Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-09
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week by asking
Did you ever drive over to ROmney by way
of Knoby mountain, Frankfort Springfield,
Hanging Rock, and Wire Bridge?
Ii not you should have been with the Frost
burg baseball club last Saturday on their
trip to that good old town.
The start was made from the ST. Cloud
hotel at O'Clock a. III. with about 20 in the
party. After delightful ride of five hours
we arrived in Romney to find the town full
of people arranging to take part in the SER
vice memorial of the Confede ate dead A
| great crowd gathered at the Court House at
10 o'clock elected officers to serve the Me
mortal Association for the ensuing year a
few short addresses, appropriate to the Oc-
casion, were made the band played some ex-
! Celent pieces, and the march was made to
| the cemetery.
Hampshire county. of which Romney is
the cOunty-seat, had an interesting expert
ence in the civil war, being over run, first by
one of the opposing forces, then the other.
| 1t had at the breaking out of the war popu-
lation of about 10000, men, women and chill
| dren, of whom about one fifth were negro
slaves. Out of the 5000 whites Hampshire
sent to the Confederate army ! 200 men-all
volunteers. Many of these fell on the field
Of battle, and in the Romney cemetery was
erected in 1867 the first monument to the
Confederate dead ever built anywhere. 1t
was dedicated, as the inscription states ITO
the Memory of the Sons of Old Hampshire
who Fell in Defence OF Southern Rights"
Ftar no 1nporataJ !,
sweetest of Southern flowers the parade re-
turned to town and the Frostburg contingent
sought the shelter of their hotel to enjoy the
Inequalities of proprietor Keller. Skip is
a Frostburg production who is prospecting on
Virginia soil. He is ever ready to extend
"the CAD hand to 1.-The stranger from his
native town.
the dinner-belI was handed the following
lines by the author, Mr.. Burr Brady, the
town poet
THEY RE UP AGIN' 1T.
The Potomac Academy Team have money in
the bank,
And their team is of the highest rank
But that won't buy them the game to-day,
For with the FrostburgS they can't play,
And 'They'rc Up Against the Real Thing
Now
o. pity It's these sweet innoCents,
After the game will feel like 80 cents;
The Bloomington lad and the catcher, too,
Will be feeling awful blue,
For They're Up Against the Real Thing
Now"
The Potomacs really think they can play,
But the only teams they can beat
Have been ones of "rubeS' and lays"
Was tins a difficult feat?
But They're Up Against the Real Thing
Now"
Is it not sad and awful tough,
All other teams are so rough?
These lambs from the Academy SO grand
Loud roofing they cannot stand,
But They're Up Against the Real Thing
Now"
Ginger Davis, from Keyser, came to play,
But "mammy'S" boys said him nay.
10 play easy players is their graft
To-day is Ginger's time to laugh,
Fol They're Up Against the Real Thing
Now"
After dinner the boys got into their uni
forms and went to the grounds for practice
Long before the time set for the game to
begin the grand-s'and was crowded with the
handsome, stylish, pretty ladies of Romney
and vicinity.
A big squad of hard handed, loud-mouthed |
coarse-grained Homecoming rooters, who were
in the neghborhood fishing got along the |
line and the way they rooted for Romney
was a revelation to the mild hammered deni- |
zens of that Staid old unsophstcated town.
The game began promptly at o'clock with
the Frostburgs at the bat.
Patterson, of Bloomington, who has been
here on several occasions did the twiring for
the Romneys and proved an easy proposition
for our boys Austin, his catcher, is crack
eriaCk" whose throwing to bases was certain
ly feature of the game The out-tie d, too,
was excellent. Daley Baker and thinner
man covered the ground in good style and
pulled down flies that looked like sure hits
All i'll all they are stronger than they were
last year and played much better game.
William Spates did the pitching for "Our
Own" in fine style. He handed in his float
ers," high or low, in mastery manner, re-
mindng one of MY Old Kentucky Home"
or Way Down on the Swanee Ribber"
They came so softly. dreamily and tearfully.
However, they were eilectual and puzzled the
Virginia boys greatly. Williams was in good
form behind the bat and played an excellent
game Mooney" Gunnett, on thrd-base,
did some very clever work. Some of his stops
and throws to first were of the highest order.
"Tobe" Dllon's batting was feature for his
side, he having three Dagger and two two
baggers. Gerlach also did some hitting, hay
ing single, a double and three Dagger.
For the Romney team Martin did the hit,
ting, having single, a double and in the
ninth inning capped the climax with home
run.
Mr.. Poland of Romney, and William Jack
of Frostburg, umpired the game in very
satisfactory manner.
Score by innings: , 3 5 81 $50
Frostburg -. .........2 2 3 0O0 4--l3
ROmney.... ....... 2 0 q 0 > . I 0 l.
PERSONAL.
William Jack, 1.-THE grand old man" of