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Shore FANS
TO SEE BATH
Crown Test Will BE Played FRS
Tins Across The Chesapeake. Con
test Comes After Fine Seasoi
Throughout The Old Line State.

| ThrOughOuG inc Oiu IHle o'"'o'
! The Maryland State soccer cham
pionship will be decided at Easton al
2 o'clock Friday afternoon, o1hclals
! OF the Public Athletic League an
nounced yesterday afternoon. Galth-
! ersbure. champion of Montgomery
county and winter, of the 1922 title
| ON the Western Shore and Federals-
| burg, the school that captured the
| honors in Caroline county and the
entire Eastern Shore. are the teams
which will settle the contest for the
| crown.
With both "burgs" on tip-toe for
| the coming contest, it seems as
though the 1922 affair should be up
| to the high standard set by the teams
that have played before. This is the
fifth year that the Public Athletic
League has held a tournament, and
since 1918 the game of soccer has
shown immense Improvement and
has spread into all but one county OF
the State.
The fifth State championship will
be the first that has ever been held on
the Eastern Shore. 1t was decided
Immediately before the Gathers
burg Barton game, that. should the
tirst-named win, the most central
point to meet the fredericksburg ag-
creation would be at EastOn, easily
accessible to both points. Each
team will be able TO reach home the
night after the game. While in Eas-
ton they will be entertained by Eas-
ton High School and the Easton
Clubs.
Wilson Shaffer, who has referred
a number of the tournament games
during the campaign. will have
charge of the players on the field at
Easton.
OF the games played this year,
fredericksburg, the Shore champ, won
nine tied one and lost one. 1t rolled
up 10 points. Gaithersburg did not
lose a game, tied two and won seven,
making IS points. fredericksburg
has had one of the heaviest soccers
on it's team in Bowdle, who put the
leather past the opposing goal keep
er Is times,
Griffith was the leading scorer on
the Gaithersburg team with I'VE
goals. This combination has two OF
the best backs in the State IN X.
Walker and Butts, and this pair Will
undoubtedly play big role againss
their Eastern Shore rivals. Gathers
burg has been put through its PAGES
by Coaches Fred FitZberger and
Fred Alnmon each Of whom has de-
voted about half the season to the
team. Coach Thomas E. Riggin has
been directing the efforts OF Feder-
alsburg.
Another clever player on the
Gaithersburg eleven is Callahan. at
goal, and his work, at this position
mas ben no small factor in the low
scoring of the opposition.
fredericksburg won it's title on the
Sho' after an exciting season. At the
close OF the regular schedule 1t was
tied at 10 points with Denton, the
champ of last year. Apparently the
former title holders was daunted Dy
the number Is, for Fredericksburg
triumphed~ to !. in the play on
Subsequently fredericksburg defeated
Pocomoke, to /, one OF the heaVy
scores of the year. The outcome OF
this battle was an upset, as POGO"
moke was counted as heavy pat
tier. but the Caroline boys romped
far ahead of the lower Shore team
Victories over Crisf1eld. to /,
and Salisbury, 2 to 0. gave the cham
pionship to fredericksburg, and the
Caroline team has been waiting sew
eral weeks to get into the State bat
tie. The Western Shore champion
ship was not decided until last week
when Gaithersburg trimmed Barton,
1 to 0. The Bartonites were consld-
cred formidable contenders for the
title, but the Montgomery group
proved too much for them.
Early in the season Barton mad
gained an to triumph over one OF
its opponents. the most terrific druo-
bling administered this year to any
team. Previous to its Barton game
Gaithersburg beat, Marlboro In the
first intra-county battle, 2 to 1, and
later defeated Westminster, to ).
A peculiar incident of the last named
fray was that all the scoring was
done in the last half of the game.
Neither of the champions of 1921
Denton. on the Eastern Shore, and
Gainesville, on the Western Shore.
I.reached the semi-finals this year.
With the great enthusiasm in both
sections over thi sbig school game, a
large crowd is expected to witness
the affair at Easton, and the Gath
ersburg and fredericksburg hooters no
doubt will fr,rnish nlenty of action.