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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1914
Page
6
Lonaconing defeated Piedmont 7 to 1 at Potomac Park to even the series at two wins each. The fifth game will be played at Lonaconing next Sunday, with strong plays noted in the late innings. Reverend C F Bergner conducted services at the County Jail postgame.
Frank G. Menke analyzes 1914 pitching records for likely world series players. Athletic quartet edge on Braves trio in strikeouts per nine, while James and Rudolph post fewest hits and walks respectively. Rudolph tops for steadiness with fewest walks per game.
Records of wins and losses obscure true power. The piece notes bias in pitcher records, cites the Boston trio with a 695 winning average and the Athletic quartet at 685, and explains compiling 1914 season statistics through Sept 26 to derive approximate per nine innings averages including walks and hits allowed.
The Central Y M C A football team lost opening game of the season 16 to 6 at Keyser to a stronger West Virginia prep squad. Cumberland had several chances inside the ten but fumbled, while the Y M C A defense stood firm and relied on forward passes and end runs for gains. Mills and Spriggs starred for the prep team with two notable receptions.
Bedford Pennsylvania coach Sol Metzger of West Virginia University football will miss the rest of the season after a Saturday Morgantown accident left him with a broken leg. He was riding on a runabout with Phineas Reiner and Gail Gibson when a sharp turn threw him from the vehicle. Metzger was taken to City Hospital Morgantown and has prior tennis play in the Allegany Mountains championship.
Ladon October 12 reports fierce fighting in Picardy and Artois. French forces crossed the Somme at Mericourt by raft and rope to seize Bray, advancing three divisions with artillery. German lines around Roye, Lassigny, Peronne, Arras retreat as French cavalry presses from Albert to Bajaume.
While moving furniture for Wilbur Blizzard on Baltimore Pike, a team driven by Dayton Dollie and Guy Elbin bolted after a lightning flash on Martin's Mountain. Dollie broke a leg and Elbin suffered a fractured arm. one horse was killed and the scene spread debris along the road. Injured men were taken to Allegany Hospital by nearby motorists J Philip Roman and Guy Twigg.
William H. Dick, 26, a Cumberland and Pennsylvania brakeman, died after being knocked from a box car at Ocean Mine No. 7 by an overhead bridge. He died minutes after arriving at Dr Holdsworth in Midland. Survived by wife and three children, home at National. Labor notes follow.
Miss Loretta Blaul opens her room in the Powell building to show a wide range of China decorating. The exhibit includes punch bowls, sardinieres, cups and plates finished in mother of pearl and opal and features leather work and student courses in Chi ma decorating.
The timetable lists first and last car departures from Frostburg to Cumberland and Cumberland to Frostburg with hourly service and connections to Westernport Ostburg and Lonaconing. It records stop times at Clarysville Red Hill Narrows Park Long's and others and ends with J B E Taylor, Superintendent.
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