Evening journal., 1917-10-13
Delaware SOLDIERS
WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
Company B Machine Gun
Battalion Defeats Crack
Camp Dix Team
NEW CASTLE BOY
PITCHED NIFTY GAME

Special 70 THE EVENING JOURNAL:
NEWARK, Del. Oct. 1s.-More
honors have been won by tho Della
ware boys Of the National Army at
Camp Dix, wrightstown, N. J. Ever
since arriving at camp they have been
attracting attention by the efficient
manner in which they have done their
duty as soldiers and now they have
attraced general comment by their
ability as athletes.
The Delaware soldiers, members Of
Company B. SO7th Machine Gun Bat
talon, shortly after going to camp
and being assigned to the machine
gun company organized baseball
team and this team on Wednesday
won the baseball championship OF
the camp where more than 10000
soldiers are stationed, by defeating
Company L. 111th Infantry, composed
OF New Jersey selectives, by the score
OF to 4. Company B team is COM
posed entirely OF Wilmington and
Rural New Castle County players,
there being such we'll known men as
Madden. formerly Of Delaware Col
lege: Gallagher, OF New Castle;
Weist, OF Odessa; Hanley, Sullivan and
Grant, of Wilmington.
In the game on Wednesday, Gala
CHER pitched for Company and the
crack 111th Infantry team had him
beat until the seventh inning when
the Delaware boys landed on Cox. the
star New Jersey twirler, and drove in
enough runs to win "Eph' Jolls,
former star Delaware College player,
Is manager OF the Company B team
and his account of the game sent to
a Newark friend shows that It was a
great contest. His story Of the game
follows:
THAT much looked for game for
the championship Of the entire camp
has been played before crowd that
rivaled the ones that gathered around
the electric score boards to watch
the worlds series. Company B hand
ed Company l. a punch that Will long
be remembered Cox. the pride OF
Company L. was on the firing line and
until the seventh inning It looked as
though the Jerseyites were due "a
hand us the short end of the score
Cox had plenty OF smoke ani used
Il. Out OF a total of 16 strike out:
TO HIS credit II OF them came IN ths
first six innings. With the score
to 2 against us in the lucky seventh
Madden started the inning with a
beautiful wallop 70 centre. Hanley laid
one down along the third base line
thai would have been hit ordinarily,
but Dixon came In on dead run,
scooped the ball with one hand and
threw to first without the least let up
In speed, retiring Hanley in one OF tho
prettiest plays OF the day. Madden
took second on the play and Weist
was then up. and after having the
count Of and 2. hit one on the nose
for two bases. scoring Madden. Then
Sullivan, with his big stick, wallOped
the first one for three bags. scoring
Welst. Cox put on little more steam
and caused the next two men TO pop
out.
The next inning was replete with
thrilling and spectacular plays. Eddie
Grant started things going by Won
throw that was a feature play OF the
game. Cox caught one fair that
looked good for three bases, but
Slonsky pulled IL out Of the air with
his bare hand while running directly
away from the ball. The last man
Gallagher handled on three pitched
balls.
In our half after Thuett had hit
safe for the third consecutive time,
Gallagher advanced him and Madden
connected with one that went on a
line to left Blain started off with
the crack Of the bat and made one
OF those shoe string catches that fea-
lure the big league games Our
coach was so sure that it was hit
mat Ne sent Thuett home, result be-
ing double play.
IN tne ninth Hanley started off with
ewo Dagger to right After that Il
uel nave been Ike a nightmare 10
-, s0I oAe at1er another thev
saeppeu up, WeisS. Sullivan, Grant.
SiOnsNy MeVuade and Thuett, and hit
'na' Ola PHI with vengenee. After
the smoke OF battle had cleared 90,
the scorer had marked nm avo ta,,tas
in the run column OF Company n IL
their half OF the ninth ComDanv 7
made feeble effort to come back
with that eternal smile Garaehe
rounded them up and finished An
game by tanning Reid with thre
pitched balls.
I'd 1T is hard 10 say who were n
stars for every man was star IN hi
own position. At the bat Sullivan an
Thuett were the big men with thrC
apiece. Every one in our battalion
officers. as well as enlisted men. al
very proud of the fact that thu small
est organization in camp should w
the championship in baseball. II
score follows:
Company B.
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