Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-06-27

The Cumberland Courier is opposed to
preachers playing base ball and foot ball.
Better join the JoURNALin opposition to
oDptody playing foot ball-a survival Of
jungle ethics wherein weight and
strength count. In base ball there is
art, speed, skill and strategy, each le-
ultimate enough to enjoy all the en-
couragement the religious element can
bestow Indeed, if this portion of the
community would take more interest in
these trials of physical excellence, the
disagreeable features would gradually
disappear and all grow better from the
contact.
Keno doesn't feel amicable this
week over the explanation i'll the last
issue of the Midland Press of the settle
ment of the SOL. i6 difference.
The Press statement follows, with
"Keno's" comments:
Deepest mystery seems to have been
drawn over the settlement between the Mid
land and Frostburg homogeneous, and with
in the past day or two the half-dozen per
Sstents who last year were the majority OF
to hint that the Midland team backed
down" The facts, therefore, are proper to
publish.
The Midland Park Association, maintain
ing the position it took in August, last year,
paid the twenty per- ceht. due the losers to
FroStburg. The money has been ready for
that team any time SINCE the game ended.
This Is the first time even at Midland, that
anyone outside the Press office ever @rjo"sig
maintained that Frostburg lost that game.
Manager Dillon offered the whole amount
to manager Murphy if he (Murphy) would
make affidavit averring that Frostburg had
lost the game, and this he Murphy declined
to do.
That much is settled.
The compromise was attained thus: ten
PEI, cent. was added by friends of the Frost
burg team. making thirty per- cent. i'll all, and
that team accepted that sum in settlement of
the dispute and called off its decisions not to
play ball with the bad people of Midland any
more.
The upshot of the matter, including all
the bad blood and wild talk, is
"Frostburg received from Midland what
Midland first offered and-Frostburgers
mostly made up enough additional to equal
Just what manager Murphy offered manager
towns baseball, September last.
Neither the Park Association nor the Mid
land team gave one cent above the first
proposition
The true story follows:
\ committee of the Midland Park Asso-
citation called on manager Dillon recently to
talk over and settle the difference, if prac-
ticable, and this proposal was made to the
committee:
That the two Clubs divide evenly the 60
per cent, each taking 30 per cenf.; then let
friends of JoH teams who desired re-
sumption of harmonious relations make up
to the Frostburg Club the difference-S12.s 6.
Every member of the committee accepted
t1isa tnj n
The money was paid to us accordingly and
Il receipt returned.
The statements contained in the two last
Press paragraphs are utterly and wholly I'M
true. Manager Murphy has at no time ever
made manager Dillon an offer of any kind
or degree i'll this or any other connection
since the game was played. In fact, since
August ,, last, he has not spoken to or COM
municated with manager Dillon on baseball
or any other subject.
And there never has been an offer of any
kind made to manager Dillon bv the Mid
land Park Association or Midland Club.
Now let the reader figure out how Frost
first offered" when Midland not only never
offered anything, but resolutely insisted
that, in spite of umpire, flesh and devil, the
game was its own and held on to Frostburg's
share of the proceeds.
Nor is this all.
The Midland management, i'll pursuance
of this policy. not only never made an offer
in the way of settlement. but it hired a
lawyer and contested II suit we had brought
on our claim, and a""jied H@if of a
hchmicniHy To hare Hro"n ont cf court
Everybody knows that Frostburg has al
ways been eager to get its own in this matter
and only its own. The frequent published
references to the matter is proof of this, con-
tirmed by Midland's restveness under those
references
My only object now is to place Frostburg
right before our own people and those of
Midland (and their name is "legiOn"D who
know we have been right all the time. But
for the Press of last week the matter would
have received no further attention from
anyone here.
But it is clear that paper is not in the con-
tdence of baseball authorities down there.
1t seems almost equally clear that it
wanted the Midland Club to keep our money,
and last. not least, that it wanted no more
base ball relations between Midland and
Frostburg.
On all base ball topics, therefore. it is and
must remain questionable authority by all
who esteem the game at its best.
That is smashing disposal of the
the Press report. So conclusive is it the
JOURNAL almost doubts whether the
Frostburg management did
Exactly the proper thing in yielding little
1t did for the sake of harmony so brittle.
AS the matter stands, the Midland
remaining silent, cor
roborates the Press report.
Or. willing to do the proper thing i'll
behalf of justice as well as "harmony,'
it should publicly repudiate that report.
The Cumberland Ne~s says 1.-THE base
ball spirit is high in the mining region,
where the clubs, without exception,
play first-class ball. Many of the
games are worthy of professional ball
players
An interesting report of game at
Homecoming Wednesday between rhe
team of that place and Frostburg, the
latter winning by the score of 3 to l, is
at hand, but too late. This the JOUR-
NAL regrets because it was great game.
LATEST Manager Dillon banqueted
the home team Thursday evening at the
st. Cloud. The team "stole a base"
and surprised him with watch charm.
Rev. S. j. Clarke was present and III
little address decided that while
Dillon's play was good. the steal was
equally happy. The matter was "com-
promised" by multiplying 100 per cent.
by and dividing equally. More next
week.
Look out for the games on the it'll.