Evening journal., 1919-01-28
HARLAN Wants IN
THE WEEKS league
Delaware County Circuit
Chief Here This Week to
Talk Pusiness
LOCALS HAVE NUCLEUS
OF SPEEDY TEAM
by BILLY MACK.

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Manager Bill Gallagher, OF the Harlan
baseball champions. has come TO he
'front.' with his first big deal OF the 1919
season. Bill wants 10 put team over
the bridge this year. representing VIII
mIngton In the Delaware County
League. Just how he will succeed re-
mains 10 be seen. J. Bcrton Weeks
president Of the biggest outlaw minor
league in the country. will visit VIII
mlngion one night this week TO talk
over the subject Frank Miller, man
ager OF The Upland club, who has al
ways been one OF the big guns OF the
Weeks clrcait, he being the first man
10 sign up big league timber OF the
Home Run Baker class, viii accompany
Mr.. Weeks here.
Gallagher's plans require some dis
cusslon before being decided upon. II
IA his desire 10 have the Harlan plant
back the club. and he has placed the
matter In the hands OF Fred Payne,
plant athletic director. Should Harlans
decide to pass up the proposition, Gal
lagher intends TO put a team on the
Geld, representing Wilmington, as
member Of the Delaware County
League.
Lefty" Williams, Bob" Steele and
Eddie Hemingway have stated to the
writer t.at they will not rejOin the
major leagues the coming season
they get their price in Wilmington,
which would call for a healthy stipend
IN salary as a ball tosser, and their all
year-rOund Jobs, with a privilege OF
playing every Sunday with the club
hat pays them the most money. Gal
lagher feels that he can meet the de-
mand OF the players, inasmuch as Della
ware County League ball would draw
even better tahn the Steel League.
II Is a fact that Wilmington has fol-
lowed the dolngs Of the upstate
leaguers for years. In fact every game
played by that organization has been
well attended by Wilmlntonlans.
Il would be a good proposition all
around. Il would mean much TO Will
mington as a baseball town, and also
10 the Delaware County League TO have
town Of more than one hundred
thousand population on Its circuit
The chances are there will be no
Steel League this year. In case the
league should organize, it would not
draw as OF old. as many Of the major
leaguers will return TO their old love.
Frank Miller, who secured the John
Hancock Of Home Run Baker 10 play
with his Upland club In 1915, has again
announced that he has signed Baker for
the present year. Miller also told the
writer that within a weeks time he
would know positively whether or not
Babe Ruth, OF the Boston Worlds
Champions, would be a Delaware Coun-
~ League fence buster this season.
Miller has received favorable news
from Babe, and feels that unless Bos-
ton raises his salary he will sign with
Upland before the week Is out.
Harlan could put well balanced ag- |
gregatlon on the diamond that should |
more than hold its own. With a pss-
sibillty Of Joe Jackson returning to the |
Harlan plant: Lefty Williams. mound |
artist Of Chicago White Sox; Bob |
Steele, Of the Giants; Eddie Hemlng- |
way. also OF the. Giants. who played |
with the Phillies two months last year
Martin, who has seen service with the |
Boston Braves, when they were wold's |
LAaAAlHAbAos LEU ~ |ooNtAf oNlhA Nu AAbAAA
the American Association by the De- i
troit Tigers; Harry Lake, the best
backstop in the Steele League and for
merly a Virginia Lacquer; Razty Wal
ters, who was a mainstay In the Vlr-
ginia League; Otto Wagner. New York |
State Lacquer; Kopshaw, Newark N. j.,
semi-professional champions. and last,
but not least, little Johnny Cole. who
made good last year with the fast set
In the Steel League. Harlan certainly
would look good.
With such an array OF talent on
hand you can hardly blame Bill Cal
lagher for wanting a berth In the Della
ware County League. The fans want IL.
the players want II, Gallagher wants Il
why not let us have Delaware County
League ball. Mr.. Harlan7