Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04
Full Basketball
Schedule Planned

Schedule Planned /
Indications are that the Milford /
area will have a full program of
basketball this coming winter, one
that viii enable virtually everyone
who desires to play this popular
indoor sport to do so. In addition /
to the usual interscholastic and in I
tramural programs offered at the
local high school, Milford will
again have the programs sponsor
ed here each winter by Blue Hen
Post, V. F. W., and its Auxiliary,
and will also likely have a Com
munity League, the latter to be
sponsored by the Milford Recre-
atiOnal Council.
The Blue Hen Post will again
sponsor the Milford Vets, strong
independent quintet that has repre-
sented the community in Mar-Del
League competition the past three
winters. A post committee, con-
sisting of Gene Murphy, Dave
Hugg, Eurie Savage, Bill Lynch,
Lorraine wilkins, Dick Barto, John
ny Williams, Rev. Andrew J. White,
Emerson Meredith, Bill Sparklin,
elem Miltiades and Roy McCul-
lOugh5 has been appointed to plan
for and supervise the post spon-
sorship of the Vets, and this COM
mittee will hold it's initial meeting
this Friday evening at o'clock at
the home of Dave Hugg.
Following the Friday meeting of
the Blue Hen Post basketball COM
mittee, an early call for team can
didates will be issued and the first
practice scheduled for an early
date. Last winter the Vets, paced
by Leo Marshall, Wilmington
sharpshoOter, were the peninsula's
top offensive team and finished
fourth in the Mar-Del League, ac-
knowledged to be the peninsula's
strongest cage circuit. 1t is doubt
full that Marshall will again be
available, but it is believed that the
Vets have the nucleus for another
strong team in the holdOver group,
consisting of Lorraine Wilkins,
Charlie Salmon, Dick BartO, Bob
Davies, Johnny Williams, Norm
Warren, Harvey. Williams and Irv
BOWS. Other former outstanding
Milford players, such as Dick Kim
mey, Joe Griffith and Dick Emory,
may be. added to this group, along
with one or two promising new
comers who have recently moved
into the area. Competition for all
posts will of course, be declared
"Open" and everyone desiring to
try out for the team will be given
an opportunity to do so.
At time of this writing the Blue
Hen Auxiliary basketball commit
tee has not been appointed, but it
is expected that the Auxiliary will
again sponsor a Community Girls
Team and that a committee to make
arrangements for the same will
soon be appointed. Last winter the
Auxiliary-spOnsored team, the Blue
Hens, not only won the champion
ship of the Mar-Del Girls League
but also defeated the Laurel Owl
cites for the Independent girls
basketball championship of the
peninsula; this team undoubtedly
was the peninsula's most Outstand.
ing girl sextette and it is TO bC
hoped that a majority of the mem
bers of last years array will b,
available again this winter JeaI
Wilkins, athletic officer of the Blut
Hen Auxiliary, headed the 1884!
committee, and Nelson Griffith ser
we'd as the teams coach Gene Muir
ply coached the mems team, tn,
Vets.
In the very near future, meet
ing will be held here for the pur
pose of organizing a Milford Sen
ior City Basketball League. Thi
circuit will likely consist Of six O
eight local teams and will be Op
Grated somewhat similar to the Op
GRAFTON of the Milford Senior Soft
ball League, which recently Gem
pleted highly successful season
The City Basketball League will
be sponsored by the Milford Recre
atiOnal Council with Dave Huge
vice chairman of the recreatiOna
group, being charged with the re
spOnsibility of getting the circui
organized. Prospective member
of the proposed City League, as o
this writing are: Battery c of tn
National Guard; the " F. W., tn
Red Men, Economy Stores, and Mil
ford High School Faculty. Severa
other teams are being sought ain
it is quite possible that su1icien
number will be found to round OH
a compact, well-balanced eight
club league.