The citizen., 1910-09-02
SPORTING NEWS.
Base Ball, Boxing and Other
Sports.

Base Ball, Boxing and Other
Sports
Matinee races were held at the Fair
Grounds last Saturday afternoon, under
the auspices of the Frederick Driving
Club.
The first event, a mile trot or pace,
was won by Catoctin, owned by c. NJ.
De Garmendia. The second race, a
free-for-all for green trotters, was taken
by Evelyn W., owned by S. Barrick,
with Hortage, owned by c. M. De Gar
mendia second.
The third race, for green PAGERS, went
TO Ruby Wilkes, owned by Charles
Houck. DR.. R. V. Smiths Dan N, took
the first heat. and Tusca King, owned
by Carlos NJ. De Garmendia, the second,
Ruby Wilkes won the next two heats
after fine race. Summary:
First Race-Class A; pace or trot
Catoctin, c. NJ. De Garmendia...2 I I
Arvie, r. Y. Smith. h........,.............I,2 2
Time, 2.33, z.25B, 2.2IH.
Second-Green trotters.
Evelyn, w. S. Barrack ....3I
Hortage,>C. NJ. De Carmendia...2 5 2
Virgie b. Charles Houck..........I 5 5
Time, 2.324, 2.36}4, 2.31H, 2.34.
Third-Green PAGERS.
Ruby Wilkes, Charles Houck...2 3
Dan ~. r. V. Smith "a
Tusca King, c. NJ. De Garmendia.3 4
Maud Wilkes, H. Boone.
Harry c., H. Working ...............4
Time, 2.252+, 1864, 2.3I4, 2.54.
The Frederick y. NJ. c. A. team. de
footed the Hasersiown Y. NJ. c. A. team,
after most spirited contest, by d score
of To 5. Lease pitched fine game,
| striking out IS. Kennedy helded well
at 3rd, and EiSenhauer's fielding and
base running were the features of the
game, for the Frederick Y. NJ c. A.
team.
Many base ball experts are talking of
duplicating Billy Sulivan's feat Of catch
ing base ball dropped from the top of
the Washington moEUment. Sullivan
caught one after many trials but was not
content until he had stopped two more.
He says that the balls felt as if they
weighed a ton, but that the tremendous
| shock did not hurt his hands in the least.
Several of the big leagues catchers
! have declared that they will duplicate
Sulivan's effort.
Pitching for Cleveland against Boston,
Harry Fanwell recently lost another
game, the score being to o. He yielded
hits and struck out four. Cicatte, his
opponent, on the mound, allowed two
hits and struck out five.
Organization of an association that will
exercise the same influence and control
over the glove contests that the leagues
do over baseball, is the scheme of A. B.
Mofiat, an Oakland, California, fight
promoter. Mofat believes that by or
ganizhtion the promoters can clear away
all of the troubles out of the fight game
and put 1t on the same solid basis of
baseball, track athletics, or any other
sports.
Frederick fans attended the Washing
ton and Detroit game last week and
rooted for Ty Cobb. Those who wit
messed the game were Messrs. Joseph
Ejsenhauer, lngomar Albaugh, Arthur
Derr, Charles and John Doll, Frank
Castle, Leonard Notnagle and Charles
Fisher went to Washington over the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. and
Messrs. Harry Staley. F. K. Schmidt
~1ACN dtlN lB-dlI, IOltll II. TidLiGi. FRANK
Schroeder and Austin Baughman went
to Washington in Mr.. Baughman's new
automobile.
The Diamond and Baldwin duckpin
teams played one of the most interesting
games ever witnessed on the alleys of the
Casino at Braddock Heights, Tuesday
night. The highest score was made by
Jones of the Bpldwlns. who rolled total
of sos, Shaft of the Diamonds being a
close second with 3o3. Kratz Of the Bald
wins made the highest individual score,
rolling 100 in the first game.
Bobby Wallace, St. Louis Browns. is
the eldest player in the American League.
He has been big league star for sixteen
seasons. Wallace began with Cleveland
in 1894 as pitcher He is not over IS
years old.
In hive recent successive games pitched
by Walter Johnson of Washington oppos-
ing outfielders have averaged only one
putout game.
This seems 10 be Attie Hofman's best
season. The Cubs center fielder is sting
ing them harder than ever in his career
and playing swell fielding game.
'Shoeless" Jackson, champion batter
OF the Southern League, Cleveland re-
crult, used to play ball in his bare feet.
Dick" Nallin, who is well known to
local baseball followers, having PLAYED
second base for the locals during the first
part of this season, but later signed with
O'Rourke's Bridgeport team in the Con-
nectlcut League as an out gardener, has
been let go and is now judging balls and
strikes in the same league.
Elmer Flick is the only big Lacquer
who "ate" himself out of baseball but
there are several hundred classy diamond
athletes who drank" themselves out of
fast company.