Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
SMYRNA BASEBALL TEAM DIsBANDS
"',sr ~,,.a Short But Exciting Season they cIose
WIN Tue Best Record Made in Smvrooi0 in
aNumber OF Years.-Gsmes act VI.

N''ii association last evening Il mo-
unanimously decided to disband e.,
Ine season. This matter was dofnito1.
decided owing to the inability Of tb'
management to arrange games Will
DoFer' which has also disbanded 60,
'!lt, rue season. Outside of Dover there !.
i!''ie or no baseball enthusiasm and
SINCE no other nearby towns of tbe
oCate have organized clubs = oo
thought we'll to follow Dover's exom,
PIE ana break up for the season. For
'He management to continne sevoro,
weeks longer would only be involvinn
them IN debt without anv necass;t .
ior IT, The team, however. will nlov
"U DoVer on Saturday, according to
agreement, and will put up a stroro
game After this, whatever games are
prayed Will be done by the local base.
Dail players. The season has devel-
oped some good local PLAYERS and 90
the management has the grounds
leased until October, there NAV ba
some interesting games.
Under the administration of Prosi
oent William Norris, Secretary GEORGE
Uunnlng, Treasurer John C. Manner
ing and Manager Z. S. Richards
smyrna has witnessed the cIeanas+ and
best contested baseball games in .
long time. Especially has this been
SO with Dover, our strongest and hit.
terest rival. Unlike preyiops vaors
the contests with the Capitol team botb
mere and on their home grounds have
oeen gentlemanly, free from hitter
Wrangles and nothing unpleasant hos
occurred to mar the pleasure of tba
spectators. Dover and Smyrna have
been evenl y matched and the con+asto
have afforded our enthusiasts soma of
the most brilliantly fought games ever
played down the State. The record of
our team IN comparison with the roc
ORD OF other years makes magnificent
showing. We close tie with Dover
each having won five games. Besides
this there have been other fine con.
tests. The record is all the more Grad
liable when it is considered that Smvr-
ma was late in organizing and more or
less difficulty was experienced in get
ting good players and in ARRANGING
games.
Some Fine Smyrna Tale nj DeveIoped.
One thing has peen developed. and
that is Smyrna possesses some excel
lent talent which under sufficient train
ing will make as fast players as found
IN any town of the State. Lassell.
Price, Richards. Muf1ev
stevens, Jones all home PLAYERS
have done excellent work and deserve
all the credit that is due them. To
these home players might be added
Halrgrove, of Camden, our splendid
5hortstop. He is a Kent county how
and an amateur player. In the work
Of our hired players: McAllister.
Osborne and Simons, pitchers. and
hartman, catcher, our local talent has
been made team of fast ball PLAYERS.
md they have made many friends
turing their brief soJourn here. OF
'he fourteen games played, SMYRNA
las won six, as follows: July 30, Mil
ord .. Smyrna 2; July 81, Dover d
smyrna 6; Aug. l, Milford 2, Smyrna l
lug. 3, Dover l, Smyrna 5; AUG. t
lilford 3, Smyrna 2; Aug. s, Dover Q
smyrna 1; Aug. 10, Dover 10. Smyrna
f; Aug. 13, New Castle II, Smyrna .: g
Aug. 10, Dover 3, Smyrna 4; Aug. II
Dover 6, Smyrna /; Aug, IS, Dover 4 f
myrna 3; Aug. 10, Millington a
myrna 6; Aug 81, Dover 1, Smyrna 0: J
Aug. "a, Dover 0, Smyrna 3. v
Brilliant Contest With Dover, Fridsv
One of the finest exhibitions of base
all playing of the season was the
anne in Smyrna Friday between
myrna and Dover. There was a good
tendance and the enthusiasm was
arnest. Both clubs were eager for l l
lctory and the best pitchers were put "
ito the box. McAllister and Hart "
AN did the battery work for Smyrna 4 Z
nd Lewis and Dougherty for Dover. =
he first inning was the crucial one -
II Smyrna. Richards muffed a fiv II
all and McAllister made a bad plav 81
I'd the only run for Dover was scored. a.
;er this the teams settled down to "
agnifcent ball playing. The players ~
orked like clock work. For eight =
nings neither side scored and had it =,
1t been for the unearned Dover run :.
the first they would probably have. y y
zen playing until night. The score N N
as to 0 in Dover's favor, but while :.
nyrna would like to have had tAe n
ctory, still the spectators were given =;
q best exhibition of the season. oc