Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-25
DELAWARE SQUAD TO
LEAVE NEXT FRIDAY
Keen Rivalry Among Baseball
Candidates, Who Are Anx-
ious to Make Trip South.

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tho University ~ Delaware campus IA |
the time draws near for Coach Ship |
ley tn take the baseball team to the |
sunny South on weeks trip 10 play /
. six scheduled games. This trip will !
start on Friday of next week.
The answer. however is that Coach /
Shipley himself is not positive at this |
tim. lust who he Will take and will not
likely make positive announcement
until "A day or So before the trip is
started. In the meantime every can
didate who would seem To have "A
chance To make the trip and there is
large squad IL unusually good ma
terial ~ working his head on in praC
tiCe every afternoon.
Coach Shipley has announced that
hc will take probably 10 players on the
trip and under no circumstances more
than Is The squad will leave New
ark on Friday morning OF next week.
going to Washington. II. e.. where the
first scheduled game OF the season Will
Ice played with Georgetown University.
On Saturday. April /. they play Uni
Versity uf Virginia and then will fol-
low games as follows. Monday. April
3. North carolina state; April 4. Trim
ity. Of North Carolina; April 3. Rich
mond college. and April .. William
and Mary.
After this latter game the squad will
SO To Norfolk and take a night boat
line. arriving IN baltimore early
Thursday morning. April :. and In
Newark about .. that morning. ON
the afternoon ~ April :. the opening
game on Frazer Field will hc played
with Brwdoin College as opponents.
To begin with. II only IL players
are taken on the trip Coach Shipley
Is not likely TO take more than three
pitchers. captain Joe" Rothrock and
pOry" Collins, the two crack south
pows. who pitched fine ball last year
Will no doubt Ice two OF the pitchers
The possibilities are that II but three
pitchers 60. either Magsw or Ram
seN will he the third twirler. Both of
these men did some twirling last year
and looked IL be much better sn far
this season Much depends. however.
Uu the condition of the pitchers by
the middle Of next week. Those who
20 viii have 20 be In good shape ana
as each In case hut three pitchers go.
Will be called on 20 pitch Two games in
six days.
There are three other pitching can
ddates who are showing up fairly
well. Coach Shiplcy thinks we'll ot
the prospects NJ Horecker. local
boy. who formerly pitched for the
Newark High School. but ne lacks ex-
nerience. The experience that he will
E-t on the squad this season should
~ him for regular turn in the box
next year Bsynum and Lund are
the other two pitching prospects and
they also lack experience.
jackson and HoCh are the only two
candidates for a Job back az the bat
and both will no doubt get the ad-
vantage Of the southern trip. Both
give indications ~ making stars with
more experience, this being then
freshman year jackson Is an all
round athlete. he having won his let
ter in both football and la skctball his
hrst year. Both are good stickers
and both seem To have strong whips
jackson is a Dover boy. while Hoch Is
member OF the noted family OF base
ball players from Woodside.
The indications are that Coacf
Shipley is uncertain as to but on,
position in the infied. This is short
stop Mike" Underwood. the star o
he past two years. having only re
Gently recovered from a severe at
,sck 81 pneumonia and will he 10,
weak To get in the game for SOM
weeks Two candidates are making
aght for this job and It looks like
pretty close race. They are Challeng
p. a Delaware boy. and Mccormick,
freshman from Bridgeton. y. J. Bot
'ook exceptionally good in the fell
and both are fair htters Although
freshman, Mccormick probably IA
lad more experience than his riva
- he ha.i played considerable IN tn
iasi few years on New Jersey team.
II is possible that both Of these me
will get the trip as an extra helde
will no doubt be carried.
Mcdonald at first; "Skeet" Wilso
a. second. and Zap. the Chinese a
bird. look TO be fairly sure OF fhei
Jobs and this will round out the hes
,nteld when both hitting and feldin
- considered that has ever represent
ed the Blue and Gold. In case Of &C
idents. however. there is some likel
ufeld material on the Scrubs. TIL
especially true OF Naughton. a Phi
Adephia boy, who can play third {
short. Mckelvie and Grubb al frs
and Webb at second have also bee
showing up well in practice. CoaC
Snipley has been working Lowell,
Wilmington boy both at third and
he outheld in practice. and thinl
With more experience he will make
fifty player.
IL Is the outheld that seems TO
diving the most trouble to fill. ''Tet
Dantz is the only Varsity Outfield
eft from last years team and he W
robsbly cover centre. In practi'
.ames Coach Shipley has been usir
.durray in left and Nutter in rig
most of the time but they are in
way sure Of the jobs as there is col
iderable other good material. M
80 was second string catcher Ia
ear. but will not catch this year u
ess because of accidents 10 both JAG
ron and Hoch. Fred Harmer, q
crack track man is out for baseb;
for the first time since coming 10 D.
aware and looks 10 he as good
here Is in the bunch in fielding. ]
- exceptionally fast and some OF /
.atches I'm practice have been abo
e pretty as ever seen on Frazer File
,iarmer, however. does not look strol
the bat Jack" Williams is al
at and is cracking the ball hard.
4utt and Lowell are other outfiC
andidates.
Il is In batting. where Delaware h
generally been weak. that the SOU
aas been showing up strong, and
hey sting the ball in games. like IN
ave in practice. they will be hard