Newark post., 1922-06-21
ON THE SPORT FIELD
SPORTITORIAL

NeWarks baseball team in the game
with Yorklyn recently showed that
/ there is baseball playing quality on
the team that has not been shown in
previous games.
In Yorklyn the local ball tossers
met one of the best teams in the New
Castle County Baseball League and
yet the showing of the locals against
this team was much better than that
made against some of the weaker
teams of the league.
One of the problems of the baseball
field is why things should work out
this way. 1t is not a new happening
but something that occurs and has
occurred for years in every baseball
league of the country. You can take
nine games out of ten when league
leaders and cellar occupants meet
that the games will be a whole lot
better than when tailender meets tail
ender.
There has never been any answer
forwarded as to why this condition
should exist.
From observation of the work of
the Newark team against the league
leaders it would seem that the locals
have more confidence in themselves
when playing these teams than they
do those who have lower standings in
the league. Why this should be is
hard to answer other than the players
might consider it more of an honor to
beat those of higher standing than
those with lower percentages. But if
this is the idea it is all wrong, for a
league team to get any place in an
organization must fight to win every
game for it is the games registered in
the won column that carries a ball
team to the top of a league.
After the game with Yorklyn the
local "fan" feels assured that the
Newark team has the power to play
good ball and that is what they will
| look forward to in the coming games
of the season.
living, the new first baseman of
the Newark team, has shown up we'll
in the games played, as has Steedle
at second base. Vic Armstrong is now
on the job behind the bat and if his
work comes up to former years the
local team will look lot better in
this department than it has at any
other time this season.
Some one pulled "boner" when a
baseball team went down State to
play one of the teams of the Eastern
Shore League. The team that made
the trip was made up of several play
ers of the University of Delaware
team but there were several outsiders
on the team. The day after the game
the papers came out with scores
showing that the "University Of Della
ware" had been defeated.
This caused quite a stir at the Uni
versity inasmuch as the team was not
a representative one of that institu-
ton and neither were all the players
from the college. The authorities have
denied the report that it was U. of
D. team and in the future it is expect
ed that managers of ball teams will
use more judgment in publishing
scores of ball games and using the
name of old Delaware.
Why a stunt like this should be
pulled is hard to tell. 1t was not a
credit to the players on the team that
went down to defeat, for many OF
them were letter men at the Univer-
sity and they realized full well that
they were not represeting their Alma
Mater in the game. If it was the
, management of the down-State team
then the writer can see no advantage
in his favor for in nine cases out OF
ten professional team will hand de.
, feat to a college nine.
J 1t is just such occurrences as these
that hurt all sports and the magnates
should realize this in the future ano
be sure of the ground on which they
step.