The Washington times., 1930-06-25
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Get your road map, folks The
little red dot indicates Rockville,
and when you pass through 1t
don't mention anything about or
against the baseball team-tnless
you know who you're going to talk
to and the reason.
And why? Because Rockville
and we mean Rockville, Nd, II
you pleaSe-is the hottest baseball
town In seven counties. The folks
out that way eat, talk and sleep
baseball and idealize their base
ball team like nobody's business.
At present the County Seat
ers are In second place Of the
Montgomery county section
OF the Capital City League.
They'd be In first place II 1t
wasn't for the TakOEna Tigers,
whom they've never been able
to defeat in two years. The
Tigers lead the league.
Although baseball at Rockville
began some 10 or IL years ago, 1t
has been only In the last two
years that interest in the same
has developed into the most seri-
Gus thing. And large reasor1--in
fact-the only reason, is because
the entire town has risen in sup
port Of a team that must be q
champion or nothing else. ~
It was last year that the towns
interest was brought to a boiling
pitch. The Silver Spring Giants,
conceded the best team In the
series. and at the time right in
the thick of the fight for the
pennant which was q three-cor.
nered affair between the Giants,
Takoma Tigers and Rockville,
were defeated in a double-header,
thereby knocking the Grubb-man-
aged team out of the running
and putting Rockville in a real
position to win the title.
It was here that the town pop.
ulace became crazed that it had
a ball team, a team that could
be a champion with a little sup.
port. That memorable day Of
the double-header with the Giants
started things, and even though
the Tigers finally won the cham.
pionship, embedded so much In
terest that the start of this sea.
son was an epic to the town his.
tory. to say the least.
The merchants, lawyers,
doctors, druggists, and who.
ever else that thought twice
about baseball, contributed to
the teams support. They
bought the teams uniforms
and in receipt had the names
Of their firms or personal
names, rs the case may have
been, printed on the backs.
The next thing done was 100
per cent attendance at the games,
with noise and cheers of inspira
ton the aim to spur on a winner.
Thus, the town of Rockville as
it is today--the baseball hotbed
Of seven counties.
The Rockville baseball team Is
handled under a Rockville Ath-
leticS Association, of which Bar.
ney Welch is president; Roger
Shaw, secretary: John Wilson,
treasurer. and Robert Cole, man
ager. This marks the second
term Of Cole as manager Of the
team.
The County Seaters, for what's
what they're called in off times,
are composed Of a collection of
fighting, serious youngsters, who
play ball to the last. Oddly the
team is made up Of a series Of
brother combinations. which Is
another reason for all the in
terest in the team.
Forming the several brother
acts every Sunday include Willie,
Bennie and Pat, of the, Coleman
family, the first named the
Speediest left-handed pitcher on
the Sandlot books; Bennie, a
right-handed pitcher, and Pat, the
catcher Of the team.
Then there are the Hutch
ins0n brOthers-JOe at second
and Ebert at third-follOwed
and rounded out by the Col
Inns brothers, Bob and Scott,
both 0utfielders. These three
sets Of brothers form one
half the team.
Others Of the roster are Ed
Case, first baSeman and leading
batter of the entire league last
year: Tommy CaShell, shortstop;
Gordon Stup, outfielder and this
years Goose Goslin, or better,
Heinie Manush of the team, and
Ace Esworthy, another pitcher,
and June Peters and Mott Helms,
utility men.
Rockville and the Rockville
baseball team. That's combina.
tion that will never break now that
the two have incorporated. And
here's hoping that it rains out
that way If a championship is
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