Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
PENINSULA PLANS
LEAGUE NEXT YEAR
Pocomoke City Diamond Was
CornfieId June I and Now 10
First Class Baseball Park.


Seaford. Sept. f0.--The Senford "old
timer" paid a visit to the baseball
grounds at Pocomoke City, Md, a few
days ago. at the request Of the man
arcment OF the Pocomoke team. and
he was surprised 10 find such fine
arounds. and more than surprised TO
learn that on June LIST OF this year the
grounds was corn field. What the
Pocomoke fans have accomplished can
be done by other towns Of the penin-
sula If the fans viii only set about
| the work In tho right way.
The "old timer" was told that there
was no one big contributor in the
town. but all pitched in and helped,
and when IL is known that these
grounds cost $4,000, 1t il remarkable
and credit 20 the town and penin-
sula. There was no contributor there
who gave over $4,000. They have a
grandstand seating 500 and "A bleacher
section seating that many more.
The grandstand and bleachers are
built of substantial boards as is also
all the other part of the grounds. The
players bench is located under the
grandstand and there is ample room
for storing baseball equipment under
the stand. There is substantial fence
TO keep the crowds Off the field, which
is the one great thing that Is needed
by most baseball grounds on this
peninsula. The management has
leased the grounds for five years.
While the diamond is a trifIe soft this
year. it will be greatly improved by
next year as the rains and SHOWS Of
the coming winter will help harden
| It TO n great extent. Besides the
money raised for the grounds the
Pocomol<e fans have raised large
amounts for other purposes connected
with the team. They started last win
ter TO raise money and have kept Il
up, giving home talent shows. carni-
walls. festivals. etc. They win continue
the same thing this winter and by next
| baseball time expect to have a goodly
amount in the treasury.
The management has been helped
very greatly by the support Of every
/ loyal fan of Pocomoke and vicinity,
and have assurances this will contin-
nc durins the winter and next summer.
| ri the fans of other baseball towns
down the peninsula viii put forward
/ the same spirit that Poeomoke has
they too can have grounds that are
/ a credit to the game and the town
| in which they are located.
The miniature worlds series games
staged this week between Frederick,
winners of the Blue Ridge flag, and
Princess Anne. the title holders on
the Eastern Shore, has attracted more
attention on the peninsula as a whole
than any other series of games within
Il .f ff,1A znt~ff
ever played down this way. The game
will receive renewed interest by this
series, and IL is practically a settled
fact that it will go long way toward
| the formation of league on the pen
insula next season. It is also an as
sured fact that each town in this
lea que will play its hardest to cap
ture the pennant so as 20 get
crack at the winner of the Blue Ridge
rennant.
/ It would not be surprising to the
"old timer" to see a series Of games
between the winners of these two
| leagues engage annually in a series to
decide who is the winner. The two
| games played at Salisbury Thursday
and Friday proved beyond doubt the
| popularity of such series. Immense
throngs of typical peninsula fans at
| tended the games. and the Salisbury
grounds was taxed to capacity to ac-
commotate the crowds. The "9ld
| timer" observed fans present from all
over the peninsula, showing the wide
| spread interest taken in these games.
In conversation with many of the
| leading baseball moguls down this
way. the "old timer finds that some
OF them are already planning their
teams for next summer. Many of the
players who have held down berths
on teams on the peninsula this sum-
mer have been asked to return next
year, and while, no doubt, many new
faces will be seen here next year. il
goes without saying that many of the
boys who have played here this year,
viii return for another year at least.
1t looks as though the old game has
gotten a stronger hold than usual on
!