Evening journal., 1919-08-15
CRUCIAL GAMES IN
TWO CITY LEAGUES
Del. Mars Have First Place
Fight Between Wildel
and Pennsy

| IPARKSlDE, llIH WARD
til: OTHER BIG SMOKE
Tie two weeks fight between p. Il.
7 r. and Wilde for the lead position In
/ The Del-Mar League will come 10 an
end tomorrow when the leaders got
/ together on the Military diamond in
I what may prove TO be the crucial game
J of the season. The teams VIII go into
the game each With three games won
and two lost. II is a safe bet that The
winner tomorrow viii be the second
half pennant winner After Saturday
there are only three games TO be play
cd each team meeting tie other in The
final SWING around, To date pennsy
has one leg on the championship and
has been playing the most consistent
ball In the league which fact ought TO
set them out in front again II they get
anything like a square deal out Of the
luck bag. Wldel however, is no easy
proposition They broke even with
Elkton last saturday in a rattling good
double-header. and IL they display any
thing like form tomorrow they ought
10 make Pennsy shver for more than
a minute. StraWbridge hoped TO get
second crack out Of ElktOn through a
protest because Of Umpire Clark's error
OF Judgment on the second game Of last
Saturday, but their hopes in that di-
rection went glimmering when Presi-
dent Davies announced that the pro
test could not be considered Wildel
meets Elkton on August 30, and what
ever satisfaction Strawbridge hopes for
he will have TO get it from the Mary
landers on that date.
While Pennsy and Wildel are bat
Ting for FIRST place, Elklon and New
Castle will stage their fight on the New
Castle diamond These teams are only
one game behind the league leaders.
only one game in fact separating the
four teams. Can you beat that for
good baseball?
Big doings are also on the All-Wil- |
League schedule, the biggest |
thing being The game between Elev- |
enih Ward and Parkslde. The Brown
towners are leading the East Side slug |
gers by one aud a half games. rather |
uncomfortable lead in view Of the fact |
that ParksidC has not lost game since I
entering the league
They get their second crack at the |
leaders tomorrow. and if they win they /
must win every other game, while !
Eleventh Ward is dropping one if they
are 10 cop the championship.
This. Of course is a mighty hard
job. Frankie Duncan has got a mighty
fine lot Of ball players with him this
year, an outnt that has not shown
crack all year, and both manager and
hackers arc satisfied that their club
will go under the wire in about the
same position they stand today.
Eleventh Ward started the season
with a victory. and have not been head
ed since. Until the Parkside boys TOOK
Edge Moors place in The organization
The Browntovners had little opposition
and many thought they would finish
The year with clean slate However.
IN Eleventh Wards first appearance at /
Nirkwood Park against Parkside. the !
newcomer handed them a surprise m !
HE form Of a TO 1 defeat Since then
HE Browntowners have been pushed
constantly, neither team having lost a !
game. Tomorrow parkside Will again |
lave 4he opportunity Of taking a crack I.
It them, and much will hinge on the |
'esult 4 loss for Parkside, as stated.
Nill practically mean their elimination
rom the race.
The play Of the Parkcrs is machine
Ike and their fielding is nearly perfcc;
lhcy are all Youngsters. who have
rad baseball drilled into them by CON
tant practice at the park, and who
,lay with spirit that is a pleasure
o see. Manager Brady. who is but a
'outh himself has as fast a team that
'ver represented, Parksid, and will
make Eleventh Ward step to keep them
nat Of the honors.
Eleventh Ward has the same lineup
hey started the season with eXcep! in
ne or two cases, and the men are
chooled in team-play. All are eXper-
ence players. many having been in
he All-Wilpingten League for a num-
cr Of years, and know the game from
very angle. It is likely that Dick
hughes. who has been doing mound
uty for them an year. with the eN-
option OF a few weeks, when he was
elieved by Nitsche, will pitch. with
larvey Hall holding him up. When
'arkside beat Eleventh Ward, Nitsche
vas in the box, and Manager Duncan
xpects a different result with Hughes
itching.
Walt Hayes. who has been primed
Dr. Just such an emergency, viii go
n the hill for Parkside, and a real
wiring duel is looked for. Walt, from
ne present outlook, is the ciiy's most
romising youngster He was slated
lr the Neighborhood game last week.
ut Manager Brady. realizing the i'm
ortant game he was faced with, saw
] him, with the result that Hayes is
loroughly rested and capable Of work
ig his best game. lie has pitched sew
'al times since the Neghborhood
anne. but on each occasion he was not
,rced 10 extend himself IL