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the evening journal. Thursday, may 17, 1917. 9 ( FOR BALL SCORES TRAP SBOOTINfi CALL THE EVENING JOURNAL’S DAILY PAGE OF SPORTS D & A. 8» BASEBALL DELNARVIA 1508 THE BEST SPORTIM6 PA6E IN WILMINGTON. EDITED BY DAVE

if DELAWARE DOPE AIN’T Bean Ball” Again Goes to CARLISLE STAR LOSES By •‘Who.* J n Front of Baseball Stage LIFE .ON FRENCH FRONT Two record» broken on Saturday NATURE Unglue Jennings loader of the The distinction of being the first mem- Sound» good when the unfavorable WONDERFUL By H- C. HAMILTON, .1 drive batters away from the plate. He Tigers, Is credited with having once weather 1» considered. her of an American Indian unit to fall declared that If he had good pitch­ (I’nlted Press Staff Correspondent! had n novel defense of the high in- I NBW YORK. May 17.--Tho cele- side fast one he uses occasionally, In action in the trendhes of France be­ ing the race would News From the Front. longs to Private Enoe Kirk, a graduate Newark High Wins Poorly be a Tiger winning streak. The broken record that caused the brated and disreputable "bean ball,’’ The batter, ho explained, often steps The bird who took the three knick» which hat been charged to every ef- back of tho plate, standing close to of the < arlisla school, and a member ol most comment was the Delaware pole at der Kaiser is likely in for it now fectlvo curve hall pitcher since the Abe plate. Aa the ball approaches ho the football team. Played Game by That was some years ago, To- vault record. Tom McDonnell, he with Canadian casualty lists carried the day Jennings is confronted with the more than if he went through with hie day curve ball pitching became » steps forward and often ia successful name of Private Uno» Kick, infantry, sad truth that he is getting good the wings, broke the old record by a I original intention. reality, la again going th* rounds of 'a meeting the hall before it breaks, Ü to 6 Score foot and a half. Several of tho specta­ the two major leagues. Aa a result Tho batter, lie believes, does this wounded in action. No longer do the pitching and -no hi,ting. The old casualty lists give the name of the sol­ Tiger wrecking crew is not wrecking, tors lost sight of Tom when ho was so The traitors gone by would probably there is a surplus of feeling when cer- more often If expecting a curve ball- tain clubs get together. He expressed the belief that there Is dier’» unit or the battle front where hs while th0 Tiger pitchers are turning high in the air. consider it an insult if they knew that falls, but confirmatory telegrams to Iris DOROUGH GETS In games that compare fairly well In present day food sharks or "profit pa­ Carl Mays has been openly charged only one defense against tactics of this with using tho old weapon. Dick Ru- kind for the pitcher, and that Is to wife and four little paipoaa«« on the the number of hits allowed with any triots" are classed in the same rank. Oneida reserve at Atuncic. Ont., left no POOR SUPPORT hurlers in tho league. Vineland, in ( lass 2, cleaned up prac­ dolph has been threatened with annl- pitch the high, fast ones Inside, forc- tically everything. Inasmuch as Class hilatlou by some hot-headed oppo- Ing the batter to pop out or let the doubt hut that the wounded soldier was 2 is for the high schools that have never Coming events cast their shadows. none other than the young Oneida liravs has not opened the sea­ Last year it was sharks that kept ’em in nents. Elmer Myers narrowly es- ball pass. Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL. had a coach, and have never had chances raped a bat thrown by Lawton Witt. "If wo passably allowed a batsman whose athletic famn was widely her­ son with any tremendous force of otf tho Atlantic. alded in his old college days at t 'arlisl* NEWARK, May 17.- Ramsey of tho hlttii__ and Vcach. Heilman and for an athletic training, we think it a team-mate, to whom ho was pitch- to take that hop and smash they might, Newark High School team fanned flf-1 Burns have slumped with him. Tho only fair that Vineland should he placed ing In hatting practice. Kven Orovor as well all be fast ones, he declared. in Class 1. Vineland has a regular ath­ Modern Father Goose. teen men in a game against duPont : old smashing attack is (ailing to drive Jerry, Jerry, quite contrary, Alexander has been charged with "There are few pitchers to my knowl- one of the really great Inflelders of High yesterday which tho local team! the runs across. As a consequence letic schedule besides having a first- heavlng dangerous fast one. edge, who deliberately aim at a bat- the league. class coach. How does your war garden grow? won, 11 to 6 Dorotigh was hard the games are not bc.ng won. Stick to spuds, beaus, corn and cabbages, Oeorge Stallings, of tho ter'» head to drive him away from the He has never been rated aa a great Braves, declares the charges flung at plate, but they have to protect them- hitler, but in 13 years In the league and was poorly supported. Thc scot •c: Nome of those high school hoys showed And let all needless stuff go. Newark High. Sincfl the start of this season the hia pitchers aro only part of a con- selvee. Tho batter is bringing danger he has batted for a grand average of real class on the cinder path. Every of more than ,260—very good for an R. H. O A. K, Detroit pitehers have permitted That’s a mouthful. certed effort to bring the Braves into to himself if ho persists In stepping 1 slightly more than seven binglcs to one of the races were hard fought from disrepute. He Insists the particular hack and walking up on this fast one, Inflelder. Moore. 3b ... 2 0 3 1 start to finish and in each one tho best 3 3 3 3 1 each contest, while the Red reason for these efforts is known to for when It breaks It is likely to Last year Turner turned his J. Rhodes, ss . man won. milestone, a ripe old age in baseball, Armstrong, cf (13 11 1 Sox, leaders of (he league by a good f^TPOKT**. him and declares there will bo a show- catch him.” 0 0 11 I) margin, possess hurlers who arP very down. Carl Mays. Dutch Leonard and other yet In 42 games at aecond base he field, Kader, 2h .,.. From tlie showing that several of the ed a trifle bettor than Eddie Collins Lewis, lb .... o i r> o 1 little more effective. Thc Boston Grover Alexander was shocked etars have been accused of throwing 0 moundsmen have permitted within a down-Ntate hoy» made it would be when someone suggested to him that tho "bean ball," but tt never has .Dorn and in 77 games at third was only, P. Rhodes, c . 1 1 14 2 pretty safe to say that Delaware Col­ one point lower than Oscar Vltt, Singles, If ... 10 0 1 0 fraction of seven hits a game. ho had been using his great speed to ’'fastened on any one. lege should have no fear for its future Shaving may be abolished in leading third »acker of the league. Robinson, rf . I) H 1 0 place on the c-iuder path. If all of tho France. And heretofore wo have had Turner deserve» a place in the ball Ramsey, p ,.. 3 1 « 1 0 On the dubbing side of the ledger the figures show the Red Sox are out- high school hoys should enter Delaware of fame reserved for thoee ballplay­ the Blue and Gold should have some n>w* ers who have given their best to the Totals ii n 27 10 4 hitting the TigCrs by approximately -7 n *ét'3 Veteran Terry Turner at is eight points. There is a reason tor track team. 35, game. Terry has always done this. du Pont High. . W bvSh He le one of the finest figure« in besc­ R. H. O. E. the Tiger smash. That is why they are A. 'file Athletic Cqnueil will hold a meet­ hall Anthony, 3b ...... {i 0 0 4 1 not figuring in thc dash for first » Anchor of the Cleveland Team 2 place. A return to form by tho ing some time in the near future to ar­ Maxwell, ss .. .. 0 0 1 1 range for several baseball games to be Carter, c ..... 0 0 12 1 Jennings sluggers, with his pitchers .. continuing in form would mean hard played in place of those that have been slop along side of th« Incomparable Fish. It ...... 1 3 0 0 cancelled. The V. of P. game will take i The veterans of baseball, who are 0 luck for the opposition, I^Joio for several years Moat of his Hobson, cf ... 1 1 0 place on June 12. they? Ward, 2b .... 1 Nino out of ten fans will name games, however, have been played at Dorough. p ... o (1 rubbed it In on such a good opinion of the French. 1 o Thc Dels «are track team has not been Plank, Frank Schulte. Leon Ames. Wood, rf ...... 1 1 n o 0 ; George Stallings when thc Cuba won third. 1 their ninth straight by blanking thc defeated this year. It brains tp look If tho Silverhrookers keep on play­ Sam Crawford and and Perhaps the most remarkable thing Chambes, th .. 0 0 5 1 0 now as though the Blue and Gold would Braves. ing the kind of ball they have started will stop. about Turner Is hia eventemperod dis­ go through the entire schedule without Somehow or other Terry Turner Is Totals ...... G 9 24 9 e with they probably will not finish position, which did not allow even John Evers played his firs’, game of a set hack. worse than eighth. not often thought of as a veteran. Ncofe hr Innings, Even in the winter fanning bees tho nerve-racking Internal dissension duPont ...... 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 thp scason. GORDON-aW. Elmer Paul f aff», the pride of Clay­ AVinning hall games from Babe Ruth when baseball obituaries aro being on the Cleveland club to throw him Newark ...... 2 1 1 30040 X -11 ton. has heen stepping Over the bar lit written, the little cotton topped third Two home runs were included ia is just like winning hurdle races from off his stride. four hits for Fischer of the Pirates. )0 feet 0 inche». If E. Paul would let Bob Simpson . baseman from Cleveland is usually out some time it 1» feared that he never neglected Under Lajolc, Birmingham and the "ARROW rest of them, when the most brilliant SPRING HORSE SHOW Carl Mays helped with a two-hase would come to earth again. Having lost two ball games and won Yet Turner is one of the veterans fomi'fit hit >n winning his game from Cleve­ of the league. Also ho Is one of the player« were losing their beads and none, Pete Coffin seems to have re­ nerve« In the constant factional land. Reports have it that Slide Rule Mitch­ turned to bis 1887 term. real stars of the game and has been ell is now writing a hook entitled "Why for a dozen years. Rut there la some­ tights, Terry was always out there GETS UNDER WAY TODAY trying to win and trying to keep har- COLLAR Two l’ilia Two Equals Four," while This is scarcely believable, At a thing about Terry which prevents him Caklns Dale is having one copyrighted recent la crosse game between Swarth- from being considered as a real vet­ rnony. TOPS AND BANDS ARK CDRYI COT The spring show of the Wilmington » For 14 years Turner has been Infleld- been the anchor of the Cleveland CU7KTT. PEABODY A CCX Jffc MAKER* opened this afternoon with five run­ The interelasa basehall games will ah here C.i-J ing at Cleveland, He played short- club. For that period he has been ning races and a large number of FCCiEIY TO MEET HERE begin next Monday. From all appear­ horses in the ring. Thc entries were V./Î ?Ar\r ance* the grand old class of 1918 should * Thirty classes will be judged to- rhc Homeopathic Medical Society

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