Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-10-10


day Alexander Recknor, of this place,
had one explode in his hand. The
ball went into the ground; shell flew
upward, struck and cut his lip, extract
ed tooth and Iacerated his nose. In
juries painful but not serious.
Base BaH Ne,cs.-The last game of
the season was played in Cumberland
Tuesday under the name and style of
stockholders as. Stockholders" The
score measured to 3, and the specta-
tors saved nearly all their money.
The Neus of Thursday quotes from
Sporting Life the following report:
Cumberland, M-Base ball here is over.
We have disbanded our club. We have had
prosperous and fortunate season, only hay
ing lost four championship games out of
twenty-one. x The only events to mar
our pleasure and profit were the failure of the
Westminster club to appear without giving us |
notification of their intention not to come,
leaving 600 or 700 people on the grounds ex- !
pecting them until the last moment, and |
FroSt5u'y's refusal to pay as oar guarantee for
the last game played there. Managers ecouid do /
ceU nert season not to 90 there wHhoW getting |
their money IN adeance, as they are not inco,po- !
rated and consequently not responsible. = \ |
The Frostburg Association, we un-
derstand, acted upon the suggestion
of Robb, the Pittsburg Firearms |
pitcher, who distinctly and profession
ally stated that the Cumberland club,
by throwing up the sponge, forfeited |
all claim to the gate receipts, guarantee
or no guarantee. At any rate in the
American Association an occasion Of
the sand kind would be disposed of as
follows:
In cye,y case where Visiting club .to,Jeits
game to tie home clu5 by refusing to play, or
finish a scheduled or postponed game, accord
ing to the provisions Of this constitution, the
club so FORGETTING the game shall pay to the
home club a penalty of not less than 500, and
not more than $3.50, etc
The same book states that "a for.
feited game shall be declared by the
umpire in favor of the club not in
fault, if, after the game has begun,
one side refuses or fails to continue
playing" etc.
But it may be said that while the
home club was "not in fault" the UNI
pire was. Nevertheless, the same
authority declares that 'the umpire is
the sole and absolute judge Of the play"
He "is master of the field from the
commencement to the termination of
the game"-a veritable autocrat for
the time being, and only for the time
being
Having noted the penalties under
which regulars play, and knowing, as
everybody out of Cumberland does,
how effectually, completely and ever
lastingiy the city club was whipped
one, two, three times in succession, to
what other motive than that of mean,
vile spite can be attributed the above
notice to managers next season ?"
The fact is, the Cumberland associa-
ton have played the bulldozins role all
the way through where and whenever
artifce would not win. Failing in all,
its last resort is Il SANDER designed to
injure the reputation of the Frostburg
association--a SANDER which implies
that "ace are honest because zoe are incor-
porated.'
However much people abroad may
be affected by the considerate admon-
ition of the Cumberland association,
one thing IS certain-it will fool no.
body in this county, or neighboring
counties. Everybody here knows who
carries the banner Of triumph every
body knows who in base ball contests
plays second fiddle to Frostburg.
In addition to the above insult to
our association q stakeholder" in the
Queen City Courier this week adds his
mite to the incorporated" indignity.
Against the judgment and advice of
the JOURNAL the last game was played.
We saw the desperate strait to which
Cumberland had been brought, and
foresaw that another contest would end
unhappily, particularly should our
club win. But it went on. Cumber-
land came on the ground sullenly.
Nothing suited, and it was kick kick !
kick !! With several exceptions all
were implacables. Rather than GO
home
like the quarry slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon
The club ingloriously abandoned the
contest with the hope of finding solace
in a miserable pretext adopted as a
substitute tor the humiliation which
waited on certain defeat.
For this, therefore, the Flostbure
association and club are gathering the
fruit Of their folly in the abuse of the
license which the press too often ant
so literally affords to the unknown
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