Smyrna times., 1935-06-13
CLAYTON NEWS
AND PERSONALS
Budget of Items From Our
Railroad Town and Their
Personal Mention
CHURCHES AND SCHOOL

Baseball Team Continues Record: 4:
On Saturday the Clayton Base
ball Club lost a tough pitchers bat
tie to the strong Harrington Club,
3 to /, at Clayton. Winters, on the
mound for the winners, had the
edge on Percy Hall in last three
innings. Harrington scored one
run in each of the last three in
nings while Clayton scored its lone
tally in the ninth. This was one
of the best pitching battles of the
season Winters is the ace tWirl-
er for Pure Oil of Delki League and
is considered the best in Delaware
while Hall is a highly touted twirl-
er from Chester. Morris led the
hitting for Harrington while Mis-
sinner and Gray were best for
Clayton. On Sunday Clayton re-
turned to the win column by
trouncing Hope Lodge of Whining
ton, Twilight League, II to 8.
Johnnie knight, winning twirler,
was too much for Hope and had
things his own way throughout.
Ademski and Kemski, Hope twirl-
ers, were hit hard throughout the
entire contest. Missimer and Tay-
lor had triples. Bob Knight had
two doubles. Every man had at
least one hit except Ringgold-
Thompson was the best hitter for
Hope. On Tuesday at Clayton,
Clayton tripped the strong Milford
Club, 9 to A. Sevil held Milford
well in hand but was hit rather
sharply in the last two innings but
was given fine support by his team
mates. Roberts, University of Del
aware boy, behind the bat for Clay
ton, was a brilliant performer. He
had two singles and two walks out
of five times at. bat. Everett was
a leading sticker for Clayton with
three bingles, one triple. Grier
and Cannon were leading clubbers
for Milford. Clayton scored seven
runs in the second inning to relieve
all doubt of victory. On Saturday
Cayton will travel to fredericksburg
This will be Clayton's first game
with fredericksburg and hard tus-
sci is expected. On Sunday the
strong st. AIMS Club Of Whining
ton will return for another tuSsel
One of the best games of the sea-
son was Clayton's 1 to victory
over st. AIMS on Decoration Day
afternoon. One of the largest
crowds of the season is expected
for this game. Come out and see
the boys in action against first
class clubs. Batteries for Sundays
game: st. AIMS -McGonigal and
Walhnr; for Clayton Sevil and
Taylor
Fishing Party Off Bowers Beach
A fishing party from Clayton
which went out on the Delaware
Bay off Bowers Beach Thursday
caught nine large drum fish, a rec
ord catch for one boat for several
seasons past. The anglers had to
deal with a large school Of the fish,
estimated at perhaps fifty Nearly
thirty of them were hooked, it is
said, but all except the nine escap-
ed by tearing up the angling out
fits and getting away with line,
hook, sinker and bait. The Clay
tonians loaded their nine fish.
weighing from thirty to sixty
pounds each, on a truck, and took
them to Clayton and Smyrna.
There they sold them for almost
enough to pay the expenses of their
day of sport down the bay. The
fishing party went out in the power
boat Miss Clayton, owned and
sailed by her owner, A. B. Warren.
whose home is in Clayton. His
companions on the fishing trip were
Gilbert Hoffecker, John Poore and
Preston Poore. All their fishing
was done with rod and reel. Their
mission was to catch weakfish and
hardheads, and not drumfish, which
gave them all they could do to
handle them. One unusually large
fish was hooked and played to the
bow of the boat where it seemed to
be completely exhausted. The men
were engaged in trying to get it
aboard when it gave a f1ounce, tore
itself free from their hands and the
line and went on its way rejoicing.
The Seventh Annual Achieve
ment Day of Home Demonstration
Clubs for New Castle, was held in
Mitchell Hall, University of Della
ware, on Thursday, June 9th. Mrs.
Malcom Burris of Clayton, Presi-
dent of the Council, presided. The
morning session was devoted large
iy to reports of the Result Demon
frations of the different clubs of
the county throughout the year.
The afternoon session also had a
fine program. There were musical
selections by the Newark New
Century Club Chorus. Also an in
spring address by Miss Sta BONE
OF the Home Economics Extension
Service Of Washington, D. c. Her