Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
ALL-W|LM|NGTON
BEGINS ITS EIGHTH
SEASON SATURDAY
This Year There is an Eight Team
Circuit, With Excellent
Material.
A SPIRITED RACE PROMISED

The All-Wilmington Baseball League
Will enter upon its eighth consecutive
season on Saturday, the strongest semi
professional baseball organization in the
history of the city. This year the league
IS composed again of eight teams an
dcvcr. Harlan :, PuSey & Jones du Pont
Experimental Wildel, Parkside, Pennsyl-
vania r. r. and Eleventh Ward, formerly
Browntown. and Judging from the play
ing material signed up it's going TO be a
mp and tuck race until the curtain goes
down ON the schedule At this time the
schedule shows 2S games. ending on
October ,, but as this Is a longer season
than ever before mapped out by the lea
que, II is likely that before many weeks
pass the schedule will hc cut to - games,
Ii not two games will be played on Mem
oral Day and the Fourth of July and one
on Labor Day. This arrangement would
end the 2S-game schedule on September 2l
Nandever and Browntown are the only
survivors from last year. Early IN the
spring Harlan. Parkside. Pcnnsy and
Nilde were elected members of what
was intended TO be a slx-team league.
When Pusev and Jones showed q desire
TO plav ball this year, the organization
made application for membership IN the
league, but could not be accommodated
because of the desire of the majority OF
the managers to stick to the six teams.
However, as public sentiment IN sup
port OF an eight-team organization be
came SO pronounced several days ago
thr league decided TO change It's
original plan and admitted both Pusey
and du Pont Experimental. Applications
from Edcn-South Side and Fame Actlves
had TO hC refused
Il = kN nj
kept The league out IN front last year
are now trianing for their scrap with
the Huns. many OF the BOYS, both over
and under the draft age, arc home
There Is no telling however, how long
some Of them will he satisfied TO re-
main back of the lines. Already many
or them are planning to don the owe
drib. hut until they do they can be
depended upon TO do their best Tor
nclc sam in the shipyards Every last
one of them IS lOval 10 the bone and
good hall players too OF course. every
manager IN the league has picked his team
TO win the 1915 flag
The managerial rcins arc to hc handled
tgln hy men Of long experience
Darby Thompson, ono OF the bratnest
playors the city has produced, will pilot
Nandever. G L. Rovars. an old college
r.
Punt Jim smith Is boss Of Parkslde.
Charles Wintrup Of Pennsy Dad Straw
bridge Of Wilde. Bill Gallagher Of Hsr-
lans :. and Horace Merrill Of Eleventh
Ward The Pusev crowd has not Sc
leCtcd A manager to date That any one
of these men know how 70 get the best
results out of ball team Is clear 10 every
body that has followed Wilmington base
bal
The league opens the season with at
least two enclosed playing fields Pennsy
field and Front and Union. The Harlan
team had oped TO play all rs games at
south side Park. hut as the blg pant
expects to have teams IN both the bethie-
hem steel and the Philadelphia District
Shipbmlders' League. It may be that the
Wilmington League team may haze to
travel II il docs not care 10 play preliminary
10 the other league games Il may bc that
The team viii consent to do this. However,
for the present the Harlan team will travel
Wldel viii open the season AT Front
and | mon. but must vacate their. du
Pont having tentative lease on the
park Wiidel viii then hop the circuit
Pusey and Jones will do likewise. although
there l. q probability that the team Will
have a home before the season ends. All
gaInes scheduled with Pusey and du Pont,
except those between themselves, VIII be
plaved on the two enclosed fields
The opening days schedule will be
Nandever vs. Wlldel. at Front and
mon
Harlan = Parkside. at Parksidc
Eleventh Ward VS. du Pont at Water
Tower
+ Il K vs Pu>ey al Pcnnsy Field
Tho NcGowan boys. the onlv pair Of
brothers in the country that have worked
professional ball al the same time. are
with the league this year Jack as chief of
the umpire staff and Bill, until he gets
started In the steel League. Bill Is build
ing ships this year a. his bit He had his
usual offer 10 call en- in the minors but
prefers to lay of until that bridge Of ships
is built across the AtlantIc- The Old ia
niliar Bob Cunningham and Dad Henry
are the other efficient arbiters who will
keep the game going.