Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
REVIEW OF THE
BETHLEHEM LEAGUE
Array of Big League Stars on
Teams of League 100
Players.

Y
its initial games Saturday The season
will continue for twenty weeks and as the
rivalry between the various plant teams
is intense a number of famous major
league players for the past and present,
have been signed to alternate in serving
the corporation in overalls and baseball
uniforms
The league is composed of teams
representing the Steel Corporation plants
Mt Fore River, Mass; Harlan, Whining
ton, Del; Steelton, Pa; Lebanon, Pa;
Sparrows Point, Md; and Bethlehem,
"a. Efforts have been made 10y the
management of each team TO sign players
Of high caIibre and for that purpose
there has been n hunt in the big and
little leagues with a fair measure OF
success Quite formidable array OF
diamond stars will appear in the league
games during the season. Furthermore.
money is no object in the plan TO secure
seasoned PLAYERS While il Is not author
itativelv stated. nevertheless it has trickled
through the trenches that from 5000 to
$3.50 has been offered 10 some oil the big
leaguers for each game played.
The list of elglblcS for the first game
as received by the secretary OF the league
comprised 100 names, rs follows: Fore
River, SO: Harlan, -; Steelton. SparrowS
Point and Bethlehem 20 each and Leb-
anon. II What the latter management
lacks in numbers its expects to make up
In quality The name OF Hans Loncrt
the former New ork Giants lnhcidcr
docs not appear among the list Of the
Bethlehem team, although there has been
q persistent rumor that he has been
signed There have been terms offered
but the negotiations have not been closed
II I Il 4y-cy # all 70
found Charity. the star catcher Of the
Washington Americans; Joe Lake,
4 former American League catcher
Dumont. Washington American League
twirlcr: Rebel" Oakes who played
in the Federal League and former
outieldnr in the National League; Nay.
former New \ lork Statc League outfeldcr
and Martin n former infcldcr, for Boston
and Philadclphia National League teams,
Joe Jackson Of the Chicago Americans.
and several others.
The Fore River has among its crack
PLAYERS Joe Connolly. the former
outfielder for the Boston Americans
jacobson. a tryout by the Philadci-
phia Nationals Twombly . former
American and National outtIcldcr; Ma
ma,lx, who pitched for the Brooklyn
Nationals earlier in the season; Hickman
:.n outfelder In service OF the Brooklyn
Nationals, and Wallv Pipp, a former in
fielder on the New York American team
Steelton is out for President Gracc'S
trophy with quitefan aggregation Of ball
tossers Some of the most promising
PLAYERS are "Slats" Peterson, of Philadcl-
phia formerly catcher for the Information
al and New \ ork State Leagues; Eddie"
Plank. the famous pitcher for the Phlla-
~Hzfy Al . -
Pierce, an intelder who was taken south
by the Phillies for tryout; steve"
1erkes, a former American League player.
but last year with the Indianapolis
nine; "kid' Stutz, q former Allentown
Tri-State player but for the past two years
with the Three | League; Hooper. an old
time big leagucr and Tri-State inhelder
and manager Of the Lancaster Tn-State
team; Bud Weiser, who belongs 10 the
Philadelphia Nationals but who refused
TO 60 South to be farmed out 10 Southern
league: Shorty" Miller. a former Cleve-
land star and one OF the best outfcidcrs
and George Cockhill. bench manager Of
the Steelton team. former international
and Tri-Srate League player.
Lebanon S management has number of
former big league stars, among WHOM.
are Jones, bench manager OF LchaLc!.
team and first baseman, formerly on thc
Detroit team; Marhefka. former IT.
State inhelder; Babbington, a former
New York State League outhelder, A
Walsh. a New y York State League first
basenan; ANDY" Mcconnell, former
New York State League and American
League second baseman; and mike
Mowrv. formerly third baseman on the
Brooklyn Nationals. and who was to have
Il ! u l.
a PottstoWn boy, playing several wear
with the New England league as an out
fielder; Ritter. crack pitcher, belonging
to the New \ ork Nationals and Buckles
pitcher. who gave a good account o.
himself in the American Association last
year
In the SparTows Point aggregation arc
found Alec smith the old New Ior'
Giant catcher, "Davy" Roth. Il.
Chicago american pitcher, Fewster. =
clever Infelder, developed by Jack Du,.r
OF Baltimore, Lefty Russell. frs.
baseman and former pitcher for tAe
Philadelphia Americans. ''Runt Walsh
shortstop, formerly with the PhladelphI.
Nationals, and the Baltimore Feter@ls
LEH1GH COACH HEADS BETHLEHEM
Coach Ready, of Lehigh University
NItO II JIdllIilS ll4r l1tdul ttT1il
has his eagle eye on number Of first
string players and by the time he is
through curralling his quarry he expects
TO have e pennant winner. Ready is
after Hans Lobert and he expects TO land
him Lefty" Baumgartner is working
at the local plant Anderson will also
twirl for Bethlehem. He pitched a star
game at Lehigh University for the past
two years tWirled for the Boston Red Sox
and the Buffalo Internationals
Schacht, another of the quartet Of
pitchers signed, twirled in the New
York State League last year. Barton
who did good work in the box for the
last two years and ''Bill Kay, who pitch
I'd in the New York State League and
Tri-State League complete the quintet
Of pitchers signed up.
Wright who was in the Federal League
Win be the main first string catcher
First base will be held down by Buck
Boyle, of Allentown, who made good in
the Tri-State League and the Three !
League. Fitzpatrick, formerly with the
Boston Nationals, is looked upon as
strong inflelder. Achenbach formerly Of
the Milwaukee Association, has also been
ngned. Coach Ready has his eye also
sn two infelders, Kirby and Stark, who
nave attracted the attention OF big
eague scouts NAT" Mathag, captain
,f this year S Lehigh nine, is also member
,f the local team.
The league Is manned by the following
,ficers: President, II. f. Lewis, Bethle-