Evening journal., 1922-09-15
GRIDDER READY
FOR THE WHISTLE
Wilmington Association to
Go Schedule Without Fort
Dupont Eleven
TO KICK OFF ON
SATURDAY, SEPT. 80

Ready. Captain Hollenback? ?"
The nod.
Ready. Captain coy?" More ac-
quiescence.
Blow that whistle. referee. the
Wilmington Football Association is
ready TO go and even though there
may not be any Hollenbacks or
Coys to give the nod. everything
looks rosy for the new organiza-
ton, Saturday September 80. will
see them on their way.
Managers OF the teams comprising
the association met in The Even
ing Journal Office last night and the
stage is set for the first kick-o
Fort DUPONT, unable TO start the
season on time, was dropped from
the roster. the schedule was adopt
ed, forfeit money posted and Of
ficials agreed upon.
With Fort DUPONT out OF II, the
Association is now a purely Will
mington affair with the following
teams as members: Defiance, st.
Mary. Parkside, St. Thomas and
Seventh Ward. The five-team ar
rangement seemed TO be agreeable
to the representatives of all the
elevens as every playing date will
leave one OF the teams with an
open date which can be filled other
wise. Some of the teams wanted
an arrangement whereby they could
meet out-of-town aggregations dur
ing the season and it will now be
possible for them to do so.
In the draw for the first open
date, the schedule was not affected
es Parkslde, which was booked that
way on the original schedule, drew
the "open date" slip. The first
games on the 30th will see Seventh
Ward at Defiance and st. Mary at
Defiance.
The complete schedule of the
Wilmington Football Association
will be published in these columns.
with previous announcement as to
the exact date. Two changes were
necessary to the rules due TO the
dropping of the soldiers. The names
OF the teams were reduced from six
to five and the division of the purse
from the forfeit money at the end
Of the season was reduced proper
honately. The team winning the
championship will receive ss5, in
stead of $500, and the runner-up
will receive $40 instead OF $50, as
was previously agreed upon.
The question of officials for the
association occupied some time at
last nights meeting. About 90
names were submitted and the rep
resentatives of the teams went oyer
this list and weeded it down to those
whom they wanted. Then a vote
was cast for the preferable eight.
It was agreed that any one of them
accepting a berth as an official in
the Association would be ineligible
10 play in any OF the Associations
games. The president was given
authority to select the officials for
the games as he sees fit and in case
of those preferred not being able
TO perform he was authorized to
use his own judgment in the selec- |
tions. Slattery and f. Kemske re-
quested that their names be drop
ped on account of the official. no
player agreement. The following
officials were selected:
Francis Imp" Ryan. Gerald
doc Doherty. George Whitehead.
n. n. "Nippy" Hartman, Johnny
Gerstenberg. frankie Dunn and
John Donahue. Others eligible are
Howard "Hotty" Prettyman, Harry
Mckinney, sos Wintrup, George
Boggs. Bob Foulk. Troc Gabriel,
McGonigle and Sam Ridley
It is planned that a meeting linn
tied strictly to officials of the asso-
and perhaps the coaches of
the teams, will be held before the
start of the season.
Although a football association is
more or less an experiment, it is
accepted as the best way of elm
mating the local squabbles of pre-
vious seasons for the championship
The, association idea no doubt will
get a thorough trial and present
Indications point TO a successful
season. ALI those who have con-
sidered the Association are enthu- |
siastic and anxiously awaiting the
DOT of the referees sounder for the !