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

guests that pork is not served there i'll
any form If he would come out here
and turn the Mosaic law loose against
sQuealing baseball teams he would be-
come bencfactor of the great National
game.
ABoUT THE ONLY WAY.
All the talk of betting as the bane of
baseball is god in its way, but it is alb
solutely vain SO long as people can bet
on any issue.
Betting is the bane of elections, and
there are laws prohibiting it, but it goes
on unhindered.
Hence, any interdictions upon insiders
or outsiders of wagers upon baseball re-
suits will be futile.
In the abstract also the proposal to get
the umpire from tout of town is nice
talk, but this affords time for the
gamblers to "fx" him if he is dishonest,
scare him off if honest.
About the only thing left to decent
teams is-have no dealings whatever
with clubs who debase and disgrace
their profession by COLLISION with
gamblers.
Meanwhile, for each game get an UNI
pire of honest, competent reputc, make
lar of his word, tight or wrong, and
| tlltloW IlIli Will w
tolerate no dispute whatever.
CORRESPONDENTS.
Base Ballist,'' of Pittsburg, Pa,
summering here, writing to the jour
NAL, holds that
The Cumberland team insulted at least
| 5000 people by its conduct here last Satur
day, and the worst feature vast was on
| It's face Il pre-arranged affair.
| In the event of tbpS. teams plaVinp again
| at Frostburg would suggest that the audi
| cnce be protected by having the Iona
| coming team at hand to finish when Cum
| bcrland quits.
As to the UMPIRE am sure his decisions
| on strikes and balls were correct, and the
complaint on that score was manfcstly the
| part of the gentleman in the cast for the
| pitchers performance.
| OF course | do not know ANYTHING of the
| Cumberland team as "FiniShers." but as
| "Quittcrs'
| They hold bald-hcad row
At the baby-show.
The JOURNAL has a letter also from
"An Old Timer" describing game here
| in August, 1856, when Cumberland was
"robbed" by Frosthurg Hro"gh BoHi
| more Hmpirc, The Cumberland maxim
was then, as now, 1--WE win or no game ~
| The letter was written to show that as
| against NlIllDtl ldllNt lllt oulSltlt uIil-
pre- suggestion will not avail. 1t will
appear next week
| No FINISH No BET.
| A Homecoming man ION to- the Cum
berland scheme, approached w. A.
Shatfer and proposed wager of % cents
on Cumberland.
Shatfer said ''all right, where's your
money!"
"Here it is" and the quarters We're
put up.
The two separated. Presently the
Homecoming man returned and said
| "Undcrstand-thi is on Il finished
| game"
What is finished game" inquired
Shaffer
Mine innings or more" said the
| Homecoming man.
VERY well, then" said Shaffcr, Il
want my money back. | didn't know
you We're from Cumberland. thought
you were from Homecoming"
| In the whole history of Frostburg be-
| ginning over thirty years ago. and
continuing without intermission until
now, the Frostburg team has never on
any field lowered its colors until the
| DdIblc was ONtI anu lOSl.
| CoIvES.
| Nofmy-Dat pitcher amt no good? Why,
say, he can pitch an in-coivc wot goes out.
| Rcd-Aw, wot'S dat Wait till YOU see
McFcctrr's risn' drop coive.-P"ck.
Q"itcr-Then see Roderick Ebaugh's
"git-mad' COVE when he pitches his
glove at the void under his feet
| Too Mrcm Too"
| Too much umpire, too many bets, too
many cuss words RcsuIt-black eye for
bascball.-Cumbcran Times.
Especially Cumberland baseball.
PERSONAL.
Ram Jam Khan is in Baltimore. Can
this be Jack Rum Dunn?
INCIDENT.
| A Frostburg lass of lung power grad
uatcd at 2,200 feet above tide and CORES
| ponding enthusiasm cheered Loyalty for
| the home team with all her might
| Finally Cumberland man, sitting
near, grew restless, arose and challenged
| the young woman with the statement
miss, | have - here"
Quick as thought the retOrt, ringing
with clarion clearness and feminine
| fcrvor came
80, indeed? Where did you get it ?"
NOTES.
Jack Dunn" belonging to the
| National League of Kalamazoo, spend
ing some vacation in Cumberland, was
exploited by the papers down there as
| pitcher of immense volume and over
| towering ingenuity. He was SO great
that he was believed to be worth hold
ing in reserve until the public tension
would be relieved just this side the
swapping point. The crisis came Tues
day, when he was allotted to paralyze
Claremont of Fairmont, Philadelphia
But Dunn had seen mt Frostburg how a
game could be finished" in the fourth
He went few better and he was "done"
before he begun.
Then, 0, unhappy fun
| Good evening, Mr.. Dunn.
| If so soon you were done for.
| What were you begun for?
Last, not least-let it be particularly
noticed that from one end of the Npws'
article to the other the misnomer,
"Finishers," does not appear. Evident
ly, "Finishers' do not quit, and, by the
same token, "Quitters" do not finish.
Good Example.
The Consolidation Coal CompanyS steam
| cr, "FrOstburg" was dOckcd by the Balt-
more Shipbuilding Company, and will he
| screamed and paiutpI 'rhpr, NAV also Iva :.