Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-07


Keno now takes up the strain and
says
To-day Saturday the Metropolitans will
play in Piedmont with "Green'S Highland
ers" They will leave at o'clock rja cleo
trio road The prospect for Il strong contest
is good.
Tuesday, 10th inst, the NETS will play
- in Midland.
Saturday, May II, Cumberland will be
here for the return game.
BY that time the grounds will be in excel
lent condition if the elements be at all favor
able.
The management will then have Lonacon-
ing, Green's Iighanders and Midland to
follow
Then on Decoration Day the great Nuttall
Athletic team of PIttSburg will be here for
two gameS-mOrning and afternoon. The
Band will give Il concert before each game
and everything will he done to make the
baseball-loving people happy.
Gilbert, the photographer, made quite a
display of the baseball players this week at
the entrance to Meats Opera House. He
has the pictures of several players gotten up
in the very best style of the art The col
lection Is a pretty advertisement of the home
team.
Keno" informs the JOURNAL. that the
manager of the Cumberland team some
time ago said
Now. Dillon when You come down here
to play us bring a FroStb",y team Don't
20 to Midland, Homecoming and Never Seen
for choice recruits and then call the aggrc-
CATION 'Frostburg.'
Dillon replied
I'VE are not in the habit of doing that
sort of thing. So long as one of our reglI-
lars can play he is kept in position and
when wp visit ('um no rl1 nd II will hn ~ Frost
burg team est mod"s s"i opcr""d grterjS* that
you will have to face
After all this think of Dillon's feelings
when he read this i'll the Cumberland
Mrs of Thursday:
Manager Metzner yesterday made ten
strike when he succeeded III signing Tate
and Raley for the local team and thereby
added much strength to the already strong
aggregation. Tate played last season with
Homestead and madea brilliant record. He
started this season with the Homecoming
team. Raley is well known to the local
rooters and is a big favorite. lie also started
the season with Homecoming.
Note.- Manager Dillons Latin i'm
plies that he means well when he ex-
presses himself i'll that tongue.
CUMBERLAND vs.. FRosrRURG
A tremendous crowd witnessed the
lHduS uIdtioil VI tHe HeW park Ill Cunl-
berland Thursday, but the game was
married by indecorum among both
players and rooters.
Frostburg Won by a score of II to 10.
Both teams erred in behavior as well
as playing.
Managers and captains should have
the discretion and force to stop pro-
longed question of umpire's decisions.
OVER THIRTY YEARS AGO"
The JOURNAL knows that items under
this heading are unwelcome to the
Homecoming Star of Frostburg, but it
cannot forbear reproducing a report of IA
game that took place here on IA Satur-
day in some year between 1860 and 1871
between the "Americaus' of BartonEnd
independents of Frostburg. The
lineup on each side was:
INTERCHANGEABLE, c.; Pearce, S. Meeke,
2b. J. McCulloh, h. Wagner, cf Cowan,
3b.; 5. McCulloh, rf.; Williams, IT,, and
Cannon, p.
HtdepeHdeHts-Ehlcn 2b. Witter, p W.
w. McCulloh, IS. Hooking, rf. Douty, Of.
Hobhtzell, 3b. ; J. McCulloh, IT,. ; Parker, h.,
and Daley, C.
In those days the score by innings ran
into high figures. This game was not
an exception