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Article: Delco League hits the big 100 this year.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
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- May 30, 2007
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Byline: Mari A. Schaefer
May 30--Exactly why a horse and carriage were in deep left field on that long ago August day is lost to history.
We do know that the outfielder chasing a fly kept his eye on the ball a bit too literally, and instead of whacking a modern padded outfield fence, ran smack into wood, metal and horseflesh.
"Seriously injured," is all we know.
Such were the dangers when the Delaware County Baseball League was founded a century ago. Its first game was May 9, 1908, and as far as anyone can tell, it is the oldest semipro league in the nation.
Tim Wiles, director of research at the Baseball Hall of Fame and ...