Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-27
BASE BALL NOTES

the former place, Wednesday, A to /.
We are having plenty Of ball at the
present writing, one or two games
day.
The lot of baseball player is hard
one. He is hero today and a dead one
tomorrow.
Sterzer, the new south-paw on the
home team is good one and is handy
wi Ia the stick.
Well, we havn't defeated Winches-
ter yet, but Col. Jim claims we'll do
the trick if it takes all summer.
Martinsburg took the game from
Frederick, Friday, in an easy manner
II to3. Dawson, SterZer and Ander-
son did the battery work for the home
club.
Some of the local fans are Of the
opinion that the pitching arm of the
one time National league, Frank Fore
man, has lost its cunning.
Catcher Mccarthy ha- been scmc-
what indisposed yet has done good
work, and we expect great things from
him.
The Crawfords and Royal Blues had
a strenuous game on the old fair
ground, Saturday afternoon, the Blues
winning IL toe.
Newton, Wild and Smith are the
only home boys who are playing regu
lar with the NJ. A. G.. team. They
usually put up good game.
Chambersburg was the easiest yer
at Athletic Park, on Saturday after
noon, the home club winning IL to 3.
Nicodemus and Anderson were on the
firing line for the M. A. G.
Some of the gamblers who lost
money by betting on the home club
are sore at them because they did not
win the games Some one is bound to
lose and therefore you have no kick
coming as the games are played for
amusement and not for gambling.
Staunton won the first game of the
series with the club, Monday, to 3.
The battery for Staunton was Johnson
and Kay, and for Martinsburg Sterzer
and Mccarthy. Both batteries did
good work, but the fielding was some
what loose on both sides.
Martinsburg almost had the Staun
ton boys beat in their second game
Tuesday morning, but the visitors Sc
cured three runs in the eighth inning
and won to 4. Both teams played
better ball than in the game previous.
Martinsburg dropped league game
to Brunswick, Tuesday, at that place
10 to 5. Dunn started to pitch for Mar
tinsburg but was soon sent to the Ind
bag and Dawson finished the game.
Our boys played poorly when they
should have done their best as this
game sent their percentage down
some.
The home club smothered Hagers-
town, Thursday, in postponed league
game on the local diamond, 5 to 0.
Sterzer and Mccarthy were the battery
for the home club and Eastern and
Hoover for the visitors. Both pitch
ers twirled in good style, while Sterzer
had better support and kept! the hits
off of him more scattered.
Some of our fans thought the time
time had come Saturday morning at
g o'clock when the mighty Winchester
club would meet her Waterloo at
Athletic park, We'll, for four innings
it looked like the fig was up. Our boys
had them beat l to 0, and then some
say it was the umpire, some say our
new pitcher and others that our play
ers took high fly. Anyway at the
end of the seventh inning, when the
game was called, sWinchester had !
runs and we, well, we still had our l.
Batteries-W Winchester, Sinner and
Judd; NJ. A. c. Foreman and Nc
Carthy.
Martinsburg played her best game,
Wednesday, taking third game of the
Stanton series ? to l, after fourteen
strenuous innings. Sterzer and Me-
Carthy did the battery work for Mar
tinsburg in grand style. Porter and
Kay did the battery work well for
Stanton, but Sterzer had Porter, the
star Stanton twirler, bested.
The clubs in the league are in the
following positions in the per cent
column, Winchester, Brunswick, Mar
tin 9 hIlrn and IL arnrstnun