ran * f \ » * U I * THE EVENING JOURNAL. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1917. 17 ft FOR BALL SCORES TRAP SHOOTING CALL 0 THE EVENING JOURNAL S DAILY PAGE OF SPORTS D & A. 50 DELMARVIA 1508 THE BEST SPORTING PAGE IN WILMINGTON. EDITED BY DAVE BASEBALL t' c* C>i »oiu IVORY PLAYS OF BASEBALL i. MOTORCYCLE RACES OH Heine Zim’s Play Holds The Candle, But There Are Other Famous Bones MIDDLETOWN CALENDAR 0 The phrase "he pulled a Merkle" may s By “AL." bo dropped from baseball’» classic par­ JL Jin ROOSTS 0 lance to make room for a brand new a— * BASEBALL MIDDLETOWN, Del., Oct. 2.1—Mid, bit of slang by substituting the name of * dletown it to have a sens* of real motor f Clubs as Well as Profession­ Zlm for that of the former Giant first ' * ‘(cycle races next Saturday afternoon on Look out for a great baaghall the mw w B niggl. als Must Help Win baseman. race track, near Heine Zimmerman's name certainly wnwcw REMINDS Foroet Cemetery. deserves to go down in baseball his­ MB - N«*r tts/ Those who are to race are Franklin War tory as the only man who ever ap­ nsrs i proached Merkle’s famous bonehead y.s xe» erry /! S. Craddock, Theodora Craddock, both % Win. WIN TNe ( e play. worlds /or- • ' well-known héros John Miller and Ed­ .■ TAX ALSO ON THE Heine's famous 30-yard sprint down w. w»»es* Sf'Sw. t win Kcyeer. of Paiilsboro, K, J.; Her­ the third base line after the fleet-footed Js bert Ranke, of GiUTiatown, N. J.j Young SUPPLIES ON HAND Collins is one of those exhibitions of ■i Neal, of Wilmington, Dal., and possibly Ivory which come up In a ball game season In 1918. Jim Corbatt has pre 1 Shorty "Reeklaia" Schuman of this when even the smartest players, play­ ! town. To the OradtTock brothers ba. The old axiom there’s no escaping ing at a high tension lose their heads »•/ tM dieted It will be a bloomer. v • Ion g« the honor of having first thought death and taxes Is being brought home for an Instant and pull a play that the • 1 of having motorcycle races here, and it to the golfers. In this Instance some of verlest sandlotter would Jeer at. ' is through their'efforts that such a the links frequenters are going to get Tile greatest bone, prior to Zlm's was pTopram of sports has been arranged. I GET AN ALARM badly bunkered, for the Government when Merkle failed to touch second on • ! Saturday afternoon, October 21, there In casting about for various means of Brldwell's. in the last game of the CLOCK • tvs.i a club of motorcyclists from raising money to carry on the war has sortes In 1908. Merkle started for the • Philadelphia to the new track to givs seen to It that the dealer as well as clubhouse believing the game was won • • - tho racing men an opportunity to prac­ 1 the player Is not overlooked. when Sheckard recovered tho ball, Dates £ave brfan net for th* New tice on tho newly laid out courte. threw to Evers and the Giants were Club members will also have to Things were run off in great shape and declared out by t’mplre O'Day. the win­ dance to the new tune, which provides * * CMLL SO« M* without a doubt next Saturday after­ that beginning with the first of next ning run not counting. The game was u futAS* I noon will mark a new era in the his­ month a 10 per cent, tax will be levied played over and the Giants Tost. 1 tory of racing in this town. f on all dues of more than 112 a year. Merkle added to his fame as an Ivory c merchant in the of 1912 BO Exceptions arc to be made of fraternal E by falling to go after a high foul which was waiting. He's received a lieu­ organizations operating for the benefit ZZSSS^lZ. •1 of members exclusively. would have won the series for the 0« U tenant's commission. Not to fight Giants. however; Just to box. Without attempting to enumerate One of the famous boners of base- John Anderson, who tried to steal sec- Danzig, a slow baserunner on first. He the fans and started for the clubhouse. the clubs of various descriptions In ball was similar to Zlm's. Ossie Scheck- ond with the bases full. du- hit to second, ducked his head and Three Boston runs scored. this city and locality that will be af­ York six day bfke race. Boy, page With the price If chawin’ tobacoo engost. a slow-footed Athletic , plicated this In the , didn't slop until ho had reached third, "Hap" Myers, former Boston first fected by the new law It may be said Hip Van Winkle, and beer up nnd free lunches cut out, that tho total will run close to one bases without aUemnlin'«*to8{h rmv tho .J*8',5 *l,e 8?crfl ,n*r‘ disregarding the fact that Danzig had baseman, once raced from first to third the lot of the poor rassler I» c«r- poses wiinoui attempting to throw the chants of baseball, was so famous for ...... , ...... All of which reminds ns that Jim lalnly a tough one. hundred. Every golf or country club ball. The runner scored and the Ath- his bonchead plays that he was finally •toPPrd second. on Heine Wagners sacrifice with twO| will bo Included, Tho htw provides splcked the Giants to cop and Jawn letles lost the game. It happened that driven Into the minors In spite of his "nee with Cleveland Niles caught a out. Boston was playing New York and for a tax on tho Individual, but It will MeGraw isn't through cussln' him .lack Barry and three other Bed' the game was not of particular import- otherwise brilliant mechanical play. fly ball when the bases were clogged Hal Ghase, playing first base, was so probably result In the rlub collecting yet. Pox have entered the navy. After the money, which In turn will land It J*tn".P1R*, ** ■“ n°t Ifel Into the Zlm Playing with Boston against Wash- with Boston baserunners. Only one dumbfounded that he threw wild lo working for Harry Kraxeo wig must over to tho government. a* e, Ington In 1909, Niles was at bat with man was out, but Niles disregarded the Austin and Myers scored, Wagner Now we know why Benny 1

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