Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1906-01-12

George ". Heckert Of York De Hoik-
ing hard 10 get q Ifi-5iaie is1m 10
Reading. which is said % be 10 Only
chance Wilmington has Of ienii ing
IN the league. A Reading dApatcn
says;
tho YORK baseball team Of t1s III
State League, iH iu this ciig mixing
an effort 70 have this city Iepfesan 90
10 the organ izaticr this season pr.
hsckert vas appointed nt i1e last
meetina Of the league % come 70
heading and Try and orRaniza q stock
company % aupp1rs the team. For
tso years the lu-State has ified 70
place a team in Reading, bui failed,
a. 10 has been refused the heading
grounds b. william Abbot Whitman,
owing % the fact that be- has given
them to tne City League. cnnuld
Mr. Heckert be unsuccessful Do placing
q team here the Iri-State ell star,
the season Of 1906 With els clubs.
Unless Reading is taken Do Whining
ton will be dropped from Ite organi-
z8tion.
Mr.. Heokert said. 81 have met with
much encouragement from the people
Of Reading. ! did not cone here for
the purpose Of doing anything that
would iniure the Reading City League,
~ from what ! understood The organi-
eaton D. very popular with the lovers
Of the game. Reading 10 large enough
90 support the local organization and
q Ifi-btate team. There ere popular
amateur clubs DO nearly every city
where there D. a professional club, and
there De- no reason Why O Irl-Statt
League nine being placed here would
interfere with the City Lesgue.
Many business people Who saw Iri'
State League ball last season IN othei
cities want an aggregation here. Their
IL no better advertisement for towI
than 20 have q good baseball team.
have been &c see quite q number o.
prominent business men who or,
interested Ia baseball and they gave
me much encouragement by iutsntior
IL 10 try and form az ASSOCIATION here
same an nt York and Harrisburg, ang
have it support the team. Shafel
would be sold for ESQ, which would
also include a season ticket.
81 will meet a number Of men VIII
would like 10 have q team here to tall
the matt1r over. IL 70 can get enough
Interest new grounds will be bull
aud Reading win have q representative
al the Iri-8tate League meeting OF
Thursday, January i6ih. What b
needed here II hustling local man q
be business manager and take chnrg
OF the forming OF The association
Should Reading become a member th
league officials have q good man &
take charge OF y team here. There
are plenty of good players still IN
sisnsd 70 give Reading a fast aggre
Tbe York Dispatch has the 70 blow
THE next meeting Of the Tri-stat
League will be held 10 Harrisbur
next thursday evening and At tina
time the circuit Of the league for tn
coming season will be definitely do
termined upon and q schedule com
mitiee appointed by President Car
perter. The western teams, ospeoinll
Johnstown, are fighting against she re
admission OF Wilmington, as the
claim that the trip 90 the Delnvar
city is such a long one that IL Is
money losing iournoy. Most OF th
members Of the league, however, an
in favor of an eight club circuit an
u ReadinR can be secured 20 take
place in the league Wilmington vii
retain its franchise and be represente
BY a strong team. -
Jerry Donovan is reported 10 hav
signed with the Phillies
No less than four Of the Iri-Stat
teams are after First Baseman Pete
Cassidy Of this city. They are vii
mington, Lancaster, Altoona an
Johnstoun.