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Evening journal., 1915-02-15
County League Organizes;
AH-WiImingfon in Line Tonight

The New Castle County League of
baseball clubs was temporarily or
ganized at a meeting in THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL office on Saturday
night. The Wilmington League
Will be organized at a meeting in the
same place tonight and with a re-or-
ganization meeting of John c. Coli
sons Church League scheduled for
this Office tomorrow night, managers
OF the city are mObilizing their play
ers for what promises to be a real
big baseball campaign. The fact that
Wilmington will not be represented in
the Tri-State League will mean faster
amateur ball here than ever, and
every fan is now on edge for the
familiar play ball" that will send
all the teams away on a chase that no
doubt will hold the interest of the
populace throughout the season.
For the present the County League
is four club ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
of last years Tri-County LeagIe;
New Castle, Parkside and DUPONT Of
Wilmington, being the members. Della
ware City and Middletown may be-
come members, thereby making a six
club circuit. Middletown is in big
amateur baseball this year for the
first time, but as the down county
boys fear they cannot get together a
team that will be the equal of the
four already in, they hesitate to start
league baseball without the assur-
ance that they would be in the run
ming. Delaware City is head over
heels for the new league. but as their
admission will depend on the final at
titude of Middletown in the matter
the certainty of a six club aggrega-
tion is not assured at this time. Those
interested in the league will talk over
the subject with the Middletown team
managers one day this week. The
new league will play its Wilmington
games at Front and Union streets
Only Saturday and holiday games will
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
CLASS A
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES.

Members of the different classes of
the Wilmington High School will be-
gin their meet on Wednesday OF this
week, when the preliminaries OF the
25-yard dash and the 3O0-yard run
will be run off in Friends School
gym" The 25-yard. 800 yard and
60O-yard runs will all be run of in
heats. The entries for these events
will close today. The schedule for
the events is
February 17-25-yard dash. prelim-
mary; 30O-yard run, preliminary.
February 24-60O-yard run. pre-
liminary; 20-yard hurdles; 30O-yard
run, semi-hnals; 6O0-yard run. semi
finals.
March 6-shotput. high jump. pol,
vault
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
COONBS MAY SURPRISE
WITHREAbCONE- back
Former Member of Athletics
Refuses To Believe He's
All Through
WITH BROOKLYN
CLUB THIS YEAR

Jack Coombs, former mainstay of
Connie Mack's world championship
pitching STAFF, refuses to believe that
he is through.
Combs. who has signed to pitch for
the Brooklyn Nationals this year, IS
spending the winter in conditioning
himself for the diamond campaign. He
declares that ne will report in ship
shape.
Coombs came from Colby College,
joining the Athletics in 1906. He gain
ed fame as a pro at the very beginning
OF his career by pitching the longest
major league game on record Il was
"A inning contest and he beat the
Red SoX, to I.
In 1910 he won thirty-one cut of
forty games and created a new Amer
lean League shutout record by pitch
ing thirteen scoreless games. He also
pitched fifty-three consecutive score
less innings, record which Walter
johnson beat when he pitched fifty
six innings without a run being tag
ged on him. To complete a fine sea-
son, Jack won three games against
the Cubs in the 1910 worlds series.
Coombs continued a marvel of the
twirler's art until the 1911 worlds
series, when he suffered a severe in
jury. He had beaten the Giants early
in the series, and had the fifth game
almost won. the score being to 0,
and the Giants had made only two hits
up to the seventh inning when some
thing snapped in Jacks anatomy. The
score was tied on Coombs in the ninth
inning, and the Giants won off Plank
in the tenth.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
AFTER THE FOX.

The State Road Hunt Club enjoyed a
fox chase on Saturday. The hounds
started three foxes and the last one
gave the hounds and huntsmen a five
hours run before getting away. The
last fox was found on William Work
mans farm, near Nonesuch creek. Rey-
nard ran towards Farnhurst and there
wheeled to Hare's Corner. state Road
Bear Station. Christiana, Ogletown
Stanton and Churchman's Bridge
Those in the saddle included; J. Ed.
wards. a. Edwards, w. Benson, r. Ben.
son, James Sayers and John Sayers
Harmony; II. Smith, }. Smith, J. Clea
yer. C.. Cleaver, Christiana; f. Smith, G
Lucas. G. Foord. J. Prentice, State Road
w ClIrrinder, ID. Whitten, c. Wier, b
Sillitoe, w. Work, Hsre's Corner; ;
Benson, ID. Cunningham. T. Hainsworth
b. First, ID. Ruth, Newport; b. b. Mitch
ell. T.. Lupton, j. See, Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
Need license TO
Save State CAME
President Burnham, of Amer
ican Game Association,
Writes TO Sen. Hickman
TELLS OF EXPERIENCE
OF THE OTHER STATES

State Senator James B. Hickman has
received the following letter from
John p. Burnham. president of the
American Game and Propagation As
sociation and a former Delawarean, en-
dorsing the Senator's opposition to
abolition of the S11O resident gunners'
license:
New York, Feb. 3. 1915.
Hon James b. Hickman
$500 West Nineteenth street,
Wilmington. Delaware.
My Dear Sir. AS one who has had
experience in game matters in a great
many States. including the State OF
Delaware where was born and did
my FIRST cunning, | am writing this
letter to ask you to use your infu-
encs against the repeal OF the hunt
crs' license law.
believe that without this law what
game rs. left in the State will disap-
pear My conclusions are drawn
chiefly from the experience OF other
States under similar conditions. With
the increasing number of people who
own guns. there comes time when
the game Is killed off faster than II
reproduces The number Of places
where there is no game in
creases and in the best places
there is less game, till II is only a
question Of time and there will be no
game at all
To save-it means the spending OF
money for a game commission and
game protection. It is false economy to
let the game go. because It is one of
the best assets a State can have for
tho benefit of its citizens. The game
is worth thousands of dollars from
the standpoint Of health and recreation
and Il is worth thousands OF dollar
also for its food value
Other states which have resident
hunters license laws and game COM
missions have succeeded in increasing
their game in time. No State has
ever yet made a success without this
system II is eminently fair that the
gunners. rather than the general tax
payer, pay the tax for preserving the
game Public sentiment in the end
always supports this measure. Nor
cannot successfully collect your non
resident gunners' tax withou
resident tax also. Withou
such law. in view OF the in
crease in the number OF the gunners
game will certainly be exterminate'
and the state thus lose one of its mos
valuable natural assets. l trust yot
will stand by the law In the face OF
opposition for the good of the State.
Yours very truly,
JOHN A. BURNHAM.
President
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
BASEBALL
ODDS And ENDS

be scheduled. Officers will be elected
and guarantees posted at a meeting
to be held here on next Saturday
night.
The New Castle County League, un-
like the new organization, has
bunch of ball clubs to pick its mem
bership from. Bancroft, Vandever,
Richardson Park and H. & II. Cor
poration are the hold over members.
The latter team, however, has not
signiiied its intention of continuing
the game. Bancroft will be back eth
er under its present name or that of
Highland. Parkside will play County
League ball. Vandever and Richard
son Park are fixtures in the old or
ganization.
Already the old league has applica-
tions for membership from Jack Nc
Gowan's Eden club, Bill Slayins
Browntown bunch, Os' Murphy's Pho
neers and Dan Pipino's Eastlake ag-
gregation. 1t is certain that Eden
and Browntown will get berths, which
will leave one vacancy, if six club
league is organized. In this event it
is likely there will be some scramble
between Murphy and Pipino tonight
for the one remaining hole. All guar
antees must be filed tonight in order
that a schedule committee may be ap-
pointed Immediately and the drafting
of the rules started at the earliest pos
sible time.
Although Mr.. Collisions Church
League was badly riddled toward the
end of the 1914 season, he has hopes
of getting a few of the old teams
| back for service this year He wants
a six club organization. and those
file their applications tomorrow night.
The old game will be on again within
six weeks and as it means much hard
work to get league under way, man
ayers of every team in the city should
get to the task at once.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
FAST PACING FILLy.

Lochato blk flly l2), ZIG Ia. sired
by Cochato. eli IA. dam Miss Larabie.
PIG IA. by Larabie the Great This
nlly was bred. owned. trained and
driven 10 a 2-year-old pacing record
OF PIG IA. made over Belmont Driving
Park. Wednesday. September 23, 1914
BY W r. Huttenlock, former owner
of Milford Farm. Milford. Mr.. Hut.
tcnlock now lives in Germantown. Ra,
Snedeker will have charge of this fill,
this year. and barring accidents
should give her a record Of 205 or bet
ter.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
noe MINS MANY PRIZES.

Edward Churchman'S English bull
dog won first prize for first puppy,
first novice. first green American bred
and six special prizes. including sill
yer cup. best puppy. both sexes and
trophy for best novice class of both
sexes at the Philadelphia Dog Show
Friday. The puppy is full sister to
a dog owned by Mrs. c. NJ. Beadenkopi
Of No. 1874 West Seventh street Mr.
Churchman is a former Wilmington-
ian
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
VALENTINE SOCIAL.

The organized class OF Miss kates,
of West Presbyterian Church, had a
social gathering at the home of Miss
Mildred McAiullen. No. Sl7 Jackson
street on Friday evening in the form
OF a Valentine and Lincoln celebra-
ton. Various games were played
and prizes were awarded.
Those present were: The Misses
Elizabeth Kates. Helen McMullen,
Blanche Smiley, Mildred McMullen,
Madalon Dickerson. Viola Vollxman,
Ruth Ocheltree. Mildred Denney, Anna
Pierson and Emily Bennett
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
Emsile Started as Pitcher.

Among those unpopular gentlemen
If II be lawful TO call them such
who spend the torrid period of the
year wandering about from city to
city. harassing the Woodworking base
ball players 70 the point of distrac-
ton and arousing the fans to wild
wrath, and who wear as a part OF their
official insignia a windpad, a mask,
and a judicial frown. there are many
who have survived for decade or
more.
Time was when a baseball umpire
was not considered a good risk by the
life Insurance companies, but that
period is past. and today an arbiter
Of the diamond has as good a chance
to die in bed as a fireman or soldier
or the several veterans who lorded
il over major league diamonds last
season, the Oldest in point Of service
was Robert ID. Emslie. Emslie made
his mundane debut in Guelph, Ont.
fifty-four years ago. and II was there
that he absorbed that enthusiasm for
the American national pastime that
made him famous in later years. The
! Royal City" Of Canada, while little
more than a village. was from the be-
ginning of the game red-hot baseball
centre. Many old-time fans can recall
the fame of the old Guelph Maple
Leafs Of the '70s. The old Leafs
we're charter members of the first In.
ternational League. which was
launched in 1877.
Emslie broke into the professional
|. baseball game in 1882. when he wal
engaged as a pitcher by the Camden
n. J. club. The following year h
twirled for Baltimore. and in 1884 n
, was one Of the star pitchers of the oil,
American Association. II was NOR
than a quarter of a century ago tha
Emslie started his career as an um
pire.
For three years he followed tn
clubs of the old international circuit
and then spent a year with the Ameri
can Association and another with IN
western Association.
II was in 1891 that Emslie was sign
ed as an umpire by the National
League, and began the career as a bil
league arbiter which has never bee
surpassed in length or devotion L
duty.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
GAME TOURNEY ON.

The Liberty Fire Company was the
scene of two tournaments Saturday
night The first was pinochle tourna-
ment and the second checkers. The
former was won by William T. Nc
Hugh. who defeated Welsh, STAFFORD
and Wells. The checker tournament
was won by Timothy Crowley. who
defeated Riley, Moran, Coverdale,
Headley and Davis.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
RAILROAD BOWLERS

Two out-of-town railroad bowling
teams came to this city on Saturday
night and rolled matches with two de-
partments of the p. B. and w. Rail-
road ocices on the Crescent alleys, the
Chester team defeating the locals and
the Wilmington bowlers beating out
the men from Baltimore. The score
for the first team was, Chester, 1898
pins to p. B. and w. Delaware Di-
visions team of this city 1884 pins.
In the other game the Signal Depart
ment of the Wilmington offices had
1886 pins to their credit. while the
same department from the Baltimore
offices made only 1919. The scores:
P. B. and W. Signal Department Of
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
What Do You Want
10 Know About Sporf7

Sport Editor EVENING JOURNALS:
To settle a dispute who. in your
opinion, would win in bout between
Young Shugrue and Jack Britton. 90
DO you think Britton is getting all
the credit due him. as | see that he is
not getting any big bouts lately? (3)
In my opinion / think that BTitton
could whip any Of the lightweights OF
today. 90 Who has beaten him2 He
gave Packey Mcfarland a fought fight
when Packey outweighed him about
ten pounds. B.
A tOss-up. but Shugrue would have
out of his class, BrittOn being a well
terWeight. (2) Yes. (3) Most Of Brit
toms bouts have been nO-decisiOn af-
fairs. He was Knocked out by Steve
Kinney I'm one round and has lost ref
erees' decisions to Roy Bronson, Jerry
Murphy and Willie Ritchie. Jack lost
ON fouls to Kid Farmer and Jimmy
Dufiy. You are wrong about McFar-
land Outweighing BrittOn by ten
pounds. Both men scaled under the
weight agreement of 137 pounds at 3
y. m. The ringside weights we're Nc
FarIand 40 pounds. BrittOn 1875 l-2
pounds. Jack only was Outweighed by
four and half pounds.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
Whom did Freddie Welsh win his
title from? When, where and how did
lie win it.? p. p.
From Willie Ritchie, London, Eng
land, July Z, 1914, on referees decl-
sion In twenty-rOund bout.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
Who. in your opinion, is the better
Of each of the following pairs: Ma
ranville and Fletcher. Cutshaw and
Doyle, Stengel and Bescher, Burns and
Dalton, Stock and Getz, Gowdy and
McCarty? S.
Considering last years work. Ma
ranviIle, Doyle, Stengel, Burns, Stock
and GOwdy.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
In a game of two-handed pinochle.
A melds a round trip. namely a king
and queen of each suit, and claims a
count of 240. B claims that A cannot
make the meld in that manner, bat
must either meld 80 kings, so queens,
or each queen and king individually.
Two hundred and forty Is right, If
four pairs were put on table at one
time.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
Will you let me know through your
valuable paper. if Gunboat Smith was
ever knocked out before he fought
Tom McCarty in January, 1915?
MOORE.
Yes. by Sam LangfOrd. GunbOat
Smith. however. knocked out McCarty.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
A says A bets that Sam Langford
did not weigh bore than 145 pounds
when lie fought Jack Johnson in 1906
Langford Is said to have weighed
about 145 pounds.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
A says that Packey Mcfarland ha.
a better record in his best year thar
Johnny Dundee has in his best year
JACK.
Mcfarland had better record.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
YORKLYN CLUB SHOOT.

YORKLYN, Del. Feb. 15-The York
lyn Athletic Club held its weekly
shoot on Saturday at "a target events.
Spoons we're given in each class as
follows.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
SATURDAY BASKETBALL
Hon. James b. Hickman.
5000 West Nineteenth street,
Wilmington, Delaware.

Atlantic City "a. Y. NJ. H. A. II.
Emmanuel 20. Third Ward IL.
Claymont %, Wynnewood 5.
Glover 20. Highland 2l.
Glover third "a. Highland third 12
Harrison 43, Delamore 81.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15

Field goals-Carnoy 6. f. Dougherty
2. A. Dougherty /, Minnick 3, Flick
2. Mccarthy /. Keeley 1. McCaulley
1. Foul goals Dougherty 6, Flick
3. Refereed Dillon. Brownson. Timer
-Tuskey. Halves-20 minutes.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
BOTH BETHANY Teams
win AT BASKETBALL

Before the largest crowd of the sea-
son, Bethany Guild team, of Bethany
Baptist Church, defeated the crack
Madeley Second team of Madeley
Church at basketball at the Y. w. c. A.
on Saturday night, 90 to II.
The game was the fastest one seen
on the floor this season. The guarding
was so close in the first half that very
little scoring was done. The first half
ended with the score u to in favor of
Bethany.
Sem and Firth, of Madeley first team,
played with the second team. Sem
scored II points and Firth 4 out of IL
made by the team. Crossan played
fine game for Bethany, making five field
goals. The guarding of Nolk, Abrahams
and j. Ray for Bethany was a feature.
Bethany. Madeley.
Mink ...... forward .......S Sem
Crossan. ...... forward ..... Gimble
Dowd. ......... center M. Patterson
Volk. .......... guard ..... j. Patterson
Hayes.
f. Abrahams g.. guard ........... Firth
Mcknight.
Summary goals: Mink, 3;
Crossan, 5; Down. ] Abrahams.
Sem, 3; NJ. Patterson, /; Firth, 9.
Foul goals; Sem, 5; Mink, 2; Abra-
hams, A. Referee-Ball. Timer-Cros-
san.
In the preliminary game two classes
of girls from Bethany Guild played, the
Gold team defeating the Blue team by
the score of 20 TO 70. 1t was the fastest
game of the season for the girls. Miss
Booth, Miss Beck and Miss Wharry fes-
tnred. Iine-up.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15

FI0ld I0aI-" Hams, u bacon, y
Sheppard. ,; N. McDonough, ,; G. Me
Donough. p: Welsh Foul goals Shep
pard. out Of IL; NJ. McDonough, on
of d. Rcfcree-Dr. Green.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15
SALEM TRIMS BRowNsoN

SALEM. \. D.. Feb. TO- Salem Moose
defeated the Brownson FIVE, of Whining
ton. Saturday night, % to IL.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15

Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
Whom did Freddie Welsh win HIS
title from? When, where and how did
he win it.? p. p.
From Willie Ritchie, London, Eng
land. July Z, 1914, on referees deci-
sion in twenty-rOund bout.
Evening journal., 1915-02-15

Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
A says that Packey Mcfarland has
better record in his best year than
Johnny Dundee has in his best year
JACK.
Mcfarland had better record.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-09
Maxine cyanamld.

An interesting enterprise is the
American cyanamid works at Niagara
Falls, Ont, which began operations IN
1910 with capacity Of $4,000 tons.
and which has recently increased its
output to $4,000 tons a year in order
to meet the growing demand for its
product Cyanamid is fertilizing
material obtained by combining at.
mosphere nitrogen with calcium car
bide. according to Consul Julius D.
Dreher, at Toronto. BY simply heat
ing cyanamid with steam, ammonia
can be produced, which, being passed
through heated platinum sponges, Is
oxidized into nitric acid, OF which the
explosive industry uses $4,000 tons a
year. BY fusing cyanamid with salts,
cyanides may be produced which are
used in extracting gold and silver
from low-grade ores. AS these and
other useful products may easily be
made from cyanamid. this article is
likely to be in demand In various 9th
er industries besides agriculture.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-09
QUICK RESPONSE TO APPEAL
Prltlsh Women swamped Military Az.
thorities With Resptrators for
Which They Had Asked.

One would have to 60 far to find
greater hustlers than the women of
Britain are when 1t comes to making
things for their men at the front.
Their indefatigability In this direction
has been demonstrated frequently
since the war began, but never more
strikingly than in response to the re-
cent war Office appeal for respirators
for the army in Flanders. Respirators
were needed, of course, owing to the
sudden use by the Germans Of poison
Gus gases as a means of warfare. They
were wanted by the hundreds of thou
sands. The war Office appeal for them
appeared in the papers on q Wednes-
day morning. And within forty-eight
hours another official announcement
was forthcoming stating that sufficient
respirators had been received and ask
ing the public please not to send any
more. 1t all happened so quickly that
some Of the evening papers on Friday
which carried the later announcement
on their news pages also carried on
their inside. ones the original appeal
and elaborate instructions for making
respirators, there having been no time
to take the latter out.
Meanwhile the rush for the mate
rails Of which respirators are made
had been something unprecedented
By three o'clock of the day on which
the appeal was made most Of the prin.
cipal shops and stores had entirely
exhausted their stock of narrow elas-
tic. One big house had by that time
sold 10000 pounds of wool and $4,000
packets Of gauze. BY the end OF the
same day another establishment had
accepted orders to make $4,000 respir-
ators for the front.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-09

the smaller houses in the towns or
villages, and it still retains its pop
ularity.
Burning coal in cities, and in some
of the larger towns, smutted up white
paint to such an extent that pigments
were mixed with the white lead to add
some color. Colors and shades Of
gray offer a sort Of protection against
black smudges from nearby chin.
neys, but discoloration really is more
often due to poor paint and to defec-
tive workmanship rather than to out.
side Influences.
Pure paints and oils are just as
lasting as ever when the mixing and
applying is properly done. White is
very substantial paint. It is more
lasting than colored paints when the
same grade. of materials are used, for
the reason that white lead and zinc
are metallic substances that resist sun
and weather better than pigments
made from lighter materials.
Quality of materials and workman
ship are two important ingredients
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-09
SPOKE ONLY SIMPLE TRUTH
poo's Owner Not to Blame II Man
With Whom He Traded Had
Misunderstood Him.

Senator William H. Thompson or
Kansas smiled when reference at
recent banquet was made to sharp
practice in trading. He said he was
reminded of Jim Jones dog.
Jim Jones had hound dog, and
having an opportunity to trade him
for a shotgun with a party from the
next county, he lost no time in max
ing the swap. 1t was a month later
before the traders met again.
Look here, you bloomin' 'possum"
cordially greeted the man from the
next county. You didn't do a thing
but sting me on that pup"
"Sting you'll" returned Jim, with an
innocent look. I'm what way?"
"You know!" wrathfully exclaimed
the man from the next county. You
told me that he would lick anything
in sight"
$50 he WILL" declared Jim, with
pleasant smile. "He is a very affec-
tionate animal"