Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-09-25
II. II.


CORRESPONDENTS
A picture-card from the triune boss of
the Cash Valley Club, Omaha, Neb.,
dated 18th inst, represents players of
several varieties, sizes and poses, enti-
tied 1.-The Coming Champs" and this
injunction-''if any of these what Col.
Dillon would call the dear old national
game artists call upon the paper that is
Internationally Independent and eXclu-
sively great. sign them up for me to
take to Cash Valley, and continue at all
hazards to hold that reserved blonde
stone grotto on the grand hillside for
D. f. McMullen and Yourself" Signed
Manager, Captain and Batter /, o.
Q. g." The JOURNAL will be on the
look out, especially for the catcher with
the glass eye.
NOTES
The Cumberland Nctrs says
1t means lot to win "A baseball pennant
1t tells story of braln-work quick think
ing, hard practice, rigorous training and
cultivated Judgment team cant win un-
less it has base ball brains i'll it and behind it.
Sounds like Websterian definition of
the Frostburg team-a bunch of gallant,
clean, gentlemanly fellows, who furnish
no provocation for trouble and recognize
none if it can possibly be evaded. Ger
tainly their record for 1909 is irreproach.
able-a record Illuminated by winning
s of every 10 games played.
MIDLAND VS.. FRosrBURG
Last Saturday Frostburg made it 3
straight from Midland, winning the
game, the series, the 800, and clinching
the championship.
IsThp word went ont from some W hO
always entertain compromising thoughts
of others-because they think this sort
of thing themselves, that there would be
no contest; that Frostburg would LAY
down i'll order to get big crowd at
home for the fourth game.
ITO home credit be it said, however,
there was not scinJilla of truth in the
smart Aleck forecast. The home team
went to win, and the result proves that
they got there and made good.
Manager Dillon selected Big Bill
Jenkins to do the twirling, as he de-
clared himself in good form and could
win. But during the first three innings
Bill looked anything but good to the
Frostburgcrs. After he got warmed up,
however, and hit his gait the hits were
few and far between
Iu the very first inning Midland
made three safe bingles to centre field,
but by fast and furious fielding their
bases were emptied.
Carroll $ catching was great feature,
and his tlinging to base was high-cl
He is a catcher all of the good old town
may well be proud of.
"Jim jenkins, on first, played the best
game of his life His catch of line
drive by the last man in the last inning
was pleasing incident.
"Rodgers, at short, was in the game
at every stage.
"Spates played second in most accept.
able style.
The out-feld-Cooper, Brophy, Hines
and Finn-was all to the good In
fact, the entire team played as hard to
win as they ever played, prophecies to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
Midland, too, was going some
"Stinson was on the slab, and his
work was of gilt edge type. Up to the
eighth inning he allowed only one hit,
and it looked like Midlands game, as
the score was then to against us.
Jim Jenkins, first man up, made
safe swat Rodgers flied out to centre.
Then manager Dillon put Finn in to bat
for Hines, and the old reliable delivered
Ine ROOuS III WdllOp 10 deep centre.
CAROLS hit scored Jenkins. Flynn's
error on Bill jenkins hit to short scored
Finn. Spates flied out to right, and
Coopers hit scored Carroll and Bill Jen-
kins. Brophy flied out to centre, ending
the inning with hits and runs, just
enough to win.
"Tom Sloan did the stunts behind the
bat and did them we'll
mcfarland played first in that easy,
elegant, graceful pose that has made him
famous on Georges Creek.
Flynn and Mcclure played great
ball. and the outtielding was good.
"Only errors could be charged to
Midland, and, unfortunately for HIM,
both fell to Shearer the hard working
second baseman.
u. Frank Quinn umpired, and, to
our mind, did impartial justice.
"Score by innings: