Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-03-13

A meeting OF the owners Of the Will
mington A. A. base ball club will be
held en- Thursday night. 1t will he
decided at tnat meeting what the club
will do the coming ssason. Several of
the owners, 10 is understood, favor
putting AN independent team in tho
field, while the others consider it
would be losing venture. All these
matters will be discussed on Thursday
night.
Ihs Lancaster Tri-State team will
be made pof players who are all we'll.
known TO the local fans and on papeT
the team looks like a strong one. A
dispatch from Lancaster says
Enough leaked out in the local fan
dom today to give Lancaster line on
the possible makeup Of the Tri-State
team for the coming season. The team
will be headed by Manager Fied
Urolius, an outtielder, who was with
Norwich, Conn, last year and batted
at .j4I and tielded at 1878. Other
members Of the team will be Altizer,
ahortstop, whose percentages at
Springfield. Mass, last year, we're
.3i4 and $50; "Chio" Hartley,
pitcher, .3i7 and 1881; Rementer,
catcher, 279 and 934; McAndrews.
second base, who vas with Meriden,
Conn, .27s and 1857; Deal. first base,
.266 and .979; Hoffman, outfielder,
.2ol and .93S; Lennox. third base, $50
and .0l4; Hodge, BATger and MoCrane,
pitchers. Pitcher O'Hara, foTme r
Niilauova player; catcheEs, Barber and
IhackeFa; inheldeTs. MoAudreWs, from
New EnRlaud League; outtelders,
Tate and Melehoir. In addition to
these men there are several pitchers
and oatchers under contract who have
bad big league experience. MoCrane,
the big "eouthpaw -, has been secured,
1t is understood, and rumor IS busy
coupling the name of Joe Cassidy, the
Washington American League star
shortatop, with the local team. Man
ager Stahl, of the Senators, cannot
locate Cassidy, which, il is argued,
gives color to the statement that he
is looking up a TriState job IN pref
eIence TO staying in Washington.
Crolius, however, is not here, and the
Cassidy story cannot be verified. "
One Of the heaviest items of expense
70 league baseball club is travelling
lt costs mnoh more TO take IL
or 10 players around the circuit
than the majority OF people think
Apropos Of the opening of the 1ri-
State season next month, statistician
has compiled some figures relative to
the distances which will be Travelled
by the York team, and an estimate
can be formed OF the cost OF maintain
ing . baseball club In the item Of
travelling expenses alone. Using the
shortest route, the York baseball club
will have TO travel over 400 miles Of
territory TO cover the circuit once as
now scheduled. The route and dis
tance would be as follows; York to
Lancaster, % miles; Lancaster to
Harrisburg, ~ miles; Harrisburg to
Williamsport, 50 miles; Williamsport
TO Altoona, "a miles; Altoona to
Johnstown, 80 miles, and direct re-
turn to this city, l99 miles, making a
total Of 400 miles. Figuring the trav-
cling expenses at two cents pei lie,
IL would cost So. 80 for car fare alone
TO carry one man once over the circuit,
aud IL would cost 1886. 80 for the IA
men usually carried when the team is
en- route. The longest jump which
the York team could make would be
from York to Johnstown, a distance of
100 miles, while Lancaster p miles
away, is the shortest. -
dispatch from Shamokin says:
Jack Bateman, manager of the new
local baseball team, said today be was
signing some Of the best players in the
State for his professional team.
Vaughn, an Ashland southpaw; Charlie
O'Neil and Gusty Epler, Mt. Carmel,
look iavorably on coming here. Bate
man has lines out for Jack Bagley, a
Pottsville first baseman with York last
year; also, Davy Lloyd, of the old
York Club; Kelly. Lebanon, with Will
mington last year, and Whitley Price,
also a catcher for Wilmington; CS
Davis, Harrisburg pitcher, may also
come here. Bateman is an old hand
IN baseball business and has wide
list OF aoquaintances in the profession.
He says ne viii give better baseball
here next year than ever. "