Evening journal., 1911-04-17

us the real thing with MarheflSa and
Kiester in the lineup. but he had to
hold in for two more days hoping
against hope that the first one would
be pulled off today. Chances 10 this end
seem good at this time. and here's hop
I ing that the weatherman will be good
enough to hold of The Chicks need
these real practice games as much as
We need the sport and Pete the money.
and when they do start you will agree
with us that there is some class to
the bunch
Speaking about Marhefka it might
| be we'll to let you in on the fact now
/ that Pete has picked the speedy little
short garden kid as the team captain
this year Anthony looks mighty big
to Pete, and as he is the king pin in
| the infeld he certainly ought to be the
boss on the field. He has made good in
/ Tri-State company for three years and
says he will do even better this year.
II he does II will be good bye Tri-
| State for Anthony next year. He spent
Sunday at his home in Shamokin but
Will be down i'm time To play the game
this afternoon. II might be well for us
to see him after the game and let him
know that we are for him and mis-.
Don't offer any advice as to what he
should or should not do to get results;
he knows more on that subject than
you do, so leave it to him and to Cas-
sidy to make a first division bunch out
Of the club.
Taking the situation all in all viii
mington fans have no cause TO feel
anything except pleasure The team
is almost made up right now Every
man who is going to stay for awhile at
least, has shown remarkable form Tor
so early in the year. Particularly Is
this so of the pitchers. and as we said
several days ago, Pete will have to
figure long before picking the four
slabsters who are to make up his staff
Besides there are basemen and in
helders in the bunch who do every
right thing a bail player should do. so
why shouldn't Pete, as we'll as all fam
dom. feel pretty we'll, thank you, this
afternoon.
There is one boy who is showing
some fancy stuff Just now. We cannot
mention his name. but you may make
your guess after We tell you that he is
! the chap who has been bouncing
around that third corner IN a manner
| that makes you count your money to
/ find out II you have got enough TO put
up for a season ticket. He gohbles up
all the bunts. hooks 'em back of the
! bag, whips them over perfectly, and
! does every other last little thing that
a real third baseman should do OF
course. he will stay.
Bastian is not lost strayed or stolen
There have been all sorts Of rumors
ahoat about him since Coughlin order
cd him here. but rout them. He is
drawing a windOw in a building plan
up at PoughkeepsiC today and when he
gets the job done he will be down.
That's straight He writes that he is
fit to jump into the game right now
and will show the genuine goods in his
first game. You bet your big money
that Bastian will be here.
Since Pete settled this Coughlin-
Bastian affair he has been as happy
as a boy with a red painted Easter
egg. Saturday night he leaned up
, against his wall and talked to himself
like a kid confining his joys to his
! pet hobby horse. You know how Il
is when you are tickled clean to
death? Pete would have bought for
Mr. - and one hundred fans the
way he felt Saturday night. He is at
peace with all the world and is fairly
itching for Governor Pennewill and
Charlie Carpenter TO say something
before the bank strikes up Take Me
Out to the Ball Game"
Although President Carpenters
management Of Tri-State affairs de-
mands no defense hv us, Wilmington
ought to so o. record right now as
being satisfied with his incumbency.
Over at Harrisburg a certain bunch OF
cheap ones has been doing nothing OF
late but lambasting Carpenter and the
entire league. That spirit last year
put the Senators in sixth hole and
still the town hasn't gotten any base
ball sense.
If they finish eighth this time they
may come to the conclusion that Il
does not pay TO knock that Of which
they are a part. As for Carpenter
and his league, he has done as mucn
for the game as any other minor
league chief. Under his direction the
league has sent out men who are max
ing good in the majors and. although
the salary limit is lower this year don't
imagine that that fact IS going tc
lower the standard Of Tri-State ball.
It is a safe bet that the league will
send out as many fast boys this year
as it did last. Let's all support Car
penter and his league and let grum-
blers do what suits them and finish in
the hole.
BY the way, II you want to see some
classy amateur ball. go out to the ALI
Wilmington openers on Saturday.
Tinsman promises a band at Ashley
II Merwick will pay the expenses.
That sounds like Tinsman. eh? Here's
your chance TO look over promising
bunch, Pete.
The other night a fellow had the
nerve to ask us what had become Of
Reeves. To be honest. we don't
know anything about the insurecto; !;
do your own skirminshing. or rather
hunt Oliver-that's an easier hunt.
Zearfoss and his gas meters still
are imbued with that old bulldog
strain. Among some pleasant and
encouraging things we can say that.
II anybody wants 10 know where
Doc Lucas got a license TO umpire
this series Of preseason Chick games