Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-07

on account &c cold wenther and
wet rrerfd hffh 0ame Qf the
series l,i|t,,.,.f fa IHlllics and Attn
ietics. Nh.ch Aaaft hlNe heen played
yesterday w., lcstflup The teams
Will pk1 inlay
The ST. Loals Nationals defeated the
st. Louis Amertctn- boy the score ot
to . The Washington Americans
won from tne Io,i0n Nationals uy the
score of7 z 20 9. The score follows.
Wash N. fAml122oo2O0x-7 IL so
Boston Nat.).l02OOOO21-6 9 o.
Batteries -Faikenourg and Dun
Lindaman and Brown.
While baseball men all over the
country are wondering as TO how the
Tri State League will make out tinan-
cially, none disputes the fact that the
various clubs have men at the head
who know the game from start to finish.
An article in tho York Dispatch ON
this subject explains the matter II
says The managers of the Tr State
baseball clubs size up in ability with
any Of them in the minor leagues and
several Of them are just as good as the
big league fellows.
George Washington Heckert of York
IS considered the king bee OF all Of
she Tri-Staters, and is conceded by
many expert judges of managerial
timber as being far better than some
n the fellows who handle big league
teams. Heckert and the late Jesse M.
frysinger were considered as being in
a class Of their own In the ranks Of
tho Tri-State managers
Billy Hamilton of Harrisburg,
10 not only a great player, but he also
knows how TO handle team He IL
better by far than most Of the minor
league managers and superior TO some
Of them in the National.
Fred Crolius Of Lancaster, is a col
leee chap and knows how to play ball
with his hands and head incidentally
Crolius is q dandy in iollying his men
and knows the great secret Of how TO
get his men 20 do their best for him.
Jimmy" Sebring, who will captain
and manager the Tri-State champions
this seasen. .is-ene Of the star outiielders
In the country.
Arthur irwin, Altoona's manager
we'll the big league fellows all know
Irwin ia not all in yet by any
means although he WAS playing ball
and managing big league clubs long
before some Of the present day stars
were Of age.
Atherton. who will manage the
Johnstown club this season, is also a
college graduate and knows all the fine
points Of the game from a player 3
and a managers point Of lew. Ather-
ion. Is one Of those foxy, hustling fell
lows whom the big leagues are always
looking for, and some Of them would
like 60 have him too
4 Ifc4 afah fr1fn lTurrfaI.sre.
With the arrival here Of "Billyn Ham
ilton. manager OF the local Tri-state
League team, baseball matters took
on marked impulse here today.
Joe Myers has not signed with York
and only sent his terms to Manager
Heckert on Wednesday night" said
Manager Hamilton this morning.
saw him in Philadelphia yesterday
and he told me that he would like to
play in Harrisburg. / have a claim
on him for notified President Carpen-
Ter more than ten days ago that L was
after him, and hnve a letter dating
away back when / started business
with him. -
Delaware College team will play the
Maryland Agricultural College at
Newark this afternoon. A strong
schedule has been arranged by m,
AAuNHh'A ~ NNt AtANMNNh lNAfns man
ager kidgely, OF the scrub team. ha.
arranged good schedule the first con.
test being with Goldey College at New
ark on April 26 Kimble, 'OS. ha,
heen elected captain OF the scrubs
IN place Of Homewood, '07, resigned.
Because Of numerous application
for positions on the Harlan and Hol
linRHworth baseball team, B. l.. Kush
NOR, who has been chosen as busines
manager, has great difficulty in select
ing men for one team and has decide'
20 form two Captain Elmer E. Sirman
has had the players out for practic
and will select two exceptionally stronl
teams for the coming season.
The West End and Delaware team
will play this afternoon. The Yves
End line up follows, Coburn, catcher
Kelley. pitcher; Robertson (capt.
shortstop; John Kelley, first base
Strebbs, second base Miller manager
third base; Binker. left field: Brow
centre field Nugent, right field.
The National club composed {
youngsters, residing near Thirteent
aud French streets, under the are {
10 years, which played a Thinning II
game At South Side Park, with tn
Delaware team, has reorganized. II
said 20 be an aggregation Of naturi
baseball players A pie and milk socii
will shortly be given by the team Z,
the purpose Of raising funds to purcha,
uniforms In thirty games last ye,
the team lost but one and had but oi
tie All challenges from teams. con
posed OF players under Is years Of ag
VIII he given prompt attention If sci
tO Manager kellV l921 Frpnrh stree