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Chick-Bud Games Prevented by Rain— Odds and Ends of Live Local Sport
RAIN STOPS
GAME WITH
CHICKS BACK
Pooray Making Debut Pitches
Air Tight Ball Until Ele
ments Stop Play
FOUR GAMES AWAY
FROM HOME NEXT WEEK
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ThA* clouds wept, boys; they wept
and wept. In their great sorrow they
took no heed cither of the crowd»,
magnates, ball players o'- umpire, and
something real sad must have hap
pened to have made those clouds
v#ep. While 14 games have been in
progress Old Sol has been smiling on
Front and Union. As the "Chicks"
were In the lead vesterday, he hid hts|
face and broke tip the old hall game.
lie did so again today, but several
people In this city feel that the elo
inents are with the "Chicks" and If
they ever needed a little help, they
needed it yesterday.
11 was worth the drowning and tho
shivering and tho excitement over the
supposed dead man to have that game
stopped when it was. and in having it
postponed the "Chicks" just simply
handed themselves a game or rather
kept Atlantic City from snatching
one.
Atlantic City was Ihr proud pos
sessor of two runs, and hut three
sessions had been marked up.
was on the mound for. the
going rather poorly and liable to gel
in the way of a broadside at any mo
ment. Porray. a new gentleman In
this league, was celebrating Ids first
afternoon tea by pitching airtight
ball and striking dut the local hoys
in one, two, three order.
hovUever, to consider the
above and behind him. They looked
down on that field, saw the distress,
and with one grand rush came to
Wilmington's rescue. And It was
T'otV.
Chicks,
He failed,
elements
some rain. If the players had stayed
In the outfield five minutes longer It
would have been necessary to have
rescued them In row boats. The
chib nf Trx Merer« was seen floa' -1
h,g on that rockv sea which was
real sea out in left Held The water
was higher than a man's knees in I
one snot out there The crowd re-j
sembled a bunch of drowned kittens,
and Front and Union was about the 1
most disagreeable place in this old 1
town.
in the second inning Atlantic City
opened with a cannon. German walk
ed. Newton laid down a sacrifice.
Gorman went to third on Cranlcy's
nut, and trotted home on Doty's clean
hit. Thaekera also slashed out a |
ainge but the side was retired.
In the third Cast,*, „cored when Mo- j
Kenna threw wild to the plate.
Johnny Castle said yesterday that |
* he would have a winning team inside |
if another week Porray, who pitched •
yesterday had nine men face him and j
nnly one man gbt to first. He earae |
from the South Atlantic League. Thié ;
year he was with the Brooklyn U. S. !
League team and was a free agent
when that team unconditionally sur
rendered him
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"Nlc" Carter, a veteran of the Kan
sas Clfv club, is another of Castle's 1
moundmen. He played with Jimmy !
incWson n-tth the Kimita club of the
New York State League. Culp, last
year's Tri-Stator, and McIntyre, re
leased to Atlantic Cltv bv Heckert. is
the fourth This combination should
have its effect in the summary stand-j
ing of the Buds within the next few j
The Chicks hit the road next week !
for their first extended trip, playing
st Harrisburg Monday and Tuesday!
and at A'ork. Wednesday and Thurs
They eome home on Friday to
dy.
plav Allentown and go back to Allen
town to play Saturday game. Be
ginning Monday week the club plays
nine games at home, I
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SLEPT IN STAND
WHILE RAIN FELL
AA'hen lb" crowd at Front and Union
took shelter in the grand stand dur
ing the hard rain yesterday afternoon
they were startled to see a negro
man sitting calmly in the rightfleld
bleachers being drenched to the skin. ;
The man was evidently asleep but
after he had sal through the thunder, ;
lightning and wind every one was of
the opinion that the man was dead.'
Rocks, wood and a Utile of every-|
thing was hurled at him. hut the man
didn't move. Tommy Bardou jthe j
keeper. dnVUNl through the
NJerfU the man
refused to show any signs of life and
It was only after he had been slapped !
In the face several times that he I
awoke. When ho finally became j
aware of hie surroundings he made
a dash from the park.
ground
rain and shook him.
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SELL AUTO LICENSES
3LLL rtUEU LlDtll
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Secretary of State Miller announces
that hereafter the four justices of the
peace In Wilmington. Messrs. Gluck-1
men, Buckley. Lewis and Robertson.
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MAGISTRATES TO
WILMINGTON JUNIORS TO PLAY.
AA'flmlngton Juniors will play Mt.
Vernon Juniors at Ninth and Rodney
streets today. Ml. Vernon's line-up
will be; Biddle, Halliaey, Tooraey,
Hamby. McA'ey. MoDade, Buckley,
McLaughlin and Dougherty. The
Juniors' llnc-up will be: W. Swift, C;
Schlor, p; Walsh, as; W. Jeffers.
lb; Sheppard, 2b; P. Carey. 3b; P.
O'Neill and Begley, It; F. Glynn, cf;
R. Mink. rf. With the Wilmington
Juniore regular line-up In the game
sna Chnrlea Schlor in the box, the
the Junlora will make Mt. Vernon
work hard for victory.
Town May Lose Chicks
Unless Fans Support Came
The management of the Wilmington
Baseball eluh Is seriously considering
a proposal to transfer the team to
Heading, I'a.. in the hope that the at
tendance In that city will be better
than in Wilmington. The Chicks have
been playing the best ball ever seen
In the Tri-Stale circuit,
the attendance «as excused by the
fact that the team was not a winner,
although for a good while It was
"knocking at the door,'' but this year
hast year
DUPONT MEN IN
FINAL SHOOT
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a ' 1 nno ° l
I day's match Is a postponed one from)
M»>' 3, and a victory for the local
! shooters will give them the champion
[ «hip. In caçe the ten men on the
team win the race the duPont Com
P an - V will give each man a solid gold
pin as a prize.
The duPont Gun Club left for
Philadelphia this morning to shoo*
against the Meadowbrook Gun Club
in the Anal match of the Philadelphia
League* today. To
JÇJ2 PENNANT FOR
HARRISBURG NEXT WEEK
HARRISBURG, Pa.. April 17. The
1912 pennant won by the Harrisburg
Tri-State baseball team last season
vvlli be raised with appropriate aer-1
vices on the island next Friday after-1
noon. May 23. Just before the game
scheduled with the York eluh. There
will he a parade before the game.
headed by a band and a concert on the
b ; ( ]p
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8 ° n and local .
warlrhnnres »he Tigers have for pennan
honors Todays game will be a hot
a^h. for possession of third place, and
tie for second If 3ork loses.
Tile members of the A'ork and Har
risburg teams will galher 'round th"
fagstaff before the game begins and
Captain Davis, of the York club and
Menager Cocklll, of the Senators, will
together raise the big blue rag.
Trenton will be the attraction on ths
island grounds this afternoon and a
good game is assured. This Is Tren
ton's first appearance here this sea
fans . will see what
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Manv alert, capable business women
make it a point to know of the Want
opportunities each day.—Adv.
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GOOCHS BRIDGE
DAUGHTERS ELECT
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IflUolUlull
ln 8 «» Gooch Bridge Chapter Uaugh
»'' r8 American Revolution the
following officers were olctfcd : re
8 <' n »- Miss Klcanor K. Todd; ytce
regent, Mrs. Mary Lee Rowan ; chap
lain, Mrs. Mary h. M. Milligan: Scere
»ary. Mrs. Fannie J. B. Reed; régis
I rar. Mrs, Mary B. Donnell: historian,
Special to THK EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Del., May 17—At a meet
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Mrs, Marian C. Gooch and treasurer,
Mrs. Mary E. Cooch A resolution
was adopted and forwarded to Mayor
Blankenburg, of Philadelphia com
mending him for the vigorous war- ■
fare he is waging against Die white
slave traffic.
Miss Nellie Bruce Wilson, wtll j
graduate from the Philadelpmn Must- :
cal Academy, next week.
Everett C. Johnson, editor ol_'h**j
Newark Post, w ill make the address j
to the graduates of the DelawarcHtgn
School al the Commencement oxer-
elseg on June fi.
Plans
•n ,i ii,o ■
and specifications for e
proposed system of 1
.posai plant have been pla» d (
hlbttlon in Town Council rooms and
will remain on exh bltioi) un 0
day of the special election. May
Ehen B. Frazer, is 8 '•* -
sessions of the Oeneral Asaeinhly of
the Presbyterian thurth
Ga.
Gertrude I
Tile Misses l-aura and
Fader and Alberta and
arP spending Die week with.
MiK8 jj p | pu Fmler of Baltimore. Misa !
Ma „,| r Hudson of Philadelphia is th«'«
' t f Mr anrt Mrs . Charles Col
*£j are Avenue.
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LIQUOR uALtilmade
Katherine
Special to THF, BVKMNC TOURNAI.
DOVER. Del.. May 17.—Dover's
town officers and county constable
made another round-up yesterday of
violators of the local option law of
Kent county, securing Benjamin York I
and William Parsons, the latter wttli j
several aliases, charged with the un- 1
lawful sale of spirituous liquor ,orlt i
" ,,d r ' ar «" n «' wi,h Bessie Ingram, j
char! e.Hod ge and Harry_Manlove.
were all given * . , «vpo 1
Intratc AVood, and In default of $80« j
fn '' c ' t ri«i «V the coming Julv tenu I
for trial at the con I ig . y tc
o» pourt - h ha d been nrevl
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HAND IN NIArHINEBY.
AVhlle at work In the plant of the ;
Electric Hose snd Rubber Company
yesterday. Michael Diecarlo, of No.
612 Rodman street, had hla hand
crushed In machinery. Hia Injuries
were dressed at the Homeopathic
Hospital. 1
ORIGIN OF CHRISTIAN ITT.
In the Temple of Truth tomorrow
PV enlng Rabbi Emanuel Sehrieher
„-jp j PP ture on "Origin of Chris- !
tianity." Those interested In history, j
philosophy and religion are Invited ]
t o attend the leeture.
there is no such exenae. Either
Wilmington "ill not support a itsII
team oy there is something radically
" rong some plnee.
barely being made, and civic pride
are
KxpPtlHCB
should help support the team If noth-1
lug else. When a city has a hall tonin'
that is burning up the league and
winning almost every game, if that,
team loses money because of only a
handful of people at its games, it
■peaks mighty poor for the town,
COMPANY H
WINS TROPHY
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patties and
score Is 1«35 out of a possible 21)00.
| The teams and mores follow
Co A. Wmlngton.548 «G« 2 4,
Co. B. Milford . «1 «W— 1119
Co. C. Wilmington.344 4,4-- SIX
I Co. I*. Wilmington . . . ' M8 773
Company II. of New Castle won the
third annual shoot for the First In
fantry Trophy, which Is a silver cup'
to be retained by the successful team
Company H
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won
ono your.
jagaiiint teams from all tbo other rotn
thr staff. Their lotsil
I Co. K. Wilmington.580 74t^-1321
I Co. K, Wilmington.*513 «59 -1272
Co. G. Dover . «3« 823—1461
Co. II, New Cast le. .. .777 837—lfii',4
HORSES TO GO IN MAFIA El.
The first matinee of the Delaware
1 Horse Show Association will be field
1 Bl Wawaset Park, this afternoon,j
weather permitting,
A large number of horses are he.
I it'd worked out over the track, and
many of the horses are sho ving great
»peed. Four rares are carded for
Saturday, .1 F .tones old favorite,
Lady Bess, and T. J. Lynchs ever-1
popular Bill William being entered in
the feature. J. P. Winchester's Tor-1
frtda also is entered.
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relay race, with Norristown,
lag. Radnor. Lower Morion and Phoe
nixvllle High Schools,
| Mason and Mettz will compete n
HIGH TEAM ENTERS.
Wilmington High School's track
team of eight members, will compete
in the interscholastic meet In Nor
ristown. Pa., this afternoon The re
lay team of Matthews, Mason, Men*
and Rheuhy are entered In the mile
Read
br0il »' 1 B " d (1 »«"illton and
Hammond ate In the discus throw
The former Is throwing the disms
(better thkn 10« feet,
FREE GLAZED
KID MAY HURT
MOROCCO TRADE
Announcement that tho Drpart
lieve that the city plants will he in
speffted.
what this will consist of. they are
anxious to know what it will cm
|tnctn o." Commerce is to send Arthur
B. Huffman, an agent, to make an In
vestigation on the shoe and leather
industry in this country, has caused
local leather manufacturers to lie-1
The local firms have varl- j
mis views on the Investigation and )
while it has not been stated Jnat
brace.
When asked what cf.eel the pro
p0SP(1 eiimiuatlon of the 13 per cent,
tarifT on glazed kid, would have on
i oca l industries, J. Edgar Rhoades
said b c was afraid that it would af
.„Ifeet some of the local plants sei
tously. Mr. Rhoades said that he did
not believe that putting leather ma
chinery on the free list would affect
t he local platikv so much ns there
was little in the way of foreign ma
^hlnery that they wanted,
*11*1 no» believe the proposed reduc- 1
jtlon tl)P on glazed kid would
work anv Injury to local manufac-1
'.titrera since practically no glaze' kid I
(s s<>nt int0 thja t0 „ n t r y from abroad,
Furthermore, he said that he did not 1
i, hink thR t the removal of all duty !
Another manufacturer said that ho
would raus« any great amount to he
hj|)ped jn as (hp Kngl ,„ h< French
''jand German kid was inferior in qual
He said
i,y ,0 lhat d hrr ''
that *i view of the fact that this city
land Philadelphia is now exporting
worth of
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• v f ary abou l *7' . ,
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elimlnal on of the tariff mild «rip
pie local factories In audition, he
said, that he thought Dure was little
to frar in "' r , °. f . Kn * ,,Bh « l1 «« 8
being imported into this country he
k'.use of the inferior grade of shoes
in England.
EIN HERMEN UATUII SHIRKS.
Lot of Young Man-Eater» Landed
Out of School.
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LEWES, Del., May 17 .—Fishermen !
np t b P y UPPn Anne pier ran Into a
sc b 00 i 0 ( young sharks, and in three ;
h ours a large number were caught. |
j,^ V e of them measured four feet in |
length, while the rest measured from [
t three feet in length.
But two other kind of fish wore I
«'»ught, and it Is thought that the
larg< , r R |, ar ks drove the fish Into |
H,,allow ' ,r tt a,p r , A hoy ^ ot
the Pnd G f his hook., and but :for the j
,,nlpl >' assistance of «""»e <* f ,hc 0 dp '^']
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Hopockohocking Tribe. No. 17.
proved Order of Red Men. was cele- j
brated a few evenings ago. Ad
made hy the great
chiefs. During the evening a feat
ure of the oceaslon was the presen
fatten by P. 8 William D. Morrow,
on behaif of the tribe of a mem
bershlp chart to Shlef of Record» i
Joseph H. Follansbce. in recognition
all( j appreciation of 27 consecutive
years as chief of records, which is
the record in this State, and only
exceeded by three of longer service
jn the United States,
ice cream, cake and cigars were
served.
dresses were
JACK BRUTON, WHO HAS
FRIGHTENEDTWOCHAMPIONS
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weight, who has beaten every one he
met in the ring In the last y?ar, ex
<'ept Packle McFarland, and hla man
ager, Dan Morga.u havo been try In J
to get either
American
WlllyS
lightweight
Welsh, the
British lightweight champion, into
the ring with him. Neither will..
listen.
Welsh was in New A'ork for some
for months
j mtchto the
) c |, an ,pio n> a1ld Freddy
weeks after his return with the Eng
lish title and Brillon went after him.
A club in that city offered him $5«ti0
to meet Britton and he slipped away
to fight a lemon In Canada. Ritchie is
very busy with vaudeville work. His
latest statement on the subject ( is to
the effect thaf Leach Cross of New
A'ork is entitled to a light, but Britton
doosn't figure. When it is considered
iihat Britton heat Cross easily tho
kind of reasoning the champion Is
(employing may he understood,
think Britton . an heal Luther
McCarty "
Well McCartv
said Dan Morgan, hjs man
ager. "That sounds queer doesn't If.
would never touch
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We would outpoint the alleged
white champion in ten rounds, lie
knows so'much more."
BASEBALL CHANCES TODAY
National League.
Pittsburgh al New A'ork, cloudy.
SI. Louis at Brooklyn, cloudy.
Cincinnati at Boston, cloudy.
Chicago si Philadelphia, cloudy.
American League.
New A'ork al Chicago, clear.
Boston at 8t. I.on is, cloudy.'
Philadelphia at Cleveland, clear.
Washington at. Detroit, clear.
{TIGERS SELL Ml LLIN Dll
WASHINGTON FOB MM
Pitcher
DETROIT. Mich.. May 17.
George Mullin. in point of service tho
oldest, member nf the Detroit Base
ball Club, was sold to the Washington
Americans for $2300.
Mullin joined the Tigers in 1902, !
and three times helped to pitch
Detroit into the American League
championship. HI. showing this
«pripg b as not been satisfactory to
Manager Jennings. Mullin said he j
was glad to have a change of scenery,
all(i doflarod he still could pitch as
g,„,d hall as he ever did. . *
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street. John Baker
The Christiana Athletic Club will
appear for the first lime in their new
HU |ts this afternoon when they meet
the St. Peter's A. C. at Fourth and
church streets. Hughes and Taylor
w jjj b e the battery for the Christiana
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SEAFORD HIGH GOES UNDER.
8BAFORD. Del., May 17.—Laurel
High School defeated Seaford High
School here yesterday 11 to 10.
Laurel H. s{ ..1 n t( 3 2 2 3 0 P—11
Seaford H. S. . .2 2 tt 0 2 2 2 t) tt— 1«
FODDER FOR
FIGHT FANS
By The United TV-«!«
Philadelphia May I*, in tim
first bout Rime the ban m painsi 'ils
Appearance In Philadelphia «a lift
ed, .lack Britton, «T Chicago, "ill to
night take on KUI Graves, of Mil-1
wanker, who has made quite a name
for himself throuchont the weal. Holh|
men will weigh in at 140 pounds a*
the National A. C, for u ala-round
bout.
By The Culled Cress
NEW YORK. May 17
tng experts insist that Mike Gibbon*
lack" (he punishment to give him
The nport
championship class declared today
that the St Paul boxer's showing
mat tnc m. taut boxers snowing
last night .(gainst .lack McCarron
proved their contention. Gibbons.
made a show of his opponent, hut try
as he might, he could not put over
the haymaker. Ills brother. Tom,
also won from Young Mike Donovan,,
by a wide margin, inn was also un
able (o land the sleep producer.
By The United Press
CHICAGO. May 17 Eddie Mc
Goorty, Dshkosli mlildlrweight, slnrl
rd training today for his h«ut one
week from tonight, with Frank Klaus
in Pittsburgh. Three days later. Mo
Goorty will go ten round« with boo
Houck at Boston, and on June 13. ho
will exchange wallops with Jimmy
(Tabby In Butte, Mont,
TODAY'S BASEBALL
tri.statf; league,
Atlantic Ullj »». IVIItnloglen, Kran»
and Union.
ALL.« II.RING IDA LEAGUE.
Rockford at Vandrver (Gamc..lytn*.
ferred),
I'arksidr at Highland.
Hillside h! Bailerofl.
CHURCH LEAGUE.
Edge Moor vs. Central a( Edge
Moor.
East lake vs. Newport at Newport.
. .Hilverhrook vs. Old Swedes at Old
Swedes.
FACTORY LEAGUE.
Malleable Iron vs. I'ttvej A Jones,
at Eden Park.
F.leelrle Rubber vs. Speak man, at
Thlrtlelh and Spruce streets.
P K It. Shops vs. I.oivtlrll. al
ilroikhaven
Edge Moor vs. Harlan and Hollings
«nrth at Soullilirldge
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VESTERBAY'R RESULTS.
American League,
Athletics. 8; Cleveland, 5.
Boston, 3; SI Louis. 2.
Detroit. 6: Washington. 2.
Chicago. 7; New York, «.
National League.
Phillies, TO; Chicago. 4.
Brooklyn, 6; St. Louis. 5.
New York. 7; Pittsburgh. 4.
Bostou-Clnclnnatl- Rain.
Tri-Slate League.
All game postponed rain.
STAMMNG OF THE ULUBS.
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Athletics ..
Cleveland .
Washington
American League.
W. U
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P.C.
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Chicago .
.429
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.12 1»
.10 19
. 7 19
Boston ...
St. Lbuls .
Detroit ...
New A'ork
.387
146
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PC,
P.C.
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National League.
W. L.
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Phillies ....
Brooklyn ...
New York ..
81. I-oula .14
Chicago ...
Boston ....
Pittsburgh .
Cincinnati .
18 9
14 12
.500
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.500
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12 17
8 19
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Tri-Nlale League.
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A'ork ..
Trenton .
Harrisburg ....
Allentown
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5 9
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Atlantic City ..
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY.
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American League.
Athletics at Cleveland.
Boston at SI. Louis.
New A'ork at Chicago.
AA'ashington at Detroit.
National League.
Chicago at Philadelphia
Pittsburgh al New York.
Cincinnati a* Boston.
St. Louis at Brooklyn.
Trl-Stale League.
Trenton at Harrisburg.
DEI MAR
"ou n c«mont made by Supcrln-I
thmirnt Vlssscy that the passenger
RPrv if P of the N. Y.. P. & N. road will |
increased by two additional train» j
, tH )| v except Sundav. on May 25. The
southbound Haiti will leave Delmari
SàîwàîVîM 8 - m
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WêtesSÂSÏSl
Allentown at A'ork
Atlantic City at Wilmington.
improved train service.
Del., May 17 .—Official ]
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Transportation
operated between
be used.
INTAKE WINS AGAIN.
McCabe won its fourth consecutive
game Thursday afternoon by defeat
ing the Boy Scouts team of New GwS
tie 9 to 4. This is the second defeat!
of the season for the New Castle lads
at the hands of McCabe. The game
was featured by McCabe's heavy hit-(
ting.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
McCabe .2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2—9
Boj Scouts.0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 — 4
Batteries McCabe: Kersey and
Horn; Boy Scouts: Bacon and Naylor.j
On The Base Line ? 1
Sporting Gossip and Com
ment on Plays and Players
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And are weeping again today.
Johnny fasti, was mining strong
lien the break ramp.
his
And Johnny assures us that
battery of new Iw triers will do some
' burning before they hit the shore
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I l 1 " 5 ' r,,r " D'H»- Tbay play
| hPrp ,. r , daV| bll , K „ to Allentown
on Saturday.
Tex Meyers is playing the host
career. It would not
up nExt
Danny robin got the gixd hand,
iron, his friends The hoy feels eon-1
i «»lent that he can go some this year.
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[A 1 * 1,8 »'J» ,1|,H "eek In fielding, but
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,hBn »hey made Inst week.
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Jimmy Js'Khoi was out ''»".the
game yeslerdav beeanse of an attack
He would have been In
of lumbago
today had not rain hulled things.
George W. Meeker! has begun to
rut down his squad. Yeslerdav hn
banned Hill Culp, who has been with
the White Itoaen for two seasons, his
release. Culp Immediately signed to
pitch for the Atlantic (Tty team,
Inltelder Wedell and Catcher lavwla
were also let go. York will carry
only one catcher this season. Man-1
nger Heckert deciding thaf Joe Knotts
can handle all of the games.
against j
battery,
defeating them
He gave a base on halls in;
Malty just breezed along
the l*tratea' high-priced
O'Toole and Kelly,
7 to 4.
the third, which was his first In forty
nine innings.
The Naps packed th" hsses with
none out. against the Athletics In,
the seventh, but the sacks were clear
; ed without a run gelling across wheni
the Nap eoachers got mixed up and
'he Athletics pulled a triple pity.
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Crawford helped out some when the
Tigers downed Washington, hy get
ling three hits In four limes up.
Gohb went hit less.
A
in one
It was a good joke when the While
Kox heat Frank Chance's crew on
their first
twice in the same place isn't
funny. Maybe (he six will rake on
a little of the Chance Day spirit to
day.
Two singles followed hy Hooper's
home run scored the only runs the
Red Sox got off Baungsrdner.
home run, triple and single
inning scored the Browns' pair, but
it wasn't enough.
appearance In tow n, but
so
Brooklyn and Phillies continue to
run in circles. Wheat got a doubl«
and home run yesterdaj Cutshaw a
single and homer and Daubert two
singles and a triple, just to show that
the Dodgers have some real hatters.
In the meantime the Phillies look
the Cubs Into camp. Space is al
ways reserved for Murphy to make
that amendment.
When Mathewson's days of useful
ness as a pitcher for the New A'ork
Giants have ended. Manager McGraw
ts to tender him a three-year contract
without reduction In salary. The ex
tended contract will be without the
usual clause for a 10 days' notice of
release.
McGraw recently announced this
plan of retaining hla star pitcher to
Manager Joe Tinker, of the Cincinnati I
Nationals, accordinga to a statement
by Tinker.
That Mathewaon would earn hla
salary as a coach of the Giants' young
pitchers, aside from any considera
tion of the service he has rendered
»he New A'ork club In the paat decade,
was McOraw's reason, as Tinker
gives It. for thug continuing the veter
an on the pay roll. "But Matty's
career as an active pitcher has still
some time to run." the New York
manager Is said to have added.
President Powers, of the Federal
League, has announced today that
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Kansas
City and Milwaukee
hav*
made application for membership In
the new league after W. H. Li ginger,
representing
conferred with I'owe
Milwaukee
interests
era. The name oj
hr Kansas City applicant was not
ma(lP nut( | (c
Powers said that probably the ap
plication would hr acted upon favor
ably. bul that Hie new teams would
not be put In the «eld until 1914. as tt
<B b"' «Icslred t.» disturb thin years
schedule,
Htorles sent from Lansing Ms
Michigan to the effect that Tv Cobb
and other members of the Detroit
Baseball Club baa been placed under,
the operations of the state Work
men's Compensation law were bssed
upon misconception ,,r President
Navln's object in applying for prolee.
tlon under the act
According to the reports from the!
eapltal Cobh would he limited to $10
weekly compensation in case of in-'
?ij«ry. instead of receiving his regular
RII | Hry of „bout Jfi00 ppr
A « * Miatier of fact none of the
hall-players will he effected by Dm
compensation law. It will cover only'
eninloves of the iiasdiall niant
. employ's oi me nasenau plane,
* ho number about 7K.
To band your own release to your
« nlf '* Bn unusual occurrence
» hl « *" what took place In Grand
Rapids, Mich., when Pilcher William
K. Ksslck was released by live Grand
Rapids Central League (Tub II« was
the only member of the pitching staff
not yet In condition, and as it ' was
necessary to reduce the number of
players (o conform with the league
Vet
limit, Ksslck was the victim,
The release was drown up by
sldenl William E. Ksslck, of the
Grand Rapids Club, with all tho cugsi
tomary details. _
ttion placed himself before a mirror
amt mad ,, „ speech, In which he ex
pressed his regret that the loagup'
rules made It necessary for him tp
release his favorite pitcher,
The document was tendered by the
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President F,#siek
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bv h,B 1 bu « 1 rosidenl Ksslck te
[*••*<> htmzolf as a pitcher of thw
team of which he is president nml
majority stockholder.
Kaslek la a warm weather pit.-lmr
and says he probably will sign hlm
»elf again In mid-season.
The sun yesterday gave He to the
weather man who had predicted rain,
and Frank Chance New York Yankee
mrnag'-r. due to he honored by his
former felow townsmen. Pves'denl
Comlskey, of the White Sox. due to
reap a harvest of shekels and thous
ands of baseball bugs were happy.
"1 want to make one Utile her.""4*id
Comiskcy before Die hands began to
tune up for Ibis afternoon's parade.
"This will be the biggest crowd this
afternoon that ever turned out to tell
one hall player what they thought of
him and It may turn ont to bo the
greatest crowd that ever saw a game"
The largeal known paid attendance 'n
the history nf the game is 38,281 .it
the Polo Grounds. New York, on the
opening day of the world's scries In
DDL Kleven thousand reserved seats
have been sold for the "Chance Day".
celebration this afternoon and 32,00(1
general admission were placed ou -
sale today.
PENI.VN HALL THICK MEET. ,
The members of Penlyn Hall, a '
boys' organization at Pennsylvania '
avenue snd Franklin street, t
will
have an athletic meet. If the weather
at the Cool Spring .
The
favorable.
reservoir track, this afternoon,
winner of the all-around champion
ship will receive a silver cup.
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