two feet long. one
containing nineteen large Elbertas, and
the other fifteen. OF the same variety.
These are sample OF the nuggets
from Kent county gold mines. Three
baskets Of as fine fruit were exhibited
at Clark & McDaniel's drug store
last evening and excited considerable
interest by reason OF their large size
and beauty Of color.
| Wheatis bringing only sixty cents al
the local depot, and farmers have been
offered less that that for their crops
some as low as forty-hve cents pei
bushel
Mrs II. A. Richardson's beautiful
park has been the source OF a great
deal OF attention this Summer From
spot disagreeable to the eve and un.
favorable TO the proper impression
the surroundings of the capital cit,
should bestow upon its visitors It hal
been transformed literally and truly
into a yeritable garden of delight Sit
uated on the northern suburb. joinin,
the magnificent farm OF Chancello
Nicholson, bordering on the banks o
shimmering Silver Lake, this Lowell,
park lies enconsed in beauty and pleas
ant yistas Mrs. Richardson. desirinl
to wisely and judically spend a par
of their great wealth, conceived tn
idea Of regaining the old home farm
and there, at her leisure. transforme,
the banks of the lake to a degree com
mensurate with her pleasure and taste
Men were set TO work terracing. build
j, ing Summer pavilions. boat houses
!. piers. board walks and laying on
! walks and gardens in numbers. and Ia
! fruit of their labors and Mrs. Richard
, sons refined taste are apparent.
Beds Of gladioluses, coleus, cannas
!, roses, sunhowers and beautiful shrab
! berry make a once desolate spot love
; ly garden. This. with the chestnu
: grove has been thrown open to tn
public, and the children wading in tn
ripping lake, swaying in the swing
|, and hammocks enliven and make at
Z tractive the lonely spot. The Dove
I people point with pride to the splendi
!. generosity OF its owner.