Evening journal., 1917-01-15
COUNTY LEAGUE fans
AGAIN SPEAK OUT
Plan is TO Limit Expenses
TO a Fixed Amount
Weekly
FOUR TOWNS SEE
SUCCESSFUL SEASON
sRY SCOOP

DELAWARE CITY, Del, Jan. To-
Although the County League dope
isn't making any dent on the VIII
mington end, the county fans are as
enthusiastic as ever and still feel that
a county league can be made a go.
Il is not necessary 70 go into the
history Of the teams Of the county, as
their records are we'll known in VIII
mington. The fact remains that the
various towns of the county have all
turned out teams which made the
fans sit up and take notice.
Taking this into consideration, as
we'll as the fact that the county
teams are going to play baseball
anyway, they feel that they can have
a league II Is more than likely that
plans can be formulated whereby the
county teams will not have to take
in as much money at the gate, as
Wilmington fans believe.
There are certain expenses which
the teams are under whether they
play in league ball or independent
ball And the additional expenses
which are 10 be incurred by the for
nation OF a county league are not
thought TO be sufficiently deterrent to
the formation OF county league.
However, the fans Of Middletown,
Odessa Port Penn, and this place. do
not want the Wilmington fans. or any
other fans. to feel that the teams in
tend 10 operate under a system Of
paying their players, as usually is
the custom with the county league
teams.
Slight expenses in this field would
be expected Bnt these expenses
are not going to cut such figure as
TO prevent the formation OF a county
league. All the teams have paid
money TO some extent for the ser
vices Of players, but with the adop-
ton of a county league, rules could
be drawn up specifically stating the
limit OF the expenditures, so that the
teams would be equal in this respect.
It is believed that the Port Penn
team did not pay for the service OF
one player last year. and the fans OF
the county know very well what
class team the Port Penn people had
Manager McMunn, OF Port Penn
when sounded on the plan, said thai
he believed that a first-class league
could be formed with proper restric-
tons and rules, which he felt could
be made satisfactory to all, SO that
the teams would be equalized-
II Is believed that there are several
teams in Wilmington that would be
glad to enter a league OF this sort.
number OF the Wilmington teams dc
not have their own grounds to play
on, and this would be especially at
tractive to them, as they would play
on the grounds OF the county teams
However, il is likely that with sew
eral teams from Wilmington in z
league OF this kind, grounds could bS
obtained so that one OF the team:
could play in Wilmington every Sat
urday. thus assuring Wilmington {
county league game every Saturday
Fans OF the county would b,
pleased to hear from the Wilmington
teams, number of which played al
their games about the county las
year There we're so many teams o
this kind that the different towns al
ways had several applications To-
games every Saturday.
Il is probable that the down-Stat'
fans and leaders in baseball will ge
together soon and discuss plans rela
tive 10 the formation Of a league. Unit
that time the entire matter rests il
embryo. So II the fans really wan
a league. as they say. let them shoy
their support by communicating WITT
the various managers. and givin
their views so that the league cal
he formed on a solid basis, and no
break up in the middle Of the sea
son. as some leagues in this Stat
have done in former years.