Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-20
|DOWNSTATE FANS
| PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR
Revival of Interest In Baseba all
viii Result in Big League
on Peninsula.

Special Correspondence Every Evening
Seaford, Aug. a0.--'Ehe past week in
baseball among the towns down the
peninsula has shown marked in
crease In the batting strength OF the
teams and some OF the towns have
tried out new pitchers from distance
| In efforts to stem the tide of tho on
rush OF the teams in hitting Extra
base hits arc becoming more noticeable
as tho season ncars II. end. and home
runs. which earlier in the struggle
were n rarity. are now becoming quite
numerous. on one or two occasions
two home runs have been made by
the same player in the progress OF n
game.
Several new faces have appeared
on the different teams the past week.
principally pitchers, and the ''oid
timer is informed that some of the
clubs unloosened their pocket strings
very literally to get these. hirh-class
slabmen. Nischie, pitcher, has Joined
the Laurel team. as has also legar
and Townsend, both OF Milford. The
latter two men are outfielders. though
LeEai officiatcs I'm the box 1T times.
Il is said they viii finish the season
with laurel. Keen, another slab
man. who is slated for the big leagues.
also made hts appearance In the Sails
hury-princess Annef game at Princess
Anne, Monday. in which SalNburs
trimmed the Somerset club 40.
As the season is now on its last lap
each tearl is lighting desperately for
advantage, realizing that every game
counts now in their fight Tor first
honors. Several years ago n series
was played between Salisbury. win
rers OF tn. Peninsula League, and
Wavneehoro. winners OF the Blue
Ridge pennant. the latter capturing
the series IL such a series lis arrang-
ed fhis fail. the fans of this peninsula
will shout ,oud for sosne of the games
to be rlaye,I here.
Seaford, which has remained out Of
the game this year, due TO many rea-
sons. Will undoubtedly be found up
there. lighting with the best of them
next year. In fact lines are already
out FOR team here ut the beginning
of the season If a league Is formed
Scaford is one town that viii try FOR
admission. Several influential fans of
liit t9Nh btlA COMMUNITY aft ANEtf=
sating n 6ew park for the tcwn, and
it waDl, not be surprising to find the
Seaford baseball club occupying new
grounds next year. The present
grounds are not large enough accord
ing to some of those interested
The forming OF an athletic associa-
ton is advocated, whose duty IL would
be to raise money during the winter,
and also for weekly or monthly
subscription list. to be kept up from
now until the opening of the season
next year. The location of Seaford's
new grounds, if such are built. viii no
doubt be West Seaford. There are
some tracts OF land ia that section
of the town which wotld make ideal
baseball fields Something viii be
done about the grounds. however.
during the winter months, either TO
buy new ones or improve the old
grounds.
The "old timer has been told that
the fans Of Pocomoixe City have spent
5000 on n new ground this season.
IL this is true the fans in other parts
of the peninsula should take of their
hats to PoconoiSe as true-blue base
bali burg. Laurel has a new ground
and is improving IL all nc time by ad-
ding accommodations for everyone
The fans OF that town say by next
season they will have one Of the
finest baseball fields ON this old PENN
sula.
Milford began this week to make ar
rangements for team next year by
forming an athletic association which
IL 4ssA H. n a
Rev. ID. W. Jacobs, vice-president; r.
Arthur Derrickson. secretary: G. T.
Reed. treasurer: DIR. Walter l.. Grier.
c. Donnan Holzmueller. as
sistant manager. A. ID nickerson.
ticket manager: DIR. f. T. Williams,
advertising manager, and Norman
Windsor, supplies.
The new association is now making
q canvass of the town to obtain hon
orary members TO whom pledge cards
are being given on which they are TO
state what amount they Will contri-
hute towards the baseball fund for
1922. 1t is proposed to make Milford
a member of the new league TO be
formed down this way in 1922.
The great revival of the game down
this way has caused some of the old
timers of the res TO sit up and take
notice and many incidents OF the
games in those days are being brought |
forward. A prominent business man
who was a member of the Seaford |
Athletic Club in 1879, playing left |
ield for that organization. said, yester-
lay that the excitement the game is
today reminded him OF the |
great series played between Seaford |
and Salisbury in 1873, OF which Judge |
roadyine. of Salisbury, spoke about |
few weeks ago.
Only three members of the Seaford |
cam are living teday. The team was |
of ]. r. Robinson. Robert |
Martin, George Winter Horsey, Thorn
is +. Collins. III. j.. Phillips, James c. |
Iones. Ben Horsey, Shep and Joe Haz- |