Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-06-16
SALAMANDERS
TOP OF The
HEAP FRIDAY
First To Break Into Double Figures
In Won Column With A Per-
centage Of .625
POSITION DUE TO GOOD
WORK WITH THE STICK

The Gamers came to P0comoke
last Saturday to return game play
ed on their grounds the day before.
They had Canned" US on Friday by
the score Of to 3, and continued the
process on Saturday, only more SO.
They packed away that days contest
by the score Of 10 to 5.
These boys have got to be watched.
They are climbers as we'll as Gamers,
and they have some dangerous hitters
in the bunch. But on Saturday most
any old team could have put away the
Salamanders. They looked very little
like ball club, and losing two games
in succession to a team as low down
the list as Cambridge, sort of put a
crimp in the enthusiasm Of the home
fans. The boys made nine errors,
and the visitors made twelve hits-a
nice combination-for the other side.
But these things will happen, and to
show there were no hard feelings, the
foys after lay-off on Monday, came
back strong against Parksley on
Tuesday. The Virginians were up a.
lainst the real thing that day. Sharp
bet home run in the first inning;
MATHS "saw" his, but Phifer raised
them both one, and raked in the pot.
Phifer was all there on Tuesday.
He pitched a fine game, and drove in
five runs with that mighty bat of his,
the two wallops over right field fence
beng about as long as have been seen
on the grounds-not excepting Fitz-
berger's. All the boys were on their
toes, and Parksley had no more
chance than the proverbial flea in the
still more proverbial tar barrel.
There, again, was manifested some
ugly feeling against the umpire. 1t.
would be- good thing for all ball
players to examine themselves once
in while; to remember they are on
the field to make good just as well as
the umpire is. But there are times
when they do not; they muff fly balls;
they boot grounders; they make over
throws; and they are guilty Of errors
in judgment as we'll as those of exc
cution, since they do not always make
the proper play at The proper time,
even tho no error of execution is in
evidence.
The umpire also makes errors
what human being does not. The
player who RACES against his decis-
ions would make just as many were
he the arbiter. An umpire will mis-
take ball for strike and vice versa;
he will miscall a close play on the
bases. Whenever he does, the player
is ready to mount his carcass. But
does the umpire ever jump on the
player when he makes an error?
1t has never been known, but he has
the same right and if he were to
"bawl out" the men on the field every
time they made miscue, perhaps
they would take more charitable
view of the umpre's short comings.
It's a>poor rule that doesn't work both
ways, and the boys would do well to
remember that they make as many
or more errors than the umpire, and
they are just as costly. Don't make
the umpire the goat for your own
failures to make good.
In the Parksley game on Tuesday,
Brennan was very lenient with sever
al players. He would have been we'll
within his rights had he removed
them from the game.
The Laurel rooster didn't have a
chance to flap his wings on Thursday,
nor to exercise his growing capacity.
Furthermore it looked for awhile like
all the eggs those chickens were to
lay were to turn out goose eggs.
"Alex" was going fine until the eighth
inning. The "Chicks' had scored
neither hit nor run. Then after two
men were out, Mannix, who heads
the batting list, hit clean single to
center, and Early followed that with
home run.
The fans were roofing for the "big
fellow to come through with no-hit
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