Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-02
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can club that has played only -four
or five games, winning none, be a
champion over IA club that played six
teen or, eighteen games, winning four
teen or sixteen of them it is pretty
safe to assume that Homecoming is the
only place on the planet where gall has
been cultivated into such tropical
luxuriance
The most laughable spectacle before the
sporting element in this county is the news
paper picture of Homecoming arrogating to
itself the championship of the county in g. +.
Let rs see upon what grounds they base
this ludicrous claim
During the height of the season no one could
ascertain by letter or otherwise whether Iona
coming had baseball club, and finally we
were given to understand that they had no
club ofany consequence in the field.
Early in the season a few Of our regular
team went down and played a game with
them on their home ground which resulted
in a victory for our home fellows, but one in
which we do not glory. since, IN the first
place, it was long drawn ont game. worthy
of two teams living up around Mr.. Pink
Whskers' latitude; and in the second, it was
one IN which our entire team did not par
tclpae. Since then, we understand, keyser
laid them out with a cool score, which had
the unfortunate effect of disbanding them for
time. keySer is a team we had beaten a
few days previous with the greatest ease,
sending them home to the time of 10 to . in
our favor
During the height of the season, we repeat,
when we were engaged in polishing off our
Hoffman friends with few games, we made
great effort to get Homecoming into the pro-
cession, but she seemed indifferent and ir-
responsive to the music as far as we were con-
cerned, but did not draw the line at Hoffman,
However, when the appointed day for the
game with Hoffman arrived the latter club
was naturally disappointed and sore over
Lonaconing's funk.
Now, is it not cheeky to assume county
supremacy on such a meagre and uncertain
record? Our boys have played in ali l6 or 8
games losing only = the entire season, while
it was with the greatest difficulty that Iona
or games and ron none Of Mem! When
they talk Of invinciblity, let them emigrate
to New Zealand, where the national game is
comparatively unknown.
The miserable tiasco upon which Iona
coming bases its claim of championship oc-
Cured when sporting people were preparing
to patroniZe the indoor games for the winter
when the snakes WopIrhpplys and ar,
the Homecoming bedbugs were fixing to go INTO
hlbernation-and 1t seems that the average
players in Homecoming inly become enthu-
siastic over the game when the cold blasts of
winter whistle through their whiskers They
then come up and entertain our spectators
with game beautifully interspersed with
red-hot kicks, embellished with billingsgate,
and when they have exhausted their stock of
ability to play ball they pick up unceren OH
iously and leave the ground.
The game in question was played to the 18th
inning Homecoming being IN the lead, but
when our boys began to shake off their as
sumed apathy and ran up the score to within
one in the 9th, they suddenly conceived the
idea that it was time for disappearing" be-
hevlng that by 50 doing they could lay claim
to the game. But if they think that honest
people and umpires will cJuntenance any
such strategy they are very much mistaken.
Now, regarding the limit of time IN
which to draw up the 800 article, the
officers of the Frostburg club can say the sole
intimation they had of the challenge was
when the time was about to expire How
ever, we do not wish to be misunderstood. We
would not have signed for a game this season
simply because all sensible people will agree
that it is too late for baseball this fall The
uncertainty OF the weather after September in
tins region should exempt any management
from all insnuations IN refusing to sign
Next season, just in the beginning when
all nature has sprung into renewed life and
vigor, and not the least "our ulus," we shall
be pleased to entertain any sensible challenge
from Homecoming, providing she first prom.
lses to bring players who will recognize the
fact that ladies are not usually tickled to
death over language and actions that may be
hooked for in the wild and woody west, where
law and order and conyentionalties of any
kind are regarded as effeminate and beneath
the notice of men, but not in a civilized com
munity where the smile of fellowship anG
the efforts of good-natured rivalry SHOULD
only be seen.
We thank the gentleman in Barton
for champoning our cause and congrat
ulate him on being able to recognize g
good thing when he sees it, but we shall be
able to put up next season, as we are thi.
season and only sorry that the question arost
so late.
"Hayseed," patron of the Mid
lothian Stars, writes to say that his
aggregation
has closed the season with game witt
Vale Summit Tuesday of last week, winning
by score to % to GA close shave, but thu
Stars won. This game completed serie
of 5, the Stars taking 3.
We are also pleased to say that we de eateC
Frostburg the Saturday before by score o
l6 to l3.
AS the baseball season has been over 70
several weeks, we bid all competitors good
bye, hoping fora yet more interesting rivalry
next year.
In closing must say that our Vale Sum
NIT contest was umpired by one Of the hes
and most popular umpires on the creek
Thomas WhteiieId
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