Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-17
DOUBLE BILL At
HARLAN PARK
Pusey g. Jones and Bethlehem
to Play Two Schwab
Teams.

The greatest doublebil in baseball
offered the fans of this city this summer
is contained in the bargain matinee Mt
the Harlan Baseball Park this coming
Saturday afternoon. Pussy Il Jones
will line up against the Delaware River
League team of Harlans, and Bethlehem
will endeavor to still further humble the
Steel League team from Harlau's-
Four hours of solid enjoyment for the
fans is the bill, beginning Mt 80 o'clock.
Harlan's and Pusey 4 Jones Will clash
first, and If the game last Saturday be-
tween these two teams was good one,
this one is likely to be better. The Pusey
crowd surely did surprise the supporters
of Bill Gallagher and his friends, when
they won out. There were many reasons
for this. but the chief one WAS because
Bills bunch could not connect with hits
ut the opportune time.
But that's no discrcdit to the Pussy d
Jones aggregation They won fairly and
all honor To them But Gallagher still
believes that he has the better team, and
the opening game on Saturday Will give
HIM another oppor unity OF making good
Bill has had has pets out this week prac-
tlcing at hitting the pill. and hopes 10
annIhllatc the next Pussy X Jones hurlor
no matter whom he may hc. And the
Harlan rootcrs hope he will prove a better
prophet this week than he did last
The game between Bethlehem and
Harlan $ big team will Immediately How
tho Delaware River League contest.
Fred Payne has been busy since being
defeated NJ Fore River in mantifaCt urlng
alihiS why the New Englandcrs took his
protcges into camp. The most credited
and generally accepted report was nc
cause Dumont and Lake got their signals
crossed
But in the preparation for Saturdays
biC game. he rootcrs have begun 10 quit
talking about the past and are looking
forward to the future bethlehem has
been going very strong N the steel League,
and Is within striking distance az first
place If it should win on Saturday. il
might reach first place from iS third stall
at present - the team from Harley
Schwals headquarters i not going 70 let
any chance slip hy-
In addition II The two baseball teams,
there Will bc music galore llarlau'S and
Pussy 4 Jones bands Will doubtless hc
there to do what footing They can for
"thc home team, and besides here Will
he the Bet hlchcm Pond of le0 pieces
It's gong 10 hc some showdown between
Bethlehem and Harlan Bands There arc
80 ne local scrltlcs. who feel that IN an
emergency. FandmaStCr Cons crowd of
"umphers and "fat-tatcrs, and boom
booms will be able to make just as credit
able showing. rs tho musicians from the
Pennsylvania city and they arc All gong
to bc there 70 prove I heir assertions.
Payne's team. that Is almos, on Tho
sliding board has fine opportunity to
tighten up the race in the Steel League,
and improve its position hv defeating tho
Bethlehemitcs ifthev win they will 20
ahead of Bethlehem, and might possibly
land in second place So there is every
induocment 10 win, and PAYNE is gong -
show some real true comeback style,
he declares.
One of the announcements IaynC has
to make Is hat Johnny Carlin who has
lccn playing such good ball for Gallagher
viii he IN an infcld position on the Ing
team on Saturday C:rin has been
whanging away al he hall and getting .
hit oftcner than some Of his more CcIc-
bratcd colleagues, and This dc or die spirit
OF Carln $ Is gong to be recognized