Evening journal., 1914-09-05
DOVER wins State
BASEBALL HONOR
Defeats Caulk Team of Mil
ford by 6 to 3 Score
in Great Game
CAPITALS BATTING
RALLY IN EIGHTH
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.


inps. Dover defeated Milford in the de-
Gliding game for the State champion
ship Yesterday afternoon by score OF
@ to 8. 10 was the greatest day Milford
ever has had even with the home teams
defeat, and the championship game will
be played time and again around the
stove circuits down-State during the
winter. Il was test OF town pride be-
tween the capital and Milford, and Do
yer carried off the honors. Certain It
is that no two towns in the country
could show more keen sporting spirit
than did the towns whose teams met IN
the crucial contest yesterday afternoon.
"Shorty" Sayre, the lanky twlrler LOT
Dover. lust graduated in dentistry from
the University of Pennsylvania, extract
ed the game for Dover. Murray was the
name announced Tor Miliord's twlrler'
| but il did not take some OF the knowing
ones long TO recognize him as Mattisoh'
of the Philadelphia National League
team. Mattison told some of his friends
he had been engaged to pitch smalll
minor league contest. But those lei-
lows are hitters and could hit anybody,
he added after the fusillade by Dover
in the eighth inning.
Nearly 5000 persons saw the game
They came from as far north as Wll-
mngton and as far south as Salisbury
They came from Rehoboth, and they
came from Middletown. There was
scarcely town in Delaware not repre-,
sented. The foremost residents oi
lower Delaware, including Chief Justice
Pennewill, former Governor Pennewill
lawyers and physicians, were IN tn,
gathering. Milford streets were filled
with automobiles. Il certainly was a
gala day for this town situated IN two
counties.
IL was not the fault Of the Griel
brothers of Milford that their team did
not win. And it was due to the Richard
son brothers of Dover, as much as any
thing else, that their team won. Foi
the Griers backed Milford, and the Rich.
ardsons backed Dover. The real nam'
OF the Milford team was Caulk Dental.
, The two grand stands could not begin
to hold the crowds and the blcachel
section was well filled. The crowd, how
ever, did not interfere with the game II
any way. and there was no end o
roofing by either side. Both teams
had called on some outside players e
, strengthen their already strong teams
Several men from the Delaware County
League, Of Pennsylvania, played OF
both teams. including Touchstone ant
, / McWilliams. for Dover, and Cariss, Har
and Bettger, for Milford. O'Doanell
catcher for Milford, came from Camden
Most of the other men used by bot
If teams have played in one or NOR
4 games with them lately. "rex" Meyers
N formerly Of Wilmington Iri-Stat'
d played with Milford and was the bat
- ting star with long home run into
" corn field back of deep left field, and
& two-bagger slashing between center an
y left field to his credit. Meyers figure
+ in the run getting for Milford. being r.
Ar sponsible for two of their three runs.
4, Jimmy" Jackson, of Wilmington
played with Dover and had two has
s. ger and a single and two runs to hi
m credit. He started the breakup {
40 the game i'm the eighth inning with h
" two-bagger that would have been goo
" for three bases had not Robinson, VII
was on FIRST, tarried to see wheth'
/ Myers was going to catch the Ion
drive into right field. Brent of Dow
had three singles.
3 Jack" MCGOWAN and "Bill' NJ
Gowan of Wilmington officiated
4 umpires. and generally gave satisfa
. tion, although It was natural that
2; such a gripping and highly-key'
contest a decision or two should
question. There was a contentiC
over bunt which 30
> Knots trapped with his glove. Knot
3 claimed that the ball was on foul te
ritory. and pointed that the mark {
the ground showed that. but "Bil
MCGOWAN ruled that it was touchil
the line and allowed Cariss to ST.
on first base. That bunt gave M
ford the run that tied the score in I
Is, third inning.
Jack" Townsend was a fielding st
for Milford, he making a great OF
hand catch in left field and cover
third base when Bettger iielded a bui
. catching a runner who was stealing.
Dover got the jump on Milford VIII
.; Mattison struck Robinson, the first b,
ter, with the first ball pitched. He
I struck out. jackson singled to !,
, field, sending Robinson to third. Rob
3 son scored on Brent's hit, Jackson goi
to third. Brent was caught trying
II. steal third after Iouchstone got fl
in base through Shortstop Jackson's err
which allowed Jimmy" Jackson
score.
Milford got a run in the second
arc Tex Meyers home run, after I
strikes had been called. Il was 10
OF clean lift OF the ball away beyond
oc- left fielder into the adjoining Il,
M Dover evened the score in the third
the ming on O'Donnells hit, Nlurray's
Il, through rouchstone's error, and OD
~ nell scoring on the trapped bunt
lor Cariss. Murray and Cariss were b
re caught stealing second. Milford 4
be the lead in the sixth when Hart
first through Touchstone's bad throw
-. Hoch, and scored on Meyers two-h
est ger.
ana Dover came back in the eighth W
the Robinson got a base on balls, II
,ols struck out. jackson doubled, Knots
ave rifced. Brent singled and Touchst
doubled, netting two runs. In the nj
GOD Huston, a pinch hitter for Smith.
1tt down a hunt which he beat ont, Sa
-it,, sacrificed, Robinson doubled. Hoch
80, netting two more runs. And the q
-. was over. The score:
80 CAULK DENTAL.
inc r.. II. O. A.
80 TaPlcnp