The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-06-03
SPORTING NEWS.
Base Ball, Boxing and Other
Sports.
EASTERN.

Walkersvile defeated the Ok Fibre
Brush Works II-5.
Old Snow Ball picked some nice ones
out of the air while looking for Halley's
comet.
Peaster the steady little catcher, is
never out of humor. He plays the game
to win at all times.
1t is to be regretted that Nallin has
been compelled to lay off on account of
injuries received in the Mount St. Mary's
game.
Manager Baughman lost his usual smile
when his pets went under Be good Col
onel, the boys will come back. An off
day comes to us ALL
Frank Gotch defeated Zybysko in two
straight falls in Chicago Wednesday
night. The first in 61l seconds and the
second in Fl minutes and 60 seconds.
Gotch remains champion.
''Dick" Nallin, who has been a men,
Der of the Y. M. c. A. baseball team, and
played with the Frederick team last year,
has notified Manager Baughman that he
has signed with the Connecticut State
League.
The M. A. c. again defeated the Young
Athletics IA. Kemp pitched a good
game and received excellent support
Rhoads, Schroeder and Harrison for the
M. A. c. and Phebus and Delphy for the
Athletics featured.
Packey Mcfarland of Chicago and
Freely Welsh, lightweight champion of
England, fought twenty rounds to draw
at the National Sporting Club, London
The battle was for purse Of S., 500 and
a side bet of $1,000. By the term of the
agreement Sc, 500 was to go to tho win
ner, together with the gold belt which is
the symbol of championship.
The Y. M. c. A. club lost their winning
streak to Mt. st. Mary on Echo Field on
Saturday last. Merchant was not as well
supported as Engle. The playing was
fast and the Mountaineers deserve the
victory. Batteries, Engle and McHugh,
Merchant and Peaster. The Y. M. c. A.
defeated the college boys twice before
and each time were compelled to play fast
ball to win.
The Y M. c. A. lost two games to the
Nj. A. c. of Baltimore on Monday last
lsThe first by to and the second BY { to
3. While the playing was good the field
ing errors by Morgan, Ryer and BOYLE
were costly, and in fact the playing of
some of the players lacked the vim and
usual aggressiveness of former games.
1t was painful to see our champions go
out in one, two, three order. The many
friends of the team hope the slump in the
past three games will be followed by a
succession of victories in the games to
come. We have the goods, and Manager
Baughman'should straighten out the bows
and not let them forget the championship
of the State is within their grasp. Brace
up and be as you once WERE
President Taft sat in the front row at
the Washington league park and looked
over the ball field Several thousand
others were watching the pitcher, batter
and fielders. None OF those interested
him so much. His gaze was fixed upon
a lonesome, friendlsss individual who was
cursed by the pitcher every time he called
"balP' and the wave of whose hand, as
he snatched base runner from the field,
was greeted by wild chorus of denun-
citation from the bleachers and a roar
from the grandstand. Whatever this ex-
ecutive of the ball field did, he was de-
nounced by one side or the other. He
couldn't straddle any question, he hadn't
any assistant encouragement to work
out the case. he hadn't any private secre-
tary to blame it on All these would not
have saved him. He couldn't quit, he
couldn't rest, he couldn't resign There
could be no peace for him until the game
was over. As the President gased at this
master of the field, who became more
unpopular every move he made. a tear of
sympathy came into his eye. He knew
just how it was "Of course the players
are all right" he unused, but my heart