Evening journal., 1905-03-18
STRONG TEAM
FOR BALL CLUB.
zanager bacon Announces.
His Players for Coming
Season
MAY HAVE ENCLOSED GROUNDS

Special 10 The Evening journal
Now Castle. March Is Manager Wfay !
Bacon. Of the New Castle baseball club
is making active preparations for the
coming season and expects 10 put
strong amateur team in the field.
THO players announced so far by Man
arcr Bacon are as follows: Catchors,
countiss and Bradford the latter former
" of the Brandywime Club. OF Whining
ton. pitchers McGrory. Hobbs scarbor-
ough. shorfstop. Leach; FIRST base, Duffy
second base. Walter Bacon; third base,
Chase. left field Nowlovei right field
WISE center field. Wray Bacon
ENCLOSED GROUNDS
Manaccr Bacon is making an effort to
have enclosed grounds this season ana
II arrangements with the railroad COM
pany can be made fence will be erected
about Battery Park. Sufficient capital
hns already been subscribed TO erect the
fence and put the grounds In good eondi-
ton
The season win be opened the Saturday
before Decoration Day and it IS proposed
10 play three games q week Although
tho opening attraction has not been am
bounced games during the season will
lI nItANAl Win 'NNNr AANAA A'RfNAf tft''Nt
na Milford SALON., Ponnsgrove, West
Chester and the Chester y. NJ. c. A.. 81.
Pauls Guild. of Chester; Penn Charter
of Chester. and the G-Wilmington be-
sides others TO be arranged for
WENT a DUCK HUNTING.
Two young men Of this city went a
duck hunting" yesterday and although
they shot no ducks they had an exciting
experience Reaching Coholds Beach,
whcrc they were To have obtained "a boat
prcviously arranged Tor, they found that
someone clso had been ahead of them
and had borrowed il. After much hsur-
ins. however, they obtained another skin
and started out '1ce shooting" one, gun
IN hand and encased In his night robe,
sat he the bow oi the boat ready TO bring
down Tho nrst fowl that came within
range. Slowly the other rowed toward "a
large nock Of Wild ducks and geese NUM-
boring. according TO their statement,
about 5000. They had just about reached
\ shooting distance when steamer came
\ along and leg cut q soreecli- from rs
whistle which caused the entire nock 20
rlsc and move away. Several other fu-
tile attempts were made To get within
gunshot of fowl aud tho hunt was finally
given up. on reaching shore The night
robc-cad huntir With a Nieious dog gave
chase io.the strange figure causing II to
retreat 10 the boat. After some manou-
vcrng the gunners landed put up their
boat anu us no one WAS n sight walked
TO New Castle. AS they reached Dohbns-
willie a car on route into town passed
them. The Nogps men say they have
had enough duckins for this season.
REMoDELI4ED HIS WAGON.
wray r. Bacon has romodellcd and re-
painted his butcher wagon and It now
presents neat appearance. Tho work
was done by MT. Bacon and Michael
Bishop, who reictterod tho curtains Of
tho vehicle.
sEAMEN DESERT CUTTER
Thrco Of the soamcn from the United
State revenue cutter Onondaga, which ar
rived in lhnadolphil yesterday. deserted
The vcssel Immediately after She anchor
ed. and an effort is now being made to
alprchcnd thcm. The soamen are rcgu-
larly enlisted and deserted on account
of tho attractive rate of wages now being
paid by merchant vessels. along the coast.
It is believed that the deserters are either
ON board the schocners Collins w. wal
ION OF tiNnldlitkt hNln OF winch tflNtu
during the day for Charleston. Efforts
arc being made 10 stop both vessels upon
their arrival az the Delaware Breakwatcr,
and II tho desertcrs are found they will
he brought back and punished to the fun
extent OF the law. To allow dcscrtors 10
20 unpublished would be establishing n
had precedent for Uncic Sam, and for this
reason no end Of trouble is always gone
20 an
erring tars.
The onondaga anchored on here on
Thursday remaining over night ana pro-
cocdng up the river yesterday morning.
Several Of the officers were ashore here
FOR a short time.
AUGUSTUS r. CANN DEAD.
Augustus r. Cam. aged 72 years. died
az the residence OF his stcp-son. George
Irons in North Sixth street yesterday
morning. The deceased had lived hcre for
some time having come 10 New Castle
from Delaware City Under direction OF
Undertaken Charles Ciewen the funeral
will take place in Delaware City on Mon.
day afternoon.
READY no RECEIVE TAXES.
CITY Tax Collector Charles II. shearer
is cren for cngagements with those who
desire to pay their city taxes and can be
seen at any time at his home in South
Third street. Mr.. Shearer says that Il
candidates for city Offices keep ''bobbine
up and people keep failing down" on
their taxes that there will not be enough
votes to so round among the candidates
RECEIVED SHIPMENT OF FISH.
Joseph IT, King has received his first
consignment OF FISH. it coming from the
commission house in New York 10 which
he ships his FISH. Tho consignment con.
sists Of six fine southern shad a salmon
and a cod nsh. the last two weighing
ea-h about fifteen pounds.
SLOWLY PASSING AWAY.
There are two bills relative TO New
Castle which are slowly passing away 81
pigeon holes in committee rooms at IN,
state capital. The bill providing for IN,
bo7iing Of the city IS gasping its last II
tho committee on cities and towns ant
viii never be revived Attorneys from al
parts Of tho state and several assembly
mon In general have enjoyed a roof