Milford chronicle., 1946-05-10
RED SOX OPEN 1916
BASEBALL SEASON TO-DAY
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Opcning day festivities are beng
srousored by the Milford Chamber
of Commerce with the assistance OF
the membership of the city's three
service organizations. the Rot">F,
Eiwanis. and Lions club. lnasmuch
4, Dover. traditional baseball rival,
is furnishing the opposition, there
* every reason to believe that
every nook and corner of the new
Milford Eastern Shore League
Park, one of the finest and most
modcrnly equipped baseball plants
in 0rganiZed haseballS lower on
&aniZed baseballs lower classiti-
cations. will be filled by game time.
Manager Walter Milues, former
major league catcher, has been
working his charges hard the past
three weeks and his team shapes
up as one of the leagues better
clubs. The Red SoX were partiCu-
larly impressive in rackin2 up two
exhibition wins the past week erd
over the highly regarded Seaford
Eagles
, In Manager NIillies and Jimmy
i. Arscros, Milford has what may
r easily be the outstandinS catching
:. CORPS in the league. Miles, vete-
). ran of many years of minor and
T. major league play, is highly re
.ardcd as Il developer of youn@
{ pitching talent and will likely
! share the catching chores with the
4 youthful hard-hitting Ar9eros, an
Y uptiuncr from Roanoke.
y NilfoIds pitching staff has look
rd good i'm preseason exhibition
tiltS and has been further
~treuGthencd in recent days by the
addition of Bob Kitterman. Ralph
Veto. and Joe Sercda. three promis-
inc young rl2hthanders sent dow
l. by the Lynn club of the class |
r. New ENGLAND League Three Other
rt ri2hthandCrS. Rex Ilnville. Joe
Is Iully and Joe Barth. and TIVE
v southpaWs. Leroy Phelps and Dou'
V. Banker, complete the staff. l.inVill'
+. will likely draw the opening da.
V. assignment at Dover on Thursda.
vi with either Tully or Kitterman do
ld Ing the hurlinG in Fridays opcnG
here.
W. IIlIpl Il IIllltIb VIII nav
Tom DcN0yille at first, Ray Made
n at second. Steve Nemcth at thir;
and Grady Wilson at short-stop
tn this combine pulled Off thrc
!, douhlc-plays in Sundays cam
w.. u2aiust Seaford. John Bellal
-, another promising rookie, may SC
80, action at third base in event thu
=, Ncm"th. who suffered lee iniui
~ at Scaford Monday. is unable
-, Play.
,"' Competition for the outfic
ne posts has been unusually keen m
ny Milford looms strong in this d
n Lartment The Red SOX have fol
on capable flcet~fOOtCd and hard-hi
llS tins Outergardeners available
h" persons of Jack Smith, Jimmy {
cir Connor. Jake Donaldson, and Ste
re- Pastor. Milford fans. who ha
the watched the local club in prc-sc
ere son practice sessions and eNhil
tUn games, are convinced that t
ord Red S0X have an outfield corps th
net will compare favOrably with t
om Eastern Shore Leagues best {
.OW their showing date. Smith will
ted likely choice to start i'll left. Of'
De- nor in center, and Donaldson
IiGhtfi"ld.
The probable batting o%lcr
Fridays game is as follows:
C0nn0r. cf: Wilson, IS; Dona
son, rf.: Smith, IT,; Nemeth. >
-, Nadel. 2h.; DeNOville. III; Mill
~ c.: Tully or Kitterman. p.
|" This Sunday afternoon the I
'Il' Sox will play home. Their opp
ooI. cnts will be the Salisbury Cardin
i"i and the game will start promptly
NJ Z:30 o'clock. day light saving ii