Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-07-23

encouraged, anu Idt,"'
guage which should never be employed
by gentlemen in the presence of ladies
The locals went to Frostburg expecting to
receive the worst of the decisions, but those
of Saturday exceeded all expectations and
| Manager Metzner called his men from the
tield.-ibjd.
If the locals had been really, truly,
actually h0ncst i'll these expectations
they would have laid down the UHj-
matum-a Cumberland umpire, or no
game; or no Frostburg umpire for us
under any circumstances
But Cumberland made no protest
against Frostburg umpire because a
Frostburg umpire was what Cumber-
land wanted. A Frostburg umpire best
fitted in with scheme betrayed by the
Cumberland gamblers who staked their
"mOney only on Il 3-iHHing gamer
Cumberland started to win from the start
Brown proved an easy proposition and three
runs were scored in the first two innings
Then it was necessary by some hook or
crook for Frostburg to brace up and the
umpire seemed to feel it his duty to lend the
desired assistance. Rodcbaugh was i'll the
box for Cumberland and pitched good
game He was handicapped by the umpire,
who refused to call strikes on the batters
unless they struck at and missed the ball
Not only was he off on balls and strikes,
but also on his decisions at the plate and on
the bases In the fourth inning he made
one decision at second which was the straw
that broke the CamclS back and Cumber-
land left the field.-LJjd.
"Cumberland started to win from the
start'-only on a couple of wild throws.
Hence, not 0HF Of f"mb"ridHFS three
runs was curncd! Frostburg, on this &C.
casion, as it has on others, went into
the first inning seemingly stage-scared.
But as on other occasions also, the boys
grounded to- in time to show that they
are the champions of this section !!
Mark that up where Metzner cannot
rub it out
No fault whatever can be alleged
against Brown. Not an error or weak
ness of his was involved, and that he
was not IAN easy proposition figured
i'll Cumberland's determination to fore
stal defeat which had already become
a certainty.
At this stage there was not the slight
est occasion for "hook or crook, or for
1.-The umpire to lend his assistance or
for any dishonest act to which the Frost
burg Club is IA stranger up to date.
If the NrwS' report We're true, all the
umpire had to do was to allow the short
stops understanding Of the last ruling
to stand The umpire called the Frost
burg runner "out' at second, but the
short stop, like his team, acchstom"d amt
deicrminrd To kick, mouM not hare his orn
team pratt By a drciSion in It's .fnror!
1t came to pass, then, right there 1t
is here repeated for emphasis-that 'the
straw that broke the camels back
the STRAW that drove Cumberland
from the field was a decision i'll Cum
berland's own favor!
The unhappy ending of the game is re
GREETED on all sides and will probably result
in the calling off of all future games be
tween the locals and FroStburg.
1t is quite sure FrOstburg can stand
it. This very game of Saturday, July
Is, 1904, was hard enough to arrange
without the toll, expense, and I'M
certainty of another negotiation. The
integrity of the United States mails be-
tween Frostburg and Cumberland was
at one time impeached on account OF
"the letter that never came And the
next time it was claimed that letter
had been received, but, like celebrated
but self-enforcing Frostburg Ordinance,
''no name was signed to it." How
Frostburg got the game at last is II
tale" more narrowing than that "of''
Dickens 1.-TWO Cities
So, sweet boys, Frostburg, the cham
pion team of the county, was most prob
ably already loft your string" For
one, the JOURNAL. felt your disinclina
ton to risk your own umpires' leading
percentage some time before it became
evident that you would play herewith
"9-inning' proriSO, current only in
your own gambling contingent
Cumberland was accompanied to Frost
burg by three or four hundred rooters, who
commended Manager Metzncr for quitting
the game.-Ud.
Why not? Many of these thus saved
sure thing Catch a Cumberland
Not once "if he knows himself, and he
thinks he does"
1t was the universal opinion that the
Cumberland team should have left the game
in the second inning.-LbM.
That would have also saved Cumber-
land money, but the fraud on the audi
ence of about $500 would have been
doubled. As it turned out, Cumberland
allowed each paid admission only II
cents worth. A confession of mortal
weakness in the second would have fur
nished only about 5is cents worth Of a
25-cent entertainment.
Not only was the Cumberland team sup
ported by the local rootcrS, but by many
from Frostburg and other towns along the
Creek. Several prominent merchants of
Frostburg telephoncd here yesterday and
stated that Cumberland was fully justified
in leaving the game. Midland and Iona
coming were well represented at the game
and the umpire was loudly condemned from
that quarter-Ibid.
Speaking of Substitute bits of levity,'
those sparkles of intelligence from
Frostburg, Midland and Homecoming
take the bush of proxy from under the
rag of jollity.
Some search has been made for the
prominent merchants of FrOstburg,'
but they cant be found, and one said
that to Cumberland or any other town, it is
Il liar and I'll have it taken out
midland and LonacOning' did not
so speak i'll Frostburg dit Barton
or NJ. .Sdrage!
And to tell the whole truth, Cumber-
land was divided upon the morality of
defrauding the audience on any preteXt
of what it paid for.
One step mOre-fhc THmbcrldUd Gun
| itSelf, to its honor be it frankly stated,
Wns not q unH in Il reputation of obi
cations due by players to spectators
| AT least one noble man, CLSabianca-llke,
stood some time at his post "whence all
| but him had fed"