Evening journal., 1916-09-26
Delaware Soldiers
Lead Luna LEAGUE
Boys Play Good Ball When
Not on Hikes Over New
Mexico Sands
LINING UP ALSO
FOR FOOTBALL PLAY

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL |
DENiING, n. NJ. Sept. 2o.-The Della
ware regimental baseball team is lead
ing the Luna County New Mexico /
League, and has made a. splendid record
against the First Arkansas, Second Ar
kansas and Deming clubs. The Della
ware team is composed of the pick OF
players Of the two battallons and many
we'll known Wilmington stars are in
cluded in the lineup.
mike" ODaniel, corporal of J. Com
pany, the crack Delaware College catch |
or. Is handling the shoots Of Norris
Price, Of Oxford, and Vaughn Johnson,
of the crack fremont team, of Whining
tons Price Is dazzling the Deming ball
rooters with his terrific speed, and hasl
not lost a game 80 far, while Johnson
has been serving up a brand Of hurting
that has proven unbeatable.
"Joe" Goldstein corporal of c Com
pany. the popular little Wilmington
pugihst. and all round athlete, Is cap
tain of the team and works at short
stop, where his brilliant playing has
been invaluable 10 the success Of thel
team "Joe" has never played in better
form, than during his border campaign,
and his constant pep and diamond
comedy are an added attraction at all
the big Sunday matches
Sergeant Walls, of II Company. and
Sergeant Charles Weldn, the popular
top kicker" Of a Company, have been
working at the second bag. The brunt
Of the work falls on Walls. as Charles
has been in the hospital for month
past He is now fully recovered, how
ever, and ready to jump into the game
at short notice.
Private Mason Rowell, Of G Company,
IA handling everything that comes TO-
wards him Al the hot corner Of the dia
mond and in his new position as third
baseman has made good from the
start He is clubbing the ball at q
terrific clip and his absence from the
Bancroft team Of the Wilming ton
League has no doubt been a heavy
blow 10 the Cloth makers" during the
past season.
Sergeant Bob" King. Of Co. A. is
clubbing the pill at 400 rate, and Is
handling all sorts OF throws TO the
initial sack Bob" formerly played
on the Wilmington High, and Weno-
nah Military A teams
In the outfeld Sergeants "Biddy"
Bounds and Ferguson. former blue
and gold players of z Company, form
a speedy and hard-hitting combna-
Dental Club player of G Company
Milford
"Yump" Chadwick the ex-cook of
{ Company is the official umpire OF
the Delaware boys and his handling OF
the Indicator has been very much "a
Ia silk O'Laughlin." In his work as
a boxer and his position behind the
bat "Yump" has enjoyed a smooth ex-
istence for an umpire in a wild and
woolly country such as this, where II
Is said spectators have their guns
ever ready.
Lieutenant Salter is managing the
Delaware nine and has made a big
sucouess of his job. After the two
dav trip through the mountains 10
Tyrone all the ball players thought he
was better than ever and the lieuten-
ant himself became more interested IN
the national game. II the Delaware
bows remain on the border long enough
a series Of games will be arranged be-
tween them and the pennant winner
of the fast FL Paso League. The Del
aware contingent in camp is sure the
Delaware boys can trim the best that
can be produced within a hundred
miles of Camp Deming. II this series
is arranged it will undoubtedly attract
large crowds.
Boxing has taken a strong hold on
the sporting life among the soldiers
and the Deming public, as was shown
last night. when the first show was
put on at a local theatre. The house
was filled and all the bouss were we'll
contested. An inter-regimental fight
bill has been arranged for the night
Of September 80. when FIVE of Della
wares best pugilists will oppose an
equal number Of Arkansas mis- artists
The seats are on sale. and as there is
no little rivalry manifested between
the men Of the two States, a lively
evenings entertainment is looked for
Delawares hopes center around
Glen Kearney and kid" Hall, IN
the bantamweight class: Joe" Gold
stein and Fritz Sheu. in the light
weight division; and kid" Cyr and
Battling" Hauber. in the 145-pound
set
Inc DONt arc WI hihS Ohi hhhfA Ahc
direction Of Corporal "Bill" Steckle
an experienced hand at the boxing
game, and irst-class trainer. Major
Reed has agreed that all boxers may he
excused from drill during the next ten
DAYS to allow them to devote all their
energies toward a big Delaware vic
tory on the thirtieth.
The boys will be UP at o'clock to
morrow morning TO start in their road
work, following which hard workout
on the punching bag aud rope skip
ping will be given them. This daily
routine will continue for ten days. and
is expected to put all the men in the
pink of condition.
With the coming Of cooler weather.
company football teams are being or
ganized The men are out tossing the
. pig skin at every opportunity. There
is some fine football material in camp,
and IL suitable grounds can be Sc
cured, Delaware should turn out a
strong regimental eleven. The candi-
dates include, Smart, O'Daniel and
Crothers, of Delaware College; Ber-
ger. Lyons, Demaree. Cornelia. Vande-
nIsIIfr- Hahn