Evening journal., 1915-05-19
Delaware CITY HAS
The BASEBALL fever

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DELAWARE CITY, Del. May 10
During the summers of 1908, 1903 and
1910 Delaware City had one Of the
fastest baseball teams in the State
defeating nearly every team they
played and winning the championship
of New Castle county in 1910, by TAX
ing three out of four games, Of a
series of FIVE, with New Castle. Since
1910 not much interest was displGyed
in baseball, but now with everybody
supporting the team. it is expected
the local team again will be one OF the
best in New Castle county
George Hutchinson has been elect
ed manager and has been promised
the assistance of Joseph SiddOns, who
managed the 1905 1909 and 1910
cams. Business prevents Mr.. Siddons
from taking more active part. Ef-
forts are being made to secure the
services of some of the old players.
T.. Neeff, Leslie Beck and "Reddy'
Maher who played with former teams
here, and they may be seen in uni
form on the local diamond before the
close of the season.
The lineup of the team is as fol-
lows Starr. catcher; F. Neeff, pitch
or; Rimes. first base; Morrow. second
base: Patterson. shortstop: H Holli-
day. third base: Pennington, left field;
G. Holiday. center field; A. Beck.
right field. All the games on the
local diamond will be called at 8
o'clock.
The All-Stars have organized with
John Wise. manager: Carlisle Spicer,
captain; Cortland Saxton, secretary.
The lineup of the team is as follows:
Rhein, catcher; Spicer. pitcher; Wise,
first base; w. Clark. second base /;
SaxtOn. third base: Schaefer, short
stop; II. Morrow. left field; f. O'Neill.
center field; NJ. Derrickson, right
field.
Clarence Messig is manager OF the
Turn Table Rangers. a local team,
which has played for several years.
with other local teams. Eugene ARM
strong is captain and Samuel Hall.
secretary. The lineup is as follows:
Dunham. catcher; p. Armstrong.
pitcher: Messig. first base; G. Eng
Ter. second base; G. Tugend. third
base; G. Durham. shortstop; +. Arm
S. Hall. right field.
The "Greentails," a boys team
have formed with the following Offic-
ers: Herman Dahlof. manager; Norbit
Cook, captain and Henry Cannon, sec
retary. The lineup of the team is
as follows: Norbit Cook. catcher;
Herman Dahlof. pitcher; Henry Gan
non. first base; Edward Siddons. sec
ond base: Merritt Yearsley. third base /;
Walter Ganncn. shOrtstop: Harry
Dablof left field; John Cook. center
field; John Netsch. right field
The Night Owls. another boys team,
has played several games with the
Greentails. They have organized as
follows: Manager, Jack Larky; cap
tain. Albert McManus: secretary
Frank Derrickson; treasurer. John
Durham. This team will play the
Port Penn Juniors at Port Penn. next
Saturday. The lineup of the team
is as follows: Albert McManus, catch
er. John Durham. pitcher; Jack
Larky, first base; Theodore Beck. sec
ond base; Lewis Patterson. third
base; shortstop, Frank Derrickson
Christie Coale left field; Preston
Beck, center field: William Ryan.
right field.
The Bluebrds, a small boys team
has Wallace Shook, manager: Buddy
Husfelt, captain. Their lineup is:
Catcher, Buddy Husfelt; pitcher
4 Tony Smith; first base. Harry Gertis-
/ er: second base. Richard Warner;
third base. Elmer Alfree: shortstop
Wallace Shook left field, Davis
Coale; center field. Morrison Gam
non; right field, Jack Meade.