Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-07-30
TOWN AND VICINITY.

1t will be a funny old day when the
'slandcrous articles in the various Greek
papers are selected and announced, ac-
Companied by specifications. 1t will be
funnicr day when action thereon is
brought for damages. But
There's many a slip 'twiXt the cup and the
lin
And Cumberland never 'muffs" when
offered ii nip
The war lags. Fact is, japan is
already beaten Magazines and dailcs
may as we'll call home their correspond
cntS and pic, urc-ar, It's and assign
them TO the baseball situation III Cu.n-
brrand.
l. WAS brought ont in divorce trial
in Indiana the other day that III" Qi'.r-
rel started between the husband at
wifi, rs to which loved ;le other ihc let,
ter. In vrlirX term each though! the
other said "out' at second.
If the effort to " brow Tom Dillon
ever succeeds i; Is no; very likely that
any Cumberland power will be behind
the thrown
Thomas &. Dillon has the family
Bible to prove that he was not born i'll
Cumberland, and who of the Cumhcr-
land Baseball Club Will dare to say TIN"
good old Book is not true from ''kiver
to kivcr?'
\ Double SuRIU Motive.
Had John Ralcv not dropped the foul tip
from Fohl's bat and had Bigbce when he
tcdcd Smiths groundcr not made Il wild
throw and drawn j. Ralcy off the bag,
Homestead would have been retired in the
third inning of Saturdays game without a
run and the score at the end of the ninth
inning would have been three to three
Cumberland Nc"S.
But as "John Raley dropped the foul
tip and "Bigbee made ii wild throw
it is almost certain something else
would have happened, with what result
only OmniSClenCe knows.
In that same inning there was still
time for "a close decision under the
jurisdiction of Cumberland umpire.
1t is the distinctive charm of baseball,
however, that it is less "mechanical'
than other trials of athletic skill.
Hence. it frequently comes to pass
that games, fought calamity and heroic
ally to real ''tiuish" by rca! "tinishcrS'
are uncertain as to result so long as a
batter remains.
Still the subjunctivc mood the
"what-might-havc-b ratonni" Of
disaster, has its uScs and its merits.
For instance
Had there been no wild throws on
either side, no reputation by Cumbcr-
land of decision in its own favor, and,
especially had there been no Jrc-drt"rmi-
n0iin 10 G"H, the score here July Is
might hdrc bcrn to at the end Of the
fourth inning, and decent game "o"ii
hare been the event .
Under such conditions, or under the
auspices of any "if." baseball is not
baseball.
1t does not reach up to even the alt-
tudc or dignity of child>-play.
EEroEr
Since 1871 there has not been Il year
that Frostburg has not had its baseball
team, most often two and three.
And its leading team has always been
the champion of the county 1t has
never played second" to any neighbor-
ing club.
Cumberland. on the other hand, has
had teams now and then, sometimes fer
Il few years in succession, the last in
terval of baseball silence extending from
1892 to 1901 years-a long period of
sleep for any sport.
But with the dawn of this year base.
ball enterprise awakened, took shape and
materialized in team and playground
pllSllDltIltS WHICH
encouraged by Frostburg evoked ex-
pressions of genuine qualification here.
1t meant an enlargement of the area of
diversion.
The same feeling obtained and the
same pleasure was expressed over the
WesternpOrt accession to a field for a
long time hitherto occupied bv Frost
burg, Homecoming and Midland only.
The inaugural game at Cumberland
however, was not propitiOus of amity.
In one breath the Frostburg boys We're
invited to come and play; in the next a
go "back to the minesw How deeply
this stung none know but those who felt
for the first time that hospitality is lie
and mining shabby as well as UNI
pleasant vocation.
Ordinarily one would think Frostburg
after playing this game through, would
stop with foe SO ungenerous, but with
magnanimous disposition elastic to the
last degree, tO"r games mare were played
in all five, four of which were dctndHs
played in Cumberland !-om OnIg at
FrOstburg
Of these Cumberland won 3, all al
Cumberland; Frostburg 81 at Cum
bcrland, 1 at home.
How many of the 3 Cumberland's um,
pire won for his team may be fairly es
timatcd from the rcpriSal cOnfcssedly
expected" at Frostburg July l6.
The tally of games standing-Cum
borland 3, Frostburg2, IA tie was possible
in the event of game No. q. Hence
this trial of strength was very, very diff
fcult to obtain. At last the Frostburg
management succeeded, with what pre-
determined result was seen in thcs,
columns last week.
II is necessary to say now that of the
4 runs made by Frostburg and 3 by
Cumberland-1 in all i'll the innings
Oaiy One WdS edrHed! The true score is
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