Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-14
games, winning 20 and losing II, as
follows:
Won. Lost. PLAYED.
SP'AT.

The Midland Press stops to say that it has
noticed a marked improvement in the play
ing and in the manners of the Frostburg
club since the management has been put in
the hands of Mr.. j. II. Hitchns"
The great editor and high-grade art student
of the Press is mistaken. The same manage
ment that presided o er the Frostburg base
ball club during its days of adversely and
years of success is still the one who steered 1t
through this, its most successful season, and
hopes to be with it when Midland has its
own municipality, good Tom Murphy as its
Mayor its own water works, fire company,
city hall, lookup and base ball park-al!
good as our own. He hopes all this, though
he does not expect to live to see that town
have as good base ball team as the one he
managed the past season. And there is the
rub"
OBITUARY.
Last week l read notice of the death of
"Tuck" Kalbaugh, of Pittsburg
How many of the base ball cranks in
Frostburg of to day can remember Tuck"
Kalbaugh, the erstwhile manager, captain
and catcher of the Dolly Warden club, of
Piedmont, % years ago?
When Wash and John McCulloh, Alfred
Jetf'ries, Ross Hobitzell, Frank Maurey and
a few others were members of the Frostburg
team, Tuck" Kalbaugh's Dolly Vardens'
were regular visitors here every season, and
all who knew him liked him. He belonged
to class of men of one of whom Eliza Cook
wrote
He uiSalu yiaIHS hiS TO -,
firm control;
His pleasures are of CrlmelesS kind and never
faint the soul.
He may be thrown among the gay and reck-
less sons of life,
But will not love the revel scene nor head
the brawling strife.
He wounds no breast with ieer nor lest vet
bears no hOneyed tongue
He's social with the gray-haired one and
merry with the young.
He gravely shares the council speech or Joins
the rustic game,
And shines as natures gentleman in every
place the same.
In the Sth Midland gave the umpire
of last Saturdays game Il tough prob
lem to solve. They wanted him to
find places on three bases for four run
nerS.
For next year the Park Association
should adopt II rule requiring players
to drop their bats when a dispute
arises-this for the safety Of all CON
cerned.
The JOURNAL had intended to make
some remarks anent the Press COM
men;s last week, but it wont do for all
to bear too hard on the Blufflanders.
Hence, 1t gives way to "A Spectator"
who wants to be heard
The base ball aggregation from Midland
gave our team Il little practice Saturday after
noon at the PARK. The Midland people think
as much of their team as other people think
OF theirs, for they always take Keenan, and
Kenny along with them-two umpires who
have helped them to win several games, and
have seen them lose several when it was no
fault of theirs.
In Saturdays game Wolfe 1.-THE great" was
in the box for trostburg, and up to the sixth
inning they were shut-out. Then some of our
people told Wolfe to "let up Just a little bit"
He blushed, but said nothing. In the sixth
he gave them few to make the game inter
estlng. This Is characteristic of Wolf, the
biggest hearted man i'll the State.
Unfortunately for him he injured his fin
ger in such way that he had To 20 Off the
slab, when Warren, 1.-THE only Warren :"
took his place. This man Warren knows no
man when pitching. He was relentless as
death, and did Midland up in the latter part
OF the game as he had i'll nearly all games
previous. They were never in it for a
moment When last seen the Midland crowd
was going hOmeward singing There is
something gone wrong with Sinner"
There Is one peculiarly about Midland that
we admire, particularly in Cunningham
when they go to argue point on the field
each always takes bat in his hands. This
practice seems to stimulate them, and we
have no doubt the bats would help them to
emphasize their arguments if they thought it
necessary to do SO.
The poor manager looked like the remains
of an illspent life during the last inning.
He has our sympathy. We advise him to
spend the long winter months looking up a
team that will make it interesting for "Our
Own" Talk it over with Sinner"