Evening journal., 1915-04-08
newark DEL MARS
LOOK some speed
Ellison Has Fourteen Pen
nant Winning Hopes on
His Staff al This Time
HOGAN AGAIN ON
THE FIRING LINE
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL I

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWARK, April S-Manager Elmer
j. Ellison. of the Newark club. OF The
recently organized Delaware-MarY-
land League has signed fourteen play
crs for the coming season, and with
enc or two exceptions. has his team
complete. With the players signed
by Manager Ellison. the Newark club
should even be stronger than it was
last year, when it captured the Tri-
County League pennant. Practice viii
be started in a short time and Two
exhibition games will be played on
the last two Saturdays of April with
the Continental Fibre Company club.
Billy Marsey, who has done nTac-
tically all the catching for Newark
during the past four or five seasons,
will be seen in his old position and
considering his steadiness and the
fact that he is a good sticker, 1T would
be hard to find better man for the
position. Walter Ritz, the local High
School boy, will be substitute catcher,
Ritz caught in several games last
season and made good impression.
He should be much better this year.
Jake Hogan, the crack southpaw,
Will be the mainstay in tho box again.
Hogan was recognized as the best
pitcher in the 1ri-County League last
year. and he lost but three games cut
Of is pitched during the season. Man
ager Ellison announced yesterday ;haf
he had signed Rodman Schmickel.
who formerly played with Aberdeen.
While Schmickel was signed TO play
second base. he can relieve Hogan
in the box at any time, as he is also
a good twirler. He pitched several
games against Newark last season
and always gave the locals lot OF
trouble to beat him.
Judging from the men signed, New
ark will have an inheld that will be
hard to beat in semi-professional ball
Scott Gregg. first base; Billy Jack
son. shortstop. and Charlie Beatty
third base. of the 1914 team have all
been signed. With fast second base
man this will make a fast inheld
Gregg is rated by many fans who have
seen him perform. as the best frs
| baseman in Delaware. He is stai
as a fielder and a 800 hitter. Bill
| Jackson played on the strong Milforl
team for a time last season and Join
ed Newark later in the season. II
was looked on by many as the bes
shortstop in the Tri-County League
The ability of Charlie Beatty as an i'm
fielder is as well known TO Whining
ton fans as il is TO the Newark fans
whero he has played for the past tw'
seasons. Beatty is in no way flash
player but he is reliable, both in th'
field and with the bat.
In addition to the above Manage
! Ellison has also signed several 10
! cal boys who will be given a fair SHOW
to make good. They are Lewis Scan
Ion. Roland Herdman and Layton
Gray. Scanlon and Gray played sew
eral games with Newark in the Tri
/ County League last season and botl
made an excellent showing. With
little more experience it is though
that these two boys will make stars
Herdman. a local boy, covered thiri
base for two seasons on the Newarl
Penn-Mar League club. He is a gooi
fielder and fair hitter. Hordman
who is going TO Delaware College, i
also out for the college team. Jacl
Stephenson OF Chester. is another in
fielder who has been signed
For the outiield Manager kllisoi
has signed TO date Harvey Ferguson
local boy. Job Kirke who formerl
played on the Oxford and Rising Su
teams in the Tri-County League, an
Andy Rankin Of Chester who playe
the Outfield on the Newark club las