Mountaineers Open Season Against Champs in Frederick
A large crowd gathered at Agricultural Park as Martinsburg’s Mountaineers meet Jack Morrison’s Champs in the opening Blue Ridge League game. Mayor Fraley threw the first ball, with lineups announced and both managers withholding mound decisions until moments before pitch. The parade, packed stands, and pregame festivities marked the start of a two week training period and a three game Frederick Martinsburg series beginning today.
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Martinsburg Mountaineers nickname origin explained
The Martinsburg club management endorses the official nickname The Mountaineers highlighting the city’s link to the mountains of the eastern Panhandle. The name aligns with West Virginia’s Mountain State motto Mother Are Always Free and the city’s geography.
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Martinsburg
Thea
West Virginia
Panhanile
Venomous Weapons of South American Tribes
An account describes Mangeroma hunters using blowguns and poisoned arrows from Strychnos toxifera based venom. Arrows kill quickly with minimal flesh damage, with birds dying in minutes and humans unlikely to survive longer than fifteen. Antidotes are believed nonexistent.
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Amazon
St. Paul
Umpires and roster changes spark Hagerstown league plans
Baseball activity across Martinsburg Chambersburg and Hagerstown centers on team rosters, player releases, and tryouts. Weeden’s squad fills with Weeden's picks. Warmer released. Katsy Dear unlikely to stay. Dysert and Speraw linked to transfers. Hanover games show one run in four exhibitions. Franklin Hoffecker signs. Brunswick Fire Company elects officers and seeks funds for state convention participation.
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Vaer
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T. Horan
William Snouffer
FL T. Gladhill
W S. Sigafoose
Stanley Wiriz
Brunswick High School Triumph in Tumultuous Contest
A high school game featured Brunswick High defeating an opponent amid a bruising clash. Key players included Jones Gilbert Rogers Mills and Clemsons. Brisk pitching from Hickman and Burgee produced several runs with notable hits and a late scare as a fielder tumbled into a ditch.
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Athletic Meet Draws Thousands At Public School Event
Upwards of two or three thousand spectators gathered at Cadet Field for the County Wide Public School Athletic Meet under the Public Athletic League of Baltimore. Five schools competed. events began at 11:45 am and by 1 pm only a few were finished. Final results promised for tomorrow. An unrelated medical ad promotes Wall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills with testimonials and an offer of a hundred dollars for a cure failure.
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Toledo
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Ohio
Second Season for Blue Ridge Opens With Lineups
The Blue Ridge League opens its second season amid optimism for a record turnout. Grape-laden rosters feature Hagerstown, Chambersburg, Hanover, Gettysburg, and Martinsburg with lineups announced for Willsow Lane Park in Williamsport. The circuit projects 100 games per club, with total monthly operating costs near $18,000 and a $12,000 salary cap per team.
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Blue Ridge
Jack Morrison
Chambersburg
Martinsburg
Managers pay and race entrants in early auto season
The roster shows players earning around 90 a month with pitchers at 100 and others as low as 75 based on value to the club. Three new race cars from Crawford Auto Co entered by Billy Chandler are set for Indianapolis and New York events, with drivers Lewis and Johnson joining Chandler, who previously ran in 1914.
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Indianapolis Speedway
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Crawford Auto Company
Billy” Chandler
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Indianapolis
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Johnson
Hagerstown Terriers Named by Club Manager
The Hagerstown club adopts Terriers as its new nickname after manager Weeden picked it from over 300 suggestions. Listed are managers and players for various towns, with Bert Weeden noted for Hagerstown. A public sale of farm property is scheduled near Frederick on May 16, 1916, at 10 a.m. following the notice.
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W. E. Darner
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