Evening journal., 1907-03-09
BILL CONNELLY
AND Ills CLUB
Wilmington Should Make A
Good Showing in Tri-
State League

1t viii now be but shor, time bofon
q. tho wilmington rn-smtc league clul
viii start on the Southern pilgrimage
going to Portsmouth Virginia. Many an'
loud have been the protests OF some clul
owners against the expensive raininl
habit which has apparently not yet reach
"a its height as Wilmington viii be th
nrst 1li-satc club 20 go below the Masol
hud Dixon line The stay in the southern
country IS now considered the proper
thinr-whore pure water can be had an'
where the men can prepare for what ii
10 come-an admirable thing if the play
ers follow 1t up properly but scarcely o
sny avail if they do not One of the
most serious DEFICIENCIES of the game o.
today is that tho players as whole do
not know how TO caro- for themselves
and they abuse their systems in "a wa,
that tells most decidedly in their work
ANY club manager that fails TO super
Nisc the players diet and his habits ii
hacking woefully yet ] know "a large num-
Der who are deficient in this regard AZ
ar ule the players are allowed to do as
fhov please-outrage nature In every pos
elbio way and very little. if anything
s. said about the matter Proper eating
proper hours proper treatment OF th'
body should be insisted upon in every
club
Where a LIBERAL ontcrprising club own
cr like Mr. Connolly goes to the limit q
mako every thing easy FOR the player e
anticipate every want. Inc ought TO mee
With the heartiest appreciation and will
the fun appreciation OF the players Ih'
more some men get the more they want.
Don't think Mr.. Connolly is doing TINS
because he is now to the game lie knows
what be Is about no matter what may
be tho angle Of the game and he needs
no book to help him along. His brain is
not yet so ovorcrowdod that he is oblget
10 help Il out by recourse TO the artificial
means. Anyone who thinks he can b'
"eoidbricsed" or buncood will be con.
vinccd 10 che contrary I'm very short order
Mr.. Connolly has-his ideas about thing'
and ne has the courage of hts conNie'
tions II IS not my purpose 20 indulge
On fuleome eulogy Of this gentleman
but it may be that a lot of people may
hot be conversant with his makeup
and M Is therefore ominently proper q
perhaps go beyond ordinary length I'm this
matter. Tie is not q "Mr Easy Mark
He knows what ne Is doing an the time
and he can ten many a magnate a thlne
or two about the game that would b'
hcnencial Air. Connolly certainly showed
foresight IN determining 70 secure sew
cral sets Il uniforms for his club. foi
home use and for ise on the road Thcr'
S. scare ly a club that has not appearc,
on thf field in untidy. dirty-yes. Otter
nltht costumes. TO the openly expressed
disgust of the patrons OF the game No
cao was more conversant with this de-
rorvod cause of complaint th1n MT Com
nelly. and forthwith he determined 20 put
a stop 20 that sort of thing. The least
any club owner can do is to equip his
men neatly. and compel his men. under
the field. All these things cost nothing
simply because they are their own ad-
Verusement. "The best at every stage
Of tho game" Is Mr. Connelly's motto
and he never counts the cost. It is his
way. He can't loose The patrons OF
the game cannot 30 bnck ON man of
such a stamp. He will bo a power IN
Tri-Slate councils yea, in baseball coun.
cils, because he has the head. the brain,
The business qualifications and the nonc.
tration He has tine backbone. pluck and
push. and above an, is Square as a die
I'm gamble on that proposition His word
Sc as good as his bond. and when that
is said it takes him am ln as 81 would
any man whom such qualification would
IT. It was n happy day for tho Tr-StatC
League when he came into It's ranks. and
Tor the game as well. for men OF h,
stamp are "as scarce as hens teeth.
Lots OF them are wcll enough so far as
ahoy go--woll enough In spots. perhaps.
but when Il comes 90 the well-rounded
whole. am apple without spccks. just sci
your glass and see how many of them
you can find
Mr.. Connolly will eXpond a whole lot
of money TO make his club "a =" hut who
win say such a proposition win not pay
better than anything run on "a different
plane. II has been shown again and again
that the people Of the United states will
pay good money for a good article. "sh,w
me-" says Connolly "Show u.s." they say.
nnd he wiil There's no doubt there. be.
cause he is plugger. lie simply will
not let grass grow under his feet We
al know that baseball is on the square
There is no doubt but that players viii
work hard this season for man whose
care at all times viii be to provide for
their comfort.
Simply because Mr. Connolly has
cluster Of unknowns does not argue thar
they are "mutts" and cannot win their
way 70 favor. Mr.. Connolly has rested
Ills cause with these youngsters lie will
either go forward 10 conquest or see his
baseball sun soar in tho clouds of dis
appointment Nobody is claiming the
earth and the rest Of the diamond planets
ae their own. There viii be widespread
curiosity TO gaze upon the new blood. Tho
Wilmington club has already sounded its
Hpringtime slogan: Give ms ~ show Tho
expression has been passed along tho
line: IF you can't boost don't knock
In conversation with Peter Cassidy, who
viii captain the club. be- said. IT am
not well enough acouaintel with al cf
the players 20 predict what kind of work
they are capable of doing and viii do
The pitchers may De good and the catch-
ers bad or vice yessa, or boh be in-
ferior TO the batteries OF our seven rivals
in which case we could not hope 20 make
much of a noise IN tho grand scramble for
the pennant From their records. I judge
that most OF the players arc there with
the goods. Looking the team over as made
up. 7 feel very hopofn of making a gosd
record with fha isr..1 ol.....if ~.
berry leaguers az they win bo known