Evening journal., 1917-04-19
CITY MAJOR LEAGUE
awaits UHPS' CALL
Organization Stronger Than
Ever, Expects Most Sue
cessful Season
NEW CASTLE IN
FOR FIRST TIME

The All-Wilmington League will en-
tsr upon its seventh consecutive sea-
son on Saturday, the strongest semi
professional baseball organization in
the history of the city This year the
league is composed of the Brownson
Brandywine, Eden, Pioneers. Vandev-
er, Br0wntown, Wilmington Steel and
New Castle teams. New franchise
holders are New Castle, Browntown
and Wilmington Steel, the latter team
succeeding Bancroft, which dropped
out of the league after having been a
member since its organization. Brown
town comes back as Viewpoints sue.
cessor after a one year lay of and
New Castle succeeds the old Eastlake
team now consolidated with Brandy
wine.
ALI the best men who kept the
league out in front last year are back
again. In addition the team managers
have added new material both anna
teur and professional, that assures
the fans of the highest class semi
professional ball ever seen on the
local lots. Every manager is confident,
of course, that his team is the league
champion.
Veterans Are Back.
The managerial reins will be
handled this year by men of real base
ball experience. Dave Zearfoss, the
old National League catcher, is the
Vandever pilot, and under his man
Rgement the Eastsiders expect to cop
another pennant. Frank Glenn. who
was a player on the Pioneers team
last year, is the team manager this
year. Gerald DOherty, one of the finest
and best players who ever circled
The bases. is bossing Brownson. Hor.
ace Merrill will direct the fortunes OF
Browntown, George (Stoney) August
long a competent manager, is again
at the head of Eden. ROLAND Johnson
who managed Eastlake last year, has
The Brandywine team under his care
this year. over at New Castle Eddie
Mcdaniel will attend to the player
managing skill. John ]. (Jackl Nc
Dewitt will look after the business enc
of the game. OF course they expec
to. have a winning team. James A
Brennan is boss of the Wilmington
Steel Company team
That the men know ball players
and understand how to get the bes
out them is clear TO everybody whit
has followed Wilmington baseball.
On paper, the Brandywine and tn,
New Castle teams look like the tw,
best bets of the year. Among Brandy
wine men are the Hook Brothers, o
big league experience, who will com
prise the first line battery, while hacl
of them will be a layout of expert
enced players. New Castle will depenl
on Joe Myers and another hard hit
ting squad; Pioneers on Hoffecker
Vandever on Bill Crouch, and Brown
son on Lutz. Other pitchers, Will
not having the regulations of any o
these men may be expected to keel
their teams up in the running.
OF course there have been shift
among the players Mat Donohoe, Ed
die Stirlith, Jimmy Naylor. and tn
McDonough boys have tied up wit
Pioneers this year and Russell Smith
Harry Bradford. Arthur LivermOr
and Paul Middleton are a few of tn
fast lads under Dave zearfoss' man
agement The Essick boys, Ballentin
and Dennis Rainey will work 70
Browntown. Mike Fidance, Jimm
Mayhart and Bill Long are a few o
the good ones Gerald Doherty ha
picked. Then old reliable Harry Grant
Walter Wright, Bob Patterson an
Dewey Patton are back with Stove
August. Rayne and Bunting will b
the big battery. Joe Dougherty, jim
my Rainey, Marion Minker and Johr
ny Naylor are with Brandywine.
New Castle has a classy lot, incluC
ing Joe Meyers, Jimmy Clancy, tn
Delaware College pitcher Georg
Boldt, George Madden and Gen
Chase Boldt has caught for Bucl
nell University.
Wilmington Steel has such men a
Bobb Kidd, all around Wilmingto
athlete; Hanee of New Castle, Pattei
son Of last years Eden team, an
Nase of EastOn, Pa.
Among the absentees ar
George Winters. Grow Proud and Rot
ney Austin. At the close Of the colleg