Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-19
WILMINGTON LIKELY
TO co INTO A NEW
BASEBALL LEAGUE
While Outsiders Are Considering
Circuit Local Men Are Ar
ranging for New Park.
LOCAL SPORTSMEN
ARE ENTHUSIASTIC

Information has just come to light that
Wilmington viii he represented IN new
MINOR baseball league next season and
that he games will be played at a modern
hall park NJ n convenient location IN the
citv Prominent business men who ARE
Interested IN baseball said today that
they are interested in the plan for pro-
posssl new enclosed ball park. to be well
locnted and easily accessible. Plans are
quietly under way Tor tho acquisition ui
land Tor tins purpose
Prominent sportsmcn Of the city said
today that they are greatly interested in
tho proposed plan for n new league 90 IN
cludc Wilmington Jack" McGowan
Who has been identified with sports in this
CITY for some years. said the project was
worth while and that the tune wns ripe for
revival - organized professional base-
ball ~ Wilmington.
Geurgc !. Winters. another prominent
sportsman. saii there ~ no reason why
lcag,ic team should not pay here. lie sand
4 would be splendid nd, ertiscmcnt for
ihr CITY and that II was really toe tad
that " ilmugton has not had league team
fpr the past few wears
"rcd' Gathers. who played with hos
ton when thc latter team won the pen
nant. was IN tins city Yesterday and SAID nc
would hc interested IN seeing Wilmington
IA tho new league He said he had heard Of
the plan IN the West, from where nc ar
rited few DAYS agu Gathers managed
tho Lebanon team in the bethlehem Steel
League last wear
MtNY cfTlFs TO PICK IRON
impetus WIS givcn 70 the plan TODAY by
thc publication NJ tho following ~ the
Philadelphia Inquirer
now MINOR league may I've IN the tIeld
when tho 1927 baseball season opens and
towns in Eastern Pcnnsl wanna New ork
and Jersey which were formerly repre-
scntod IN 'hc baseball world ~ minor
league clubs. but winch have had no
league baseball for several seasons. may
qgain echo a. the cheer Of partisan base
hall fans and know their own local base
hall heroes Efforts arc now beng made
hv baseball men 10 organize minor
league under tho National Association Of
Minor League Clubs, To consist Of some Of
the old New York State League towns and
some ~ the old TrI-State League cities
The proposed circuit for this projected
enscrprlse il ElmHa, BInRhRmton, Scran-
ton and either Wilkes Barre or Allentown.
for the four northern citIes Of the circuit,
snd Harrisburg, Wilmington, either York
~ Lancaster. and Trenton. for the four
southern ClueS OF the clrclnt
This would comprise an exceptionally
compact circuit. with no long jumps, and
The four northern towns are on one direct
line of travel. while the four southern
owns are also in direct rail communiCa-
non. 50 that no doubling on the trail
would he necessary IN the schedule All
the cities proposed are reported 10 bc
hungry for league approximation IN base
hall again. and All have improved greatly
aS industrial centres since then before
the war baseball DAYS
'If successfully completed the new
circuit Will apply for Class 3 classification
under organized baseball
sotNI>G rRoRIFM or GROUNDS.
The question of ball park is ono Of the
hlg probCms IN connection with league
baseball here There already are several
marks about the CITY but these are not
available for the purposes of leaglc games.
Some vears ago there was n park al front
and Union streets but this has been dc
veloped as home site
4 centrally located park modern IN
every respect would make a big hit with
the fans of NilmIng1 on. and no doubt
would prove a Success The sp0rtsmen
hacking the park project were very en-
thusiaSiic when spoken 70 this morning IN
regard TO the matter They sand that the
park would be located al such point that
II could be reached III a very short tune
from the most distant part of the city and
that II would also be point al which first
class trolley service could be expected
An early meetln Of Wilmington sports
men u scheduled and the preliminary
steps for a " llmlngton team will be taken
Al this meeting