The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-04-10
SPORTING NEWS.
Baseball, Shooting, and Other
Sports.

The MARYLAND School for the Deaf
on Friday night, March 3rd, defeated
Company "A at basket ball on the Armory
floor, by a score of II 10 6.
By score of a to I, the local High
School nine fell a victim TO the strong
Westminster High School baseball ag
gregation in the opening game of the
season. on Friday afternoon, April ord,
on Cadet Field. Errors at crucial times
and loose playing on the apart of the
Frederick boys contributed partially
to the final result. while the visitors
were especially tight with men on the
bases and they hit the sphere when the
tallies were wanted.
The Young Men Christian Association
base ball team has received several let
tiers for games this season New Market
is very anxious to cross bats with the
local team, and Shippensburg, Pa. has
written for a game. Matches are about
closed with the Boys High School, and
the opening game will be with the Mary
land School for the Deaf on April 18TH
Ray Morgan. the old Frederick boy.
is hitting at some pace on the Washing
ton Nationals Out Of the eight times at
the. bat in the two games, with Vermont
and Cincinnati, Morgan is credited with
four hits, two being for two bases
Saint Johns College opened its season
of baseball games at Annapolis on Sat
urday, April 4th, by winning from Mt.
Saint Mary,.s College, OF Emmitsburg,
this county. by score of to 2. The
up State lads were outplayed.
In swat-fest, ending to the great
tune of II to s. the Frederick High
School base ball nine defeated Their cid
rivals, the Gettysburg High School team,
on Saturday afternoon, April 4th, on the
latter's grounds. The Gettysburg bows
were outplayed at every stage of the
game by the local ball tossers. Their
twirer was touched for fourteen safeties.
one for three sacks, while King, for the
local aggregation, pitched tight game,
allowing but six loose and scattered hts
Frederick. Hagerstown, Martinsburp
and another city. either Chambersburg,
Hanover, or Brunswick, prefera DIV the
former town, will be the cities repre-
scented in the new four-team organized
Class ID Baseball League this year. That
is the report that the committee, appoint.
ed at the big rally held in this city on
last Monday evening to attend the con.
ference at Hagerstown on Wednesday
afternoon, April Sth, wishes to announce
to the people of Frederick City and
county. The enthusiasm and spirit man
Tested at that conference in the Trade
Board Offices Of Hagerstown, is almost
indescribable BY far, the feature Of
the meeting was the report made BY Max
Won Schlegel, the editor OF the Martins
burg journal" and John w. Stewart,
the President Of the Martinsburg Board
OF Trade, representing that city 1t was
past three O'Clock, and no word had
been received nor anything heard from
the City oil Martinsburg Exactly at Z. 20
O'Clock, Mr.. Won Schlegell and Mr..
Stewart swerved up in front OF the offices
in an automobile which looked as though
it had been made Of mud These two
men had braved the pelting ram and
penetrating winds in an uncovered ma
chine, making over IS miles of dirt road
just to bring the news that Martinsburg
had gone wild over the organized base
ball subject and had raised over $1,000
through contributions in one day. Mr..
!. d. Lechron and Colonel Z. Austin
Baughman, representing Hagerstown and
Frederick respectively, each reported
favorably for organized ball
A bell in temple in North China has
been kept ringing for century. A tax
IS levied in the district for paving RELAYS
OF ringers to work necessarily day and
night.