Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-01-29


What we need Is a mider climate so the
base ball teams can play,
And keep a-mOving ten or leven hours
day;
Congress ought to knock the tariff from
mild winters right away
0, I'm sitting on the bleaChers, and there's
sorrow in my breast
And lot of icy water 5 running down
inside my vest -
It, a shame that fans must suffer for the
game they love the best.
- UW NnSon
PROSPECTIVE.
There is some talk among the locals of
getting together next week and organ
ling IA club to represent the town on the
diamond next season.
But the gentlemen who own and con
troll the Association Park are having
some trouble among themselves, and as
vet they have come to no definite under
standing.
The rumor is current that Henry
Fisher, treasurer of the Park AssOCia-
ton, and the largest stakeholder, wants
Col Dillon eliminated from the game.
Mr. Fisher seems to think the Colonel
has out lived his utility III the game here.
He argues that Dillon is a little too ag-
greSsive and very often ObStreperOuS;
that his conduct on and off the fled
sometimes creates discord, and. i'll fact,
Dillon is disturbing element that
should be shuttled off for the good of the
game here.
Mr.. Fisher may possibly manage the
team himself, as he has some experience
i'll that line, having managed the only
all-paid team Frostburg ever had during
the season of 1905.
However, at this writing it seems GER
tain that we will have base ball the
coming season, and if We don miss our
guess we will have a good team-one
that will be sure to interest the fans and
rooters and win the very best kind of
support The following players will
comprise the team:
Carroll and SpitznOs. catchers; Jenkins,
Hines and Finn pitchers; jenkins, Gunnett,
SpateS. Rodgers and Walters in-teld; Cooper,
Brophy. Hines and Hohan out field.
This looks like formidable aggrega.
ton, and if properly handled will reach
very near the Top of the heap in 1910.
RENAISSANCE.
Sometime ago there appeared i'll the
Baltimore Suu and Cumberland NrW$ a
little "Reminiscences gwen out by ICY"
Cummings, now a member of the House
of Delegates from Montgomery county.
10y" is trading i'll his old trick, He
says he came up here and shut out
Col. Dillon's team, but like the ma
jurity of politicians, "Cy's" memory is
at fault The Rockville team of which
the Hon. soy" Cummings was the
bright particular star, played here Fri
day and Saturday, July 18th and Sth,
1899. The games resulted as follows:
First game Rockville won-score 6 to ,.
Second Rockville again won score II to3.
While these We're disasters for Frost
burg. neither was IA "Shut-Out.' Dur
ing both games IA number of Snbsti
tutions and changes had to be made in
the home team, due to runs of miSfor-
tune which sometimes befall the best
On the other hand, while the home
team was made up entirely of home
players, the visiting aggregation was
choice selection from Il much larger
population There was Edward kenna,
son Of IA US. Senator, was The star
pitcher of Georgetown University and
later did phenomenal work for the Louis-
vile Ky National League team.
All the fans of that time will remem-
Der the Hon. "Cy' Cummings, whose
of stature. LOUD of voice, chuck full of
base lore, he was then, as he pos
sibly is now i'll the House of Delegates,
the great center of attraction.
PERSONAL.
Last week Conrad Minnicks. of Nc
Keesport, Pa, was here visiting Col
Dillon, of the St Cloud Hotel. Away
back in the seventies Minnicks was the
star pitcher of Allegany county. and
Col Dillon was his catcher. "Old
times was gone over; old games We're
talked of; old players We're mentioned
who have long since gone to the bourne
whence no traveller returns"
MinniCkS is now assistant Chief of the
Mrkeesport Fire Department, and Mike
Quinn, the one-time first baseman of the
Frostburg team, is his chief. He
(Quinm came here with the Pittsburg
Fire Arms team i'll 1880 H. b. Col
born was then manager of the locals,
and as the team wanted first baSeman
Coborn persuaded Mike to stay the
balance of the season.
o. Brien was pitching for Frostburg
and Tom Quinn catching.
Cumberland that season made a great
splurge in baseball and had the great
Utter, Carroll, and O'Bleiu catching.
The present great orchestra leader,
George R. Daisy, was managing the
Cumberland team.
The Homecoming team was i'll evidence
that year. Douglas and Schuyler were
the stars and did some good work,
though then, as now, Frostburg was on
top.
Prof j. Burke Salb, last years short
stop of the local team. spent a few days
at the st. Cloud Hotel last week. The
old reliable John looks well and hopes
to be able to do some good work for
Frostburg next season, as he expects to
spend his vacation here next summer.
1t looks like Mt. Savage has baseball
aspirations for next season. DR.. Murray
is a hustling manager, and hopes to have
his team in good shape early. KENO.
Died.
At his home, on Loo street, this place,
Friday evening, January 2l, 1910, Mr..
Daniel Bcvans, aged 50 years He had
been i'll some time with miners
asthma"-a trouble which years ago
compelled him to abandon mine work,