Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-21
EASTERN SHORE FANS
TALKING THEIR LOOP
penlnsular Baseball Lovers Are
Promised Plenty OF Sport
This Season.

,..,,o,s" of the "i'ires,de ls"asu" "'e
,.,,ni,s ovcrtino IN discussing riahs
o., ina Initiation tho coming summer
A., ,,.anis.a haachan on this pchinsu-
"A. and small cotcrios of mon, no'"
>ounn and old, may be hoa'u u's
,,u..,ur IA, national pastim", particu-
la,ly rcfcrrlng TO the recently "rs"n-
is.d Eastern Shore icasue'
,iosa followers of the game are on
,h. opln,on that the Eastern Shote
leaehan i.oAguo will DO sclt-suppo,e-
ins. An fact many have advanveo ,ne
,doe that n win ho one "t the pos.
mnnev making propositions, a''', ,.. ~
has uoiten under way oi t'ass
,caaue i'm the country. for when ,hcS
,nur many sccminsy plaus'oie r''-
sonA 49,. -. ,..o,,,
rYr-i. tho reduction In its ave from
un cisht 90 a siN-clNh cnVul' sNos
tho remaining towns more territory
from whivh 50 draw. for hste,O,'
s,h,o ,s,incees Ammo was eliminated,
salisbury, whlch " about 10 n,a''s ,
n,,sh nna rocomoke. about like
.,,.sar,,, south. will have far better
,,rnn,t,,uitios uf being better PAYING
,,.',,,.,,inna nR we'll as crisi'eld,
whioh Ia about 90 miles from Princess
leav.s only one team In Worcester
.ounty which viii likely draw from
pnuv tliu Ocean city and Berlin
lau,,a should ba ahlo 90 attract the
~eoNaa witch ordinarily Berlin would
N.V. netton from lower Delaware there
n.ins about Ave miles uf stone road
troln the du pont Highway TO Laurel
.nppiatrd. Thus salisbury, Laurel,
,rlanrid and pncomokc should he
.tronethencd at the gate. Cambridge
haa tha whole OF Dorchester county
end tho uppor end OF the Eastern
thnro "a draw from, while larksley
A ina enntra uf the AcComhc North-
.mpton territory. which counties are
,~o nf tho richest per capita IN the
United statca
Nnilroaa farce, Pullman sleeper
~,rea, hotel hilla while ON the road
nc,ter $50. ana taxi fares arc over
head expenses, which viii be unknown
an the baby minor" AutomohAe
hu-..s VIII 30 used exclusively a. con-
,eyances. the longest jump IN tho cir
.uit heinz from rArksloy, Va to cam
lrlaso, MA, "A distance of approximate
IA ~ milca--which trip may he 'aS'E
naAe IA day. Each of the towns
,Ncept pari nioy ~ located on stone
,Oed. while there IL that sort OF "A
road a. far south as pocomoke Clty'
>,hirh "a only about AZ miles from the
Virginia town No team viii have 10
.teV away fi,om home at night. and
most OF tho trips can he made In the
afternoon. Each ground Ia located
within walking distance OF the heart
of tho town.
S.Vcral of tho towns last season
yr.t money, owing % the high pay roll
OF the players. AS hieh as slS0 was
paid for "A Philadelphia battery In
sinslc game This will be eliminated
bv the organizing of the league. The
Rsll.hury team last year was costine
Around $4,000 per month. This year
with a limited salary 81 si.sso PEI
month, tho prophecy that money
shouia he made should not so fai
Un,l~s. providing the fans warm up q
IN. new league as much as they did
last season 10 independent games.
Another feature which viii he close
I, watched Is samhhng IN the bal
parks last season open betting pre-
yaii.a IN some 81 the parks and th'
attendance suffered greatly thereby
especially the female attendance. Thi
uf'ic,als 81 the new league are out
rroAsn An their discrimination 10 d'
away with the practice and n sub
sAntlal increase In Attendance OF m
nifar soN b. anticipated. Following
is the approximate population of cacl
ss tho towns. which includes the ter
ri,ory immediately contiguous thereto
Hali.hury, 10000; Crlsheld. 5000; Po
comoke city, 5000. Cambridge. 10,
eoo, Laurel 1000, and rarksley. =.
900.
The Eastern shore scenery Is
familiar landscape for a number O
baseball players OF rcpute who IA thcs
lalmy days had their first inception
~ tho sport down this way. Foremos
among them are ]. Franklin Oiom
hum Baker. Trappc farmer, Charlie
,nucN ncrrog, kidscly "cantaloup
king" the late 81 Nichols. Eddi
plank. sam ifock, Nick Maddox. Ii
1lommci, Jimmy" Dykes. Vic Willi'
Gnd A number of othcrs whose earl
Saining wRs gotten on the peninsula
While the natives In general ar
Sosslplng about the new league, th
sf'lninls 81 the various clubs are givin
SERIOUS thought 90 the many problem
confronting them, chief among whic
IL the question az % who VIII pilC
,ho various teams during the league
infancy. II n the consensus of Opir
ion among the dlrsctors that upon N
securing of men of tho proper type a
ananaTers deponds o. "A very great -
cent, The success of the circuit IN Il
04st year. Especially IL this fas
bscAuse of the si,5b0 per month salaI
NNht for each club under which prov
sion naturally evolves resDonsibln'
upon the shoulders Of the manager
liCkiup out the best material avai
Ahls for the money. the training
that material and tho whipping IN
chap. of bail club.
With tho possible exception
Laurel it IL not kno~n who Will maj
ass the other clubs OF the circu
Several capable men have been name
Jau,.l has chosen is manager IN a
person Of sam rrock, Of Baltimor
formsr manager OF the Dry Docl
tenn. IL is said Cambridge has 8
k.ot.l Tom kiblor. oeach of Washin
ror College. "a take charge Of tho
team. although since the Annoupc
ni.nt that irs.nk Baker has signin'
bis int.ntlon of opening jewel
storu in that town and retire fro
major leasuo baseball. Il ~ rumor
Cambridge would like 10 have him IA
the refine OF their team.
II has been definitely settled th
wilbur L. Davis. formerly of the Spa
rows Point team, win manage Crl
reld Davis played oontorneld Z
~. team last noason, aud acted