The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-01
Edward Sachs
Morning Watch
Tobacco State Player

hes IN MS early twenties and this is either his first or
Secono yeat III organized baseball =. He played all three
major Sports Us IN mgr school and might have gone out for
track u MS 1lrst love has always been baseball go. He
isn't married but as soon as he gets a chance with a ieao1e|
higher than Class D he'll marry that girl from back home
by lne way: pack nome may be North Carolina butt
most OF the time 1T is some industrial town in New England
New York or Pennsylvania.
He's serious about baseball -. He became interested
in 1t by watching an older brother or that bow across the
street play Maybe he saw his first baseball in a major
league park but chances are that it was the local town
team He probably acted as bat bow. then graduated to
keeping score, and at last became good enough to play
-. He may have entered college but in most cases was
working when he entered service.
He wasn't good enough to get ASSIGNED to a base or
field where all he did was play baseball :. Several major
eaguers may have been given such assignments, but our.
d% We're eonpistsd He e liked Ike p1 pisy ii a with al'f the ms major Sns1 le ssg~
tna ni of Of the ' trade al ae co NJ p ffam t ap as much # l he sa@ ssti ON
ne Den Tai pre ea1t1 his pa meath tn b as ysS of sp a6d Ing some some injury mi hyss that
was his main incenative most of the time Sometime in the
Or some iees9ox in Alaska he Would get a tight feeling in his throat as as
10, He 4 e tss,s that III yi he has as to- to make Ill., good this lis, season sss ,.t sssa u.s. + !:
6 6ss eiie. pl lie c is : . sh Cleveland ; e. 4 Fist. mssss aaa : b sssasts sss ' ss
goal Down deep he is ure that he is only two years away
He reads lot but it is the sports page and the Sporting News
He has several pet theories on keeping in good condition and while
he won't admit tits it. is as = superst tn a. as a a 18Th h century Jury M :. W.: A hl
And most of the time it's the easiest pitch to hit in his assortment ..
He has a lot Of team spirit The ssfishness might crop out
when he gets a little older but now he thinks that there ae a couple
that they can go up with him when he does He doesn't
like riding the team bus and eating in the small town restaurants
but he reels that it is all part o = Class D baseball 80.
He feels that the people who come out to the baseball games
are a pretty good lot but he wishes that they would leave him alone
during the game He tries to be abrupt with small boys who
poster him, but he always slips them basebals, broken bats and
sometimes slips them into the baAgame.
He thinks the average sports writer doesn't know the first
thing about baseball asssa ;n -; He He calls "a n certain ,ss5i0es' "G E " tSys.:
the official scorer is a second guesser who wouldn't know a base
hit from an error if it was wearing a nghtshirt He wonders
how sports writers eve got tina way put n snrugS MS snouloers
and tries to be nice to them Much like young husband try
ing to keep o. the good side of his mother inlawa > 80 ~
He will try to save some money so he can take a vacation at
the end of the season but never does He thinks mat IN UNI
ever assembled outside a state prison Half OF them are IN the
pay of some mysterious person who IS out to III MS career
And the others are either blind or stupid ..
He's pretty cockey but sometimes he is a little afraid that he
hasn't got IT, 1t meaning the ability to make the big-time -.
But the next time he gets a hit o. strikes cut a batter he is sure
to him and he says that he likes Phladelphia because Of the
mound 9.
or filling station but he can't think of doing anything but playing
baseball Sometimes he gets you a little angry but most II tie
April 30 1915: New Hanover High schools baseball team was
preparing for a game with Goldsboros Earthquakes The Browns
header Boston's Red sx won a twin bill from the AS The
Drypond Ramblers defeated Masonboros Sound nine 8 to z S Doc
Wilson pitched a no-hitter.
April 30, 1913: The New York Yanks and the Brooklyn Dodgers
we're leading the major leagues S.rnbv cS seoa f IN wa was no me by
Coach Rupert Bryan to pitch for the Wildcats against the Wilson
cyclones Promoter Bert causey signed Milo Muscles" Stein
born to meet Jack Dynamite Dillon in a wrestling show.