Evening journal., 1905-08-17
LADIES'" CLUB
To PLAY BALL
Manager Murphy Arranges
Game With St. Louis
Aggregation
BARN BLOWN FROM FOUNDATION
Special to The Evening Journal

special 10 Inc INeDll8 doufNdls
New Castle. Aug. 17.-Unable 10
find any baseball clubs that can cope
successfully with the local team Man
lager Murphy has arranged a game for
Saturday August % with the ST.
Louis Stars Ladies Baseball club.
Jack Hawley. manager Of the ladies'
team. was 10 this city Yesterday and
signed a contract with Mr. Murphy for
the game and it is expected a large
humber of persons will witness the
contest.
The club travels in its own car and
.carries canvass with which to sur
round the grounds. The team has
lined up against some of the best
amateur clubs in the country and has
defeated them. In the aggregation are
six women and three men. the latter
being a pitcher catcher and first
baseman.
on Saturday next game with the
strong Union League team Of Chester
has been scheduled. The lineup Of
the visitors will be as follows; Peters
lb; Oglesby, CT; Sweeney. IS; J. Miles.
&c: Hickey, 2b; Stetson. Sd, r. Miles
n; Wood, rf Gamble, p.
The New Castle lineup viii be as
follows: Countiss. e.: Duffy. 1b; Chase.
SO: Newlove. Oh; Bradford. If: Hobbs,
CT: oliver, IF; Wise. IS; Crouch. p.
On August Gath the local club will
play the Seaford team at FELTON, for
the championship Of the state.
BARN BLOWN DOWN.
Word was received in this city yes
terday Of the blowing down Of the
large barn on the farm Of John c..
Mahoney, operator at the Kirkwood
station during the gale of Tuesday
evening. The barn was shifted COM
pletely off its foundations and one
horse killed and another was badly
injured.
TO TAk- WATCH TO sANDUsKY.
As soon as the summer season ends
the yacht Santa Maria, owned, by
Daniel Webster. Will be hauled out
and placed m the boat building shops
of w. II. Bebee and Son. In the
spring the yacht will be taken TO SAN
dusky o., and will ply ON Lake Erie.
Mr.. Webster is now in Dayton. o.
JACK THE RIPPER IN JAIL.
John Needham, better known as
UAAh Ailt ANAlItAs was AdhNn W AnN
New Castle county workhouse by
Officer Tobin yesterday. Mr.. Ripper
was fined s. and costs on Tuesday
might by Mayor Boyd on a disorderly
conduct charge. Being unable TO pro-
duce he will spend ten days in jail.
PUTTING UP STAND PIPE.
Workmen are progressing with the
work of putting up the one hundred
and twenty-five foot stand pipe for
the Delaware Water Improvement
Company AS each section of plates
is put up two furnaces with platforms
for heating rivets are attached 20 the
side of the sections on which the riv-
eters stand while doing the work.
VISITED HIS FRIENDS.
Uncle Charlie" NewIove spent yes
terday with friends I'm Chester. Phila-
delphia. Camden, Pennsgrove and
.Pennsville, y. j. M. Newlove had
not seen some Of his friends during
the last 30 years.
HAS POSITION IN THE WEST.
John Sheridan. former telegraph OPP
orator at the Western Union Tele-
graph Company's Office on Delaware
street wharf. has accepted q similar
position in st. Paul, MINI. Mr.. Sher-
idan expects to make his home in that
Icity, having arrived there several days
Iago.
MANY WENT OK EXCURSION.
About seventy-hve people from this
city went on the excursion 20 Wash
ngton Park. y. j., yesterday. The
"trip was made on the steamer Col
iumbia.