The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-05-04
TRIP OF F. H. S. TEAM
They We're Much Pleased With
Colonial Beach.
Defeat Did Not Dampen Their Spirits
Got Home Tired, But Had a Good
Time.

Got Home Tired, But Had a Good
Time.
II the High School baseball team
went TO Colonial Beach for good
time il was successful. because every
one certainly had Il: but II IL went
10 play ball it lost. The score was
II to 10 in favor OF Colonial Beach.
The team left Fredericksburg
Friday at LIS p. III. and took cha
tered launch at QuanticO for Colon
ial Beach. The trip down was ideal
but rather longer than the boys eX-
pected Shortly after leaving Guam
tico every one thought that the
party would get to the Beach IN
about two hours. because one
hardy salt" on the team said that
Colonial Beach was just around the
next point After rounding abe al
six points without seeing our desti-
nation. and after darkness settled
over the Potomac he stopped talking
about points and began telling the
crowd about $4,000 diamond re-
Electors in the light buoys
We got to the Beach about eight
o'clock and were met by the popula-
ton en- masse at the wharf
Mr.. Walcote turned over his spaci
Gus hotel TO the team and gave them
"A supper such as only down the
river folk" can prepare
After walking the board walks and
(other walks. too until 1l.30 the
team repaired TO their rooms and
started a serenade that lasted three
hours. despite the earnest appeals Of
Mr. and Mrs Walcote and the sew
en- children TO cut out that fuss and
get 10 sleep
By five Saturday morning he
Fredericksburg boys were on the
street warming up for the game.
which was scheduled for p. N.
Each boy consumed breakfast
that made the walters eyes roll in
amazement. and then came the
morning baseball practice II big
league scouts had been on the side
lines every High School boy would
have signed up. Never had the
Beach seen such practice. Long
drives were pulled down with one
handed ease. hot grounders that siz-
zled the corn beds were shot
10 first with a precision and speed
that made the OnlOOkers take no
tice The betting went from even
To five 10 one on fredericksburg.
Promptly at two o'clock. under
sweltering sun and on a cOrniieid
diamond. the game began. May
there never be such another game
for Fredericksburg. The first in
ming saw =. II s. shove over three
runs by perfect bunting and base
running With the exception OF the
third. when r. H. s took an aero
plane flight, the game went smooth
Is until the seventh. when the score
stood 10 for the Beach. Free
man lines out a home run. several
singles and a triple by Rowe ran
the score up TO 10 10 6 in favor OF
F. II. s. Then came the ninth with
the heart disease finish A pass,
several errors and a few hits SHOW
ed over enough runs TO win the
game for Colonial Beach by score
Of IL TO 10. II there were any
particular stars for r. II. 5. billiard
was Il. He pulled off two catches
and slid bases in a way that brough
down the side lines. for there was
no grandstand.
When the time came TO leave the
river looked so rough that the pilot
was afraid TO start Al six o'clock
the wind had abated enough for all
but three OF the boys to take TO the
boats. These three said that II was
still too rough for them. so they
STAYED over. It's said that the
wind was not the only thing that
kept them over night at the Beach.
Hardly had the boat left the
wharf when the demon OF the sea.
NAL de mer," seized the boys and
some really thought that they
would IKE to be buried at sea. At
ter dark the wind died out and the
BOYS spirits revived enough to pre-
vent any from sleeping that tried
to do so
The boat made excellent time go
ing I'D. but just off Quantico, where
We we're to take the train, the pro-
peller shaft broke The iii pull
ed into Quantico. blew once and then
pulled out again. leaving the F. II.
s team four miles from shore with
a broken engine. BY three o'clock,
thanks to Mr.. Haller's mechanical
skill. the engine was repaired ana
we put into Cherry Hill at 4 o'clock
The boys watched the sunrise owe
the Maryland shore and then they
started out to see the sights OF
the historic city OF Cherry Hill
Everything from the process OF max
ing fertilizer to the killing OF a hen
by a fast train was noted with care
At $50 Sunday morning the
sleepy crowd got home and all went
to bed. Several had enough sleep
to venture out to church at night,
but the percentage OF ballplayers at
Sunday School was small.
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