Evening journal., 1918-04-11

FTehllfNt iiINiNN kNAHhNs
The 1918 baseball season In Whining
ton VIII open on next saturday when
the Church League will get away on lis
ninth season grind. John C. Collision
president Of the League for the nth
year. has a stronger organization than
ever and is looking forward TO the most
successful season IN the history Of the
league.
Ehe opening days schedule follows
Easllake vs.. Edge Moor, At Edge
Moor.
HilIcrest vs.. silyerbrook, al Second
and dupont.
Madeley vs.. Wesley, at Military
Grounds
Tower.
Westminster We Elsmere, al Elsmere
The EastlakerEdge Moor game viii be
marked by special ceremonies. Edge
Moor being the 1917 champions. Mayor
Lawson, Of Wilmington, and Mayor
William Carter, OF Edge Moor, will d.
vide the honOrs OF officially opening the
game. Mayor Lawson Will deliver the
ball to Mayor Carter In tha pitchers
box and he In turn Will throw the Pill
10 the Edge Moor twirler and the game
will be on. There will be no special
ceremonies at any OF the other fields.
Teu teams-Edge Moor NJ 2, East
/ lake Presbyterian, illcrest NJ. r., sill
verhrook NJ. T., Mad ley NJ T., Weslel
NJ T., Central Presbyterian, MI, salen
In. T., Westminster Presbyterian, an
Elsmere Presbyterisn-co the iei
organization. Edge Moor, Eastlake, Hill
crest. Central and Madeley, finished N
eague schedule last year. silverbrool
Mt Salem and Elsmere also started On
1917 schedule but dropped out in mid
season. Wesley and Westminster ar
IN the organization this year for th
nrst time. All In al the league is bet
ter balanced than ever and every on
OF the ten managers agree with Presl
dent Collision that a succ ssful saasO
is ahead Of them notwithstanding tn
fact that many ball players who wer
IN the league last year are now in th
National service.
Team managers this year are;
Edge Moor-Robert Stapleford.
Easllske- Frank Miller.
Hilleresi-O. B Lank.
snverbrook-H0 Howard Hackett
Nadeley-Bobert Patterson.
Wesley-G. NJ TaitersalL
! Ceniral-Robert Ziegrist
! SIT. salem-Ioseph A. Haley.
, Westmlnster-W J. Black.
1 Elsmere-Charles Goodwin.
[ or these managers Staplefofd ar
4 Miller are the only survivors from ia
year. For four years Bob has Rel
D the Edge Moor team well out y frol
p OF The league and as he Is now direc
I ing a champion team he looks 4
e another year Of clear sailing. Fran
e Miller also has kept Eastlake near .
e ton and as be will>lr0t 0ut fast
y Team than ever he expects Edge Moo
g in particular, to look out FOR him o
7. Lank. now manager OF Hillcrest ~
IS an umpire In the league lsst year. N
s Tattersall who W n direct the FORUM
l. OF Wesley. is an old ball player wl
e has not 10 gotten how the game shou
T. be playel and with his experience Il
r particular bunch Of Alethodlsls shou
-- make a oreditshle showing
Patterson is one OF the best kno'
le baseball men In the city, having BE-
s. associated ~ IN the Eden team
N years. Hackett, Ziegrlst, Haley, Bla
'd and Goodwin are out as managers
~ lae ilrst time, but as the boys ha
70 had experience IN the old game tn
ie ought 90 make good In their new role.
~ The league Will play a series OF
u games, ending September q. HOLD
4. games are on the schedule Tor the Il
y, time In the history Of the league.
~ Oflcers OF the league are John
"a C. Collision. president; William
l1i Warren. yice-president, and Arthur
.li Davies, secretary and treasurer.
= Playing 2 ounds Of the teams y
's be as follows:
Eastlake-Tweniy-ninth and Mark
EDGE Moor-st Eige Moor.
~ Hnlcrest-Sheiipot Park.
~ slive brook-Seoond ana dupont
" Niadeley-Edcn Park.
~ Wesley-M lltary ground and sec'
~ and dupont
'nl Central-Eiehteenth and Van Bur
Mt. Salem-Watep Tower.
~ MISUNDERSTANDING Tower
~ Elsmere-st Elsme~e
ne The umpire stan tbs year will
hs comnosed OF Phineas Hastings el
so Ge hauser. G. c Saver. Leney p So
rs A. F. Movb ay and a sixth man 10
,,nss chosen later
lue Players already under cont act In
league are:
u with Wesley-Kle'r : B1Fer, n
re- p. Bafer. :. l.. C-owl. Jesse ca
Lawrenee w C~ovl Geo q NJ.
on tersall. Jr r Lockwood nay. Zoch
I'm, Walls Neil Conlv Ir. Thomas Mo
son Robert Shirk. Leonard C-ew, Norl
r. Hlnderer, Raymond Hinderer,
lee, liam A. Passwater. George NJ Tat
an sail.
les With Eastlake-iohn S. Fu~nlss,
ng, C. Gilbert Joseph Person. Edward
Beeson, Gilbert Patterson. W @
r ierson. A u. Ramsey. o. Jester,
VII, enzo Briitlngham, Berian Wilson,
VII Long. Ralph Goodwin, NJ. J. Minkei
Harry Baylis, Ralph L. Mingey, "