Evening journal., 1916-08-25
some CANE between
chemical CO. TEAMS
Delaware Will Meet New
Jersey Tomorrow After
noon on Neutral Diamond
CHAMPIONSHIP
IN THE BALANCE

At Ridley Park tomorrow afternoon
the Delaware works team and the
Camden works team of the General
Electric Company will meet 20 decide
the championship of the Eastern
League Of the comDany's works
This league is composed Of Pulaski
works team, Pulaski, Va; Baltimore
works team. Baltimore, Md Camden
works team. Camden. n J., and Della
ware works team, Marcus Hook, Pa.
The Camden works team visited
Baltimore and defeated their team
by the score Of IS TO 2. The Delaware
works team visited Pulaski works
team and defeated their team by the
score of 6 to 5. The Western league
is composed of the Chicago. East St
Louis, Cleveland and Buffalo works
teams. The winner Of the Western
league will play the winner OF the
Eastern league to decide the company
championship on the Polo Grounds,
New York city. September s. The
game at Ridley Park tomorrow will
prove an interesting, hard-fought bat
tie between Delaware and Camden, as
not only the championship OF the
Eastern league is at stake. but the
eligibility Of one of the two teams
competing in the final game at New
York
The Camden works proposes bring
ing about 300 Of their employees as
rooters. and the Delaware works will
be 500 or 500 strong The Philadel-
phia Office Of the General Chemical
Company will attend the game in
body The head officials Of the Cen
eral Chemical Company New York Of
fee will also attend the game.
The lineup Of the two teams is as
follows
General Chemical Company. Della
ware-Shropshire. 3D.; Miller, 2b.:
Creeger, b.; Riley, S.; Magann. RI. ;
Chester. H.: Bayard and Volt CT; Ben
jamin. c.; Atkinson and Wilson. p.
General Chemical Company. Cam
McMachan. RI; Wiley. h.; P.
Breer. Oh; Lafferty. 3b. Barr. IS. (;
Harris, H.; Bowers, CT; Dieghan. c.;
Olsen. p.
The players on both teams are men
who are representative OF the differ
ent works, and are playing the game
Tor sport only. They play every Sat
urday afternoon. The General Chem
ical Company have equipped the
teams Of the various works complete
in every detail, and the paraphernalia
furnished is equal to that used by the
major league teams.
On the trip of the Delaware works
% Pulaski, Va, party OF thirty-five
we're Sent They travelled in a pri-
vate Pullman with diner, and a royal
good time was enjoyeV by all. The
delegation was representative of the
works as a whole, each department
sending rooters in proportion to the
number employed. so that while II
vas not feasible to send a larger
.rowd. the crowd sent was represen.
alive of the entire works. On the
-eturn of the boys the account of the
lime they had. the entertainment al
Pulaski, and all the minor details
we're spread throughout the works
md while the entire works did mo-
20 on the trip, they ali went in spirit
The game tomorrow will be keeT
and close. There will be two neu
raj umpires.
The P. r. & W. Railroad Compan,
has arranged to have four cars on
he train leaving Wilmington at 2.8t
o'clock. arriving at Ridley Park a
BOA o'clock They have also arrange,
to have extra cars on the train leav
Ing Philadelphia at 1.55. arriving a
Ridley Park al 2.23 o'clock.
The grandstand az the grounds vii
De prettily decorated. The Delawar
works contingent will be eqnippel
with white felt hats. with blue sill
bands with the word Delaware" 4
told letters