THE SCBANTON .TTOIBUNE-SATURDAY MOBNIXG, APRIL 25, 1896.
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TROUBLE IN FALL RIVER
j - j
Stemmell Hit Safely but the Umpire
Said Foul.
SCRXTOX LEFT THE FIELD
fcioro 'os Than. 10-7 in Fall River's
. lavor-Only t our Scranton Playsrs
Were in Their Regular
Positions.
Sielul to ,lhe Sorunton Tribune.
Kail Klver. Mass., Al.rll 24. With a
bndly crlooli'd team. Scranton Rave
Kail River a hard tussle today and
might have won had the game been
finished.
A dispute arose in the seventh innlnff,
when with two out Stemmell hit safely.
The umi.lre was not In position and
would not allow the hit. He ordered
Stemmell to return. Stenimell refused
and the same was given to Fall Klver.
The Sorunton players were changed
bout and out of their regular posi
tions, consequently they were greutly
handicapped. However, they batted
hard, but a few mlsplays at critical
points by the men out of position gave
Fall Iilvi-r the lead. The day wus very
cold und lively work was Impossible.
Hess caught a tine game. Ward
tieluod Miarnlv and knocked the first
home run made here this season, send
ing the ball rur over the fence.
Scranton In the third made four runs
on singles by Ward, t'hlles. Flack and
Kagan nnd un error. The two In the
sixth were on hits by Hess and F.agan,
a sacrifice and un error.
I'nll Klver's five In the third were on
four singles uud two mlsnlays by
Flack. Tin- two in the tilth were on
two hits uml u buse on bulls. In the
yeventh throe runs were made, on a hit.
two errors and two Hies t me nuuinu.
Notwithstanding today's trouble
S ranton w ill uli.y here tomorrow.
.Score:
IUI.1. RIVKR.
A.B. K. II. P.O. A. K.
M. Dei niott, 2b i I
It.iperi, c 4 1 u . !
I.h.1.1, If 4 1 U
(J-lr, rf 4 I 1
l.Jole. cf ,1 i I I I
l.ons. 3U 4 1 I i
Keim.'dy, lb 1 - 1- J
UiKuln. p S ' -' J
I'ltspatrlck, p l o 0 JJ
Twtuli ... 1U 10 20 11 3
Si'RANTOX.
A.B. It. II. P.O. A. K.
War.1. it 4 If 3 4 2 0
Hess, e S I 1 J 1
cniUs. 31 4 2 : 8 1
Flack, ss 4 1 1 1 -
.Meuney, if 4 1 1 1 o
itratlley, cf 4 0 U 1
KuKivn, If 4 0 2 0 0 0
Horner, lb 3 0 2 5 0 2
Silemmell, p 4 U 1 0 1 I
Total 34 7 18. 21
fall KlVer ' w " i w .j i
S-raiitou 1 0 4 0 0 2 I
Famed runs-Pall Klver. I; Scranton. 3.
Homo run Wnnl. Two Imse hits Me
tier niott (21, Kenndy. First base on balls
-Hy Lincoln, H?ss; by Stemmell, Rupert,
iVeir, Rellly. Struck out By Lincoln,
AUam-v 2 Rrftilley; by Stemmell, Ocir,
Unooiit t2), Fltpatricli. lilt by pitched
ball-by Lincoln, Hornrr. Wild pitch Lin
coln, Sletnmeil. Passed ball Hess. I'm
litre Connolly. Time 1.4.".
XATlOXALLEAfil II.
Only one game was played yesterday
In the National league. A peculiarity
of the result Is that Cincinnati by de
feating Cleveland changes the posi
tions of only those two clubs and that
each takes the other's place. Cincin
nati goes up to Chicago In third place
and Cleveland drops to Brooklyn in
fourth.
THIS PKItCKXTAOK RECORD.
P. W. I.. P.O.
Pittsburg 1 -SM
Fhila.itlDhia 5 1 J2
Washington 4 2 .b7
Cincinnati 7 4 S ..il
Chicago 7 4 3 .o71
Brooklyn 3 3 .UW
Cleveland .., 6 3 3 ,M
St.. Louis 7 3 4 . .128
Hulllmore 7 3 4 .i23
lloston 7 3 4 .42
.New York 1 5 .W
Louisville 7 1 .143
J odity's Notional l.cnguc Games.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia,
f Uonton at New York.
WashiiiKton ut Baltimore.
ClevelDiid at Pittsburg,
r Chicago at Cincinnati.
Louisville at Si. Louis.
v Cincinnati-Cleveland.
Cincinnati, April 2l.-For seven Ititilngs
otluy Khfnes was invincible, but a rte;-l-io
by Kmslle In this Inning seemed to
rattle .him and ha hejame wild, forcing
.it two runs by bases on balls. Young cs
uaye;l again to pitch for Cleveland, but
wis batted freely. Score:
CINCINNATI.
" A.B. R. H. P.O. A. K.
IMIlilaV, If 4 1 1 2 0 0
liny, el 1 i 3 0 (L
.liller, if 4 3 3 2 I)
Hiving, lb 4 1 18 0 0
.VfPhee, 2h 6 1 2 8 7 0
mllh, ss 4 0 1 3 8 1
)i win. 3b 5 1 2 0 2 1
Vaughn, c 5 12 110
Unities, p : 3 o o 0 1 o
Fisher, p 0 0 0 0. 0 0
Totals '. .Ts t Ti 27 17 2
CLKVKLAND.
A.H. it. H. I'.O. A. B.
hurkett, If 8 10 10 0
MeKean. s 8 0 10 4 1
Chllds, 2b 4 0 0 4 2 0
Shearon, rf 4 0 110 3
Teueau, lb 30 1 12 1 0
McAleer, cf 4 0 0 2 0 0
Delahanty, 3b 4 12 110
O'Connor, c 3 1 o G 1 o
Young, p 8 1113 0
D'.Meara 1 0 0 0 0 0
; Total 32 4 ti 27 12 "J
o'.Mo.'tra batted for Young In the ninth
Inning.
Cincinnati 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 08
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 04
Earned runs Cincinnati, C. First buse
on errors Cincinnati. 2; Cleveland, 1. lft
on bases-Cincinnati, 8; Cleveland, 5. Frist
base on balls Off Rhlnes, 4; off Young, 1.
Struck out By Rhlnes, 2: by Young, 2.
Two base hits Miller, Delehanty. Three
base hits McPhee. Stolen bases Vaughn,
Irwin, Kwlng, McPhee. Double plays
Smith, McPhee and Kwlng (2). Hit by
pitcher By Khlnes, 1. Wild pitch Fish
er. Passed balls O'Connor. Umpire
Jlmslle. Time 2 hours. '
BASE BALL NOTES.
Boston's weak point Is In the pitching
department.
Watch that slow boll pitcher with the
Brooklyn named Harper.
W.ard, Hess, F.agan and Stemmell wre
the only Scranton players In their, regu
lar positions yesterday.
The manager of a losing bait club ts,
as Hilly Uarnle said years ago, "a shin
ing mark for the newspapers.' Ex. Well,
Hilly ought to know the truth of his asser
tion. Let's see: The great Rusle was with
the New Yorks last year, und yet the
team Mulshed ninth, New York Press. It
will finish twelfth this year It Rusle isn't
cured.' .
In Monday's Louisville game Cussldy,
the Colonel's llrst baseman, had his arm
severely Injured and was forced to retire.
It is believed him arm I. fraotiirn,! An.
, oihett Incentive for McCloftkey to try ana
sign Tom Power. ,
' Although dlsa&Dolnted m the remit of
Ue gam lb Boston, Manager Uulon
Ceil Exchange
' ' Building,
looked happy, and no wonder, when he
took as. the llaltimore share of the re
ceipt roll estimated by the Boston P
prs at about S4.6UU. . , .
The Hartford liase Ball club, of which
"Hilly" Harnie. of Scranton last year, i
manager, has issued a nicely engraved
invitation to the opening game of the sea
son in Hartford, Conn.. April 23, between
Hartford and New Haven.
Scranton isn't the only Eastern league
club that's being defeated up east, lo a
heavy hitting game the Springfield club
waa defeated at New Haven by 17 runs to
US. Six home runs were made during the
game. Practice games don't count.
It Is still u question of much moment
to base ball players whether It Is better
to be signed by a National league club
and decorate a bench or put your signa
ture to a minor league contract and play
the game. .Many prefer the latter unl
they apparently are sensible at that.
"Uuck Kwlng says that the most dif
ficult task with which a caotaln Is con
fronted is to teach novices how to bat.
Buck knows Jthat meeting the hall, not
slngglng It viciously. Is the A B C of bat
tliiK. But the novices cannot see It. Im
pulse, not discretion, governs them when
they are at the bat."
Westervelt refuses to play again pro
fessionally. Hiisle is in New York and
wants 83.UU) salary and the S2UU he was
lined to sign a contract; Freedman as
saulted a reporter on Wednesday after
noon on acocunt of some alleged untruth
ful statements; the (Hants have been los
ing steadily; these are few of Freed
man's troubles.
The glim of several of the Syracuse
Stars is apt to be doused ut a very early
date, as Manager Rellly Is dissatisfied with
the showing that they made at Philadel
phia. He is particularly unhappy over
his pitching corps and Is quoted by the
Syracuse prints as saying It will be rad
ically changed. Whlrtehill seems to be
giving satisfaction, but Rellly refuses to
suy anything regarding the others. Buf
falo Times.
"It's no sururlse to me that so many
mujor league clubs were defeated In ex
hibition games in the south. You have
the umpire as well us the opposition team
to IlKht, and those umpires they dish up
on you down south work the Spike Hen
nessy racket for the bent-Ill of the home
team. Anything to beat the major
leaguers. That's the kind o? somhe-n
hil'"''ly - -
savs Kd. Cartwrlght. It's the same the
country over.
.. , ... ,h? methods of that gang of
natural born batsmen, the Phillies, devel
ops t:ie fact that they do not slug at the
bull like a prize tighter connecting with
the Jaw of an antagonist. They swing
their bat dellbeiately, meeting the ball a
few llli lies III trout of the plate, resulting
ill a elean swat. Instead of a concussion
and a curom of the ap.iere high in the air.
Uy studying to meet the ball, i he bats
man can beeome quite protlcleiit In the
rare art of place hitting.
.Ylc.Mahon and HolTer were early-season
dlsusters to Baltimore and as a forlorn
hope, Dr. Pond, the college twlrler, was
put in the box and to the surprise of
even his own club members, he pitched a
magnllicent itame and won the same eas
ily. Wednesday he again pitched and
aKulii he won,, this time even easier than
the llrst time. As u result he Is the pride
of Ihe Orioles and anything that Physi
cian Pond today asks for In the city by
the sea he can have.
Says the Wilkes-Barre Record of
Thursday's game In which the Alligators
defeated Hazleton 8-0: "Wilkes-Barre
played youns; Oroux, of this city, who has
been practicing assiduously with the boys
for a week or so, on second base. The lit
tle fellow showed Up magnlncently, his
fielding being quick and clean, while his
single and double were timely and well
placed, contributing two of the runs.
Oroux Is a fast runner and stole two bases
on .Westlake with Impunity und a free
dom that was exhlllratlng.''
AMATEUR; BALL NOTES.
The Scranton Business college will piny
the James Boys on the latter's grounds
ut 3.30 this afternoon.
Amateur score sheets may be obtained
free by sending a stamped and self-addressed
envelope tp the Sporting Editor
of The Tribune.
The lvorites challenge anv club In the
city under 16 yeurs of age. F. Jones, o.;
L, uuvies, p.; )'. Davies, ss.j J. McAnulty,
lb.: (i. Ferber. 2h.: W. Jones. 3b.: H. Cook.
cf.; It. Dickson, rf.; F. Foster, if.
ine .uagnet, Jrs., will accept the chal
lenge of the Sliders and will play them on
the Moses Taylor grounds at 2 o'clock
this afternoon. James Duffey, manager;
miuam jucuerniy, captain.
A novel scheme fur oroeurinir uniforms
has been adopted by the Consumers, an
aggregation of colored players. The uni
forms will be supplied by business con
cerns. Each uniform will display an ad
vertisement of the concern which pur
chased It.
BltTCLE GOSSIP.
Dixie Hines, representing Charles
Murphy, has posted a forfeit of $100 for
a series of rates between Murphy and
W. C. Sanger for $300 a side. Sanger
hus been Informed of the challenge, but
he has not replied to It as yet. Mur
phy s challenge will be open until May
30, the races to take place within two
months after the signing of the ar
ticles. Murphy suggests that three
races take place, one at the mile, one at
five miles and the third at ten miles.
The Tacmg men who follow the na
tional circuit have requested that an
official handlcapper be specially deput
ed to go the rounds. The raring board
has the matter under advisement. Last
year . the circuit riders were handi
capped by a different man at almost ev
ery meet, and the mark originally al
lotted to a competitor sometimes re
mained unaltered for weeks. It is re
corded that one man in the circuit last
year was placed on the "il-yard mark
for one month in one-mile ha'
races, although he had repeatedly failed
to score from the mark.
The bicycle "cops" found as usual
plenty of field for their labors yester
day, says the New York Tribune,. Why
Is It. by the way, that a bicycle "cop"'
always catches his man when once he
has started for him? The "cop" is
usually as fat as a guinea pig, as clumsy
as a hippopotamus and In Just about as
good training as a circus monkey after
a season of peanuts. And yet he
catches his man. There seems to be
no explanation for the phenomenon un
less tt be that the natural disadvant
ages of, the officer of the law are offset
by the consciousness that the might
of the slate Is behind his flying wheels,
while the legs of the miscreant who Is
being hunted are paralyzed by the con
sciousness of his moral turpitude.
Cincinnati Is to have a six-day bi
cycle race for women. The races ar
Miss Tillle Anderson, the champion six
day racer of the 1'nlted States; Miss
May Christopher, of Minneapolis; Miss
May Allen, champion of Liverpool.
England; Miss Kate Staples, of Roches
ter, and Miss Lucy Berry, a Cincinnati
girl, who gained the sobriquet of "The
Sprinter" In Detroit. There will be $1,
800 In prizes hung up for competition,
mo of which will be divided as fol
lows: Winner. $250; second, $200; third,
$125; fourth, $100; lllfth $76; and sixth,
$j0. The additional amount will be dis
tributed among the winners of Inter
vening races. The participants In the
six-day race will tide four hours each
day, two hours each In the afternoon
and evening, und the match races will
be run during the intermission.
More important, perhaps, to wheel
men than any other one thing Is proper
breathing, which often counts as much
as muscular strength. The easier a
person breathes the easier he may tide,
but by ease of breathing should be un
derstood long, regular respirations,
avoiding, any tendency to short, quick
breaths. Breathing through the mouth
Is always Injurious, and Is more than
apt to lead to heart or lung trouble.
When a rider benlns to feel a weak
ness of this kind he should at once re
duce. bis pace, or dismount and rest,
making at the same time a practice of
breathing through the nose, with slow
exhalations through the mouth. Pre
cautions of this kind add very much to
the pleasure and enjoyment of wheel
ing, and greatly multiplies the benefits
that are to be derived from the exercise.
Of INTEREST TU GUNNERS.
A Novel Ret or Kales as Compiled by a
Wester lintel Keeper. '
An enterprising landlord of a western
hostelry, which is located in one of the
game sections, has "posted a set of rules
In each room, which are full of meat,
end he who can't see the point should
have his gun taken away. The rules
are as follows:
Always keep your gun loaded.
Always keep your gun cocked.
It you are with others, be sure that
the mutzle of the gun points toward
one of them.
In getting over a fence, climb over
first and pull your gun after you, muz
zle foremost.
When you see a suspicious movement
in the bushes Are at once. It may be
one of your comrades; but you may not
hit him, and you cannot afford to lose
any chances of game.
If a shell should miss Are, get one of
your friends to look down the muzzle
of your gun while you try again. He
may be able to see what Is the matter.
in case of a kicking gun hold the
stock about four Inches In front of your
face. In this way you are farther away
from the kick than If you held the gun
tightly to your shoulder.
In boating for ducks, rest your weap
on muzzle downward. It is expected
that you know how to swim should the
gun go off and blow a hole through the
boat.
Always go on the supposition that
your gun Isn't loaded. In case of doubt
you can easily ascertain by pointing it
at the nearest man und pulling the
trigger. Should the inun show perfora
tions after the experiment you may con
clude that It was loaded, but you may
always say you thought it wasn't.
May Send a Team to America.
London. April 24. K. C. Bredln, of
the London Athletic club, who took the
Initiative In the present negotiations
looking to the sending of a team or
British athletes to America, says that
he is now lit communication with vari
ous London athletes In regard to visit
ing America for the purpose of engag
ing In a series of contests. Nothing hus
been definitely decided, but It Is under
stood that the London athletes wilt
stipulate that the contests shall take
place In October, as the Loudon men
would be unable to stand the heat of
New York In September.
TRACK AND STABLE.
Kd. de Certii, of New York, has fold
to Mayor King, of Little Falls. N. Y., the
bay gelding Hlatogue, by a son of Tattler.
He Is a fast green one and can beat 2.30.
A ir at Cl iMO has been laid anulnst
R. Croker'a Amerlcus at odd of 10 lo 1
for the great Jubilee stakes, to be run ut
the Kemptun Park spring- meeting, May .
The old grand stand upon which Gen
eral Grant watched St. Jullen step his mile
in 2.12 over the Oakland tCal.) track will
be preserved as a memento of the soldier
statesman.
Duke & Wlshard's Ramapo Is entered in
the Newmarket Handicap, to be run at
the second spring meeting, on May Ml, and
In the Manchester Cup, .at Manchester,
Whitsuntide meeting,
W. H. Moler, of Prairie flu Chleii, Wis.,
has bought from W. H. Duvey, Nlagur.
Falls, N. Y., the black stallion Harry
Victor, 2.1(i',4, by Black Victor, dam Mary
8.. by Habletonlnn Prince,
A Chester Creek Railroad train this
week disemboweled Edward eraser's
hunting mare Lad Ira, which took the
blue ribbon last year at the Philadelphia
horse show. The mare, which was in
foal, wandered onto the traoks and fell
through a trestle.
The stakes ot the Louisville spring
meeting wll bo run on the following days:
Derby, Wednesday, May 6 Thursday, De
butante; Friday. Maiden; Saturday, Ca
det; Monday, May II, Kentucky Oaks;
Wednesday, 13, Clark! Thursday, l.oul
vllle Handicap; Saturday, 16. Schulte;
Monday, 18, Frank Fehr; Tuesday, Bur
lington. '
The New Grand Circuit Includes De
troit, Cleveland, Columbus, 'Fort Wayne,
Indianapolis, Saginaw and the Fleetwood
track, New York. The dates are: Sagi
naw, July 14 to 17, and Detroit, July 18 to
2 5; Cleveland, July 27 to 31; Columbus, Ail-
f ust 3 to 7; Fort Wayne, August 10 to 15:
ndianapolls, August 17 to 22; Fleetwood
August SI to September 4.
Byron McClelland, when asked recent
ly about his horses, responded: "While I
have no Henry of Navarre this year, I
have some pretty good ones and they nre
all doing well. Price Lief, Nimrod and
Moylan are real good t-year-olds, ami I
expect A good deal of them. They are well
engaged In stakes, and I think I will cap
ture a few of them at least." -
lsador Cohnlleld, who at one time owned
the champion trotting stallion Maxey
Cobb, 113', and the champion road team,
Maxey Cobb and Nets Medium, 2.1'S't,
died on April 10. Mr, Cohnneld made a
fortune In feathers and then lost It.
Maxey Cobb and Phallas trotted match
race at Cleveland on July 4, 1885, Phallus
winning easily In 2.14, 2.16, 2.20y.
It is stated that the Australian book
maker, William Thompson, known as Le
viathan II, made i9,000 by laying 10,uu0
to 5 that bettors could name the win
ners of the Lincolnshire Grand National,
City and Surburban and Jubilee Stakes.
Every one of the 1,800 who accepted the
odds fell down on the Grand National,
after Go per vent, had struck the Lincoln
shire right.
The values, dlstunces and pluces where
the big derbies of the year are to be run
are as follows: Kentucky, at Louisville,
Ky mile and a quarter, $ii,0W) guaranteed.
May 8; Oakley, ut Oakley, O., mile and a
quarter, $12,500 guaranteed May 23; Na
tional, at St. Louis, Mo., mile and a half.
820,000 guaranteed, June 20; Latonla, at
Covington, Ky., mile and a half, HO.lmO
added, June 2; Milwaukee, at Wllwau
kee, Wis., mile and a quarter, value to the
winner, $2,000, June 27, and the Interna
tional, at Detroit, Mich., guaranteed &0U0,
August I.
SPORT OF ALL KINDS.
ATew-York. AdHI 23.-"Kld" McCoy and
"Mvsterlous" Billy Smith are to box
twenty, rounds before the Suffolk Athietlo
club of Boston, on May 18th.
New Haven. Conn., April 23. At the
spring games of the Yale Track Athletic
association Tuesday the Yale track rec
ord for the mile walk was broken by
Frederick C. Thrall, a senior who co',
ered the distance In 6 minute 8 3-5 sec
onds, i
The Shamokln Wheel club has organized
with the following officers: F. M. Kelser,
president; E. J. Ho.k, vice president; J.
H. Elsenhart, secretary; John Bird, fi
nancial secretary, .and Frank Hetiick,
treasurer. It started out with fifty mem
bers. Albany, April 23. Charles Kenton, a
hotel proprietor on Beaver river. In the
Adlrondacks, writes the state fish, game
and forest commission that propably 200
deer have been killed In the woods by
hounds in the past three weeks. A large
number of dogs were lost 'by ownurs dur
ing the last hounding season and since
then the animals have become wild.
Fred J. Titus, of the Riverside wheel
men. New York, has announced his in
tention lo enter the Miilburn road race,
Titus has been suspended from all L, A.
W. tracks for life, hut as the league re
fuses to recognize road racing, he is eli
gible to ride In the Decoration Day con
test. A member of the race committee in
formed a reporter that should Titus en
ter the race his entry would likely be re
Jested, in view of his racing status at the
present time.
Charles Flint of New York, proposes
to go from New York to Liverpool In his
nautical cycle in 70 hours. The inventor
claims It will make 45 knots an hour in any
kind of sea, propelled by one man In much
the same fashion that the bicyclist propels
his wheel on laud. The nautical cvele Is
40 feet long. 10 feet from keel to top, and
4'j feet wide on the beam. It lies moro
than half submerged In the water. The
weight of the muchlnery Is 700 pounds.
New York Journal.
D. M. Hare, of the Yale freshmen base
hall nine, has arranged the schedule for
his team for the remainder of the present
season as follows: April 28, at Amherst,
with Amherst, '98; May 1, ut Yale Field,
with Yale, '08; Muy 5, at Provldenee, with
Brown, '89; May 9, at Yale Field, with
Princeton, '99; May 12, at Pottstown, Pa
with Hill school; May 22, at Orotou, Mass.,
with Orotou school; May 23, at Andover,
Mass., with Phillips Academy; May &v, at
Princeton, N. J with Princeton, 'us;
JiineU, at Yale FffeM, with Phhilps Acad
emy, of Andover. A third game with the
Prlncton freshmen Is possible' : . ,
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The . Nickel Plate. Road' ' U the low
rate, best service, short line between
Buffalo and ci-; - , -
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CLUB TO BE HERE OSDAY
Tsvo Opeiing Practice Games With
the Ctbat X Giants.
GROUNDS GKEATLY IMPROVED
McOermottat Last Makes Assort ion,
Bat It Waa Not for Publication.
What the Practloo Trip
Shows.
Manager MeDermott and his Scran
ton players will be here for practice
games at Athletic Park Monday and
Tuesday with the Cuban Giants and
Wednesday with the Carhondale State
leaguers. Given fair weather. It Is cer
tain that large crowds will witness the
games. The spring base ball fever
has become Infectious. The old cranks
and converts seem more than calmly
interested in the broad policy that will
attend Scranton's representative body
of ball tnssers on the diamond this
season, and the club will surely have a
large and loyal following if In the race
it maintains as good a position as nefw
seems likely. For the first practice
game several hundred invitations have
been Issued.
Cnllke the other league cities Scran
ton will not have a brass band, mayor
and red-white-and-blue kind of an
opening at the first championship game
on the home grounds. This game will
take place on May 8 with Springfield
after tha club returns from Its six-game
struggle with Springfield and Provi
dence. Rather than depend tin the bul
lonn kind of advertising to attract
crowds, the Scran ion owners propose
to put all their available funds Into
the team and the grounds. The object
will be to make the dub as strong us
effort and money can make It und to
make the patrons comfortable, thus
putting a noble sport on solely Its own
footing und permitting It to win on
its merits the patronage it ilcserves.
When play Is called Monduy the
grounds and buildings will be almost
completed and ready for the season.
The rains of the past few days have
delayed the carpentry work on the
grandstand addition, otherwise the
property Is ready for service und In ex
tent, convenience and comfort Is sec
ond to but few such properties in cities
of the sine of Scranton.
More thun any other one character
istic, Manager McDermott's caution
hus Impressed Itself on those who have
come In contact with him. This man
who made Fall River a three-seuson
wlnntr In a fast minor leugue was ex
pected to show characteristics of hustle
and talk, bur he has proved himself to
be more of the determined and quiet
sort. So anything of an emphatic, na
ture that he says should be heeded. He
has said, or, rather, written, something
emphatic and it deserves being made
public:
Since the team left Scranton on its
practice trip Mcbeimott had occasion
to leave his men one night for a certain
Kasteni league city in search of a
player. Oil the following day he wit
iised the club of that city play a
practice game with a strong club of a
minor leugue. Here's what MeDermott
wrote a warm personal friend about the
game: "1 saw the club play to
day. I understand they are tipped as
being one of the three strongest clubs
In the Eastern. Well, maybe they are,
but I closely watched their Melding and
hitting and team work, and will say
that If Scranton can't do better I'll get
out of the business. I am willing you
should remind me of this letter ut the
end of the season,"
Such an emphatic assertion from the
cautious MeDermott needs no further
emphasis, but it should serve to cheer
up the weak-hearted cranks who see
only disaster in the fact that the club
Isn't winning the majority of its prac
tice games. Since the club left home
McDermott's policy has been to only
exercise the reliable pitchers and drill
the jnen on team work and signals.
Such was his announcement to the
owners before the club left home and
such has been the Information con
tained In his letters. The managers
who during the practice season get
their men in good physical condition
and train them into systematic and
concerted team work will have the
strongest and best clubs when the reg
ular championship scramble begins;
until then scores don't count.
The Tom Power matter is yet as un
settled as Indicated In Thursday
night's special dispatch to The Tribune
from Syracuse. Meanwhile, MeDer
mott has been given carte blanche per
mission to sign a shortstop, and Is not
limited as to choice or expense. He has
been L'lven the same kind of permis
sion In regard to a first baseman, the
object being to secure for one of the
positions a player who will make a
competent captain. These two posi
tions excepted, all the departments are
occupied by material which will form
an average that seems equal to the
corresponding strength of any club in
the league.
Monahan, the California shortstop,
who was sent transportation money
and was expected here Tuesday, hus
wired that he cannot come. He gave
no reason. However, it is probable
that during today Shortstops Hough
tin, of Philadelphia, and Corcoran, of
Detroit, will be signed. A surprise
will be the announcement, later of
the signing of two National leaguers,
one a shortstop and the other an out
fielder who Is competent for the for
mer position. One of these is a heady.
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experience as captain. .
Says the Wilkes-Barre Leader: "The
Scranton Tribune, in telling how
strong tbeir team Is on paper, rather
assumes that the pennant will fly from
a Slocum Hollow pole at the end of the
season. It says: 'Scranton is predict
ed sate on pitchers (or reasons that
are perfectly plain and acceptable.
Johnson. Brown and Horner are not
experiments, if such may be stated on
the record of any pitcher in a preced
ing year. That MeDermott does not
release Herr. Cronln or Stemmell Indi
cates that all three are worthy of fur
ther trying. It certainly does not In
dicate that they are all weak, as each
had better than an ordinary pedigree
before being signed.' It Is true that
Johnson, Horner and Brown are not
guesses, but when compared to Keen
an, Coakley and Meekin they lose their
lustre. Meekin was not a wonder last
season, but his reputation will bear out
the assertion that he Is very fast. Then
Scranton Is not a sure thing anywhere
compared with the Wilkes-Barre
team." The Wilkes-Barre writer can
not write truthfully. The Tribune has
never "assumed" nor hinted an opln
Ion that Scranton would win the race.
We have said that the team Is strong In
every department except at short and
first and believe If these positions are
occupied by average Eastern league
material that Wilkes-Barre will march
behind Scranton In the procession at
the end of the season. We are open to
criticism and respect the opinions of
other writers, but, mercy sakes, stop
lying.
BICYCLE RECORDS GOING.
Slices Taken Off live at the Coronado
Track.
Hotel Del Cornado. Cal.. April 24.
Five more world's records fell today,
giving to the team now here a total
or lit records in ull. The day was fa
vorable, the wind being at a standstill.
Will Evans, of Lansing. Mich., low
ered the amateur record of 1.B3 to 1.62
1-5; the former record was made by
Porter at Waltham, In 1894. Evans waa
paced by a triplet and tandem. Evans
also lowered the quarter-mile to .25.
The former record was 25 1-5. also by
Porter. The half-mile was cut bv the
same rider to .52 2-5; former record. .53
by Porter. In his fourth trial he missed
the third-mile, paced, by one-fifth of a
second.
Pickard and Hatton rode three miles
unpaced on a tandem In 8.39 4-5, cut
ting the record of 7 minutes Hat bv
Hugh and Uerwang. Edwards anil
Hannaa. a local tandem team, rode an
unpaced quarter In .25. cutting 2 1-5
Beconds from the record of Peppln and
Hughes.
The sexttiplet team traveled a mile
In 1.39 4-5, three-fifths outside the rec
ord. ILK RISK ON THE ROOF,
Madison Square Garden to Establish One
at a Cost of $78,001).
New York, April 24. The Madison
Square Uarden company is about to
add another to Its many and varied ef
forts to amuse the public. Next winter
it is to have an ice skating rink. It is
to be the roof-garden froaen over. The
whole of the part of the roof of the
building which Is devoted to the garden
will be closed In nnd roofed over, and
artificial Ice will be provided.
The walls and the covering will be so
constructed that they can be removed
when the summer approaches and the
root-garden becomes again more desir
able than the skating rink. It is in
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PRINCETON ATHLETES.
Track Team Candidates Are Now at the
Training Tablo.
Princeton. N. J.. AtvII 24.-The fol
lowing candidates for the Princeton
track team have been taken to the
training table: Derr. '7; Laing. ;
Botger. '9: Hanlon, '; Cofelt, '. and
Brokaw, '97.
The men have been working dally
under the direction of Jack McMasters
and are fast getting in condition for
the Caledonian games May 2. the Ini
tial meet of the season. Captain Oar
ret and his Olympian team will arrive
in Princeton Saturday and will Imme
diately begin active training.
Yale Athletes Quarrel
Catain Sheldon, of the Yale track
athletic team, administered a severe
rebuke to C. E. Hear, one of the bicycle
candidates for the team. Bear ran
Hrown, one of his competitors, off the
track. After the race was over a quar
rel took place between the two men in
the club house. Bear got the worst of
the bout, and to add to his disgrace
Captain Sheldon, who thought he was
in the wrong, ordered him to stop train
ing for the team. Bear is one of the
best riders that Yale has this year, and
his loss will be severely felt.
Quoit tinroo rot $100.
A natch game of quoits will be
played on the grounds of W. H. Small
ridge, 846 Capouse avenue, this after
noon beginning at 3 o'clock, between
l'rlndle and Ackroyd. The match Is
for $50 a side, and the admission will
be free. .
BICYCLE NOTES.
Oeorge ' Wlnans has ordered a Stearns
Model D.
H. D. Warner received his new Fenton
on Thursday of this week. -
George ye, the popular wheelman of
Dunmore. purchased & Stearns.
Falcons and Kentons are proving leaders
wim me oest naers 01 our city.
Two of the easiest sales that Blttenhen
der at Co. made during the past week were
Frank C. Debow Is well pleased with
his Fenton and his friends all declare It
a beauty.
William Decker, one of our hardest road
riders, has purchased a Stearrs from the
local agents, MittenDenuer Co.
O. S. Johnson, the coal operator, pur'
chased ourlnir the oast week, two Fen.
tons and one Stearns from the local
agents.
A. L. LeOrand. of the Exeter Machine
works, one of the best mechanics In the
vauey, has rmuen the Faluon tor the last
five years,
Yall llllss, of Paterson, N. J., who has
started the new silk mill In Provldonco,
is familiar figure on our streets mounted
on ms tttearns.
two Fentons. W. K. OutnUn and H
Schubert being the purchasers. These rid
ers, mn oesi we nave 111 tn city, know
u (ova wneei wnen iney see It.
The Kldlnir aeu.dmv otunwi hv tUM,,
bender & Co. early In the season, has
proved a, great success, and daily the
school Is visited by our prominent ladies
unu gentlemen anxious to learn and In
dulge In this very popular sport.
Bittenbender A Co., owing to lack of
room and Increased business, moved their
repair shop the past week. They have
rented the large brick shop In the rear of
205 Wyoming avenue. Visitors to their
parlors will nnd a decided change and In
creased facilities for the benefit ot their
army of riders.
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