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'FKhNk HUMMER -
CLEANER FOR FREDERlClE
Splendid Pitching With All Around
Team Work Of Princess Anne
Team Defeats Western Shore
Champions. Piggy" Moore Plays
Brilliant Game.

Team Defeats western Shofe
Champions. Piggy" Moore Plays
Brilliant Game.
Frederick, Md, Sept. 7.-Johh
Franklin Baker, made Trappe, Md.'
famous The former home-run KING
now must divide honors with FRANK
w. Hummer. who today pitching TOT
Princess Anne against Frederick III
the Maryland championship basepall
series, won his game, to l, ana put
the Eastern Shore boys on even Iool-
ing with the Champions of the Blue
Ridge League. Each has won con
test and moved tonight toward Sails
bury, where the clubs will battle TO-
morrow and Friday. The division
of the two games here means that
Baltimoreans will see these aegre-
cations play Saturday afternoon a'
Oriole Park.
The teams and their supporters
left Frederick by automobile ABOUT
7 o'clock and stopped over night d.
Annapolis. They will get away from
the States Capital on the ferry To-
morrow morning and are due to ar
rive at Salisbury around noon. Eas-
tern Shore men, women and chlloreh
probably will turn out in large num-
hers tomorrow TO see the opening
game on the Peninsula.
Hopes To Break Record
I ID. Wallop, Princess Anne's d.
rector. stated tonight that he belleV-
ed the attendance and receipts rec
ord for Frederick would be broken
The attendance and receipts were
a little short of yesterday. Ihefe
were 1862 less persons and the money
difference amounted to $142.25.
Hummer pitched wonderful
game of baseball for seven innings
but weakened in the eighth. al
though the locals did not score. Ii
was in the ninth that the Blue KID
gers crossed the plate.
Runners work for six and
third rounds was perfect. MOI
man saw first base. He did not al
low a hit or a pass. AS last as Tue
Fredericktonians came to the Dat
thew turned about and returned to
the bench. except when the last
man was retired.
Strain Slams One
Neptune, the Indian ShortStop nei
Frederick was thrown. out by Moore
as a starter in the seventh. Ineh
Strain got the first hit off Hummer.
a double to left The sphere fell
near the score board, just out OF
reach of W. Bounds, who, lncldental
ly. played a clever fielding game
Downey was tossed out by Moore
and Miller flied to Bounds.
Bounds made goou catch OF
DAVIS drive beginning the Slghth.
Rlethen singled TO right. Then hum
mer weakened ands walked Cation.
Porter made Il good stop OF Costei-
los grounder, which went for MT
! This filled the bases. Porter came
in shirt for Staylor and got ms
crounder. His throw to MlnnoW
forced Blethen at the plate. Neptune
had a chance to become a hero, with
the sacks still loaded, but he Hled 10
Sweeney.
Hummer became stronger in the
: ninth. He did not look nearly as
weak as in the proceeding round
Strain walked. Dokney flied to
Rounds. Miller forced Strain at
! second, Porter to Hoggson. Day VINO
! has been one of the hard bitters OF
the series so far, dropped the ball
, on the roof of the stables in lett
! center and Miller scored. The bat
! ter made second. Blethen then hled
10 Moore for the final out of the al
ternoon.
BIethen also pitched cleverly for
Frederick, and it was Neptune,s
high throw to first of Sweeneys
>,,...,a-- 4I-a4 szS Pen inSlILS
lads their second and third runs:
Two hands were out when Neptune's
peg barely tipped Downey's glove.
, The Frederick pitcher was st1ngy
with safeties and famed seven. HIS
control was perfect. He was tound
for an infield safety by Minnow in
: the first inning, single by Bounds
to left in the third and double by
Minnow in the sixth. The pail
dropped on the roof of the sheds in
; left.
Moore Hits Homer
The big blow-off came in the
seventh session. Moore stepped to
the plate and knocked the first ball
pitched over the left-deld fence IN
identically the same spot that Dow
ney did yesterday in the opening IN
ming.
The next three men were retired
in order.
Princess Anne scored in the eigh-
tn with two men out. Porter SIN
sled to left and Minnow to center.
Porter made a dash to third, but re-
traced his steps when he saw Mil.
ler's throw to Cation probably would
catch him. The ball took bad
bound and rolled to the back stop.
Porter made third and MinnoW
second. Then Sweeney batted
grounder to Neptune, who made his
poor throw both men scoring.
Sweeney went to second. Moore beat
out an infeld hit past Blethen,
Sweeney going to third. Moore
dashed for second little later. The
play was made for Sweeney at third
and he was out. Score:
Princess Anne Alb r H o y +
portar Sc l 8 0
a d