Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-05
SEAFORD CLUB TO
HAVE A FAST TEAM
Dowpstate Nine Has Excellent
Material From Which to
Draw Players.

since the days when Jack" Townsend
cub" Stricken. Dick" Weand. whit
ey" Schoenut. Matt" Kilroy and other
celebrities of the diamond brought fame
to the name of Seaford as a baseball
town. Already plans are under way tc
place a team on the diamond here that
viii make the fans of every town on the
peninsula, including Wilmington, sit ur
and take notice.
Those interested are now mapping
out plan to raise money TO finance the
club. In the old days the burden of
financing the club rested upon a few,
but plan will be devised whereupon
all viii share in contributing to the
teams support. The old way of having
directorate of IL citizens will be done
away with. In the day when this plan
was in vogue. the shortage of the club
at the end of the season sometime fell
upon the 12 men interested in base
hall. who threw their notes in bank
to raise money to pay off the team q
Indebtedness. Seoford was not the only
town that kept baseball going by this
pan-others did the same thing, and
today some of those notes are being
renewed from time 10 time. Luckily
Sc.,iord cleared up all their notes long
aC" and to do this. such baseball fans
= D. W. Nevins, G.. Walter Lawrence,
J.. {. Dawson. J. B. Lord. the late Henry
lee Phillips and Frank A. Shipley, and
others dug down into their pockets to
free the town of its baseball debt.
The team this year will be built
around Dorsey Donoho. now captain of
Delaware College team: his brother
Thomas Donoho, and "Yott" Conaway.
in the field This outncld was aclxnowI-
edged last year the peer of any on the
peninsula. though Conawa had a poor
year. owing TO illness. The wear pre-
Nious he was the most dreaded batter
of any down this way. and gained the
name of Home Run Conaway." 'Dal"
Culver will hc one OF the pitchers He
viii hr assisted by two other high-class
slal'mcn who will come TO the club from
a distance.
II Shipley's business viii allow him TO
PLAY. he VIII be the clubs mainstay be-
hind she bat; If not. hard-hitting ca
pablo catcher Will he hired. The team
has lost the services Of johnny
krahc. last years crack first -sacker,
hut his place Will be filled by a man at
the initial sack whose ability cannot be
doubt
Second base will be taken care Of by
siucgcr for whose services some of
mos" higher UP" are already angling
in Holt, short stop. and Warrington,
third base, the team is well fortified.
though if the former is unable to play.
II is likely that a college player, who
has performed well down the peninsula.
Will fill Holt's shoes. Holt is now en-
Hoy out of Seaford. and it is not
known whether he intends to summer
here or not. A hari-hitting outhelder.
whose services il is reasonably known
can be secured, viii likely hll in as sub
stitute outfielder. Jimmy" Burton.
the former High School infielder. will
likely substitute In the diamond, he
having had considerable experience in
this line last year
To Have Enclosed Grounds.
Now that lumber and labor have come
down IL some extent, If the club can
see its way clear. some kind Of an en-
closure viii be built around the grounds.
and grandstand, seating a number Of
fans viii be erected Before the war
broke out Seaford had the finest base
ball enclosure Of any team down the
peninsula. After the war broke out the
fans not knowing how long it would
last sold the fence. for which thew have
been sorry. Last year the team plaved
on an open field, but under the efficient
management Of I. Avery Hobbs. as
manager, came out on the right side Of
the ledger, and al the end OF the season
divided up a neat little sum between
the players.
The team this year Will likely take
on one or two Of the High School play
ers, word coming from the High School
boys that they are developing some
good material. /. year one ulayer-
Jimmy" Burton. was the only High
School boy 70 make good with the reg
gular Seaford team. The High School
boys pI : forth every effort to gain a
berth on the Seaford tam becaJ-a
they look with longing eyes toward two
OF Connie Macks great players of To-
day-Eddie Rommel and Jimmy Dykes.
Both these players got their start in
Seaford.
Rommel arne here from his home in
Baltimore. when only Is years Of age.
and began 70 pitch for Seaford. remain
ing here two years after which he began
| rise, until today he is regarded as
one of IN best youngsters in he Amer
lean League. Dykes was also here two
years, and just after leaving Seaford
began TO make his name in baseball
wherever he i.ayed. some of the Sea
ford school boys he TO some day be
able y fill such layers shoes.
Last year Seaford made a brilliant
record with an all-hone team. in fact
the best Of any all home team down the
peninsula. They won 13 ont OF 20
games played, but were unable 70 Sc
cure games with Milford, Dover, Sails
bury and some of the crack Whining
ton teams, though every inducement |
was made TO get games with the above I
teams. It seemed when Seaford tried
70 arrange games with these towns |
they had their schedule full-so thew
said. Extraordinary inducements were /
made to secure games with some Of |
the teams. Seaford offering to go out /
OF its way 70 secure them-but moth /
ing doing.
This year the management exDects /
20 make all the above towns sit ND and /
take notice-so that Seaford will be one
of the biggest drawing cards of anv
team that they can secure. The team |
here does not expect to be put off with
excuses OF previous engagements. !"
such as were offered last year. The
team on this peninsula this year that
lays any claim to the championsbiD
must play Seaford, or their claim win
be disputed at once.
Last year a report was sent the VIII
mington dailies that fredericksburg. Md.
had won the championship Of the pen
insula. Their claim may have been all
right as far as other towns were con
cerned but not so with Seaford. Fed
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