Evening journal., 1920-06-12
country CLUB
FOR DUPONT CO.
Old Wilmington Trapshoot-
ing Grounds Being Fitted
Up For Employees
GIRLS ORGANIZE
BASEBALL LEAGUE

To advance the physical welfare
OF the employees Of The dupont Com
pany club has been organized and
Will have clubhouse and grounds at
Newbridga.
The siie Is the location OF the old
Wilmington TrapshOOtng Club and
$4,000 has already been spent for
baseball field grandstand and inn
pr0vements 10 the clubhouse and con-
siderable additional money Will be
exp nded upon the buildings, grounds
and equipment before everything is
IN final shape TO carry out the pro
gram mapped out by the organizers.
The grandstand and baseball dia-
mond arc already completed and in
daily U.s.. Teams representing The
various departments OF the company
are practicing and later on a schod-
ule OF gamos will be played TO de-
termine the championship OF the
dupont departments.
COmpleh3 appointments for picnics
ans already installed on the grounds
and employees are free TO make usol
Of them at any time.
improvements 30 the clubhouse
have basn finished and Furnishings
are bains. installed.
The womens locker rooms and
shower baths are already installed
and in use
Tnnls courts are not yet completed
but crews OF men are working ,On
them daily TO get them In shape at
The earliest possible moment
A nine-hOle golf course Is being
laid out and Il is hoped TO have It
ready for the players before mid
summer.
II is desired to have faGntles5 for
swimming In connection with he
club. but at present this feature Is
merely in prospect.
The dupont employees have taken
hold OF the sports program with
great enthusiasm. A large member
ship Is being enrolled and a great
many OF the men and women en-
ployes Of the company ara actively
joining in as participants IN Tie varl-
Gus sports on the program.
The ofilaers Of the dupont Country
Club are as follows. L. p. Mahony
president; r.. w. Mcclellan, vicc-pres-
ident; W. u. Reislnger, treasurer; j.
i. krauss, secretary; q. p. Mllldrd
chairman house committee; r. W
Harris, chairman grounds committee
G. Il Kerr, chairman finance com
mittee-
Ten teams have already been or
eani1d by girl employees as follows
pyralin S3les-Captain. Mrs. sara
Armstrong. Sales General - Captain
Mrs. Fannie Livingston; Treasurer.
-Oaptain. Mrs. Florence Barnhill- Ad-
vertisng-Captain, Miss Julia b. Mar
tin; Purchaslng-Cap Miss lii.
lian Gross; Administrative - Captain
Miss Marguerite n. Walls; Expert
mental StaiiOn-Captain. Miss AM
Butler: Service-Capiain, Miss Mil
rr..af..I.s Chemical I.lUIIIU
MSS Agn S NJ. Ringland; Engineer
ing-Captain, not yet selected.
Practice has already begun an,
from 80 20 GO girls are practnin,
each afternoon at the dupont Coun
try Club. using three diamonds. In
practice games already arranged are
June ii-Advrtsing vs.. sales.
June i5-pyralin VS.. Purchasing.
June i6-Administrahve vs.. Chemi
cal.
June f7-Service vs.. Engineering.
An additional team Is expected iron
the Accounting Department.
Some time during the wlek O
June u those teams will he arrange
in a definitely organized league an
plaving schedules will be arrange
50 that two games viii be play.
each day. Provision has been mad
FOR suitable trophy, OF trophies, TO
the team winning tne series on t.tlll
The girls are playing most enthus
asticallv and highly compeer
coaches have alfeady been engage
Tor the several teams.
The game standardized on Is IN
Official playground ball. with a. FEY
very minor notifications. The bas
lines are % feet. and the pitchin
distapce D feet. A i2tnch soft ir
door ball is adopted as well as u
standard indoor bat.
Am games unless otherwise pr
vided are TO begin at > O'Clock,
the dupont Country Club and unle'
otherwise arranged will be for seNe
innings. ,,o-.,,-.
Another interesting modification