Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-03-11

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Ba>cS S,roDd DIN Gunnctt
I Thud-l'atrick Brophv
Short StoL-Thomas f. Boyle
William Spatcs
Fj,idH NidW, james A. TAYLOR
L,tt-Jamci Jackson.
-,:,;,, H.. Sp,rioi- William Moore.
MN" '"'" Prtjc"ior-Juhn SpateS.
This looks like premier team, and il
is believed 1t will keep the old town
where it i and where it belongs on the
summit of the local League arch
TIE Midland team has new mana
ger. Father Broderick has resigned and
Thomas p. krnnev selected to steer the
club the coming season. Mr.. Kenney
was i'll the eastern cities last week look
ing for talent, and i is said he secured
some very good goods and that il first,
class club is assured
l. naconlng has no less than 81 good
men and true under contract and
"Pop' Watts will have an aggregation
that would walk away with the flag this
So lSon were 1t not for Frostburg
Down in Piedmont everything is base
ball. The work ON the new park has
already begun and the rootcrs are full
of enthusiasm. The park is centrally
located and will be one of the very best
within the bounds of the League Be
sides. the gentlemen who are pushing
the sport down there are hard working
admirers of the game. Sure to meet
with no little success.
The Cumberland Nc,rs is making an
effort to have a fitting name bestowed
on the city team. To this end it has of
fered Il season ticket to the party send
ing III the most appropriate name Ply the
end of March.
To Georges Creek people it is "A relief
To know the naming, or rather mis-
naming, viii not be done as it was last
season. For instance, Cumberland was
named 1.-THE Finshers" though in scv-
eral games they failed to finish at all.
notably one i'll Frostburg that was
FINISHED" before it was begun
Midland, by this same precociOuS Spon-
sor was named the Giants. and heralded
through the columns of the Nr~S as the
very best club on Georges Creek, and
the seasons results proved how very
little the sobriQuet gentlemen knew
about the game up here.
Homecoming was mis-named 1.-the In
vimclbleS,' though they We're not so
very iucOuteStable to Frosthurg
And FroStburg was mis-uamed the
Colts" Great Caesar. what had the
boys done that was not up to wheel
horse pr:
Few people here, however, paid any
attention to the miSnOmer, and it was
used only by strangers, people of mex
prrirncc. or those who wished Frostburg
was in the baby stage of horse-raising
The only appropriate designation
given any team was the HighlanderS'
OF Piedmont. due to the name of their
park.
But Frostburg is not looking for any
name this season except the one it has
earned by good, hard honest work un-
der very many discouragements-on
that it Gains by right of winning, and
that is 1.-THE Champions That is
FroSthurg's, and don't you forget ito
be Worn at least till the end Of this season.
If, then, misfortune confers it upon some
other team, Frustburg will strive To be
the first To congratulate the winner
NOTES
1.-The Bull Terriers" was an awful
name to propose for the Cumberland
team worse than The Tiger Flee
Fling him out
The Cumberland NrrS saws
One of the best second basemcn in the
National League has written Manager Tate
asking for a contract. He will he turned
down as his figures are too high for the local
club. The second baseman stated that he
was tired of his present location and would
like season or two of independent ball
He is a friend of Manager Tate and re-
queSted that his name be kept out of the
newspapers
foil, r., 20, L..
some professor" is to J. j Robinson.
If it be true that Hugh Jennings will
play i'll Cumberland, Homecoming and
Piedmont next month, and not i'll the
pennant town, the FrOstburg manage
ment has been caught mapping.
rhe MINING JOURNAL of Frostburg, srlg-
gcsts that the Cumberland and Georges
Creek League lengthcn the distance be
tween the pitchers box on the plate and
thus increase batting, Better let the big
leaguerS try the ext eminent first. The
honor would be tritllng if the plan would
be successful and that is doubtful Better
train the Colts to hit hetter.-C cumberland
.NcWS.
Twas ever thus. Let the big
leaguers try it first" has been the plea
of the copyist and the glory of the fogy
since the world began. Concerning the
Colts y hitting-no complaint of that
until last wear, then not by Midland nor
Homecoming, nor Piedmont
One writer suggests that the team be
called The 60 Bctweens,' because 1t went
between FroStburg and the pennant last
season,-Cumberland Nrrs.
That writer" should turn his atten-
ton more largely and intensely to pure
fiction. Baseball nomenclature is too
small an intield for him to throw from.
PUBLIC OPINION.
Tate's Tornadoes. Georgc s. Wilson.
Craig's Cutters. -Td"S 4. Brick.
No, Diet var not ct. Faller vat know
mae haze say "Quaig's Critters. "-Thc
Eckh"rt Philosopher.
v. M. c. 4.
Mems meeting tomorrow Sunday
18th inst, at Az p. m, will no doubt
measure up to the usual excellence at
tanned this season. Each successive
meeting has brought new and brighter
lessons.
A good, strong speaker has been Sc
cured for tomorrow i'll w. p. Seen, of
Cumberland, and fine singer in Walter
Cook, of FroStburg. Prof. Richard
Harris preceptor of music. and Harry
S Keller, pianist, will be on hand.
The talk will be along practical lines
lessons for daily application. Go;
you cannot help being strengthened for
your daily tasks.
The gymnasium classes will take up
regular work i'll the near future.
Several events i'll basket ball are on