Evening journal., 1910-09-21
FREMONT THERE
WITH Def STUFF
And Manager TraynOr Of
BrOOkWOOd Club Immedi-
ately Calls it
SAYS THEY WILL PLAY
ON SEPTEMBER "a

Manager Harvey Of the fremont
team is still out for big game. Tre-
mont is champion of the Semi-Profes-
sional League, but he now is after
a game with the Gas Company. du-
Pont. Brookwood or Riverview of the
County League. He is the def handed
out by Manager Harvey: {
fremont will play any team in the
County League next Saturday. If any
team that is a pennant winner in any
other league disputes their claim to
play County League Club. then Ire
mont will play that team first, the
winner to play the County League
club having the nerve to play. Tre-
mont insists that the loser of the first
game gets nothing from the gate re-
ceipts and that the money in the sec
ond game to be divided 20 and 25
per cent. Now then Parkside-for you
are the only club in Wilmington that
has a right TO dispute Tremont's claim
step forward. and if you defeat Ire
mont. go in and defeat a County
League club and be a real champion,
not a newspaper one. fremont will
play the first to come. so don't delay
If You think you have a championship
club"
Def Is Accepted.
And the following letter today ex-
plains how the Brookwood Club. as
soon as Manager Traynor read the def
accepted it, The Brookwood club is
! demonstrating that it is in the game
/ for sport and it and fremont will un-
doubtedly have a good contest. The
following explains itself:
To Sporting Editor THE EVENING
JOURNAL
The writer notes with interest the
fremont Clubs def i'm a morning
newspaper. Evidently by its tone
they seem to consider the leader of the
various local leagues as Newspaper
Champions"
During the County League season
+ just closed many reports were cur
rent that the BroOkwood Club, on ac-
Il count Of their poor showing. would
drop out of the league. their place to
be filled by the fremont team. This
idea never once entered the minds of
the subscribers, as they were in the
game for the sport only and pledged
their support to the close of the sea-
son at any cost.
While the writer, with all due cour-
tesy to the fremont. Parkside and
others clubs of the Semi Professional
and All-Wilmington leagues. does not
think their attitude toward the lead
ers of the County League should de-
mand recognition. there still remains
an opportunity to show the caliber of
these challenging teams.
. The BrOokweod Club, though ! am
!
( onstrated by their showing i'm the
, last 12 games that they are entitled
TO recognition as fit for County league
berth. In this last Jot of games our
A., I records show nine games lost by one
run, one by two runs and We were
, successful in winning but two games.
Our season closed on Labor Day and
of course, with the prospective dupont
} Gas Company game and the post-sea-
son games Of DUPONT we did not feel
entitled to the patronage of the public
so our first league endeavor ended
with our memorable game with du-
Pont on September 5 Labor Day..
, Many persons have upheld the Ire
mont Clubs contention that they were
entitled TO a chance and in Mr.. Har-
vey's letter above referred to he states
ANY County League team"-with all
to lose and nothing to gain tour way
Of treating the subject) we will ac-
cept the terms outlined in the def for
a game to be played on Saturday. Sep
tember "a, on suitable grounds and
terms agreeable TO all parties inter-
ested
Immediate action is imperative and
the Brookwood Clubs acceptance
holds good until 6 p. m, Thursday
September a.
Yours truly.
BROOKWOOD CLUB.
F. NJ. TRAYNOR. Man.
Wilmington. Del. Sept. 21. 1910.