Evening journal., 1922-06-08


battle" this passage taken from Lin
coins Battle OF Gettysourg address
may also be applied 20 the Whining
ton High School baseball team to-
morrow afternoon. when they at
tempt 20 cope with their powerful
rivals. Chester. at Pennsy Field
This game will close ths baseball sea
son for the Cherry and White insti-
tuition. and marks their hardest bat
tie OF the season. The orange and
Black team has one verdict over
CAPTAIN Carlon and his mates gain
ed a few weeks ago, TO 6.
Both teams have the best base
ball teams in their school history.
Chester claims the championship OF
Delaware county. The Delaware
avenue school may not lay claim 20
any championship but II they send
their opponents home a loser, they
will consider It the greatest feat OF
the season.
Coach Ashton will send HIS pro
teges in tomorrow's game fully
primed for victory. Although the
team has practiced only one day
since the last game a stiff practice
this afternoon will condition the
team.
Practically the same lineup will
be used as in the first fracas al
though the coach has not made up
his mind as 10 who will twirl Most
OF the chances point TO Richards
but Herb White may also be given
an opportunity to show his wares.
In their first game the much
heralded Pierce, was sent 70 the
showers. White had the honor OF
registering the first run In his frs
time at bat with a four baser.
Pard Larkin former Swarthmore
star and coach OF the rival team Is
sending what he considers his star
battery against the Highlets. To
date the Chester aggregation has won
eighteen games including a win over
Salesianum. With such good
team the Orange and Black have sig
nlfed their intentions by challenging
the crack Germantown team.
Due to the fact that school term
closes tomorrow Il is expected that
the school will turn out a hundred
per cent. TO witness the game. Many
OF the faculty members will also at
tend the game as they have been
keenly interested in the activities OF
the baseball team. Some OF them
have witnessed every home game.
It Is planned to hold a mammouth
mass meeting tomorrow and have
everybody there rehearse the yells
A few OF the baseball men will ad-
dress the students and after this they
will form in line and proceed 20 the
field. led by the school band. II
the weather is good a recoTd crowd
will witness the game. Manager
Pippln has everything in readiness
and he and his assistants will handle
the large crowd. = The largest num-
Der Of tags have been sold for this
game.
A. A. Meeting
The last meeting OF the A. A.
board for this term convened 10 dis
cuss some matters OF importance yes
terday. The baseball men were pres
ent at the meeting for the purpose
OF arranging the matter of the silver
Coach Ashton asked them
II they would not sacrifice the money
they would have TO pay for a base
ball and contribute II In helping 10
pay for an injury sustained by one
Of the players. The players un@
unanimously said they were willing.
After this the coach told them how |
much depended on them 10 win the |
Chester game and that they can |
come through. as seen from the way /
hey played their first game. The |
board voted upon the players who /
will receive their 'TW's. They are: '