Evening journal., 1908-03-27
SPORTING
FANS ARE READY
FOR THE SEASON
Baseball viii Begin Next
Wilmington Re-
ports Monday
THE PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

After months of ''hot airing on the par
of the baseball manager and the fan" tn
dreams OF both are about to be realized
or shattered as the "slSirrnish, season &
here and within the next few days tn,
field Will have been cleared for action.
Camp Michael Grady will be officially
opened at the Clayton House on Monday
next and 1t is expected that before many
days have passed the Wilmington Tri.
staters will all be in line and ready fol
work. During the past few months Man.
ager Grady has been continually on the
alert for crack players and has succeeded,
ne claims, in gathering about him bunch
from which a winning team will be select
ed. The new ones will be put through a
thorough test and only the best Of them
will be retained. All the men have been
ordered to report here on Monday.
So far the new men under contract are:
Catchers-krozer G. AIillman, Mark j.
Chappee. w. Z. Irwin.
Pitchers Roy Brennan. Floyd B. clunn,
w. J. Leonard.
Infelders-John p coutts, Anthony T.
Marhejska, John Stone, w. J. Thun, Ed
ward J. Mulheanl, George X. Allen.
Outtielders-Gus Schrader, Leroy Nc
Ilvane. Joe Martin.
The old players held over are: Grady.
catcher; Barthold, and jackson, pitchers:
cassidy and Lynch, infelders; sebring and
Mcfarland, outielders.
In addition to these men Grady states
that he has three more men from connio
Mack's Athletics, who will report next
week. The three men are Covelski, an in
fielder; zamlock, an outfelder. and either
Durham or Maxwell. who are pitchers.
This will make a squad Of about 25 men
who are to be tried out.
Preparatory to the opening of the reen-
lar season on April % South Side Park is
being put in shape as on account of the
low ground the diamond is in bad condi
ton. It is expected, however, that when
the season opens that everything will be
In readiness for the words play ball"
Il IS proposed to place drains through the
outneld in order that the water can be
carried of readily and not lay in puddles.
The local team viii not use South Side
Park as a practice ground for some time
but will use the old grounds at Front and
Union streets as a workout field. On SIM
DAY evening it is expected that the New
ark Eastern League team will arrive In
the city where they will spend a week in
practice using South Side Park for that
purpose. The Newark club win play the
hrst real game" of the season when 1t
lines up against the Tri-Staters on April
Z. The regular season will open here on
April 22. with Trenton as the attraction.
The preliminary schedule has been ar
ranged as follows:
Friday, April 8. Newark Eastern League.
in Wilmington.
Saturday, April 4, Newark, Eastern
League, in Wilmington.
Monday, April 6, Delaware College, in
Tuesday, April 7. open.
Wednesday, April s. Toronto, Eastern
League, in Wilmington.
Thursday April O. Toronto Eastern |
league, in Wilmington.
Friday April 10. Boston Nationals, in
Saturday, April II. open.
Monday, April 1s, Wilmington in New
Irk.
Tuesday. April H. Rochester. Eastern
league, in Wilmington.
Wednesday, April Is, Wilmington in
Jersey City
Thursday, April Is. Wilmington in Jer-
ey City.
Friday. April H. Baltimore, Eastern
.eague, in Wilmington.
Saturday, April 49, Baltimore, Eastern |
league. in Wilmington.
Monday, April 90 Wilmington in Baiti-
more.
Tuesday. April q. Wilmington in Balti-
nore