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Evening journal., 1911-01-30
TO FORM BALL
STOCK COMPANY
Reading Must Work to Get
Tri-State Team for l9ll--
Want New Manager

READING. Pa, San. 30.-The base
ball situation in this city is puzzling
the hundreds Of lovers of the national
pastime. The association which owns
the franchise is still in existence, and.
while the members are baseball en-
thusiasts. they do not wish to pay as
much attention to the sport as they
did last season. They favor forming
a stock company and are willing to
Join such an organization.
There is a movement on foot 10
start "a stock company but thus far
those at its head have met with little
success. The association is willing to
sell the franchise at a reasonable
rate, not because the members lost
money last season, but rather because
they wish to retire.
The weather last year. at the sea-
sons opening. was bad. which hurt
the attendance, and the poor showing
of the club kept more away later on
Manager Harry Barton was secured
very late and the season was half
over before the little manager got to-
gether a team able to make any kind
of a showing against the other ag-
grogatons in the league Barton did
his best, but was unable 10 get to-
gether winning team. Towards the
end Of the season, when Barton had n
good nine, more interest again de-
veloped in the game. Not a player
was drafted aud if the best men of
last Yeas team are brought back and
n few new ones added local team
may be gotten together to give them
all a hustle.
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
WILMINGTON
TO START THINGS
Crack Minors to Talk Over
Reorganization on WedneS-
day Night
.he basebalI bugs are awake.

The baseball bugs are awake.
Announcement that Wilmington Is
to be represented I'm the Tri-State
League this year has caused the minor
league managers to sit up and take no.
tice AT a meeting to be held in The
Evening Journal office on Wednesday
night minor league affairs will get
their start for the season. It. being the
intention TO reorganize the All-Wil-
minRton League at that time. Last
year the league was composed Of Park
side. Penn, Orioles. Hillside. Rockford.
Highland, Richardson Prak and Mer-
wick. Already Richardson Park,
Rockford. Highland and Orioles have
expressed a desire 10 come back. while
Vandeyer A. C., new conner. has ex-
pressed q desire 70 play IN the league
this year. AS yet Smith. Of Parkside,
has not been heard OF although Il Is
likely that he will be I'm the league
again. To the Wednesday night meet
ing all the All-Wllmington managers
are invited Plans will be outlined.
playing grounds discussed and all
other details considered
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
MOTOR YACHT
FOR H. P. SCOTT

The New York Yacht. Launch and
Engine Company, of New York, is
building a cruising motor yacht for
Henry p. Scott, of the firm of Scott
and Company. of this city. The cruiser
will be Sc feet long with a beam Of
II feet and inches. When completed
it will be one Of the most modern little
pleasure boats afloat as every equip
ment is being installed 10 make it a
marvel OF. grace, beauty and comfort.
The boat Is to be called the LeXing-
ton III and viii probably be ready for
delivery in the spring
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
EXIT CASEY!

Now Casey's gone 10 Kingdom Come,
where all good players land;
The manner of his going was spec
tacular and grand.
He mounted in his aeroplane, Bleriot
machine
A whiz, whirr, a blot, a blur, no
more was Casey seen.
st. Peter dozed beside the gate, and
dreamt of many things
The price Of wheat, the cost of meat,
of cabbages and kings;
When suddenly he started, for a dusty
rat-tat-tat
Resounded on the portal--it was Casey
wit his bat.
'Well. bless my SOUL It's Casey"
cried ST. Peter, with a grin;
I've been waiting your arrival twen-
years or more; come in
Now tell us how it happened for
we'd like to get it straight;
Come in and tell your story-leaye
your bat outside the gate.
St. Peter winked at Gabriel, and went
and got a chair,
Inviting Casey to sit down and tell
his story there.
Poor Casey, unsuspecting - little
dreaming he was It,
Gave one preliminary cough, and
started off. to wit:
"rhe outlook wasn't brilliant'-that's
as far as Casey got.
When Peter Grabbed him bv the pants
and down the chutes he shot
Then turning to old Gabriel, he busted
off his hat,
Remarking, That's the last Wen hear
of Casey and his bat"
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
MORGAN B., FAMOUS
TROTTER, QUITS GOING

GLENDALE. Del, Jan. 30.-Mor-
gan b.. one Of the fastest trotting hor-
ses in Delaware, with a track mark of
PIP, and owned by Walter Workman,
of this town, is dead aged II years. On
the straightaway race the horse had
gone mile in one minute and at one
time won $1OO for his owner on such
a wager. For seyral years the horse
was owned by Senator Reed and
hrougt home many large purses to
Glendale.
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
BROWNSON HAS
SOME EASY PICKIN'

Brownson put it all over Forty-fftn
Company, Fort DUPONT, I'm a game at
the fort on Saturday afternoon, get
ting away with it by a So to 36 score.
The soldier boys were out-classed
from the start. Haney and McDon-
ough got eleven and seven field goals,
respectively McDermott retired at
the close of the first half and was
succeeded by McCllough, whoplayed a
good game, securing three pretty
field goals Carr. Cousins and Keen
an excelled for the soldiers and did
all the scoring.
The BrOwnson manager and play
ers have nothing but words of praise
for the courteous treatment they re-
ceived. After the game they were
shown through the fort and rwere
given dinner by their hosts.
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
BILLTOWN FANS
ARE WEEPING
Baseball Team Gone, But
Hopeful ROOterS Look for
Another Club Next Season
BOUQUETS ALL AROUND
FOR THE NEW PEACHES

There is weeping IN Billtown now
that Wilmington owns the Williams
port baseball club franchise.
The Williamsport Sun says.
Its all over but the weeping.
eWilliamsport Is no longer on the
Tri-State circuit
sThe sale of the baseball team and
Franchise TO Wilmington parties was
made at Wilmington, when Peter r.
Cassidy. who is at the head of the
movement 10 place a club In the Della
ware city. handed TO George W. Heck
est a check for S240O, representing
The purchase price Of the Williamsport
players and franchise. Heckert was
acting for Charles r. Carpenter. presi-
dent of the league, who held the OPP
tion on the local team. Official an
nouncement of the completion Of the
deal was made today.
~The players who so with the fran
chise TO Wilmington are Coughlin,
Weeks. Marhefka, Madigan, THERE,
DALEY Kcisier, Judd and MADEIRA, "a
new man purchased from the Susque-
hanna league. Wilmington also gets
title to Townsend and Porter. both of
whom arc under suspension and are
not likely TO report
Nay Como Back.
while Williamsport will have no
team IN the Tri-State league I'm 1911,
Secretary Tom Gray is of the opinion
hat the sale does not mean the end
of Tri- State ball I'm this city He is 0p-
timistic enough 10 believe that one
season without league ball viii con-
vince Williamsport fans that q ball
team is a mighty good thing and that
hy 1912 there will be enough support
forthcoming to warrant the buying Of
"A franchise from some other city and
again getting into the game. All Of
which may be true but there's going
to be az least one long, dreary summer
at Athletic Park
"Williamsport was one of the origi-
nal clubs Of the Tri-Stat ntihe we
nal clubs Of the Estate when twas
organized in 1904 The only two other
teams that have remained in continu-
ous membership are Altoona and Har-
rishurg In the seven years I'm which
Williamsport was I'M the league the
team never finished below third place.
Three times the championship PEN
nant came 10 the Ideal City-1905, 1907
and 190SIn 1904 and 1906 the team fin
ished In second place and in 1909 and
1910 IN third place. No other team In
the league can equal that record. Many
men who are now stars I'm the National
and American leagues we're developed
by the Williamsport team and there
has never been a time when the Mil
lionaires was not an important factor
in making Tri-State baseball popular
1T is announced that Harry Barton
a forUer Williamsport player. is inter
Nstediin the Wilmington deal and may
be made manager of the team in the
1871 campaign.
Proud of the Team.
An earlier comment Is this:
Sporting writer's all around the Tri-
State circuit are handing out bouquets
to the Williamsporters who for years
so Loyalty stood behind the local team
and went down into their pockets for
the cash that was necessary to make
up the deficiency in the local baseball
treasury. and who gave to Williams
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
SATURDAY BASKETBALL.

Wilmington High. lS; Philadelphia
School of Pedagogy. IA.
Wilmington High Second. 8; Colum-
bia A. c., 21.
Waverly. %; Columbia A. c. Second
10.
Chesmar, 21; Hayerford Prep. 10.
Meteors, 80; Penn, 10.
Hermes. "a; Acmy. u.
Brownson Reserves, IA; RoOkwood
3S.
Soccer.
Robin Hood. 4; Windsor p
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
The Trenton Times says

The Trenton Times says:
Trenton win undoubtedly be a
gamer in several ways through the
admission of Wilmington to the Tri-
State League
How?
"First-Wilmington win be a great
er rival for Trenton than any Of the
clubs now in the league.
Trenton has had no genuine rival
in the league since Wilmington drop
ped out a few years ago.
"Second-There will be a great saw
ing of railroad fare. In the place
of the long and expensive trip TO Will
Transport there will be the short run
to Wilmington
Wilmington coming back to the
league will give Trenton two cities
with which games may be exchanged
On the same Wilmington and
Reading
Manager Heckert has done well TO
use his efforts and influence to secure
Wilmington. and II Is understood that
the club there has the best backing
any club has ever had in the Della
ware city.
Although Peter Cassidy stands as
the head of the organization he has
behind him men of influence and cap
ital so that success is assured for the
club.
"In getting the Williamsport re-
serve players Wilmington has fine
foundation ON which TO build team
that should be up among the leaders
all the time.
II was a good move all around and
President Carpenter has greatly
strengthened the league"
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
The Trenton Times says

The Trenton Times says.
with the advantage of a training
trip in the South, the Trenton club
should be on edge for the opening OF
the Tri-State League this season
Manager Heckert is thinking Of put
ting In about fifteen days in the South
and then playing several series OF
games with teams on the way North
and In the North
He has In mind Wilkesbarre. Scran-
ton, Baltimore and some games at
Asbury Park with teams that will be
there. There may also be games with
the Newark Eastern League team,
which is to train at Lakewood.
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
FODDER FOR
FIGHT FANS
Kaufman Anxious to Show
Johnson or JeffrieS His
Condition at Any Price
MORRIS DENIES THE
"LAY DOWN" REPORTS

AL kaufman, the Frisco black
smith" arrived IN Wilkesbarre today
to fill an engagement.
During conversation, Kaufman
said:
81 am not white mans hope
claim to be the champion white heavy
weight Of the country and am ready
to defend the claim with any Of them.
81 believe / can defeat Jack John
son and am ready TO go through with
my end of making a match any time
Johnson and his manager are ready,
and il may be that this will come TO
pass within the next two weeks.
81 issued challenge to Johnson
few weeks ago TO meet him for purse
Of $4,000 a side. Johnson has In
directly stated that he would accept,
but would not fight before September.
That would suit me, and II Johnson
means business there viii be no diff
ichlty in arranging for battle at
that time"
Kaufman Is also willing to meet
Jeffrios, and decide whether Jim cr
himself is the more deserving Of a
crack az Johnson.
Jack Johnson has been induced TO
enter new line of endeavor and viii
shortly blossom forth as the pro-
prietor Of real-for-sure gents cafe
to be known as the Jack Johnson
Cafe He has purchased a site at
Wabash avenue and Thirty-fourth
street. Chicago, where be says he will
open the swellest wet goods emporium
I'm the country within six months.
In a telegram received i'm New
York today Carl Morris, the railroad
fireman, who is Oklahoma's white
mans hope" characterizes Jack John-
son as a "liar." Morris says that he
will give Johnson $4,000 n he Will
substantiate his statement that Ml'ris
is framing fights and that he and his
manager offered Johnson a good slice
of money If he would match his
trainer, Walter Monaghan, with Nor
ris. and then allow Monaghan 10 be
knocked out.
Morris winds up his message with
an offer OF $1,000 TO anyone who will
prove he ever made any person an
offer to lay down to him
Evening journal., 1911-01-30

As a preliminary game the bfoWh-
son Second will play the fast Colum-
bia FIVE of New Castle. Jesse Lam
caster. the old New Castle star, viii
be seen I'm Columbia lineup.
No definite date as yet has been set
for the St. Malachy game which is to
follow the Crescent series
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
Glad They Have Gone.

The York Dispatch says.
There win be neither wailing nor
gnashing of teeth by the members of
the Tri-State family over the departed
one-Williamsport It's a swan song
that isn't unpleasant music TO the
ears. Always Williamsport boosted
her own selfish interests. never pull
ing forward like the other teams, but
always bucking In the traces. Money
was the good worship IN Willlamsport.
not sport for it's sake alone VIII
Transport, adieu. Requiescat in
peacel"
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
Gawthrop A. c. Ready to Start.

GawthrOp A. c. Ready to Start.
Gawthrop A. c. viii begin its bas-
ketball career tomorrow night in
game with Hilton. The new comers
Will show this lineup:
w. Cloward. Hayward, and Collins.
forwards; Schlosser, center; Ram
sey, Scott and Baker, guards.
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
HUMMER In THE
CRESCENT SERIES
Crack PhlIadeIphianS Here on
Wednesday for Brown
son Game

On Wednesday evening the first
game Of the Crescent-Brownson bas-
ketball series will be played here. The
Crescent team should not need any
TO the basketball fol-
lowers of Wilmington. Gowdy, the
premier goal tosser of the Eastern
League, and SAKE, Philadelphia's phe-
nomenal forward and the reliable
foul shooter. will as usual play with
Crescent The two Haggertys and
Trainor, one Of the best defence men
in this section of the country will
complete the visitors lineup.
The local boys are practicing faith
fully and will exert every effort to ad-
minister a crushing defeat to the
phflndoInhiaug Ttnp-uD.
Evening journal., 1911-01-30
ASH kNp mann 10 MoTYER GEn eHILn.

Mas. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over SIXTY YEARS BY MILLIONS Of
MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE
TEETHINC. with PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t
SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the UMS,
ALLAYS all PAIN CURES WIND COLIC, and
Is the best remedy for DIARRHdsA. II IS alb
eolutciy harmless Be sure and ask FOR " Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take no other
Kind. twenty-five cents q bottle.
Evening journal., 1911-01-30

Read THE EVENING JOURNAL.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
NEWPORT

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWPORT. Del, May 24.-The Rev.
II. A. Granthsm preached his farewell
sermon on Sunday as pastor of St
James Church. Newport The choir Of
St Barnabas Church furnished music
Mr.. Granthan will leave for Pittsburg
this week.
Miss Helen Gregg was the guest Of
Nj. and Mrs James Polk Of Hockes-
sin On sunday.-Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Macl*-y have been entertaining Mr.
and frs. Thomas Maclary, Mr. and
Mrs. JEFFERSON Whitemsn. Of near New
ark ag.d Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Snyder
and ssh, William Snyder Of Kimble-
viHe.-M. NJ. Owing is spending sew
eral days with his father in Balti-
more.-Wilmer King. Of Washington.
is the guest OF his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs William King.-Mrs. Charles
Warren who has been spending a
week in this town has returned to her
home in Baltimore.-Clsrence Hims-
worth Is i'll at his home here.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
AUTO MEN WANT
TO SELL PATROLS

Since the statement was made that
the Police Commissioners were con-
sidering the advisability Of purchasing
automobile patrols and had taken up
the matter with the finance and police
committees of City Council the com
missioners have been bessiged by au-
tomobiie agents who are anxious to
show the good points Of the various
makes of cars they sell. AS the COM
misioners have not yet been assured
by Council tha tthe money required Tor
the purchase of such apparatus is
forthcoming. they have been unable
to give The automobile agents any en-
couragement.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
City SporGodey Wins From Odd Fellows Win Quois
FINE YACHT FOR
HENRY P. SCOTT
Slxty-five Foot Motor Boat
Lexington II to be Used
on Delaware

The motor boat Lexington H.. own
ed by Henry p. Scott, broker, OF this
city. was launched Monday afternoon
from the ward of the New York Yacht,
Launch and Engine Company Morrls
Heights, N. Y. The boat is Sixty
five feet over all, eleven feet eight IN
ches beam and four feet three inches
draught
The motive power consists Of two
hirty-horsepower Twentieth Century
engines situated in the middle Of the
vessel and separated from the accom-
mediation hy two watertight bulk
heads. this compartment containing,
in addition to the machinery, a gaso-
iene supply sufficient to give the craft
a radius of $50 miles, large Ice box,
sink and kerosene range.
The owners quarters are in the ar
ter part of the vessel Immediately
aft the engine room is a stateroom,
the full width Of the boat. having a
built-in berth in each side. with
drawers under for stowage, a large
hureau at the forward end with plate
plass mirror and at the after end OF
each berth a large hanging wardrobe.
This room opens at the after end into
a lobby, from which access is had to
the upper deck by means OF COM
pauionway on the right side. The
lobby itself can be utilized as state
room, as II can be curtained off, still
leaving the passage to the other state
rooms.
The Lexington will be used in the
Delaware River and for cruises by Mr..
Scott. The boat is named the same
as Mr.. Scott's big estate, Lexington,
near Delaware City.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
CHOOSING POLLING STATIONS.
Straw Election Committee Soon TO An.
nOunce Lists.


The committee in charge of the
Straw Election to be held in this city
Saturday next, May 9th, is hard at
work selecting suitable polling sta
tions centrally located. The list is not
quite made up, but already sufficient
points have been secured to guarantee
the success of this novelty in the way
of raising funds for charity.
Not only will the list of polling sta
tons be published prior to the date OF
the election, but on the day of the
election each station will be plainly
designated by banners, watchers,
scouts. &c Anybody can vote for his
or her favorite candidate, and can
vote just as often as desired, provid-
ed the necessary 40 cents per vote"
is forthcoming Tickets will be sold
'singly or by the strip" and each
ticket bears the name of one or the
other of the candidates
After the polls are closed. all the
tickets will be counted by regular
judges of election. The tickets are of
four different colors: Green. blue. vel
low and white The green bears Mayor
Spruances name, the blue that of DR.
Harrison w. Howell. the yellow that
of Miss Emma Worrell (the Whining
ton Equal Suffrage Associations can
didate). and the white the name OF
L. w. Brosius in behalf of prohibition
The committee of the Junior Auxiliary
Of the Minquadale Home, who evolved
this idea to raise funds for the home
and who have charge of the Straw
Election, are working very earnestly
to make the election an entire success
Evening journal., 1911-05-24

SLOW ON JOB
Chester Writer Says TwirIerS
Loose Too Much Time
In Games
BELIEVES THE CODE
RULES ARE VIOLATED

Under the caption "The New Pitch
ing Ruling" the Chester Republican
prints this one:
Providing the terms of the Inter-
City League Of baseball clubs, COM
prising seaboard and Fifth Ward. of
this city; DUPONT and Wilmington
Gas Company teams, of Wilmington,
Del, are playing under the rules Of
organized baseball as relates to the
management of American and National
League teams, and the writer is in
formed that such is the case, then. ac-
cording to the ruling made recently
by the head of organized baseball,
games will be played with greater dis
patch than has been evident so far
this season There will be no repeti-
ton of last Saturdays games in the
Inter-City Leage two hours and
thirty-fve minutes being occupied by
two of the clubs for their game and
two hours and fifteen minutes by the
other two.
This ruling, in question. provides
that the practice of a pitcher warm
ing up previous to the resumption of
each inning, is tabooed II means,
that when an inning is ended. pitch
er will not be permitted TO walk out
to the box, throw three, four Of FIVE
balls to the catcher, then the catcher
throw to the second baseman or
shortstop. and the pitcher swing his
arms a half dozen times before the
ball is delivered to- a batsman No
indeed. The ruling provides, that at
the beginning Of an inning, a pitcher
will walk to the box the hatsmar will
60 to the plate and the umpire will
call play" the pitcher 10 immediate
ly start twirling And this means
that several minutes will be saved
during the game.
Undoubtedly it will not prove sat
isfactory to the pitcher or catcher,
but more particularly the former.
While he is resting during his teams
turn at bat there is a likelihood of his
pitching arm becoming cold or stih,
which is a serious drawback to any
twirler
There is another rule. in force but
never enforced, as was exemplitied
last Saturday at Fifth Ward Park.
That is. permitting a pitcher to stand
in the box several minutes before de-
livering the BAH to the batsman. This
rule was violated by pitcher Hall OF
the Wilmington Gas Company team.
whose tiresome actions relative to de-
livering the ball. undoubtedly delayed
the game several minutes. There is
no occasion for a pitcher to resort TO
such actions, for not only does it
prove tiresome to a waiting batsman
but also to the spectators. who go to
see a game of baseball not to see a
pitcher posing. The umpire should
have. ordered the Wilmington twirler
TO keep within the time limit allowed
him to pitch successive balls to a
bats man and the fact that he did not
do So made him just as responsible
for the delay occssioned, as was the
pitcher
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
GUNSHOTS FROM THE
CADET DIAMOND

Delaware went TO Easton, Pa. on
Wednesday to play the strong Lafay-
cite College team. Coach McAvoy's
Alma Mater:
Each pitcher struck out two men in
the first inning of the Eastern Col
.lege game.
A foul ball from Bobby Dunn's big
stick hit a young spectator in the
stomach. but he was brought around
%. x with a little water and exer-
cise.
In the third inning Dick Taylor
nabbed three flies and retired the side
unassisted.
White of Eastern. had twelve strike
outs TO his credit
Attix was elected captain OF the
champion Junior baseball team on
Tuesday.
The Junior-Senior contest will be
played on Thursday afternoon. The
winners thereof play the Sophomores
for the college championship.
Dunn had three assists I'm the third
inning yesterday. He has not had
an error in the last twenty-six con-
secutive chances.
Jors has retired for the season.
Ephraim's arm has never fully re-
covered from the Charlie Horse"
Reynolds was in uniform again af-
Ter an absence Of two weeks, due TO
q sprained ankle.
Spruance relieved Ward in right
field in the fourth inning, and made
two sensational catches in that gar
den.
Malrv proved to be the greatest boost
er and talking machine seen on the
Cadet diamond this season. Some
coach, too"
McAvoy saws that Delaware has
again found her stride and will show
1 IL at Lafayette
The Blue and Gold plays at Ho-
boken, N. j., on Friday, and at New
Brunswick on Saturday. Stevens
Institute comes first and Rutgers Col
lege Saturday.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
COAL ORDINANCE
COMES UP TONIGHT

City Council tonight will give a
hearing to the coal dealers Of Will
mington on the ordinance introduced
by Councilman Conway Of the Tenth
Ward, to make 2.240 pounds a legal
ton of coal in Wilmington A delega-
tion Of the dealers will speak against
the ordinance. At present coal is
sold by the 1000 pound ton, and the
dealers contend that II a 2,240 pound
ton is fixed by law it will cause a
raise in prices.