Evening journal., 1919-06-27
TWO DEL.MAR
LEAGUE GAMES HERE
All Wilmington Also t o
Contribute Double
Headers Saturday
ORGANIZATION FACES
FINACIAL CRISIS

IN each league ana as hOin J. X. n
and Eleventh Ward look good 10 win
over New Castle and Triangle re-
speciiyely. these teams viii stack up
against the winners Of The second hair
IN September. for the final champion
ship honors Already there Is talk Of
having the champions of the two
leagues play a series Of games 10 de-
fermine the county championship.
This series, II arranged, ought TO be
the most interesting one IN the his
tory Of Delaware baseball.
Many leagues just now are going
through their financial crises Semi
professional baseball has never been a
paymg business in Wilmington The
clubs being dependent largely upon
the voluntary collections taken at the
games to keep up their expenses. These
expenses not only include baseball
equipment. which Is more expensive
than ever. but salaries as well. and as
The best professional players are
demanding more for their services year
after year. the clubs are finding II eX-
ceedingy difficult 90 make both ends
meet inasmuch as receipts at the
games are not keeping pace with the
salary demands OF the players and the
ever-incrcasing cost of balls. bats,
gloves etc Baseball men look TO July
as the date ON which leagues elmer
sink or swim Consequently the local
league managers are looking forward
10 next Friday with some apprehen
sion on the following saturday the
two Delaware Leagues viii start tho
second half of their schedules. and II
al the teams get away again, u is a
80 TO 1 bet that they will finish the
season
At this time the Del-Mar League
because OF financial difficulties seems
likely TO loose one and possibly two
teams before the second half OF the
season opens Tho league officers,
however. have their ewes on teams TO
MI these possible holes, while the
four old teams that are certain 10
start the second half are strengthen
ing their line-nps. that the second half
OF the schedule may show even faster
bah than The fans have seen up until
this tine.
.dho Nl-Wilmington League has the
edge on the Del-Nlars IN the matters n
expenses This organization does not
have to pay rent for enclosed playing
fields. Is not worried over iratelling
expenses. pays rs umpres less money
than Is pad by the Del-Mar oreaniza-
ton and pays rs players considerably
less than Is paid the players in The
other organizations.
Indeed some Of the Wilmington /
League teams do not pay any play
ers Every battery In the Del-Alar
League and many of the players. how
ever. must be paid every week for
a.
not SO fortunate look forward 10 the
nnal championship series for their
slice Of the kale ~ there is no money 3
al that time. aud the chances are that
there is not much more than a cup
full an The boys have gotten is plenty G
OF cusses. sprained ankles. bruised and T
broken nngers-hut certainly a lot Of !
good hoslihful exercise vh ch they ~
could not have gotten in any other I
way But after all playing ball every %
and holiday during the sum
mer for the entertainment of lot fans 3
in worth more than this p
The financial cloud is mob likeiy in
threaten President Reeds oreaniza- u
ton There was not a ripple OF any :
kind anywhere until the EDGE Moor
team concluded TO run the organza-
ton according TO its own idea Of how
baseball league should be managed
Then the league concluded that 10 was
about time 10 demonstrate that no
team can violate rules with impurity
ana get away with 10 The result Is
that Edge Moor. alwavs one of ibe
oest teams in its class Is today watch
ing ball eamos from ihe hleachers or
side lines parkside which is likely An
succeed Edge Moor IN the organization
ought 70 play as good ban as a
majority Of the teams now compris-
ing The league
TWO OF the Del-Mar Lcague Sabir-
oaN eames VIII he PLAYED in this ciiy
New Castle meeting pennsy al seven
1eenih and Spruce street. and Com
tinenial and Wildel going 10 ID on the
Military Grounds Elkton viii iry for
q fall out Of The Chemicals al clsv-
mont Should the Chemical forfeit "a !
they did 10 New Castle on last satur- |
day while Penney Is winning from
New Castle. The ralroadcrs viii suul
be half game % the good and would
have TO play and win It's POSTPONED
game with Continental on July . to
cop the first half championship. pro
vided. Of course, pennsy loses 10 Elk
ton on July T. which is not likely
Moreover Eibion has protested iis ia=i
game with Ponnsy but the worst that
could grow out Of this protest would
not endanger Pennsys chances in the
first half because II The game were or
dered played over it could not be |
played until the teams meet here on /
August 2 Should Continental drop out
of the league before July , Pennsy
would be awarded It's postponed game
with that team. and therefore would
be out OF danger 81 the hands Of Elk
ton. even though they would play off
Ehe protested Elkton game on July ).
The Board Of Arbitration cannot hear
he EIkt0n protest before July 4. and
he game cannot be PLAYED on July 8
sven in the absence OF Continental I'M
less ponnsy should agree to the play
off without sending the questions in
volved TO the board Elkton has al
ready been handed one game on
platter and It IS this game that has =
put them on the necks Of Pennsy.
Inc Narylanders are a fine bunch e
81 DaA PLAYERS hut despite this fact y
.sns ra want to see games won on the q
tFatcn ''iu9 VI aipi-
Inc Eleventh Ward-r -rrianrla game
~ % hs big scrap in the All-Wil-
$1,000.