Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-02
HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
IN PLENTY OF SPORT
Baseball and Track Comblna.
tons Have All Kinds of Work
Before Them.

Tho athletic teams Mt Wilmington |
High School face four hard baseball |
games and one inter- scholastic track |
meet tho coming week. The later |
will DO staged at Frazer Field, Newark. |
Today Coach Harry Ashton will
send his nine against Tome Prepare
tory School at tho Port Deposit dia- !
mond Herb White viii try and
stop the Maryland boys. who won their
eighth straight victory on last Satur-
day. They still remain undefeated.
The last Wimington-Tom baseball
game was played in 1920, when the
local boys tasted defeat. Rockford.
the greatest baseball player ever turn
ed out by Ia Sale Prep, scholastic
champions OF last year, Is with the
Tome boy and In anxious to get
crack at tho locals. The Tome dIa-
mond is one of tho best in the country
and has been used by many big league
teams.
Allah" Weiner, playing his first
game with the Varsity baseball team.
knocked the old pill out of the lot up
at Coatesville. but was only allotted
two bases. Physics will probably
REPLACE Stirlith in center field I'm to-
days game.
On Friday the locals will entertain
the Camden High nine at Baynard
Field The Jersey boys have n little
edge on the Delaware avenue lads.
having defeated Gainesville OIL. while
the best High could do was a 80
score. Capt. Jones will try and
lavenge the defeat handed by Camden
I'm basketball. The teams are even In
l-,N To-.
football team having conquered Cam
den in the second game OF the gridiron
season. The soup town is the home of
Coach Ashton and he is always
anxious to show his wares before his
home folks. Ashton having come to
Wilmington from Moorestown, ~ j.,
? The latter Is near Camden and has
put some fast teams on the scholastic
boards.
On Saturday the locals face n strong
team, Williamson Trade School Last
year the Pennsylvanians won out by
one run in a ninth-inning rally and
defeated Capt. Harding and his team
but this year the Cherry and White
warriors expect different tale. Herb
White, who faced them las year. may
go against them once more The
game will be played at No. l diamond.
Baynard Field.
Next week the locals cross bats with
Il the local Catholic High School. and
Coach Ashton predicts nothing hut
victory. Jimmy Kerrgan. pride cf
= Salesianum. will face Richards. OF the
= Cherry and White clan. On May lG
n the team and entire student body
tn
4 undefeated Chester High team. Pierce
elpride Of Chester High and past per-
V former for many independent teams
q Will face tho Wilmington boys. Pierce
held Pottstown High to two bingles on
Saturday. Chester having also con-
It quercd Coatesville 90.
= On Saturday Mt 1870 A. M, Coach
Ashton. Assistant Coaches Brown and
Britton, will take the track team and
field men 10 Newark, TO participate ir
n the annual meet of the University OF
.s Delaware.
Cox, the new flash at the loCa
. school, may be entered with the relax
team. The boy failed to make tn,
IT squad on last Saturday, because of hi.
f. inexperience. although having better
time than two OF the veterans takcI
along. Fletcher will be entered il
y the shot-put. The boy could hav,
lie taken first place in the discuss, as n,
is making from 90 feet TO 95 feet II
practice. he can also handle the jave
lin. Both OF these events are not in
n cluded In the Delaware meet.
is Thatcher Will run the 100-yard an,
\ expects to romp home winner
Thatcher turned In a time of 10.1 OF
X Friday. He will be up against tn
best. Frankfort High having entere,
in the same class. same event Out
side the regular Varsity games. thi
> week, the Seniors will face the Sophie
81 mores in an inter-class game
Near the end of the baseball schedul
., the three fraternities will stage thei
annual baseball thrills, which Away
Is draw banner crowds. A Senior Facul
e. ~ game is also being arranged Lew
Kramer will do the hurting for tn
June graduates.
Coach Brown, physical director,
= still arranging his gymnastic exhib!
ton. which will bring together
- wealth Of good tumblers and athletes
George Fletcher and Paul Millilxil
# will entertain the spectators with som
e whirlwind tumbling during the even
e ing
ID Way. who played right field 70
IS Gainesville High against Wilmington
n High on Saturday, is a brother O
Way, famous Penn State star TIL
boy will also enter the State institu
ton upon graduation. He was tn