Evening journal., 1915-03-09
Delaware Athletes
LONG FOR sports
Baseball Team Warns Up
Indoors While Awaiting
Blue Birds
TRACK PROSPECTS
BRIGHT AS EVER

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. March with the close
OF the basketball season near at hand.
Delaware College athletes and Coach
William J. McAvoy are beginning TO
turn their attention TO baseball and
field and track sports. Prospects look
bright for another fast baseball team
for the Gold and Blue the coming
season and some of the candidates are
getting in shape early by playing in
door baseball in the gymnasium. The
actual practice on the Joe Frazer
field diamond. however. will not start
until the students return from the
Easter vacation, which will be April
6. and this viii give Coach McAvoy
practically two weeks to get his team
in shape as the season opens April
II. one week earlier than has been the
custom of the past several years.
There will be unusually large num-
bcr of candidates from the freshmen
class this year. because OF the fact
that the class Is much larger than
ever before In Huston. the crack
catcher for four years; Elmer Hoch,
first bascman. who goes with Jack
Dunn's Richmond team of the Inter
national League, and Earl Lind, who
covered third base for two seasons,
Delaware lost three good players.
Coach McAvoy will have trouble in
satisfactorily filling their positions,
and especially first base and catcher,
but he will have a large squad 20
select from.
"Hop" Geoghogan. southpaw. who
has done good work in the box for
tho Gold and Blue the past several
seasons. was thinking Of coming out
FOR first base. but an injury to his
knee may keep him out Of the game
for at least part Of the season. He
injured his knee playing basketball
this winter. Geoghegan is also to so
with the Richmond team. but Will not
join the club until after he graduates
here next June.
With Doherty and Fidance left in
the infield and Taylor and Harold
Horsey in the outfeld, and Geoghegan
and Buck" Hoch7 10 do the twirling,
Coach AlcAyoy has the start for a
good club In addition 10 these men
several of last years scrub team Will
be ont nustling for a place on the
varsity.
Some of the freshmen who have
announced their intention of trying
for the team arc as follows: Pitch
CTS. Carrow. who pitched for the
Odessa team last season, and Gilman,
formerly with the Central Manual
School of Philadelphia.
Infeld-Donaid Horsey. from Do
yer High school; Gray. from Sails
bury High; Chester Smith. from
HaNerford Prep: Lauritson, from
LcNes High; Herdman, Of Newark
and Stayion, OF Wilmington.
a. ~0uthcld-Ernest Wilson, from vii.
mington High school, and Arthur
Morris. from Lewes
Coach McAvoy is short on candi-
dates for catcher, Wilson ODaniel. a
sophomore being the only candidate
mentioned up until this time.
Manager Silver with the assistance
OF Coach McAvoy. has completed a
schedule which will give Delaware
more home games than usual There
are fourteen games on the schedule
and all but one will be played here
The season opens at home on April
II with the Baltimore Polytechnic In
stitute.
The remainder OF the schedule fol
lows.
April e1-Drexel Institute Of Phils.
dclphis. al Newark
April 24-swarthmore College. a
Newark
April 2s-Rock Hill. OF Maryland
al Newark
May Johns Hopkins. OF Balti
moro. az Newark
Nay -Muhienburr. AZ Allentown
May S-Hayerford Baseball Club, a
Newark
Nay l2-Open game 10 be PLAYED fl
Newark
May 1s-Tcmpio University. OF Phil
sdeiphis a. Newark.
May -Nuhlenburg. az Newark.
May 2e-SL Johns OF Annapolis
sf Newark
May 2s Western Maryland. a
Newark
June Alumni al Newark.
Good Prospects for Track.
Since the building Of the Joe Frazl
Field there has been more interest
fcld and track sports AZ Delaware tha
ever before. and there are bright pro-
I'ecls for a good team this season. Son
~ TIE candidates are working out
flle gymnasium nearly every day an
Will start training on the cindcr pat
~ noon ~ the weather VIII permi
Linden q. Owens r. manager Of n
track team and q. %. Smith. wl
conalled the Delaware College record 4
the one hundred dash Of l0 seconds. la'
season. Is assistant manager and cal
tain. These men. az well "a Coach Ut
Avoy. are especially pleased over n
prospects for a fast relay team 10 ser
20 the University of Pennsylvania fcls
mest-0n April -
The freshmen class this wear also col
isins an unusually large number of m'
who viii be out for the field and fra
events .and judging from their prepsr
tory school records. they viii make sor
cf tho other candidates hustle for plaf
cn the team. Among the freshmen "a
niN b. out are. Alexander. of Elkto
Smart. Formerly AZ Baltimore poiyio,
llir Institute. Crockett of New Aol
bin. of Milford; Myers. of Middleton
torfis. ri Ieucss seeiey of Philad
phis SAVIOR. Marks aud Clearer.
n Wilmington
Dean end Fesie. both ri whom VI
mc8lbers II iasf years relay tes
efadaated Ia june. and consequently
noi bark Dean. ir addition ~ rlnn
f|it RELAYS also broke fhe ioeal COLI
5ecori Ia the i1o and 20 yard hufd
YhIie tczIc. iu addition ~ the rela
uae a weight man. Others of D
yesf. field snd track squad. nho are
bsek. 80 Mccall. Mesnerty aud Cra