Evening journal., 1917-01-23
IT'S ALL HERE
COUNTY LEAGUE DOPE
SOUNDS like PIFFLE
TO MIDDLETOWN FANS
BY sAL.v

MIDDLETOWN, Del, Jan. 23.-
The talk of organizing a New Castle
County Baseball League, although
meeting with the wishes of the Della
ware City fans, and one fan in par
icular, does not seem to impress the
baseball loving public of any other
.eam in the county with the excep-
lion Of one club in Wilmington. It
Is known by every capable manager
In the State that it is impossible to
organize a baseball league in this
county, for every league that has ever
been organized in this section has
proved a failure. Fans hereabout are
not willing to pay money to see
couple Of strong clubs. like Middle
town and New Castle make a clean
runaway Of a pennant race, in which
weak clubs, like the ones clamoring
for a league, are forced to stay
around the bottom. Furthermore the
fans are for independent baseball,
and do not wish to have the manager
Of any club getting their aid fnan-
eially to stay in the league.
Scoop" seems to think that the
baseball league is personal matter
for he claims the locals should recall
how Port Penn defeated Finn, Vim
yard and Segelken last year. At the
same time. rumors are atloat that the
Port Penn management has offered
Finn a good sum Of money to pitch
tor them next season.
It is said that money is not to be
The essential of the new league, that
money was not to be considered and
that the financial side of the Organi-
.ation would not matter From this
it would appear as though someone
was talking like a 10-year-old school
boy, who thinks that every club is
run like his grammar school team. A
baseball team has to have money TO
play in a league. The railroad COM
pany will not carry the players from
one town to another free Of charge;
baseball manufacturers will not sup
ply baseball goods without money;
players cannot play every day when
they must earn money to support
themselves; and hundreds OF other
things necessary to a league could
not be obtained without money.
Only one or two Of the clubs mem
toned for the new league has an
enclosed field, with a grandstand.
Look at the outlay at the very start
10 supply the other clubs with such
fields. In places like Port Penn.
where no admission was charged, and
where the management depended on
contributions, a league club would
not last 80 seconds.
Newark. Odessa, Penlyn, Newport,
New Castle and Middletown are all
against a league. while Port Penn
and Delaware City remain. Delaware
City has no club, and has no hopes OF
ever organizing one, so that town
cannot be considered. The Port Penn
management is dead against a league,
ret their dopester claims Port Penn
Is after a league. or course Wildel
still remains for the league, but 1t
is hardly of any consequence. even
II they do not play ball. They were
not considered in the plans for the
league. and are not strong enough TO
be admitted even if such league was
formed.
It must be remembered that a
complete investigation was made
among the strong clubs of New Cas-
tie county to get data concerning a
new leagEe. The fact that the plans
for the new organization we're drop
ped by the investigators because OF
the poor towns in the county, should
convince every one. even the hard
headed Scoop" that a baseball
league is out OF the question. When
the local management claims that a
league cannot have long life in
New Castle county, something is
claimed that has reasons to back II
up. while when Scoop" claims a
league can be formed and the finan
cial end not considered he seems tc
be talking through his hat.
Let us hear from some Of the Other
baseball clubs in the county concern
ing the league. What about New
Castle. Newark and Penlyn? Newark
was in one league Penlyn is very
well satisfied playing Independent
baseball. Let US hear from someone
who has known baseball from A tC
q Let us hear from someone who
knows conditions throughout New
Castle county. Let us hear from al