Evening journal., 1922-04-05
DELAWARE OPENS
SEASON FRIDAY
Bowdoin College Will Be
Blue and Colds Oppo
nentS
WILLIAMS SQUAD
ARRIVES THIS WEEK
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Special 70 The Evening Journal.
NEWARK. April 5.-Friday will
be one OF the big days OF the season
on Frazer Field, University OF Della
ware. Not only will the Delaware
team get home from the Southern
trip that day and play the opening
home game OF the season IN the az
ternoon with Bowdoin College. but
Coach Jack" Coombs. with a squad
OF 25 players from williams Col
lege Will also arrive IN Newark Fri
day morning for nve days OF inten-
sive training on Frazier Field.
Delaware plays william and Mary
College tomorrow which will con-
olude the Southern trip. The Blue
and Gold squad will 90 70 Norfolk
that evening and take the night
rive IN Newark about 10 o'clock
Friday morning. The game with
Bowdoin will probably start about
$50 o'clock IN the afternoon. Indi-
cations are that record crowd Will
turn out FOR that game az Coach
/ shipley apparently has a strong team
and the opener with Bowdoin should
furnish a classy contest. There Is
also keen interest among fans 20 see
Yap, the Chinese third baseman who
has been playing a hang-up game on
the trip South IN action on the
home lot. In addition 20 these at
tractons those who arrive early Will,
no doubt. get tho opportunity OF see
ing Coach "Jack" Coombs. who only
a few years ago was hero as star
twirler on Connie Mack's champion
Athletics. work out his williams Col
iege squad.
The williams College squad will
arrive in Newark IN a special car
over the Pennsylvania railroad early
Friday morning. There will be 2'
players IN the squad. While In New.
ark part OF the players viii have
! quarters az the Deer Park Hotel and
part az the washington House. o.
which "vic" Willis also a former biz
league twirler Is proprietor. The,
Will get their meals at the Univer
. sity OF Delaware Commons and vii
have the use OF the university gym
, nadum and showers IN addition {
the athletic field. II IS Coach Coombi
Intention 20 have his team out 10
10 ipractice morning and afternoon Will
e in Newark and there may also
one or two practice games with De
e aware. williams will leave Newar
: on wednesday morning OF rex wee
for New York where they 3iay CO
> lumbia University IN the openln
I. game that afternoon.
After Fridays game with Bowdoi
Delaware will not play another sohec
7 uled game until Friday OF next wee
a when there will be a double-heade
z playing both University OF Pittsbur
and Stevens Institute or Hoboke
the same afternoon. These games vi
4 be played on Harlan Field. Wilminl
| ton. 70 give Wilmington fans who d
not get to Newark a chance TO se
| the Blue and Gold in action. o
, saturday OF next week Delawar
! plays the fast Holy Cross team an
that game will also be played o
Harlan Field. Wilmington.
The Freshman class OF the univei
sity have a fairly fast team an
n have been taking advantage OF N
e opportunity 20 use Frazer Field
e practice while the varsity squad ha
been South.
), Coach Derby has been doing cor
: siderable work with the track squa
r this week. While Delaware los
n Booth. the crack long distance run
d ner OF last years team and also -Four