Milford chronicle., 1950-03-10
Plan To Form Ball
Circuit This Sunday
Continued from nrst page)


Ond in a series leading towards for
nation of new, stronger league.
At an earlier meeting, also held
at Glendale, representatives of six
lower Delaware clubs and one
Maryland club were present, and
initial steps towards formation of
the league were taken at that time.
Represented at the previous meet
ing were baseball teams IN Milford,
SeafOrd, Lewes, MillsbOro, Hick-
man, and Frederick, in Delaware,
and fredericksburg, in Maryland. AL
though not represented at the earli-
her meeting, the Milton clnb is un-
derstOOd to be interested in the pos
sibilities offered by the proposed
circuit and will most likely be rep
resented at this Sundays meeting.
Tentative plans call for the for
nation of an eight club circuit, en-
bracing within it's membership all
of lower Delaware's strongest
teams, plus the team from nearby
fredericksburg. At least four of the
teams, Milford, Seaford, Federals-
burg and Lewes, are planning on
use of parks left idle when the
peninsula's pro baseball circuit the
Eastern Shore League, suspended
operations. LeWes will use the
park at nearby Rehoboth Beach,
former home roOst of the Eastern
Shore League Seahawks. Night
ball will undOubtably be featured
in the former Sho's League parks.
MillsbOrO, which also has an en-
closed park, may also offer night
baseball if present plans for in
stallatiOn of lights materializes.
For Seaford and fredericksburg,
semi-prO baseball will be something
relatively new, as each community
has had professional baseball up
through the 1949 season. However,
years ago, fredericksburg repeatedly
produced some of the peninsulas s
strongest semi-prO teams; in. fact,
during the mid-1930's, peninsular
semi-prO diamond hOnOrs were gen.
orally determined by the outcome
of an extended series between Fed
eralsburg and Milford teams. Mil
ford also was formerly represented
in the Eastern Shore League, re-
linquishing its franchise after close
of the 1948 season.
In 1948, Milford was represented
by two teams, the Eastern Shore
! League Red SOx, who finished sec
ond in regular season and then won
the leagues pOst-season playOffs,
and the Milford Vets, who finished
second to Milton in the Sussex
County League pennant race. Mil
ford was represented in the Mar
Del League last season by the Mil
ford A. c., a "hOme talent" array
that finished in sixth place.
Milton, one of the peninsula's
best baseball towns, was represent
ed from 1946 through 1948 By
Sussex County League entry that
+, won three consecutive pennants
Last summer, the Milton team com
, peted in the Mar-Del circuit finish
, ing in a tie for first place with
Rock Hall, Md; Rock Hall defeated
Milton in one-game playoff for
pennant-hOnors, but Milton bounc-
ed back to win the circuits post
season plaYOffs.
LeWes, Hickman, Millsboro an(
Frederick have all competed in the
Sussex County League in previous
years. In 1949, Hickman won pen,
, nant hOnOrs, with Millsboro. sec,
: ond, Frederick, third. and Lewes
fourth; Frederick won the pOst
season playoffs, Ellendale, Fort
Miles and Lincoln were other 1914!
Sussex County League entries, but
no one Of the three is planninS
league representation this cominl
l season.
Milford will be represented a
this SUNDAYS meeting bv FranI
: Hall, Roy Mccullough and Dav,
Hugg.