Evening journal., 1914-01-24
SideHghfs on Local
Sporting Talent
BY "Bm MCGOWAN"

Rollin Davis has been elected man
ager of the Elsmere team, and is
anxious TO start the ball rolling.
pete" Coffin. the Parkside-A -All-Wil-
mington League finger. who several
weeks ago accepted a tuition from
the Peekskill Military Academy Of
New York, has returned home. He
was TO have pitched for the ball team
Of that institution next season. Some
how or other pete" didn't like col
lege so he returned home on Mon
> day. Pete" claims that all he had
/ TO do up there was study lis books.
; Frank Ginger" August, Anthony
Pete Mark, John Quits" Meaney,
Louis "Tubby' Scott, Eugene Ida
/ Bell' Farmer, and Charley Fled"
| McGranery. of the Gormley Senate
walked to New Castle and back in
IL hours last Sunday. They will
walk to Chester next Sunday and viii
return by boat
X. o. Harry Baker the local
pugilist. will most likely be matched
with Joe" Borrell on January 30
After this bout the Kingston pride
viii leave for Paris. where he in
tends to meet George Carpenter. The
match has not been decided upon as
yet. but it is likely that such a bout
will be arranged.
Ernest Greenwell. the Wilmington
twirler, who worked with the Chester,
Delaware County League team last
year. has received tine Connie Mack cup
Tor leading the league in batting last
year. Croenwell hit the pill At $50
clip.
Christy Mathewson. who is ctin
writing pieces for the papers. had a
rather interesting article the other
day. telling would-be pitchers how to
become great. It's all a very simple
thing, and anyone following Mathew
sons advice--that is following IL
sufficiently to be able to say II was
carried out-will become one of The
greatest pitchers of the age He
says emulate Walter Johnson" Now
surely, that looks like a simple
thing 10 40 and we all know what
a great pitcher the Washington Ing
er is, so all boys who want to be
great twirlers. remember what Matty
says-emulate Walter Johnson.
As a result Of considerable labor
and with the aid Of an elaborate
! checking device. the writer figures
that up to noon today he had been
asked 1887 ,654 times the question
'Is the Federal League going TO
make good?" Efforts 10 work out an
answer by calculus and all sorts Of
higher mathematics, consultations
with spiritualist mediums and other
attempts have proven futile Try
as hard as ! may, ! cannot answer
It. and we will have to wait for the
league TO do its own talking. Cards
bearing the notice, wait Until Sep
tember for an Inkling" are now be-
ing printed. and will be distributed
as quickly as possible.
Parke Davis. the fotball authority
gives out some interesting statistics
concerning the gridiron sport. He
tells us that about 5000 schools and
400 colleges had teams on the field
last year. and that. approximately.
10000 men and boys participated in
I the games. He figures that 43.2O0
games we're played. and. granting as
/ low an average attendance as 300
( it would mean that nearly 100000
people witnessed the events These
are indeed interesting figures for
those who decry the sport. Mr.
Davis also points out some notable
] performances of the last season. and
among them is the exception place
kick Of 40 yards made by Jack Dunn,
Jr, for City College against Gilman.
L was the second longest goal from
field Of the year