Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-10
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The greatest men are bound to fail,
The most infallible to err;
Likewise the most innocuous
Upon occasions make q stir
And late into oblivion
| See Homecoming with hollow sounding drop
| And those of whom we seldom hear
| Like Frostburg come out gloriously on top.
Monday was a warm day, but the
Frostburg Baseball club limbered up
and won two games-one during the
morning from Homecoming and one
| during the afternoon from Berlin, Pa.
Homecoming came up earl and lined
up louder and stronger than ever.
They wore a spick-span new uniform
of grey. trimmed with bright red.
They look velv much like Frostburg
on the field, but are very much louder,
and on this occasion didn't play quite
rs well. The foghorn-voiced rooters
from the Homecoming high school,
were in evidence. They were coached
about from place to place by the genial
Joel Joker Robinson, whose voice is
much improved, as he has had it in
training all winter rehearsing "a
Celebrated Case" They were very
great and moved around as directed in
the hope that their long hair and loud
tone would rattle the Frostburg team.
But it wasn't to be.
The Frostburg people got out on
Monday and did little roofing for the
boys just to encourage them, and as
one of the boys said-"what we did to
'Coney was a plenty"
Kreiling and jackson were in the
points for Frostburg in the first game
and they certainly put up good ball.
Kreiling's pitching was A |, and Jack
son, behind the bat, gave him excel
lent support. Tue infield play of the
Gunnett brothers, Coleman and Metz
was firm, and Ollie Gunnett's catch of
long high foul was sensational. In
the outfield Dewing, Jack and Frank
Spates did some extra good work, and
Spates catch after long, hard run
brought him a round of applause.
For Homecoming McGee and Pollock
did the battery work and did it we'll,
though McGee claimed to be i'll in the
early part of the game. However, he
played good game throughout, and
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lost. The johnson brothers, Pied
mont's contingent of the Homecoming
team. did not play as we'll as they did
here on other occasions, and Ohr, the
handsome second baseman, was entire
ly knocked out by having his hand
injured in the fifth inning. Douglas,
who took his place, played very
good game. Grove played left field
and got everything that came his way
and some of the catches were very
difficult.
Spates and Coleman did the best
batting for Frostburg, while Grove
and Story carried off the honors for
Homecoming.
The game closed with the neat score
of Frostburg s, Homecoming t.
In the afternoon Berlin showed up
in a new uniform of Maryland colors
black and yellow. Davis, Hall,
Wood, Midges-all of last years star
players, and a few new importations.
All kinds of odds were offered that
Berlin would win the game, and it
really appeared that Frostburg would
not be in it at all.
The contest was very pretty one.
From beginning to end it was others
game. Two or three times the score
was a tie which caused the anxious
ones to exude great gobs of sweat
When the last man was put out, how
ever, the score showed Frostburg 7,
Berlin 5.
Dewing pitched for Frostburg and
Davis, the famous Red" pitched for
Berlin. 1t was decidedly pitchers
battle wherein Dewing certainly had
the best of it. Metz caught Dewing
in good style and the boys behind him
gave him fine support. Though he
was the central figure around whom
all interest conferred, he acquitted him
self in good style, and the memory of
this game will live in Frostburg for
many day. Jackson, Jack and the
Gunnett brothers carried off the
batting honors, though "silent Tom"
jackson led them all. The way he hit
the ball when hits were wanted glad
dened the hearts of his many admirers
and certainly went very far to win the
game for his team.
Both games were well played and
pleased the many patrons who attend
ed despite the great heat. The results
show that if the baseball admirers in
and around Frostburg will give the
team the encouragement and support
that other towns give their clubs, it is
certain they would have no reason to
complain of bad playing.
William Powers umpired both games
and gave general satisfaction. One
or two decisions were very close and