Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-14
ROTHROCK LOOKS
GOOD TO SH|PLEY
Delaware Coach Putting Pitch
ing Candidates Through
Slow Practice.


got good slant on his new baseball
material Saturday afternoon when the
SQUAD A team. made up largely of last
years varsity. defeated Squad Il I'm
seven-inning game by the score OF
to g. The feature of the game was the
pitching of "Joe" Rothrock. Shipley's
Ace" The star southpaw was sent I'm
the box for SOUND B for the first three
innings and hold last years vets
scoreless and did not allow hit.
Magaw and Brandt followed Roth
rock and the Squad boys managed TO
collect sevcn runs of them the next
four innings Ramsey. Collins and CARL
worked for Squad A.
Coach Shipley has been taking the
pitching candidates along slow to date
md this 10 especially true OF Rothrock.
and CARL Rnthrock looks better than
ever when he lets out but he will not
be- worked hard until a little later. Ma
rav, \ former Wilmington high boy.
looked better than last year In the few
times that he hAa bean in the box. There
are three new pitching candidates on
| the team who arc showing UP fairly
l. well. This In especially true of Collins.
southpaw who halls from Milford.
! Collins wns in college last year. but was
| not eligible to play. Ramsey. n right
handler who formerly pitched good ball
for Newark High. and Grubb. formerly
with wilmington High. are the other
/ two candidates.
| II ia the intention of Coach Shipley
10 not start wedding out until during
! the Faster holidays game between
teams made up from the two squads
| will be part Of the practice each attNr-
noon this week. and 10y that time ship
lev expects 10 he able 10 pick the sqund
| from which the varsity will come and
this squad will have 20 romsin here
during the Easter holidays 70 get in
shape FOR the opening game on April
!. with Holy Cross here. The coach
| Saturday afternoon also spent half an
hour instructing the candidates in base
| running.
One OF the hardest propositions FAC
ing the Goa ch ia the picking OF a varsity
catcher. owing 10 me fact that GRAY
Carter, the star OF the part two sea
sons. will not likely De able 20 get
in the game because OF an injury
70 his back "Phn" Marvel. who cap
tained and played rishtie4d on lsst
years team, has donned the mask this
year and 10 date looks fairly good
Marvel caught in some gnyles down
the state last summer and came out
for that position this sprins Spaid
and Nutter, of last years squad. are
also out for catcher. All three OF these
boys look 20 os above the average
but Il is no reflection on their ability
TO say they are not in Cnrters class.
who laet year was probably the best
catcher IN college ranks.
First base il another position that
viii have 70 be nlled this year owing
To the graduation of Bess CArter
last year Mcdonald. formerly OF
wenonah Military Academy. who was
sensa ton in the BAckfeld on the
football team for several games last
fall. looks Ike the most likely candi-
date. Mcdonald has considerable 20
learn as 20 feiding the position but
he can whale the hall some and 4 he
succeeds in doing that IN games. other
faults can be overlooked until cor
rected. Mcdonald is a LETT hand hit
ter and has been slugging them in
practice. The other two candidates for
first base are Walsh and Terrfll. who
| are also both freshmen.
II looks fairly certain that "Skeet''
Wilson. who understudied McCarde! las;
wear. win cover second ard Underwood
I one ~ the best shortstops that any
college has been fortunate enough %
land. viii no doubt be found IN that
position.
jimmy Robbins will have 10 hustle
some "a hold down tErd has~. JIMMY
played a good fielding game last year
but his hitting was weak Challenger
a junior who Is out for baseball for the
first tir,e looks good around the third
base corner Leany, Philadelphsa
boy and Ivory. Of Camden. y. J., are
also trying for third.
There seems 20 be considerable ma
terisl for the outfeld this year and
some offensive strength in il. Captain
Donoho will again hold down left field
Madden, who has played centre for
several yeare because Of sickness has
not been out, but will likely report this
afternoon. George VIII have 10 hustle
some now 70 land his old birth. Dantz
a substitute outhelder for two years
Deppe Murray. formerly Of Whining
ton high Mendenhsll OF George school
and Banum. Of Milford. are other out
field candidates who are looking good
and all Of them seem fairly good
stickers
Last years graduating class made .
gift OF sufficient money 10 build one
concrete dusout and several days ago
the 1921 class held q meeting and de
Cided TO give sufficient money for an.
/ other dug g-Out which will provide both
the home and visiting teams with due
outs.
one dug-out is nearly completed and
work will be started on the other one
today.
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