Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-30
CUMBERLAND NEWS GIVES The VIEWPOINT
OF THE FANS OF THAT CITY AND PIEDMONT
Tells Why Cumberland and Piedmont Are Entitled to Places In
the Blue Ridge League, With Sunday Games On the Side
Odds and Ends OF Comment of Matters of Interest.
Around the Blue Ridge Circuit.


The Cumberland News gives the
Piedmont Cumberland side of the
Sunday ball-salary.limit question at
some length, and we reprint the
whole story. or most of 1t, so The
Journal readers can get the Cumber-
land.Piedmont view. The news writ
er is way of in some of his state
ments, OF course, especially when he
says that none of the towns oppose
Sunday ball except Chambersburg
II he had only gathered this impress
sioa he is destined to get something
OF a Jar when the returns come in
from the back counties. We can
hearty commend the News man for
giving his side Of the proposition
with all his vigor. but If he thinks
he will get anywhere by misrepre
senting facts he will get another
Jar that will shake hi shack teeth
loose when he sees the concrete
proposition laid on the table.
The Cumberland News says thus
ly, as follows, to-wit:
LAS baseball enthusiasm increases
in Western Maryland final plans are
being worked out by the local pro-
motors to place team in the Blue
Ridge League for the present season
With the action of the Piedmont team
in accepting the berth offered them
in that circuit everything points TO a
successful season in baseball circles
in both cities. Cumberland with more
than 10000 population ard in the
midst OF a big boom this summer.
will no doubt be the best financial
field in the circuit
Piedmont with a population Of 3
500, with their sister towns OF Luke
with 1900 and Westernport with a
population Of 5000 and all the min
ing towns along Georges Greek to
draw from should prove a better fl.
nancial proposition than any of the
six towns alreay represented in the
league for the past two seasons
This makes total population Of 3
600, to say nothing Of the towns Of
Homecoming. Frostburg. Midland and
other creek mining towns close by
where baseball is always dominant
in the summer months.
'Peeyed on account of the bright
prospects of Sunday baseball in Cum
berland and Piedmont, the Cham
bersburg papers have been raising a
terrible howl about the admittanee
Of Cumberland and Piedmont into
the circuit The papars Of the latter
towns have had little to saw feel
ing that the old saying IF YOU give
a calf rope enough he viii ha7g him
SELF is the true motto and can well
be applied to that city Both Cum.
berland and Piedmont have been
laying low content 70 allow the
Chambersburg press 70 ridicula them
as much rs thav please Thew feel
that they are being more benefited
than injured
Johannesburg has been harpiug
about "fnq7c'al failure" in sneak
ing Of Piedmont hut has forgotten
to say ANYTHING about thatr sister
city OF Gettysburg whore thew can
not even raise sufficient funds 10
build a baseball park. and are com
PEELED to depend entirely on volun-
tary collection. Piedmont has a park
of which they can be proud. erected
at a cost Of $1,000 and can be com
pared with any other park in the Blue
Ridge Circuit Bill Loudeu and Nick
Maddox, Of major league fame. beth
started their baseball career in tho
West Virginia town
every citizen Of the town Of
Piedmont. Weste~nnorr and Luke
known as the "Tri-Towns" is a base
ball enthusiast and takes great pride
in a team that is chosen to represent
them This is easily shown by the
good work Of the finance committee
named at the big boosters meeting
held Thursday night n that town.
The committee composed OF sixteen
prominent business men and headed
By Allen [. Luke Of the West Virgin
ia Pulp and Paper Company Of Luke,
began their campaign thu following
morning TO raise sufficient funds to
place a team in the Blue Ridge Lea
que this season. At the close of the
second day SATURDAY. evening the
committee turned over 81 500 70 The