Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-08-27

the view that its home team, not Rode
baugh. was playing one side of the
game. says "it takes ball playing every
minute of the game in contest with
that (Frostburg) Maryland team. They
proved their playing abilities when
they were at Traction park"
STANDING OF CLUES.
The Cumberland Ne~s has ventured
to resume printing the table showing
the relative standing of the county clubs
this because the Cumberland team
appears to hold top place again.
Last Saturday it did so, correcting
the Homecoming star of Homecoming,
was the gutter.
Its own statement shows, however,
that of 81 games played by ) teams with
each other one game has been won by
some team that has not been lost by
some other team. "How can such
things be and not overcome us like Il
winter shower in the good old summer
time?' asked someone who is not sup"
III the beautiful Denetrolin of percentage.
The matter was taken i'll hand by ex-
perts and the missing loss traced to the
very first line
Should have been:
Cumberland won. Ii, lost II, per- cent. $50
This makes good the balance of SIS,
and brings the symmetry of the table to
normal proportions.
But what game did Cumberland play
without winning or losing!
The general consensus, taking fly,
lights on the memorable quit" at the
end of the fourth inning, July lG, 1904.
1t cannot be located elsewhere.
Frostburg, it is true, is credited with
the game, but how, O, ho~ could Frost
burg win and Cumberland not lose?
But, after all that can be said what
does table of games lost and won and
percentages amount to when Il team de-
termined by hook or crook to place itself
at the top TW not play with the only
competitor it fears, or playing with it,
avails itself of any shabby pre-arranged
preteXt to quit -
For one, the JOURNAL will patronize
no such fraud and it will utilize every
open occasion to puucture and let the
vitiated air out of it.
PROPOSITION.
a correspondent proposes Il challenge:
FRosTBURG, MD, August "A, 1904.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
Tell manager Dillon to offer Cumberland
l. Umpire to be selected by lot from all
the umpires roundabout except those of
Cumberland and FrOstburg.
>, Game to be played at Midland, easy of
access to both teams and so that the Cum
berland team will not feel Obliged to affect
fear of passing through Frostburg going or
coming
3, Let this game be understood as settling
the leadership so far as these two teams are
concerned.
4, Let Cumberland understand that the
game is to be PLAYED to finish, no matter
| what happens, and that the prize is-nOt a
money consideration, but a final settlement
| for this season of the Cumberland .NcUs'
| gascOnade-
That there is but one baseball team in this
| section OF the bushes and that one is Cumbcr-
land.
;, Toe the mark, or stop bloviating.
A SUMNER RESIDENT.
| NOTES.
The Cumberland Elks were booked to
play Frostburg Elks yesterday FRIDAY
afternoon and to enjoy a social later at
the hall
1t is said the Piedmontese stopped the
Cumberland "quit" at that place by
closing the gates and allowing nobody to
20 out until the "quitters" quit quitting
Hereafter Cumberland can forestal
this sort of savagery by taking the um,
pire with them. Our man or no game =
would settle any other teams hash
abroad as well as at nome.
A Baltimorean who has played i'll the
NJ. A. G. saw the Piedmont game Tues.
day and voluntarily endorses the integrity
of the umpire and declares the work OF
the Piedmont team to be superior.
This to the JOURNAL Wednesday
morning, including Il prediction that
Piedmont will lose in Cumberland thi,
afternoon
And so il turned out.
Paragraph i'll Cumberland NeWS yes
terday of boycott of Lonaconlng by