Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-07-18
TAFT AND SHERMAN
b.. Il.

The stricken ball cuts through the air,
The batters fan the atmOSfar,
The runners round the bases tear,
The umpire calls the strikes and balls,
Puts runners out when they are in,
Nor heedS the rOoterS angry squalls
That they will kill him sure as sin.
The seasons here-the same old muss,
Weather blam d by the same Old cuss,
But on the seat the same old us.
In small part that statement is true,
or was last Saturday when that cracking
good team from Cumberland came up
here to "wallop' Frostburg before a
crowd that wasn't half large enough for
the generally good game which both sides
put up.
The LonacOnlng correspondent of the
Cumberland Times gets off the following
at expense of the same papers Frost
burg representative:
Well, for the lands sake, Here is the
FrOstburg correspondent saying in yester
days Times that the Frostburg ball-tosSers-
the finest ever you knOw-have been try
ing to round up the Homecoming team for a
game and this splendid team in Frostburg
can't get team on the creek to play them,
and the gas man further depOses that Frost
burgs crack nine would especially like to
knock that chip off of Tom Stakem shout
der. Now, amt that too bad? Here's a
splendid team just rusting because every
nine III the county is afraid of them, and
dissent meet them. Hot AIR, brother
Morgan, hot air Stakem's team will play
Frostburg any old day, anywhere. And so
will the Midland team, and Barton will
tackle them at n hours notice.
Meanwhile, a game with Midland has
been arranged for this Saturday after
noon at Frostburg's new park, and a
fine contest is anticipated.
One thing is most noticeable base
ball ethics seem to have improved won
derfully within a few years. While
plays" are just as CLOSE as they have
ever been, the disposition to "scrap"
over them seems to have greatly abated.
This is good all round, intending the
office of umpire.
CUMBERLAND vs.. FRoSTBURG.
But Keno yells-
Who's 1.-THE peerless leader" boys?
Captain Spates.
Who leads the FrOStburg Nine?
Captain Spates.
But who's he that threw ball
When he first began to crawl?
Who's the daddy of 'em all?
Why big Bill Jenkins-that's who
Even as it was here few weeks ago
so it was last Saturday at the Ball Park
The wonderful Y. M. G. A. team, of
Cumberland, found us one too many for
them.
Capt. Devries paid some attention to
the Frostburg team last Saturday.
When not otherwise engaged he was on
the coaching lines trying to prevent
Frostburg from making his team look
like photograph of the Corrigansville
club, the champions of Cash Valley
But the home victory was due in the
main to Big Bill Jenkins" who was in
elegant form. Besides effective pitching,
his three hits-one two-bagger, went
far toward helping out the score.
Tom Sloan did we'll behind the bat
He is just now playing the game of his
life. Age doesn't seem to dim his optics
nor cramp the elasticity of his throwing
arm.
jim jenkins played first base, and the
veteran, George Gunnett, was on second
Mooney" Gunnett played short,
owing to absence of Rodgers, who is ON
the sick list.
Frank Spates played the third station
in the very best style. and his awful
"wallop' in the last half of the ninth
won the game and universal applause.
In the out-teld Cooper, Finn and
Townsend officiated i'll satisfactory
manner
The visitors put up mighty fine
game and were in the running every
moment.
Jimmie Marean was the slab artist
selected by manager Helker to do the
twirling. He certainly did good work,
and but for Haller's great heave over
the first Easements head-that went
over the bleachers and into the high
grass, this story might be very different.
Johnson, who acted in the capacity of
target for Marean's Drawn was at his
best and played ball like a professional.
Devries, on third, played in his old
time form and swung the willow very
effectively.
1t was good game, and the umpire
was exceptionally fair.
If the interest in base ball were any
thing like what it used to be the Park
would be, as it should be at an exhibit
ton of the kind, crOmded.
Score by innings: