The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, May 08, 1896, Page 6, Image 6
THE SCRANTON TBIBUNE FRIDAY MOENING, MAT 8, .1890. CARROLL, - TAILOR, WYOMINO AVENUE. POPULAR PRICES PREVAIL. PROGRESS OF THE RACE Scruton Dropped from Third Sixth riace. to IVILKES-BAKKES HAKD LICK Siill lias Firm Hold on the Tail End , . i Position-Opening of the East crn League Season Here Today. Scranton lost two eamrn at Provl- 1enee yeateriiuy and droiiiied from third to xlxlh iilace. Wllkes-Harre also lout tit S:iltmlieltl anil Htill decorates the tail ei.rl of the league column. Toronto took a Rame from Rochester and Salt t'lty boya walked away from HufTulo at Syracuse. 1'ERCENTAGR ItKCOKD, I. V. 1.. I'rovldeni-e " 5 " P.i 1 OKI .71 1 .m ..Mil) ." .-WO .'.Vi .107 Itoetu-Kter 7 Syracuse il Toronto li SprlnictleU Brrunton 5 . Buffalo 7 Wllkes-Uaire : . To-day's Eastern League Games. Providence at Wllkes-Harre. Springfield at Scranton. Syracuse at Buffalo. . . Rochester at Toronto. DROPPED TWO GAMES. Heir's Easy Pitohlhg Resulted in the nig Score In the First Game and I'mplre holly Assisted in the Seeond Slaughter. rUclu from a Staff Correspondent. Providence, H. I.. May 7. Providence won the two jrames this afternoon. The tlrat yaa to the clum UlKRers like find ing a-'soft, easy victory without look ing for it, as shown by the score of 22 to 8; the second was anybody's meat up to the eighth inning, when with Providence . one run ahead, two on buses and one out, Chiles muffed Ward's usslst and let in the runs that really won the game. Kelly, the man who aspires to be an umpire, but has a long way to travel, presided over the games. He broke Scranton's heart U the beginning of the Hrst session by outrageous decisions on butted bulls and balls and strikes. He continued his cross-eyed work In the second game. Scranton nearly always got the short end of It. The air was raw and penetrated to the marrow of the 1,500 spectators, al though the sun shone brightly. The weather, in fact, had much to do with Herr's easy pitching. His arm was not a particle sore, but he was muscle bound because of the cold weather. Af ter being hit so freely In the llrst two Innings, .during which Providence scored nip times, he simply lobbed the ball over and let it be hit at will. The gam was very much of a farce. i' DEITRICH INJURED. Del t ik h was injured in the second . Inning t.' the tirst game by a hot boun cer of lassett's which struck him In the groin, he fielded it successfully to Chiles and then toppled over on the field. His sameness in making the as slst before giving Into the excruciating pain he must have suffered, won loud applause when after several minutes delay he was assisted from the field. MoUuIre taking his place. Mciulre by the way was playing with a leg and half to stand on but ninde some phe nomenal stops and field plays. His one error was a wild throw and was not costly. Hutchinson made a good im presslon. It is unfortunate three errors have to be set apposite his name as each error was on a desperate chance Which occasioned discussion among the scorers as to a hit or error. Altogether he showed himself a fast worker, a , quick sure throw, a clean hitter and a man who doesn't hesitate to travel about the diamond In quest of employment His playing created a very favorable iniDresslon with the audience. Each of the many fliree baggers and four home runs during the afternoon, ex cepting the second of the two four bas ers by Chiles, is attributable to the score or more of carriages In right . field. Chiles' final home fun was a hit that cleared the center Held fence. HERIl NOT ANXIOl'S. ' Herr was not anxious to pitch but McDermott thought it best as hitting more than pitching or fielding was ex pected to win out at least one of the games fbr Scranton and Johnson and Horner were wanted for the opening games at home. So Herr went In with a sound but muscle bound wing and in the first inning Providence Beared five times with none out on four hits for five bases, a sacrifice, a base on balls, ' Herr's wild throw to llrst and wild pitch. In the Scranton half Ward got t four wide ones and was advanced a base on Meaney's single. Chiles cracked out a single to right which went through Murray and permitted ward and Meaney to score two un earned runs. Chiles reaching third. Eagan got a base on balls and then oc curred a peculiar play which netted Hcrantnn two runs. Hutchinson hit the ball down to Canavan who should have assisted in a double play but Chiles beat the ball norne. Kagan reached third and Hutchinson first, the latter ran over the bag purposely and before half the Providence team could see saw him out, Eagan got home. With two out Providence scared four runs ii nd made the tally 9 to 4 In the second on three singles and errors by Meaney uuu i-niies. p-or seven innings Ht-rati ton drew blanks, Ruilderham mowed the Scruntoniana over like nine pins anu wnen me pan was nit it was al ways nanmea in snarp and proper siyie ny me strong irovidence Inlield, ; Cooney doing some brilliant work in accepting all of his twelve chances. Meanwhile Herr with the knowledge that the game was lost was lobbing them over and generously giving the dam diggers a chance to fatten their THESE PEOPLE RIDE THEMs Stuyvesant Fish.'. New York Oeorge R. Fearing , New Vork Frederick Oebhardt New Vork J. Plerpont Morgan, Jr New Vork Charles A. Peabody New York Beth Low ...New York William Stelnway New York Theodore W. Cramp Philadelphia A. J. Drexel.Jr U.Philadelphia Oeorge H. Frailer Philadelphia William M. Polndexter.. Washington, 6. C Max Agassis....;... ..... .Cambridge, Mass WE SELL THEM. Linden Street. Opp. Court House. II CO UNION, tlooi LU.MI-NUM, lioo: ML0U ERIE, 7S. . . V Bl NUMBER CYCLES $110.00 CHASE FARRAR Coal Eicbanp batting average as the base hit column will show. In the third inning all tne Providence players faced Herr and all got a hit but the three who were put out. Result five earned runs. It was he same in the eighth, nine men faced Herr for one homer, a triple, three doubles and a single. Five more earned. THE SECOND QAM E. The second game was 'a little more Interesting. Urown pitched a game of greater merit than the score shows and for which condition of affairs tne very, very rank Judgment of I'mplre Kelly in balls and strikes and his Inability to tell a fair ball from a foul one is ac countable from the beginning to the end. Urown got a iierpetual roast, and In at least three instances, when mere were ennui vs for Scranton to score Kellv called balls foul that were man ifestly fair. Knorr. a colt, pitched for he Rhode Islanders. He was hit rreeiy but nearly always unfortunately, and when a useful fair crack was mude at the ball Kelly i-alled It foul. Provl- lence was attain Itrst at bat. With two ut and as many n bases Cooney new ut to Meaney. Scranton also urew u blank and Ward got llrst on Draubys error, but Kelly called tnree uisnnci strikes on Meaney, the lust two being learly balls. Chiles hit safely, advanc ing Waid to second, but Kagan lilt one to Cooney, ana a uoume piuy re sulted. It was one, two, three with Providence in the second. Scranton scored the first run. After Hutchinson went out to Cooney Flack got second on the doublu error of Cnnnavnn and I.vons, Magulre Hew out to Uassett, Fiack scored on Raffeiiy's single and Urown singled, but the side was re tired on Ward's out to Knight. In the third with one out Lyons got four wide ones, but Uassett funned and Knight was blocked ut llrst. Meuney. Chiles and Kagan were easy outs, Drauby cracked out a homer In the fourth, but was declared out for skipping second. Three triples by Cooney, Cannavan and Murray and an nttelct assis; to nrsi earned three runs for Providence. In the fourth, Scrnnton mude one on Lyons' failure to stop Jiutcmnsons single and Flack's drive to lert. aia gulre struck out, Fluck was caught try- lug to sfeal and rlarreriy was mnmn out at flrsj;. BASSETTS SlNOl.K. Uassett led off with a single in the fifth, and Knight made the same oi- fense. Drauby popped up an easy one to Urown. Ward stoppeu cooney a grounder und touched Knight out on the run und got the ball to lirst In time to put Cooney out. Urown singled in Scrantou's half. Ward Hew out to Cooney. Meaney's hit sent Urown to second and Urown scored and Meaney advanced to third on Eagan's drive to right after Chiles had (town out to Knight. Hutchinson forced Kagun ut second. Dixon got a walk to first in tlu slxth with two out, but Knorr Btruek mt. For Scranton. with two out, Raf- ferty and Urown singled. Here was un Instance where KCiiy got In his tine work. Wurd pushed out u low line drive over first base, the ball tearing up the line In clouds on the foul line. Kelly called It foul al most before uhe bull struck terra firma. Rafferty and Urown could have scored. The next one Ward hit was an easy My to Cooney, which retired the side. The Providence run in the seventh was on Hutchinson's error, which let Uassett reach second, and hits by Drauby and Cooney. For Scranton Meuney flew out to Murray, Chiles made a double and Eagan and Hutch fouled out to Drauby. Murray led off In the Providence eighth by a right field drive among the carriages. The ball was lost and he got credit for a home run. Ward made a fine running catch of Dixon's II y and Knorr got to first on Hutchinson's er ror. Lyons drew a base on balls and with Knorr . was advanced, a station each on Russet t's out at first. They scored on Chiles' muff of Ward's assist to stop Knight. Drauby fouled out to Magulre. Fluck started the Scranton half with a single, but was forced by Alagulre. Then Kelly cot in his fine work again and called the second and third strikes on Rafferty, Urown fanned out. Providence increased its lead from four to six runs In the ninth by single and triple and Hutchinson s error. Scran ton made an unsuccessful attempt at a rally In the final half. With Ward out, Meaney was hit by pitcher and Chiles knocked the ball over center Held fence for a home run. Eagan fouled out and Hutchinson was stopped ut Hist. Cmpire Kelly will preside over the games In Scranton. The Provi dence club is leaving here tonight for Wllkes-Harre. Scores: A. T. H. First Game. PROVIDENCE. A.B. R. II 7 1 2 6 3 3 P.O. A. 2 0 1 2 0 0 12 1 ft 7 3 4 0 0 3 0 1 1 E. I 0 Lyons, cf .., fiussett, 3b Knight. If Drauby, lb . Cooney. ss . Canavan, 2b Murray, rf , Dixon, c ... Kuduernam, , 6 , 7 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 Totals ' 53 22 27 27 15 3 SCRANTON. A.B. R II. 1 2 3 I) 3 0 0 3 0 1 P.O. A. Ward, 2b ... Meaney, rf . Chiles, lb ... Kagan, If ... Hutchinson, Flack, cf ... Dletrick, 3b Rafferty, c . Herr, p Mugiilre, 3b 3 1 1 11 4 3 0 3 0 0 Totals 38 8 13 27 14 3 Providence 5 4 5 0 1 0 2 S 022 Si-raniou 4 00000400 8 Earned runs Providence, 8: Scranton, 1. Two-base hits Lyons (2), Bussett, Cooney, Canavan. Chiles, Magulre, Herr. Three-base hits Knight, Hassett. Home runs Drauby, Chiles. Stolen bases Ly ons. Bassett, Drauby. Cooney. Double plays Kagan anil Chiles: Cooney and Drauby (2; Cunavan und Cooney. First base on balls Bassett, Dlxbn, Knight, Ward (2), Rafferty. First buse on errors Cooney, Canavan, Kugan. Struck out Bv Hrrr, itudderham, Dixon, Bassett; by Ruilderham: Dietrlck. Magulre il'i. Wild pitch Herr. Hit by pitched ball Eagun. Time 2 hours. Umpire Kelley. Second Game. PROVIDENCE. V.B. R. H. P.O. A. E. .3 1 0 0 0 2 ,611100 .6 0 2 3 0 0 ,5 0 2 3 0 0 .5 0 3 11 0 1 . 5 2 3 5 6 0 .623241 ,5 2 2 1 0 0 .3 II 1 4 10 510010 " 15 2? II 1 Lyons, cf .. BUssett, 3b Drauby, lb Cooney, ss ,, Canavan, 2b . Murray, rf ., Dixon, c .... Knerr, p ... Totals 41 SCRANTON, A.B. R. H. P.O. ward, 2b 6 0 0 2 jueany, rt 4 1 Chiles, lb 6 1 Kagan, If 6 o Hutchinson, as 6 1 Flack, cf 4 . 1 Magulre, 8b 4 0 Rafferty, o 4 0 Urown, l 4 1 Totals 40 4 . Providence 0 0 0 3 Scranton 0 10 1 13 27 0 0 1 1 0 1 17 3 2- 9 0 1-6 Earned funs Providence, 6; Scranton 2. Two-base hit Chiles. Three-base hits Cooney, Canavan (2), Murray. Home run nua. moien oases uyons, Knlirhl Canavan, Dixon, Murray, Double plays Canavan, Cooney and Drauby; Dixon and Canavan; Ward and Chiles. First base en balls-'By Brown: Lyons (2), Dixon (21 First base on errors Bassett, Struck out uassett, canavan, 'Knerr w, Meaney, Magtilre, RalTerty. Brown. Hit by pltelied ball Meuny. Murray. Knerr. Ward, Klaek. Time I hour. I'miilre Kelley. Sprlncfield-WIUcs-Unrrc. SprinenVld. Mass.. May 7. Manager Hums was married this afternoon Just us the team was taking a game from Wllkes-Harre. He would not have had the wedding present If the visitors had nut played very rocky ball In the fourth Inning when Springfield scored six runs. A balk by Luckey was responsible for one of them and lie made a wild throw directly after which accounted for an other. Kcenan was substituted and after this Inning Springfield did not tally again. Score: SPRINGFIELD. A.B. R. 11 P.O. A. 0 I) Leahy, cf Lynch, If.. 2l McDunalil, 2b tSeheliler, rf .. Shuiiuun, as .. (iimson, c (Imber, 111 ... Haw-ley, p ... Inks, if 2 4 13 0 0 Toluls :I7 8 H 27 It WILKES-BARRK. A. It. R. H. P.O. A. Uetts. cf Lczottc, if .... Lytic, If Kuiie. 11 Smith, 3b HIkkIiih, c VuUKht, 2li .... Alc.Mahon, ss ,. Liit key, p Keeiiau, p 4 0 i lit o a i 1 Totals 37 . tl 1 SpriiiKhVId 2 0 li a 0 Wllkes-ilai-re u 1 3 0 U U ICarned runs WUkes-Burre. Hi i 0 o it 1 o 0 Total buses Wilkes-Burre, 13; Springfield, lu. Saerltlce hit Lynch. Stolen buses Lynch, .Mi-DonuM, ShefHer, Shannon, Guns in, Vousht, .McMahon. Two-base hits Schcf ller, Hawley, Ueiis. Lexotte, Vought. ..rat base on balls Leahy, .McDonald, Uilberi, Shannon, l.ezotte (3), Digging, McMahon (2i. Left on bases Spring-Held, 6; Wllkes Harre, 11. Struck out Inks, Earl. Dig Bins, Voimht. Batters hit Schert'er, Vought. Wild pitch Hawley. Time 1.45. I'mplre Doeacher. . Rochester-Toronto. Rochester, N. Y., .May 7. Lovett's lack of speed and general ease, a costly error by Shannon and possibly some question able decisions by Lyndon, cost Rochester the game today. Score: R H F Rochester 020 0 010206 8 2 Toronto 3 0031000 x T 12 3 Itatterles Lovett and .Boyd: JJean and Casey. Svracuse-Buffalo. ' ' Syracuse, N, Y., May 7. The effective pitching or Willis today won the game for Syracuse against Buffalo. The Bisons te sorted to every means to win the third game here, but found that the Stars had determined to land the contest, so gave up I he ghost. Score: R H l- Syracuse 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 3 Buffalo 0 1000010 0 2 8 U Batteries Willis and Hess; Wadsworth and Smith, I'mplre Swuiiwood. .NATIONAL IEACIE. New York's defeat by Louisville yes terday did not drive the Giants further down in the league column, but it low ered the club's percentage Hfteen points. Philadelphia maintained Its place as leader with undiminished pres tige, while Baltimore succeeded In crawling up several points. Louisville is determined not to let the Giants get below It and also lost yesterduy. PERCENTAGE RECORD. P. W. L. P.C. .M) .UK .2.-i ..Vrt .M2 .W2 .6G1 .500 .4JS .412 .2'15 .'IS Phludelphla 10 Pittsburg lf Boston IS Chicago 17 Cincinnati lti Baltimore It) Cleveland 14 Washington IS Brooklyn 1G St. Louis 17 New York 17 Louisville 17 12 10 10 10 9 8 8 4 5 6 7 7 7 li S 10 12 1i Today's National League Games. Washington at Pittsburg. Brooklyn at Cleveland. Baltimore at Cincinnati. Boston at Louisville. Philadelphia at Chicago. New York at St. Louis. At Pittsburg ' H H 1 Washington 0 0000201)0 2 3 5 Pittsburg 2 1111204 x 12 10 2 Batterles-MoLeod and McAuley; Klllen and Sugilen. At Cincinnati R H V: Baltimore 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 x S V 0 Cincinnati 0 010000001 8 4 Butteries .McMahon and Robinson; Dwyer, Fisher and Peitz. At St. Louis R.H.E. New Vork 0 000000033 7 3 St. Louis 1 2000002 X 5 i 1 turneries .Meekin and Farrell; Hart and Douglass and McFarlan. At Ixillisvllle R.H.E. lopn 24311213 k 17 It 0 Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12 Butteries Nichols and Uunxel; .McDer molt and Warner and Dexter. At Chicago R.H.E. Philadelphia 0 0230613 014 14 2 Chicago 000211 100-5 7 6 liuuerii-s urtn and Clements; Friend and Klttrldge. At Cleveland R.H.E. Brooklyn 1 00210000-4 10 2 uievetana 1 0200502 x 10 IB Batteries Payne and Burrlll; Wallace anu dimmer, STATE LEAGUE. At Lancaster R.H.E. Lancaster 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 9 1 York 3 0000200 1 6 14 2 Batteries Sham, Yeager and Roth; Snickered und Young. Umpire Hoi-nung. At Shiimokin R.H.E. Shnmokln 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 12 4 Hazleton 2 000300247 8 4 Batteries Smith and Moore; Mattern and Cooper. Umpire Elsenhower. At Philadelphia R.H.E. Athletics 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 K H 3 Carbondale 0 20000020 4 10 6 Batteries sommers anil Schaub; Luby and Lucey. I'mplre Phelan. At Pottsvllle R.H.E. Pottsville '.0 2 0 02 02 Easton 0 0 1 01 3 0 Four Innings, on account of Easton re fusing to accept u decision of the umpire. Batteries Kllroy and Flanlgan; Setley anu pmiin. empire Telly. AMATEUR BALL NOTES. The James Boys' Base Bull club hereby challenge the Curbon Street Modoi-ks to u game of bull ou May 17 at 3 o'clock shurp, on the James Boys' grounds. Nel ton (1, Teets, manager. If Thomas Logan, of Dunmore. who Is the manager of the Morning Glories Buse Bull club, wishes to play the James Boys' team for any sum he can do so if he will send his challenge to the manager, or the manager will call on him and arrange for a series of games. Nelson G. Teets, man ager James Boys. The James Hoys Base Ball feani of '98 would like to hear from any of the follow ing well-known aVatenr Base Ball teams: Kurekas, Harmonies, Mlnookas, Morning Olorles, Starlights, Orientals, Washington Avenue Stats or the Anthracites. First come Hrst served. Answer through The Tribune. Nelson O. Teets, manager. The Scranton, Jrs., accept the challenge of the West Side Stars to a game of ball to take place on the Little Woods ground. Saturday ut 10 o'clock, Eugene TroDn captain. ' The Sliders cannot accept the challenge of the Actives of the South Side on ac count of not playing on Sunday. Will Thomas, manager. The Rosebuds defeated the Young Ac tives by a score of 17-4 yesterday. Batteries-Rosebuds: Rothamel and Campbell: Young Actives: Loomls and Lee. The Consumers accept the challenge of the Senators of Green Ridge for Saturday ut 8 o clock their grounds. Fred Newmins captain; Robert Payne, manager? Illg Pool Mntoh. Pittsburg. Pa.. Muv 7 Th. n-.i -1..1..1. luy Tor the pool championship betweea William Clearwater and Alfred 1 ft was one of the closest games of continuous pool on record. Clearwater pocketed his Mil balls Hrst. but De Oro quit ahead of him on the total number for the night. On the last break Clearwater put In seven balls, making his score 201, and De Oro got the other eight, makln his net total M. The match Is for a purse of 11.000 and the Brunswick trophy) 600 points, 200 each night. Sickly f Babies can be made to thrive and live by rinding for them a proper food, one easily digested, quickly assimilated, and composed of that which goes to enrichen the blood, build new flesh tissue, and impart strength to all the prin ciple life maintaining centres, thus putting tliem in a condition to perform their functions nor mally and ward oil disease. But one such food exists, it is Bovinine A powerful concentration of the life giving elements of lean beef, carefully compounded by a special cold process, and of such a nature that it can be retained by the most delicate stomach. Dr. Moses T. Runnels, of 8 E. 9th St., Kansas City, writes : "I believe the life of my daughter, now four and a half years old was saved by the use of Bovinine during her dentition. I know of nothing better in cases of ex haustion, due to irritable con ditions of the stomach." Try for yourself a few drops in baby's milk, and see why over 25,000 doctors commend it. ARRIVAL OF HUTCHINSON 1 -. Has (iiven Added Confidence to the ' Members of the Scranton Cluli HE IS A LITTLR KISTY AS YET lias Been Warming the Louisville Bench so Long That It W ill Take Few Games to Get Hint In Shape. Special from a Staff Correspondent. Providence. R. I., May 7. One step to ward strengthening what is by no means an extremely weak team, hits been mude In securing Hutchinson. Af ter his long bench-warming with the Loulsvilles It Is not expected that re nin at. once round into good and even playing form, but the hope prevails thut after a little steady playing he will be all right. That he is all wrong isn't evidenced by Louisville's releasing hint, as Louisville has released more good players than any two National league clubs; certainly McDermott thinks the new shortstop is capable or he would not have signed him. Anyhow his pres ence In the game brings a great amount of satisfaction to the players und the club will gradually Improve in team work. Now that Hutchinson is playing, and assuming that ho will prove a find, it only requires a good .hitting catcher and outfielder and Maguire's return to third to warrant the prediction that Scranton will haw as good a chance to possess the pennant as any club in the league. This assertion Is not a wild one, but Is based on the fact that Scran ton appears to have the best pitchers In the league, and a second and third bastfman (Maguire) and an outfield which will stand any comparison. The outfield strengthened, the catcher and centerfielder secured, It is hard to see how Scranton can finish below third. The brief mention In last night's dis patch of the effort of a minor league club to have one of the Scranton pluy ers Jump the team will not huve un un favorable termination. The , player will not Jump; In fact he hud no inten tion of doing so, but was very much worried over Information that he was to be arrested for some wrong he is alleged to have committed during th winter. Hornellsvllle was the club thut wus after him. He was offered $150 per month, his bourd und all expenses und his Indebtedness of 75 to Scranton for advance money If he would play in Hornellsvllle. It was further held out to him that the Hornellsvllle manage ment had secured the assurance of one occupying a high position in the New York state government that he would not be extradited. He has been assured, however, that the Scranton owners will give him all the protection that Is con sistent with honor and regard for the law. That has satisfied him and Hor nellsvllle will whistle. e Maguire Is the only player whose physical condition prevents him from playing. One of his ankles seems to have recovered its normal strength but the other' still shows the effect of the strain It received In the practice games and the set-buck It got In the one game Magulre played against SprlngHeld. He limps slightly but the Injured member is fast improving. The players look upon Maguire as a third bagman who will rank with almost any in the league. McDermott has not yet been assured that the arm of Dan Mahoney, the catcher whose release was purchased from Portland, is sound. Mahoney knows he has been purchased but re mains In Wlnstead.Conn.. playing seml professionully. This is looked upon us a clear indication thut something is wrong with hlin, as with u good arm he was lust year one gf the best catch ers In the New England league, and the lame arm Is the only plausible expla nation of his failure to go Into a strong league with a manager as well known to him as McDermott. THERE IS A NOBBINESS ABOUT OUR LITEST STYLE OF SPRING HATS That Is Positively St r Ik Inn. Furnishing Goods. Correct Ideas In Fancy Shirts, Ex clusive and Rich Patterns. Lowest Prices Prevail. P. CHRISTI 41a SPRUCE STREET, aog LACKAWANNA AVE. Learn to Ride a Bike AT MEOARQEL'S, The story told by Hutchinson of his delay In reporting throws Iiht ou the mismanagement of the Louisvilles. It seems that Dreyfuss. the treasurer of the Louisville association, sold Hassa mer and Hutchinson and sinned Man ager McCloskey's name to all the corre spondence, letters and telegrams. He sent the players terms without con sulting them and the deal was consum mated two days before McCloskey. Hassamer or Hutchinson knew any thing about it. With such Interference It Is not surprising that Hutchinson was slow to come here, und it explains why Louisville is so grossly mismanaged. Hutchinson says the directors have been accustomed to notify McCloskey the day of a game how he should ns sig the players to certain positions and to designate the pitcher for the game. A. T. R. SEASON OPENS TODAY. Scranton on J Spring field Will Contest at Athletic Park. Today the Eastern league season opens in this city. The Scranton club will arrive In this city at 1 o'clock this afternoon from Providence and a few hours later will face the SprlngHeld club on the dia mond. Johnson will probably do the twilling for Scranton. So muiiy improvements have been niuile In und about the nark this sea son thut the crunks will be pleasantly surprised when they go out to see this ufteruiHin's game. Athletic park will now compare very favorably with the bull parks In the other cities of the country of the size und Importance of Hcrantnn. There will be no formalities tmluy in opening the seuson. Umpire Kelly who did such desperate work In Providence yesterday will suy "play bull" and the fun will begin. JOHN M. WARD'S OFFER. Louisville Anxious to Get II Un for Cap tain and Manager. It was said at John M. Ward's odlce today that he had not as yet accepted the management of the Louisvilles, but had the offer made by them under con sideration. At Hrst Ward refused to accept the position of manager and captuin offered him. but repeated ef forts on the part of the club Induced him yesterday to write a letter saying that he would hold the matter over. Ward hus, however, been In corre spondence with the management of the Louisville team for several weeks, and If a large enough salury is offered him he will probably Join the Colonels. The sum, it is said on good authority, was not fixed by the Louisville munuger, but Wurd was practically told that he could make his own terms. The lawyer-player Is now loath to leave his profession, as he hus acquired a nourishing practice and hus met with much success. He has recently been added to the counsel for State Exclso Commissioner Lymun In Brooklyn. To weun him from this some extraordinary inducement will have to be put forward, within a fortnight. "I have been out of It now for two years and It Is rather late for me to talk of going Into it again." New York Commercial Advertiser. 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ACTIVE Building Corporations Desiring Extra Pine Growth HEMLOCK Immediately Just Kindly Let Manager Name Our Prices Quick. Richards Sells TRADE Under Value. Will Xpect Your Z-zling 422, & Orders, i Richards Lumber Co., Comith Bl'D'g, Scranton, Pa Bolts, Nuts, Bolt Ends, Turnbuck'les, Washers, Riv ets, Horse Nails, Files, Taps, Dies, Tools and Supt plies. Sail Duck for mine use in stock. SOFT STEEL HORSE SHOES and a full stock of Wagon Makers' Supplies, Wheell, Hubs, Rims, Spokes, Shafts, Poles, Bows, etc. TTEBE1I SCRANTON. PA. & EVERY WOMAN iS'S-C BomtTlDiwnetdtarelltblJ.BionthlT.reriUtlriinedlelae. Only Bmleasta4 VA I laeuuMtdiiinshsaMbaassa. Ujreu want the basmsl Or. Isa.'8 Tber are prompt, sale aril eertola In malt. The aesnlna (Dr. Peal's) neret aUtna 1 oulnt. Sent anywhere, ll.UO. AddlSM fUL aUeiOiia Ce UsTeUad, 0. For sal by JOHN H. PHELPS, 6prue8trat, Seranton P 0 I i 0 0 , a - a - a - ci - ci UlFLOUlUj.! 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