The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-06
Rising Sun Wins Soft
Ball Title
Defeats Crack Wilmington
Team And Will Play In
World Championship

Rising Sun won the Delaware
State Amateur Soft Ball champion
snip Friday evening, by defeating
the John Bros. team, of the VIII
mington Industrial League on the
Continental Fibre Co. field in New
ark, Del, by a score of l to O.
The game, without doubt, was
the best the fans have seen this
year on soft ball field. The field
ing of Janney, Richardson, Wood
worth and A. Lucas was of cham
pionship calibre, these boys making
what appeared to be almost impos-
sible stops and throws.
The winning of Fridays game
from the Delaware team entities
Rising Sun to participate in the
Worlds Soft ball championship
games at Detroit, Michigan, septem-
Der to 10.
Due to the fact that the Rising
Sun team has no sponsor, the play-
ers will assume their own expenses.
The party left Rising Sun in their
own cars Tuesday morning, and will
register in Detroit Thursday noon.
at their designated hotel.
The team and fans who accom-
panied them included: Taylor r.
Biles, manager; Samuel Keim, G:
John Taylor, p; Earl Richardson.
lib; Douglas Woodwork, 2b; A.
vim Lucas, IS; Herb Janney, 3b:
Dudley Rawlings, ST; Earl Lucas,
If; James Yerkes, CT; Jay Emery, RI;
Pete Riley, Donald Yerkes and Rich
ard Jenkins, substitutes.
Lewis Garvin and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Marvin Lucas, Miss Jean
Cullen, David Cullen, John Lamb,
wife and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les Crothers.
Boys and girls teams of all States
of the Union will take part in the
Parade of States at the University
of Detroit Field opening night, Sep
TENDER 9Th. This is called the "Pag-
cant of American Youth" and is
considered the outstanding feature
u thS OOAI Dull 4OuTudmouts
The Mayor of Detroit, heads Of
the. automobile industry and lead
ing business men Of the city's retail
ana department stores will be in
attendance.
The Michigan Mutual Network is
to carry the pageant over the air,
and each state will be introduced.
1t is an honor for our team and
town to enter into this competitive
play, even though they may not
carry off the laurels of victory. They
give wide publicity to our team and
have the satisfaction of knowing
they won the Delaware champion
ship and reached the Worlds cham
pionship series. Last year the team
was defeated in the final State cham
pionship game in Wilmington.
The team had an enviable record
this year, winning II games and
losing 8, in the County League play
off won 4, lost 1, tied /.
A great deal of the credit for the
success OF the team goes to pitcher
John Taylor, who pitched con-
secutive shutout games, one of them
being 81 no-hit, no-run game, strik-
ing out Is.
The winning of the League playoff
entitled them to participate in the
State Dlayoff in Wilmington for the
championship Of Delaware.
In this playoff the boys were
under constant pressure, due to the
fact that the loss Of one game
meant their elimination.
They identified themselves az
true champions by defeating the
Allied Kid team, of the Manufac-
turers League. IL to 8; Dye Work.
er's, last years defending cham
pions, 4 to o; Cathedral, of the
Catholic League, to 8, and John
Bros, of the Industrial League,
to O.
The citizens of our town are proud
of these boys in compiling such q
fine record, and hope they return
from Detroit with the Worlds Cham
pionship Soft Ball laurels.