Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-08-04

stops and pick-ups were at times very difficult
and his home run hit was a very good one.
For the Gales Townsend and Krapfs
battery work was little musty, showing a
want of both training and practice. Tucker
did good work for bis side, both in the field
and at the bat. McAllister played first base
well; his batting was excellent, and at times
very opportuDe. His home run with two
men on the bases was feature. Conner
played second base and did very we'll There
is something uncanuy about Conner; he sue
ceeds so easily and regularly that he seems
moved by some supernatural power. He
looks like the man in the moon, and perhaps
he is. lfso, Thalia has chosen him for her
sweetheart. George is all right. To use a
rugged but eloquent colloquiallsm-"he gets
there" Despard played third base and
demonstrated that he has been there before
many time" All in all, the game was
very enjoyable affair and the audience took
their departure very well pleased with .heir
afternoons outing.
The game of base ball played at the Driving
Park last Saturday afternoon between the
Bowery and the newly-organlzed Frostburg
club was very interesting one. The Bowery
club were man short and the Frostburg
club, at the request of Jack, loaned them
Kalbaugh, who is Frostburg's change pitcher,
to complete the team.
Jack and Carroll did the battery work for
Bowery, and though Jack has added several
pounds to his avoirdupos since last season,
he was in good form. The way he shot the
sphere across the plate was enough to make a
timid man tremble. Unfortunately, he was
injured in the fifth inning and had to retire
from the game. No one regrets the accident
more than manager Dillon, who was in a
way responsible for its occurrence. The
Bowery club and many of their friends are
OF the opinion that had Jack pitched the
game out they would have won. However
this may be, certain it is that the Frostburg
club played ball that was decidedly good.
kreiling pitched great game and will in
little while be a No. pitcher. He makes
good curves, has plenty of speed, excellent
judgment and, in my opinion, the greatest of
all essentias-"control of the ball" Will
liams who supported him behind the bat is
sadly out of form and did not do as well as he
can with more practice. Joe Price held down
the initial bag in good style, while Coleman,
at second base, was out of sight. His double
play in the last inning was a good one and
brought forth the applause it deserved. His
batting, too, was a feature that helped
materially to win the game for the club.
Donohue covered plenty of ground at short
stop and got everything that came his way.
Gerlach, at third, committeda couple of very
rank errors that were costly. He, however,
redeemed himself by making several very
pretty stops later. Spates, Frey and Hart
man played the out,feld and what little they
got to do do they did it we'll. All in all, they
are a pretty good team and will be heard
from fayorably later in the season if they
will stay together.
The Bowery club presented all the old
favortes-Carroll, Jack, Johns, Crow and
Dando, who, everyone in Frostburg knows,
can play COOL ball. The new players are
George and DIN Gunnett Joe Stevens and
jackson. They play good ball and manager
Chris. Johns, | understand, will give the
patrons of the Park a chance to see them
play game with Homecoming in the near
future
e. q. Townsend, after much persuasion,
was induced to umpire the game That he
had an unpleasant task no one present could
doubt That he deserves the thanks of both
clubs and spectators is certain, for his de-
cisions were just, though sometimes not very
satisfactory to the players.