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TRAP SHOOTING
THE EVENING JOURNAL'S DAILY PAGE OF SPORTS
BASEBALL
GENERAL SPORT
THE BEST SPORTING PAGE IN WILMINGTON.
EDITED BY DAVE.
GET BILL'S DOPE I
f
Shields, Reed and Meredith|Biff
MILE RELAY SQUAD|
Can Beat Two Minutes
for 880
HAVE FASTEST TWO
In Shields, Reed and Meredith. Mer- '
cerMnirg perhaps has three of the.
fastest middle distance runners of any,
achool in America. Shields and Reed
. ., . . hpBipn In their soe -1
Have never oeen neaten in men- »pe
clal events and Meredith, after run
ning his quarter at the Penn relays
In 51 3-5 seconds, finished first in the
half-mile at Princeton, May 2» In a
minute 59 4-5 seconds. Al the same
meet Reed ran the mile In four min
utes and twenty-nine seconds, break
ing the old record held by Overton, of
Hill School, and now of Yale, by « 1-6
On (he same day tblelds
acconds.
broke the Yale Inlerscholaatic mile
record by 3-5 of a second, running the
distance on a very windy day in four
minutes and thirty seconds.
Shields last season won the mile at
Princeton, Cornell, Pennsylvania and
the dual meet against Penn freshmen.
This year ho finished first In the Col
umbia and Pennsylvania cross-coun
try championships, breaking the rec.
ord for both races, ami first in Hie
Mercersburg dual meets with the In
dians and the Penn freshmen. At 1 U 0
Washington and Lee Interscholastles,
April 29. he ran Hie mile in four min
utes and twenty-nine seconds and a
later he won the two-mile
Against Harrisburg Technical High
In nine inimités and 3» 1-6 seconds,
breaking the American interscholas
tlc record, his time being nearly thir
teen seconds faster than any school
boy ever before ran the distance.
f On May 20, at Tome institute inter
Scholastic, meet. Shields broke the
American Interschotesllc record for
the mile, covering the distance in four
in imites 23 3-5 seconds, lowering the
mark of four minutes nnd 26 2-5 sec
onda made by S. B. Berry of Redlands
«Cal.) High School.
I Reed won the two-mile at Prince
ton. Cornell. Pennsylvania end the
Penn freshman dual meet last year,
bis best time for the two miles being
ten minutes and five seconds. Thtw
* '•■Pi.i' ho bn« imnrnved creatW H<*
«on flif* half-mil« al fhe \«w York
University meet • ran hi* relav in
bfes and
* û'r .1 at Z" i Ü
ftrho1««tica. in panalng • cmnp«tUor,I
h« tripped and fell at th« end of ihv j
week
third lap, thereby losing thirty yards,
)ie scrambled to his feet, hurried after!
the other runners and won the race. i
thereby raising great excitement |
among the spectators. He is capable
Î if doing a minute flfty-nlne seconds j
D the half-mile, and nine minutes and
forty-five seconds in the two-raile.
' Meredith should be a great runner
Home day. Although it hardly can ho
expected of him to equal his brother
•Teds performances, he should do
fine running when he enters
or 3-5 seconds for Ihe quarter,
Ka Loa Inn roved rflDldly
he has impi a P ■;
some
college He is only 1» and is growing
Coach Curran expects him to
fast
get much faster as he grows stronger.
I^ist vear he could do about fifty-three
pad 2-5
ÏThis year
nnd is now doing about fifty-one sec
onds for the quarter aud beating two
minutes for the half-mile.
Mercersburg. perhaps, could put
Shields. Reed. Meredith and Hill Hill
ran thirty yards behind Reed in the
Princeton and then finished
rourth in the half, being timed in two
minutes and two soconds This team,,
with good competition, could do at
least eight minutes for tha two-mlle
and elose to eighteen minutes for the
four-mile.
mile at
rami prospects
National League.
Boston at New York, two games,
cloudy.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn, cloudy.
St, Louis at Pittsburgh, rain.
Cincinnati at Chicago, two games,
vlear.
can and National League, from Wed-'
no »day. June 14. to Tuesday. June 20.1
inclusive. Only runs that figure ini
official averages are included. Scores
of incomplete games arc not counted,
but the scores of games of five inning*
o. more are included in the table.
Amerkan League.
New York 2 2*5 I» 7 4 Ik
New ' °rk ■ ■ i i »1« 7 4-3«
*?®. tr01t .J ® * r ? . 1 oo
Chicago .... < 1 , •• 1 J "
Cleveland ..•*"» 8 1—16
Boston . 5 2 4 0 3 - 1—15
Washington.. 11*66* 2—14
St. Louis_ 8 0 * 2 1 * 2—13
Athletics ...* 1 3 3 2 * 1—10
National League.
W. T. F. S. 8 . M, T. T'l
-0-3 16—24
• * 2 3 10—22
3 1-16 1 *—11
8 2*4*
4 12*
2 2 0 *
American League,
New York at Boston, clear.
Washlnrton at Philadelphia, two
games, clear.
Chicago at 8 t. Louis, two
cloudy.
Cleveland at Detroit, cloudv.
garovB,
RUNS OF THE WEEK.
4-9
8
Philadelphia. 3 2
8 t. Louis.,.. 5 2
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Boston
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago ... 4 1
•Did not play.
• •— It
• • 3—10
• • #—10
. 0 5 * *
• 3 •
il
Fellow Refused to Fight;
With Big Purses in
Sight
FIRST BOUT WAS
WITH ARTHUR PELKYj
VORK, Juno 21.—Billy llccklerj
T ' 1 '" 1 »"' l ^'ome* a hit j.|»omy
«lionever anyone casually mention* Unit
JoM Willard i* up a fortune for
h '" 1 *® 11 ""J * ,i!> mauagi r».
,i, u , i,i,d «a, min» in hu\n nmli
Un " "'mi " ah """* ,0
to hold, lor better or worse, richer or,
poorer—and l let him loose,"
Heckler, who i* nationally prominent j
because ol hi* uianugeiucut of riug|
Stai*.
"Along in the early part of the sum |
mer ol 1912 Willard came 1» New York!
seront pa uied by < barbe Cutler,
wrestler," reminisced Heckler. "Charlie'is
towed Jess out t<> my brother-in-law'»)
I Billy Gibson) place and said that hi*|
had been managing Willard, hot that he:
handle hint any longer.'*!
'•'You lake him, Billy,' »aid Cutler toj
Gibson. But Billy bad a lot ol iron, in
Hip fire, and Willard didn't look like I
nnvtlung but a huge bulk of flesh then.
So* Hilly «aid to in * 1 :
" 'Voo Aren't handling very many I>1
Iowa ions; take ou*r thin Willard tellow
and eot* what you run do for him. Hi*'h
big enough to be a champion it he ever
learns how to light
u-'h° 'ti i' lf ' r **i
M.llar.i continued Heck er. le«
Hat broke „( Ihs tins. Hi. "hoes were I
on the blink and N'« dothe. weie oni th ,
ntz. j gaie limi a little money to keep
hmi going Iben I hustled «round and |
rained a fight for him with Arthur
Pelkey. Willard'. first appea ut.ee in »
\cw York ring provoked burst* of «.«•
riment. He was clumsy-and "till!
thu!
was loo busy t
nicinurr corrwuy, «»>•• mw «n-r«m
Willard in that lw..t. net «* much t^,
cause Willard was good, but because
Pelkey made « miserable showing. YYiU
lard's share for Hint light va» around)
$175 ami when he got it it Wed like
as clumsy and
clumsier. He had a ferritic punch
then, but h» knew nothing iiImuii deliv
ering it, and lie knew »«tiling much
about, defense.
"The majority of Hie paper*, if I re
member correctly, gave the decision to
Willard in that limit, not
cause Willard was „ _
Pelkey made » miserable showing. W il !
lord's share for t
$175. and when he got it it'looked like
even
» I
"Y "l'on- tune later l amingcd the
W illa.d-Mn arty tight. After md
«>imed article* I went on to .le**
«>*mt it. When l broke the news e
•mdcl€-»ly announced that 1,< '
wd *• ,nJ h . at iVot l
couldn i w* on with Ihn hont. I\ot
"*■ McCnrtjr wn* in hit
P r 'im. Rut I coaxed , 1 e**. along, ,H,I '|
"Willard" divvy for (hat fight wa"
around M75. and when Je** pot it in hi*
| mn d« and Angered it over h« had an «.\
p r( , Afl | on on hi» fa«*o like that of n
win» hud just inherited 20,000 shares of
| Ac . t hl<>licm Steel stock.
'The showing of W illard in those two,
conv i nfed m e Hist the big boy
, va , „ comer: that with more expert |
|,u<i plenty of tutoring lie would be,
„ wor | d beater. But what 1 feared U.cn 1 ,
a
"A »hon* time Inter l arranged Hie
Willard-Mrt'arty light. After I liadf
signed article* I went on to loll ■'*■»* 1
W hen . broke the «« he.
innouuced that he '
ws* Hist Je*« didn't have the «aine
failli in iiim*elf Not that lie wa» a
coward, hut he always was so »elf con
He knew he looked awkward
seiou*.
in Hie ring and that he had little »kill.
■henever he
and that wa« on his mind
got into an auditorium in those day*, j
"After Willard« light with McCarty,
1 got quite a few offers to match him.
The eluh* were keen about putting onj
i a Willard-Palscr bout. At waa quite a,
hero in the Eft^t jttlt then nml the
fl _ irpd ,, flgfat would draw
1 big. I put the thing up to Jew*, hut he
He frauUlv eon
hacked «way from it
j |
fessed that he didn't (eel himself to ly
Palzer'» class right then, mid Hint if'
sent on " challenge I w»* for "J^ingi
r^l^'iv! wTrci ' for"*
Gtm . « ■ |lan 1)alv RlI<
^ declare,1 he wouldn't
, Wgmp % , )it ,^. vIh1 ,
* « A month or *o afterward 1 was of
[„red a match for Jess against Gnnl>oat]
Smith. T1,c Gunner wa« lircczing «long!
quite mcrrilv then and I knew that »
WiMaH-Smi^ match wotdd attmrt «j
r me., looked
ITie t.unncr, ID • ...
I argu in
big house.
to fight.
too good to suit Je*»,
the big fellow, told him he mlp4it get at
1 c««t * 1,000 for the wrap and that he
was liig 'enough and knew enough about
Ihe game to heat Smith to a [ffilp. 1 di-l
everything po-sihle to *w/inp Jc*a to inv
of thinking, but I couldn't persuade
. ^ ... ,.
"That sort of disgusted me with Wm|
and l quit trying to make matches for!
. Eater on he drifted hack into thaj
'Vest and Tom Tone* crabbed him "6
*cd iiahhe«! « gold mine at the ume
ra «HITF TRYINf TO
nnilL InllnU III
, „ ni un
FlNÄNf.F PfllT^VII I F CI I R
» I U 1 I uI IliliLi UuUII,
P0TT8VILJ V Pa lone *»l_The
way
him.
him.
itac*
i Merchant»' Association ihu'cltv is
; giving the management ,,t the Potts
^Us'ebXcfuR^of ^h^lunnHc
League Ita support by permitting Man- '
»« cr wl >lte to canvass the mem
bers of the association, consisting of
n, ' arl y ev,r y merchant and business
raan of ,h " ct, y to subscribe for slock
0 f a corporation to finance the club
,
DKEIANI'F A r nury
iJ. . . ,,, f .',. p ' f < l
and Seal his sid^«i»n. e 0 '"'
t^linfoiit
and wou^d îlke To hMr from ân Ur f" y ,
18 vear old team In The o t? Min
À 8 * 1 .1" . ty ** nl A
Preferred ''TcflîncfT 1 '
iînî dVf^T.nd ta ill**
■till Baa? op *" da,e8 a " d an *>o»>"
'J? h? 0 , up s * nd cnalieniue to A
Frankel, manager. . o. Monroe
street, Hty. or call any »me during
the day from 8 to t> o clock Delmar
via phone 2249.
FOR THE WINNERS!
_
Many Wilmingtonians Will
Smash Clays There in
Saturday Tournament
FINE PRIZES
c. B. Osborn. Jr., secretary of the
Aberdeen Gun Club, has issued pro
grams for the annual registered tour
„ament of ^ club. to be be ld al
Aberdeen. Md.. on next Saturday. The
program calls for 150 targets, to be
, _
"hot In two events of fifteen targets.
and six events of twenty. Shooting
will start at 10 o'clock, although Un
limited practice is permitted up to
that time.
but $3. Shooters, however, w ishing
enter the optional sweepstakes,
on each event.
merchandise prizes, valued at $50. will
be awarded under the Lewis class
.... . , .
«mateur shooters who
«hoot through the 150-bird program.
Contentants will be divided into three
Following lg a list of the prizes:
Silver water pitcher, cut glass bowl,
silver shaving set, twelve silver tea
Thprmog water tl0ttI 8 „ ver
( , afll . er0 , p , glx allver dM8ert spooll8i
mahogany Inlaid tray, cut glass water
p,; t( . ber , 8ilvt . r sa ndwlch tray, cut
g , ass v „ „
The Aberdaen Qun n „ b p((Uip pd
wltb tM0 (lllfom atlr ,,. apg and lg Ta
The entrance fee for the 150 targets
may do so upon paying an additional
Twelve attractive
classes, and four trophies will be shot
for In each class.
pable of handling a )arKP crowd or
sh ooters. Ij0adpd shP i, s nnd lunrh
may be procured on Ihe grounds. This
I" a registered shoot, and therefore
the scores made will count in the In
terstate Association's official averages
for 1916.
Aberdeen mav he reached via Penn
w , vlB to Railroad on train leaving
Wilmington at S o'clock shoote»»
sb()11 | ( i Change at PerrWlMe for Aber
dee Th , , ma b d
comfortably by auto, as a fine Slate
road can be followed all the way
„ u Worthington, of Baltimore
Md _ wl „ 1># ,^ a f h gb
and plauD|IIK on bninging a , a p
délégation of trapshooters with liim
from his home town Aberdeen Md
,8 the ho, ne of Center German, a pro
f esH j onu | w h* in WA ii known
a nd many Wflmincton shofcnn nifkft
will attend the «hoot next sumdiiv in
- -
»... ». .
MldclCY Mutlorill^S
man__ ®
Asbury may now learn to he pre
o'„h
from his homo town
pared. I
— I
Manager Bill had two pitchers
warming up before the big fellow
appeRred. j
k i
so Dad j
:
—
Dur lead off man was not
ft " W>t two hits in one inning.
inning.
Jack Ruth got two hits in the same
the dirt at first.
n0t hit safely,
Stewart a butting eye. Three straight
*«»"1 ao had.
Maybe Hickey didn't pick them out
He hit hut .did
What did I tell you about (Catchern)
ln "
How about Wallop Bradley s «eld
1 , 000 . one hit and a run.
e^r*'''"* Pi * h ' Ch " nre8 W "i''
Our old friend Reuben Ruth was
fight.)but was s little off In hit field
'» his first game of the
J
^ you our ^ pitch „ „„ fct .|
urduy? If you did not you mlaaed a
treat for he made Asbury look fool
j g j K q'aik about steam, he had it Ask
Reiser to let you look at his hands.
Guess Germany Keiser certainly did
hold the big fellow In fine style.
Maybe the rooters' band wasn't
there with their born and rackets.
Thirteen men batting in one inning
is not so bad. Liberty Fire Company
wag at band
' _
0(jr prpachpr muat have got tirPd
running for when he heard Madelay
dp pl hf rung ln thp flrgt [ nn i„ g [,e
!•-•.- "i«»' >• «
LJJ;
unity. Their throata were t K.
.. r.-..
town Ba He wa* n^euared fo? Satur
town. Me prepared for Ratur
dav * two ^ x J ra cat J* h
« r "- f wo extra pitchers and two extra
out **We r a. Yon got to keep your eyes
£'" «"Se^BlH ^
*'__!
GOLF TOURNEY TOMORROW.
The annual invitation golf tourna-i
ment of the Wilmington Country Club
will open on the club links tomorrow
morning. The indications are that
'over one hundred prominent golfers
of the east will tee off In ihe morn
ln * round Th< * t ' n,rv »"« contain» the.
name * of ««"»V With whom the golf
>nK publtc 18 fam » lar - and *t 1* ex-1
pei ted thal fas ' competition will be
U>e result
Th " v,8lt,n * Player» will be enter
!. 8ine<1 by the <lub al «Inner Thura
day evening, and some form of enter
| talnmeni will be supplied for their
amusement. Tie golf committee, un
der direction of C. Stewart Tee, is
working hard to make the meeting an
unqualified success.
!
1
t> ivjji , I
1. 1 nayer, Diddle 30(11
,-p.| , c • • ni !
Tilden Survive in Play
t ai a fr-At j
for State lltlc
- : -
ifl AÇtV MATCHES
lira avilie j
DRAW BIG GALLERIES I
- !
Sidney T. Thaver, Merlon, by de
■ Ted '
1
c
feating his fellow clubmate,
Kdwards, in a hard-fought match, ,
6-7, 6-2, 8 - 6 , furnished the feature
event of the second round of play for )
the Delaware tennis championship,
played on - the courts of the Wilming
ton Country Club yesterday.
The match was very keen through
Edwards started in with a rush
out.
and, by slamming the ball with dead
ly accuracy, succeeded in winning the
first set. seven games to five. The sec
ond set was ail Thayer's,
appeared unable to get his smashing
returns over the net. The third set. |
brought out (he spectacular play of
the match. The pace became furious;
both of the players were guilty of
many double faults and errors, but to
offset this both players scored many
brilliant aces. Thayer became more
deadly in his placements as the set
progressed and won set and match,
Edwards
Herbert Weir, of Wilmington Coun
try Club, was forced to default his
so;
match in the second round because of
the calling out of the Delaware
militia.
Craig Biddle, runner-up of the
Pennsylvania championship and cham
pion of the Riviera, show'ed his endur
suce by winning his way through the
three rounds of play in one day.
W. T. Tilden, 2d, has had a very
easy time in reaching the fourth
round. In this he has established |
a record, as his opponents in the sec
ind and third round were unable to
Tilden won his first
. , , ... ,
'.ved the third
clean-cut victory over K L. t oy. o, tue
l "' n< ' ' "i'; Slln ' r "!' r " s „- ,
win a game
match by default.
J, J. Armstrong. Merlon, played ac
cording to form and had little diffi
culty In earning his way through
the three rounds. In the third round
he eliminated Norman Swayne. run
in last year's Schuylkill Val
ley tournament,
.fashion, bv the score of 6-1, 6-3.
( omit Otto Salm, of Austria. «Is« sur
round of play by a
ner-up
in rather easy
defeated
Meudlc HetuUor, Princeton, defeated,
Klhcron, 61. ;
f raig Biddle, Newport Daeino, defeat-j
Sw5SS~-jS=
H. B. Endi.ott, Merion, won froiuj
Herbert Weir, Wilmington, bv detault. i
W. T. Tilden, id, (\vnwyd, dctf ûtjdj
Kenneth Stem, \Ve»t Side, 6*0. H O. ;
| it R, Hnw*1nnd. Philadelphia Orieket,i
„-on Iron. G. K StitchUr, Cyuwyd, by;
default. ;
Roy Coffin, Germantown Cricket, dc
f Pa .ted W. L. Robin», Cynwyil. <1-2. <1-2.
s, T. Thayer. Merton, defeated K. M.
1 , ;<lv . ard , i Merton, 5-7, 6 2, 8 - 6 .
E. B. Coy, Wilmington,^ dofoated A. F.
[Volet, Ovcrbrook, 6 2, <->•
i»tl. « Satin. Austria, deu-ated . r .
luimstoii. W ilnungton, 6 3, (>•'-.
Stanley Pcarnon, Germantown Cricket,)
defeated R. R. Jacob», Argentine, 6-2,'
. . _ , .
Joseph Rowland, Philadelphia Cr.eket,
defeated Kenneth Snyder, v\ issahickon,M
6 2 .
6-2, 6-1. ■
WaWer Ihmreaù MomeMow !!' ti-V ' t.T
'Kenne h Kei.nêdv Merion' dèl'-ited
fiir HohMtÎ Jr. Philadelphia^«
Amstorng. Morion, defeated. T.l
H Mart ,„ (> . nw yd, 6 - 1 , 6 - 3 .
Norman swayne, Plymouth, defeated
Paul Gibbons, ''ynwyd, (13, 0-1.
Third Round.
Riddle defeated Fletcher, 6-1, 6 2.
Tilden defeated Rowland, 6-0, H O.
Thayer defeated Goflfin. <12, C-2.
Salm defeated t^oy, 0*0, 0-*l.
* I Verton defr;»l<N| j. Rowland. H I. C-l.|
Hall, iDhfltfd Kennedy, d 'i
Armstnbiff defeated Swavne. 6-1, 6-3.1
Hertford Emlicott mateh pnsfponc.il
one
.
1
.-ill.
by darkness, each player winning
set.
TENNIS TITLE COES
10 SUZANNE WHITE
|
Miss Suzanne White, of Baltimore.
f^rday won the womens singles
championship of Delaware b
default. Mrs. J 8 . Taylor, of the W1I-
mington Country Club being unable
to play because of a serious Illness
ln *?? r
Mis * „—JL, il ? ü Une
«'ämÄS;
^Sl^iSS'ïrKîÂK.eSi
and tlme for tbB cba n e nge round to
be piaved. it could do nothing else
,1>Rn <l« cl » re the challenge round won
. j|ls« White by default.
Mrs. Taylor was the holder of the
having won It in 1916, while
^ White earned the right to chal
^ b ' "J"""*
tournament brought to a close yes
terday.
,.(j A sebALL NIGHT
rally" in the club house tomorro ^
night. Many of the oldest members
to the
WITH PIONEERS.
The Pioneers will hold a- "baseball
are giving their
committee in their effort, to reach
every member of the society and have
him present, as they promise big
noise and big doings.
On next Monday night the board of;
investigator» will hold eu important;
meeting. el*o the revision comrolllee
will consider the advisability of atDV
Ing out all of aectlon 3 of article *V
of by-laws with the other alteration
and amendments that have been offer
e d to tbe constitution.
I
HAVE DAT OF SPORT
Favored by ideal
la)dge. No. 34. I. O. O. F.. he.d its
annual excursion to Augustine Pier
yesterday A most enjoyable time
w as ,lad by the excursionists.
The feature sporting event of the
day was the baseball game between |
Jack Seckel's team and ''Bex ' Ma
nr nil nf T is*, n f0 .T M ^°" ° Mt by the
score of 16 to 13. Mahans team start
,ed out but Seekers came from
the rear in a short time, and won
The grounds on which the game was
played were in poor condition and
several members of the teams are
I,urain 8 twisted ankles, among them
being Alexander Abrahams and Clar
etice Cnarsa. In i tinning from first
base to second, Clarence Toppin fell
'°to a mud puddle.
Scor„> by innings:
Seckel's .0 1 0 0 6 0 1 4 4—16 16 8
Mahan's 2 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 4—13 13 4
Lineups — Seckel's team — Abra
hams, cf; Clouser, p; Taylor, If; Top
pin, c; Seckel, 2b; Bloom, lb; Win
throp, ss; Seiman, 3b; Charsha, rf;
Wa'scn lb.
Mahan's team—Kilhng, c; Allie, p; I
C. J. Moore, lb; Weldin, 2b; Dunham,
3b; Sparks, ss; Volk, cf; •Laroscli. If; 1
Laug. rf. Umpire—\V. J. Bos tty.
Handsome prizes were awarded the
winners of the various athletic events.
The winners were as follows
100 yard dash for men—First, C.
S. R. Weldin; second, Raymond
Bloom.
weather, Eden
R. H. E.
|
,
50 yard dash for ladies—First. Miss I
Gatherlne Edler; second, Miss Ber-1
tha Edler.
100 yard dash for boys under 12
years--Flrst. Chester J. Moore, Jr.;
tP cond, Clement Gale, Jr.
50 vard dagb for g [ r i s unde f 15
yç ar 8 . —First. Emma Mink; second,!
Elizabeth Kelley.
«20 yard dash for men—First, C. ;
g » Weldin; second, Raymond
uj oom . j
yard dash for children under 9 |
years—First, Alien Barton; second , 1
p alll Hesg
Needle and thread race—First lady, |
| M rg william Sparks; first man, YVil
i iam s pa rks.
Shoe race for men—First, Alfred |
Huriock; second, Thomas E. Grier, !
y pol < j ftnce
; i -anp; gentleman. William A. Lang.
player making most hits—Chester
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Both pitchers fanned seven and in
i tbe , 0B8 up A D Allle won , bp prlile
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COUTH ^IHF
; ov/lJ 1 11 |
Lttncroft blanked Eden in a fust
game on Saturday by the score of 5
. 1|0 p (t wng j.; dpn ' g third sliulout of
the 8ettaon
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Tie and cigarette race—First lady, ■
Miss Helen Alexander;
Thomas E. Grier, Jr.
Potato race for ladies—First. Mi 98 !
Ella Mink; second. Miss Catherine
Bdlpr v
Potato race for men—First, Wll -1
iiam Sparks; second. W. A. Carpenter. :
ladies—First, Miss
man '
first
Egg race for
Catherine Edler; second, Mrs. L. L.
Dunham.
ladies—First,
baseball.
Throwing
Miss Bertha Edler; second, Miss Cath -1
erine Edler.
Lady. Mrs. William A. j
EDEN A.C. PICK-UPS
Bohby Wallace and George Win
lers engaged in a pitcher's battle,
bul , hc b(R [ PaRUe 8tal . had the bel .
uf , be fray
G,ant> ,,aMon and 8,11 U * v,s were
the baltln * » tar8 - Grant's triple be
onl > **** "It.
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The Independent team wull battle
11 out witl1 , * lc George and Joe, of
j New Castle, on next Saturday, on
1 the New Castle grounds.
"Bill Six'' Thuet. who has been
wintering in Petersburg. Va., is
back in town and most likely will be
in Vandever fray.
—
"Stony'' August's hair Is fast turn
ing gray, tbe team being in a slump.
—
With "Dutch" Jones hack in shape
and Gene Chase in Hie infield, bet
! ter results are now looked for.
Ralph Morgan, the newly-elected
Whose
Doctor
Said
Good
Tobacco
Wont Hurt
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You
Smoke
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Caps
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mood.
he kn&iVd
ALL VOUNEED^ ^S
is to watch one of our
demonstrators prove the
purity of Swter Cafossl
CW arottes by actual burnmfl
tests. YouM be convinced^
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American League.
Washington. 2; Athletics, 1.
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Chicago, 4; St. Louis, 2 .
Detroit, 2; Cleveland,!.
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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
New York, 4 ; Boston. !.
National League.
Phillies, 7; Brooklyn, 4 (1st game).
Phillies. 9; Brooklyn. 3 ( 2 nd game).
St. Louis, 10; Pittsburgh. 6 (12 inn
ings).
New York, 4; Boston. 2 (1st game).
Atlantic League,
, ,
Allentown. 4; Baston-Phillipsburg, 1
Allentown. 4; Easton-Phiillpsburg,
9 <3nd game).
Reading at Pottsville, postponed.
Other teams not scheduled.
Boston. 1 ; New York, 0 (2nd game)
Chicago-Cincinnati, rain.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
American League.
W. L.
Pet.
Cleveland ..
Washington
nntroit
|n n c. on
Brooklyn .
Phillies ..
New York
.32
23
.582
30
23
.566
.31
.564
24
New York
23
.568
.29
.27
27
.500
Chicago
St. Louis
Athletics
26
26
.500
°2
31
.415
15
35
.300
National League.
W.
L.
Pet.
.29
19
.6o4
.30
.600
20
.25
.532
22
Boston ...
Chicago ..
Cincinnati
g t . Louis
.»3
.489
24
..25
27
4M
2
.24
28
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Pittsburgh .21
28
.429!
.4181
23
32
Atlantic League.
R „,j )n „
.VT,
YVilramgton .12
AB* n,0 wi
Easlon-Philltpshurg ...11
W.
Pet.
L.
Paterson
19
.633
.625
11
Pottsville
16
9
13
14
14
13
16
19
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY.
American Lengae.
Washington at Philadelphia (Two
games),
New York at Boston.
Cleveland at Detroit.
Chicago at St. lx>uls.
National Longue.
Phillies at Brooklyn.
Boston at New A'ork.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh.
Cincinnati at Chicago.
Atlantic League.
Wilmington at Allentown.
Easton-Phillipsburg at Reading.
Paterson at Pottsville.
LEAGUE MEETING^ OFF.
Tbe Ail-YVilmington League meet
ing announced for tomorrow evening !
has been declared off.
arbitration of the league will meet
tomorrow' night, however, to hear the
Bancroft-Newport protest.
The board of
manager of the Independent team.
has greatly .strengthened the club,
and experts a walk-over on Satur
Keep a sharp vatch on the Want
Ads for they have all the good offer
ing firsts.—Ad v.
A dozen or more of (he club mem -
I bets went on a fishing trip to Au
j gustiue Beach, last Saturday and
I Sunday but the only thing they
caught was indigestion,
—
; Vandever will be the attraction
at Eden stadium next Saturday in a
double bill.
Everybody out.
Fourth street lot.
The club will hold Its first earn!- i
val the week of June 26. on the East i
John "Gig" Rieliy, sport promoter, 1
has whipped into shape a fast track
team for the 1916 season.
BECOMES $10,000
FICHIER IN YEAR
Ted Lewis has developed Into a
$10,000 boxer within a year. The Brit
ish welterweicht star has sailed for
Buenos Ayres to (111 a $10,000 con
tract for boxing Albert Badoud and
one other opponent within the next
six months. Just one year ago Lewis,
who was trying to break into the se
lect fistic society, received $90 for hox
Ing 10 rounds with Johnny Marto at
the St. Nicholas Rink. New York
Since then he has climbed the lad
der with tremendous strides.
WAWASET SIDESTEPS.
Wawaset forfeited to Delamore A.
C. Saturday. This was a great dis
appointment to Delamore as they bad
intended to give Elliot one of the
best clubbings of his life. Wawaset
went around blowing that they had
the best team, but when the time
came they showed cold feet. Dcia
more will play Chesapeake City next
Saturday. They also have a tew open
dates and would like to receive chal
lenges from any first class teams out
of the city. Address J. Currans, man
ager, care P. Convery, northwest cor
ner Maple and Harrison streets, city.
MADLLLY HANTS GAMES.
Bill Wintrup, manager of the
Madeley Church League club, wants
two games away from home on July
4. Address challenges to Bill, care
EVENING JOURNAL.
POLITICAL CARD
For Levy Court Commissioner
Of the Third DUtrict.
(Brandywine end Part of Christians
Hundreds. )
HERBFRT K. WATSON
Subject to the derision of the Republican
party.
FOR SHERIFF
OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY— 191«.
JOSHUA / CROSS!»AND
OF ST. GEOROES HUNDRED.
Bubjtct to the derision of the Republie«»
voter*.
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About EuçraTing
About Printing.
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Clothes at Regular
Ft ices Anywhere, But
at the
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YVIlnilngton, Del,
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