Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-01
ATHLETICALLY SPEAKING
BY Howe Evers
County Baseball League Formed

MWEuCO vi bhAo -
REORGANIZATION of an amateur base
hall circuit, to be known as the Cape
NAV County Baseball League. This
league was started 10 years ago by
IN. Eugene Way, of Dennisville, and
fhrived for a few seasons. Then, with
II coming of war, it ~disbanded. Fol
he last five years there has been no
hague in the county. But now, DR..
NAV has again taken things in hand
md the league bids fair to make a
big hit with the ball fans of the va
rious localities represented. There
i re four towns in the circuit: Dennis
Vile, Ocean View, Belleplain and Ell
nora. Each team is strictly amateur
eomposed entirely of local talent.
Each team plays II games, six at home
Ind six away all contests being slated
for Saturday afternoons. On July z,
Belleplain plays at Dennisville while
fhe Eldora nine will get into action
gainst Ocean View at the latter place.
Chance for Another Circuit?
Every year there is considerable talk
III forming a county league, composed
N the larger towns and cities in the
county-Wildwood, Cape May, Ocean
rity. Cape May Court House, Wood
bine and Sea Isle City. There is no
apparent a why this could not be
Hone successfully. All the towns men
fioned have supported fast ball teams
ID the past and could do so again. OF
M --zo &c wildwood Conn
MAY and Ocean City, it would hardly
do to allow the entry of the crack
summer teams of those places. 1t
would scarcely be possible for Wood
bine, Cape May Court House and Sea
Isle City to class with the other three.
But. as in all other small leagues of
prominence, a certain number of play
ers could be required to be residents
81 the towns by whose manager they
were signed. Then all the teams
would be on an equal basis. 1t is too
late. of course, to attempt starting
such a league this season. But it is
no too early to make plans for
Another year. All that is needed to get
such a league started is for some live
wire to take the matter in hand and
but it through. Let's hope that, next
wear, the dream league" will be a
reality.
Shades of Connie Mack!
over at Cape May Court House there
Is a fast little ball club, somewhat on
The style of the Philadelphia Athletics
W q $500 1000 Mir ~ fhn too
Regulars are recruited from this sea-
SONS champion nine of the Middle
township High School. Another, the
captain and manager, is a recent
kraduate of Princeton Prep. The re-
ma1ning three are veterans. So far,
the team has won one game and
cropped two. The victory was scored
bver South Melville by a 80 count.
The opening game of the season re-
suited in defeat at the hands of Wood
bine, 1913. Bridgeton, champs of Cum
berland County for the last three sea-
sons, won a snappy game last Satur-
Day to the tune of 6-2. Roy Scull, the
Court House twirler, is eighteen years
bid. Scull has pitched two no-hit no
run games already this season, both of
Them for his high school team. He
continues to do excellent work against
The "big guns" Scull was particularly
effective in the South Millville set-to,
whiting Is of the opposition and al
lowing but four hits.
Wanted: A Slugger
Something went wrong last Sunday
when the locals dropped the opening
game of the season to Frankford Ar
senal by a score of GA. But the Wild
wood club showed real promise in the
opening encounter and local fans can
expect to witness a fast brand of ball
after the boys have played together
about a week. One thing, we hope
that this years team will be blessed
with a couple more hitters than the
1920 nine was. OF course, everyone
likes to see a snappy fielding aggre-
cation, but it's the good OF crack of
ball on bat that brings a fellow back
again and again.
/ missed less than a dozen of the
games played last summer and, for my
part, considered only four of the
Flags" as any kind of hitters at all.
Those four were Zibell, Collins, Ra-
pine, and Smith. Happily the last
three are back with us again. But
still we hope for a couple more hit
ters-real sluggers-to keep the team
going right when it runs up against
the harder games of the year. A
couple sluggers of the caliber of Kelly
pr Vim, of the old 1917 team would be
welcome.
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