Evening journal., 1907-03-27
WILMINGTON BOYS
START FOR SOUTH
Manager Connolly and Ills
Team to LimbeT Up Un-
der Southern Skies
.CONNELLY HAS
GOOD MAERIATL

For the first time in the history OF pro-
fessional baseball in Wilmington, team
has been sent from this city to the South
for the purpose OF getting in shape for
the seasons work.
AT iO.45 o'clock this morning William NJ.
Connolly and his bunch" OF ball tossers,
who will hold up Wilmington's end in the
Tri-state league contest, left the p. b.
and w. station via Norfolk express for a
ten days tour in the Sunny South" dur
ing which time the men will timber up for
the coming season and incidentally tackle
by the way of practice some of the best
baseball aggregatlons that Virginia can
produce. Excloding Mr.. Connolly, Cap
tain Pete" Cassidy and newspaper men
twenty husky knights of the stick" make
up the party and II appearances go for
/ ought Wilmington viii be represented in
the Tri-State by a team that will cause
something 10 be "doin' " all along the line
when the game opens for fair.
In the party who left this morning were
Catchers. McCaulley, Potter, seacord and
( lFood; pitchers. GreenweIl, a local boy;
Clancy, Waller Touchstone, Wolf. Nc
Neal Ramsey, shortell; first base, Cas-
sidy, captain; second base. Griffin; short
stop. Flint; third base. Mccarthy: out.
fielders, Vinson, Donovan and McCusker.
At Clayton "Rubc" Faulkner was picked
up and when "a stop was made at Har-
rington Townsend got aboard making the
party complete.
The ball tossers viii arrive in Ports.
mouth at o'clock this evening and viii
make their headquarters at the Hote
Monroe, I'm that city from March q until
April s. The first games will be played or
April /. . and 3. when the locals will line
up against the Portsmouth team. On Apr
4, and the club win practice on the
Norfolk grounds and viii meet incidentally
the best clubs IN that city.
on the 9th and 10th the club will be IN
Richmond. Va, where they will go ur
against the strong Richmond nine. While
in that city the clubs headquarters will
be at the Allen House. The players will
arrive home on the morning Of April II.
During the Southern trip the team viii
be weedod out and only those men who
mako good win be retained for regular
/ play There will be a husky bunch tc
pick from as the players are not unknown
IN the baseball world
/ Vinson IS one OF the best batters in tn,
country. McCauiley was catcher on Tho
ST. Louis Browns in 1903 Connie Macl
rays Touchstone who comes from RIDLEY
Park. is born ball player. AT the be
ginning he may play In the outfeld as h
IS a strong batter. Flint Is from the Chi
cago city League and Is a fast man on his
feet Mccarthy Is from the Niagara
University and Is good hitter.
on April II the club win open the season
In Wilmington with the Baltimore Leagu,
team Their championship series in tn,
Tri-state League will not hegin unit
April "a when they win go to Trenton and
play there on that day and on April 25
The Trenton team win play in this city
on April 2s and q. which viii be the first
Tri-state games in Wilmington.
Manager Connolly has the good wishes
Of every baseball enthusiast in the city
His pluck in taking the team south indi.
Gates that he will leeive no stone untirnec
10 give wilmington the best baseball team
that has ever been seen here. II Whining.
ton is not away up in the race 1t will be
no fault Of his
The club was accompanied by A. o. II
Grier, representing Every Evening, and
S. 1. Lane. who represents The Evening
Journal.