Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-21
JACKSON'S FAME
HIS DRAWBACK
If He Was An Ordinary Player
There Would Be No Fuss
About Him.

Friends of Joe Jackson, the phenomenal
hard-hitting baseball player Of the Chi
caco White Sox who came to the Harlan
plant to work resent the severe criticism
that has been cast on him for his action.
These friends SAY that if he had been
but mediocre ball player or just plain
ordinary citizen without any unusual
ability At anything his entrance among
shipyard workers would not have been
noticed. But it Is because his loss weakcns
the White Sox, that fuss is made aobut
his joining the ranks of shipyard workers
his friends say.
jackson has been married for ten years.
His wife is here with hun. Her sole
support Is what jackson makes. In
addition he has been aiding his mother
and crippled sister in Greenviile :. y
for many wears. For these things Jack
son feels that he should be given de-
ferrrd classification if he is willing TO
work in shipyard just now he Is
marking time and putting IN nine nours
of work at the Harlan plant.
Jackppn is in charge of , boiting up
vnnr on a shin that is to be fonted at the
Harlan plant this week. When some one
of the gang faltcrs, it has been no unusual
thing to scc jackson pitch in and do the
same physical work that the Others are
doing. But its his noodle that the
shipyarI bosses want most OF all. ne
plant il constantly extending Its capacity
and the yard needs men OF brAins s'ch as
Jackson possesses. II he didn't have
brains he could not havc won the iaine
he did in the big league.
Its the same with other players al
the Harlan plant, who happen TO be ball
players as with Jackson. Otto Wagner
IS boss of fitting up gang, and he gets
as much out of the men as any other
'vears-In-harness, foreman. That IS
what the shipyaris wants. Men who
can get others to work and expedite the
building of ships.
The cards OF all Of the men who have
played professional ball and who are
now at shipynrd work are on the table.
II thev didn't make good at the work IN
the wards they would not be on the pay
roll.
In the case of Jackson he has not up
TO today received any word from ms
draf, board to report for service lie mas
heard the rumors to the contrary ana
list night made efforts to learn II such
demands had been made OF hum Out isiieu
to ascertain anything definite
Steelton Pa, Eddie Plank's team will
h. 4he attraction in this city at the
Harlan Park on memorial Day afternoon.
Eddie has been coaching his bunch OF
players hard and when one of hls twirlers
falls down. goes into the box himself IKE
Chief Bender did on Saturday
Bill Gallagher will go TO Philadelphis
tonight tn attend meeting OF the Deia-
ware River League There Is nothing oil
Importance on the calendar for the meet
inr b,I. in a combination where there Is
as much rivalry as in the shIpyard leagues
anything is apt to happen at most any
time.
All practice among the Harlan PLAYERS
will take place IN the evenings hereafter
The demand for building ships comes hrs'
of all with the men and the rccrentioh
must wait until after the work Is done
Contracts for enlargng the bieachcrs
AZ the Harlan Park have been s~arced
Roth bleachers Will be extended and II
the attendance increases additional grand
stands will be provided for. In that
event the erandstand would absorb some
of the bleacher space and the bieacners
would be extended farther d own the Ane
on each SIDE.
a stand for the Harlan band IS also
10 be erected at the baseball field. Now,
the band has no space reserved ior them,
and when there is not enough room ior
SPECTATORS there Is unuaily complaint
because of the seats the band occupies
On Sunday June 10, the Dsla~-are
River league team at Harians viii play
Bob Sharkey's team st ShIbe Fark,
PhiIadelphia
prerdent Lewis of the Bethlehem Steel
League last night following meeting, of
the league threw out the Lebanon-Hsrian
game of two weeks ago because Lebanon
protested that Dtnnont and Gharrity
had not been employed at the Harlan
nlant fifteen DAYS before playing In the
game