Evening journal., 1910-08-31
Waning Ball Season Sees
Teams in Close Pennanf Races
DUPONT, fremont and Park
side Look Like Winners
4 in Big City Leagues
POST SEASON GAMES
TO KEEP UP INTEREST

The local baseball season is wan
ing
Monday. Labor Day. viii make the
close of the County League season.
The Semi Professional and All-Wil- /
mington seasons will end on Satur-
day. September 10, and the minor
leagues will draw their curtains on
the following Saturday
From this distance DUPONT, fremont
and Parkside look like winners in
their respective leagues. although the
loss of one game would seriously af-
the standing Of the leaders. This is
League situation. At this time du-
Pont is only one game ahead of Gas
Company and to lose one Of the re-
naming two games on the schedule
while Gas Company In winning two
straight would again tie the teams up
for the pennant honor In the Sat
urday games DUPONT will be pitted
against Riverview. while Gas Com
Dany is playing Brookwood. On Mon
day-Labor Day-duPont will meet
Riverview while Gas Comuany is
playing Brookwood. Should Brook
wood break even with Gas Company
and dupont get the same deal from
Riverview, the standing would remain
as II is Two victories or losses either
way would have the same result ou
the final standing dupont would be
the winner by one game None OF
the wise ones viii concede that du-
Pont will lose two games while Gas
Company is winning two. or that Gas
Company win lost two while DUPONT
Is winning two. Only this unexpected
turn would cut dupont out Of the
pennant
fremont Needs One More.
fremont practically has the Semi
pennant cinched With four more
games on the schedule the club has a
three game lead on Madison. although
Madison, last years champion. has
one postponed game to play II is
conceded that fremont viii win two /
OF its games. II n does Madison can /
not beat them out even n the former |
champions win their remaining FIVE
games. therefore may have 10 be con-
tent with second place. with Highland
a close third
ABdrkside also looks good to win
The east side boys are leading the All
Wilmington League by two games.
Should they win against Penn on Sat-
ufday the flag will be cinched even
though Rockford, which is following
close. wins all its remaining games
Rockford is sure of second place.
while II may be necessary TO play
an extra game 10 decide the third
place holder, Merwick Highland and |
Penn now being tied up for the honor |
Successful Season.
All in an It has been a successful |
season, with the three big league clubs
putting up the best semi-professional
ball OF course most Of the interest
Is centered in the County League. This
year the lea sue presented two new
cMo3sln WilmingSulf. ~7.as Company
and Brookwood. From the start Gas
Company was a contender for the
league pennant and had Il not been
for the blow up by Brown last Satur-
day and the inability Of the entire
team 10 hit Charley McDonough, a
youngster. the club would yet be in
the running. But that game blew the
teams chances Brookwood. while
losing nearly all its games. has al
ways made the leaders 60 hard to win.
and although the season has proved
q failure 10 the club as far as league
standing is concerned, the club has
put up q brand of ball that has stamp
ed them as ball players. Il Is possi-
bic that the club viii come back next
year with practically the same line
up.
Uphill Work for DUPONT.
For the first time in the history Of
the league DUPONT has been found
pennant-winning uphill work Things
we're going nicely for the club while
Crouch was ON the firing line. but
after he left. the team went back and
back until second place was struck
Charley McDonough has pitched the
III = 81 1. u
ise of holding the team In its present
position. dupont of course. viii be
back In the league next year. should
the organization be continued.
Riveryiew has had its worst year.
Beginning the season with a club that
looked as good as any in the league,
the boys won several games. includ-
ing one from dupont But the play
ers became dissatisfied because they
we're not winning every Saturday and
quit Today only two Of the original
Rlverview players are on the team
This desertion of course, made team
work impossible. and It was this de.
hciency that lost so many games fol
the club. AS individuals. however. III,
present team is as strong as any team
IN the league with the possible eXcep
tion Of Gas Company.
Many Post Season Games.
Although the league seasons ar,
about over, the curtain will not droI
on the local game until early in Oc
tcber DUPONT is now arranging
series of games with fast out-of-towr
clubs Wilmington Gas Company
Riverview and Brookwood may alsS
play a series. There is some talk o
fremont playing Parkside for tn,
amateur city championship now thai
the proposed Tremont-Seaford series
has fallen through Altoona and vii
Transport. of the Tri-State League
are also booked for seven games here
after Friday. September 3. when tn,
Tri-State season ends.
Local fans, therefore, will see high
class ball after next week though tbs
season does end at that time.
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