TXtE SOUANTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY Hfl. 18DJ.
Tit the
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EASTERN LEAGUE
BASE BALL GAMES
Wei Grounds Prevents 'the Sprlnllcld.
Scrnnlon Game.
BUFFALO TAKGS ANOTHER ONE.
Tho UIsoiih Ilnd liittlo Trouble to
Whip Slminioii's Mcu--l'rovldcncc
nnd Wilkog-Unrro Knelt Win a
Gnmo--Toronto Took Ono from
tho Stnrs 6 n n Close Margin.
Yesterday's playing did not change
the position of tho clubs. The Stars
missed a chance to get within hail
ing distance ot the Miners and the
Ponies hut lost to the tallcnders. The
Scranton-SprlnRfleld gamo was pre
vented by' wet grourfds but the former
has a chance to go Into second place
today.
Itcsulta.
(Plrit'dame.)
Providence Wllke.Borre 7
(Second flame.)
Wllkei-Ilarre.. 8 Providence 4
Huffalo 11 KocheMer- 5
bprlnglleldot Scrnnton, rain.
I'crccnlugi) llucord.
I
W.
14
12
it
10
10
8
8
7
I'.C.
.778
.G'U
.011
.02ii
.455
.400
.400
Buffalo 18
Sjirlngllplil
Scranton
Syracuse
llochcatcr.
Wllkes-liarre
Providence
Toronto
Todii)n tJninr.
SPRI.NOKIKLD AT SCltANTON.
1'ItOVlIJKNCn AT WIUCUS-llARRIJi
UUFKAI-O AT ROCHBrfTKR.
SYRACUSR AT TORONTO.
NO GAME IN SCRANT0N.
Wet Grounds tho Cause Assigned for
n Postponed Cinnc.
After 3 o'clock yesterday It was de
cided to postpone the game scheduled
for Springfield nnd Scranton at Athlet
ic park. "Wot grounds" was the cause
reported to the few handfuls of persons
who braved the chilly and threatening
weather and went to the park willing
to risk n chance that the game would
be played.
The Ponies weie notified by telephone
of the postponement just as they were
preparing to leave their hotel for tho
grounds. While the weather late In the
ufteinoon was fairly pleasant It was
unpromising enough to 4.30 o'clock to
keep the receipts down below the guar
antee. Willics-Hnrrc nnd tho Grays Split
Kvcn in Two Uniting Matinees.
Wllkes-Ilarre, Pa May 23. Wllkes
Barre and Providence playod two Bamc3
today. In the first game costly errors by
Powell and McMahon and timely hitting
by Provldenco gave the visitors nlno rims
In tho third Inning. The home team
worked hard to overcome the lead, but
without success. Wilkes-Barro won tho
fcccond game by bunching their hits In tho
eighth Inning. Both sides lielded sharply.
The feature was Gocckel's unassisted dou
ble play. Scoie;
First game
WILKES-HARRIS.
A.D. R. H.
O.
0
n
3
3
1
3
1
1
0
0
0
Sharrott, rf 5
Goeckel, lb 5
Botts. cf :.... 5
Powell. If. 3
Mills, 2b.
Digging, c. ...
C. Smith, 3b. .
McMahon, ss.
Odwell, p
Sheean, p. ...
Gondlng, If. .
Totals i 7 10
PROVIDENCK.
A.B. R. II.
r23 12
O.
0
1
u
10
0
4
o
7
0
A. 13.
Welgand, :b 5
Hassett, 3b 3
Knight, If. 5
Drauby, lb 5
Cooney, ss 5
Lyons, cf 6
Dixon, rf. 5
Coogan, c. '. C
Praun, p S
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Totals 43 12 39 27 10 1
Coogai. declared out on al tempted bunt
hit.
Wllkes-Birre 0 0020104 07
Providence 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 12
Earned runs Wllkes-Barro, 3; Provi
dence, 2. Two-base hits Braun, Welgand,
Knight, Lyons, Mills, McMahon. Tnree
baso hits Welgand, Drauby. Stolen has
cs Mills. First base on balls - Shee
an, 2; off Braun, 2. Struck ot-By Shee
nn, 2; by Braun, 3. Passed balls Coogan.
Left on bases Wllkes-Barre, 11; Provi
dence, 10. Time 2 hours. Umpire GaiT
ney. Second game
WILKBS-BARRE.
A.B. R. H. O. A. E,
Sharrott, rf 2 2 0 0 0 0
GoeCkel, lb 4 1 1 10 1 0
liettH, cf. .1 C 0 1 0 1 1
Odwell. If 5 2 3 3 0 0
Mills, 2b 3 0 14 4 0
Gondlng, c C 1 2 C 1 0
C. Smith, 3b 6 110 10
McMahon, 63 4 114 4 0
Kcenan, p 4 0 10 2 1
Totals ....j 37 8 11 21 It 2
PROV'DENCE.
A.B. R. H. O. A. K.
Welgand. 2b 211131
Hassett, 31) 5 0 2 13 0
Knight, If 4 0 3 0 0 1
Drauby, lb 6 12 13 10
Cooney, ss 4 0 1 0 1 0
Lyons, cf 5 1 4 G 0 0
Dixon, rf 3 10 2 0 0
Coogan, c 3 0 0 3 10
lOagan, p. ..'. 2 0 0 13 0
Totals St 4 12 2G 12 2
Goeckel declared out for attempted
bunt hit.
Wllkes-Barro 1 000010GO 8
Providence 0 010030004
Earned runs Wllkes-Barro. 3: Provi
dence, 1. Two-base hits Knight, Bassett,
Drauby. Stolen bases Odwell, Gonding,
Doublo plays McMahon to Mills to aoc
ckel; Mills to McMahon; Mills to to Mc
Mahon: Mills to McMahon to Goecko!;
Goeckel (unacslsteD. First base on balls
Off Kcenan. 3; off Efltsan, 3. Hit by
pitched ball-Sharrott, Mills, Coogan, Wei
Band, Dixon. Struck out By Kecnan, 4;
by Eagan, 2. Passed balls Coogan. Left
on bases Wllkes-Barre, 8; Providence, 11,
Sacrifice hits-Mills, Welgand, Cooney.
Time 1.43. Umpire Oaffney,
Gallagher Hit Freely.
Rochester, N, Y., May 2,,.-Rochester
tried greeri pitcher, Gallagher, today
and Buffalo hit him freely for four In
nlngs. In the fifth Dan McFarland was
put in to pitch, and although he did gool
work, his support was so poor that Buf
falo kept right on scoring, Score:
ROCHESTER.
A.B. R. H. O. A. E.
Bottenus, If. ...1..,, 3 0 0 2 10
D. Shannon, 2b 6 0 2 6 4 1
Dooley, lb, ., , 5 12 9 10
iUorltl of
Lynch, rf 4 110 0 0
Rtchtcr, cf. 4 13 10 0
O'XcIl, c 4 0 0 110
Mulvey, 3b 4 12 0 2 0
F. Shannon ss, ... 4 1 3 4 C 1
Gallagher, p .,..2 00000
D. McFarland, p. ,. 3 0 1 1 1 2
Totals R, , G i 24 10 4
BUFFALO.
A.B. It. H. O. A. 13.
H.
1
n
3
0
2
1
1
A.
0
0
0
3
0
2
2
0
4
11
Clymor, cf, fi ' 2
R. Gray, rf, G 2
Gllboy, If. S 2
Wise, 2b 3 0
Field, lb 3 2
Qromlnger, 3b 3 1
Sullivan, ss 4 1
Smith, c. ., 4 0
O, Gray, p 3 1
Totals 35
Rochester 0 0
Buffalo 0 1
11
0 0
0 4
12 27
3 0 2
3 3 0
0-5
0-11
Earned runs Rochester, 2; Buffalo, 4.
Two-base, hits Grcmlngcr, Gray. Three
baso hits McFarland, Sullivan, Field.
Sacrifice hits Mulvey, Wise. First baso
on balls-Off Gallagher, 2; off Gray, B.
Stolen base F. Shannon. First base on
errors Rochester. 1; Buffalo, 4. lilt by
pitched baM McFarland, 1; by Gray, 1.
Struck out By Gray, lj by McFarland, 1.
Double plays F. Shannon to D, Shannon
to Dooley: Bottenus and D. Shannon; Mul
vey, D. Shannon and Dooley; Gray, Grem
Inger and Field; Gremlngjr, Wise nnd
Field. Passed ball-O'Nell. Left on
bases Rochester, 11; Buffalo, 3. Time
1.45. Umpire Keefe.
Pitchers' Htittlo nt Toronto.
Toronto, May 23. It was a pitchers' bat
tle today, although Toronto touched Wil
lis up for twelve hltB, he kept them well
scattered. White was suffering from a
sprained ankle and Staley replaced him
In tho first Inning. Scoro:
TORONTO.
A.B. R. II. O. A. E.
Lush, 3b C 2 2 3 3 0
White, If. 10 0 0 0 0
Staley, If 4 0 10 0 0
McGatm, lb 4 0 0 13 1 1
Mcllale, cf C 0 2 3 0 0
Casey, 2b 4 2 12 10
Frecmnn, rf 3 0 110 0
Wagner, ss 4 0 3 2 0 2
Baker, c. ....' 4 0 1 2 4 0
Williams, p 4 0 112 0
Totals Ss 4 12 27 10 3
SYRACUSE.
A.B. R. II. O. A. E.
Eagan, 2b 4 1 1 C 1 0
Garry, cf 4 0 13 0 0
Smith, 3b 4 0 10 2 0
Lezutte, lb 4 0 0 11 0 0
Grove, If 4 0 110 0
Schiebeck, ss 4 0 0 4 4 0
Shearon, rf 4 0 0 10 0
Shaw, c 4 0 0 2 3 0
Wllllb, p 2 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 31 1 4 27 12 0
Toronto 0 001100114
Syracuse 1 0000000 0 1
Earned runs Toronto, 2. Two-base hit
Wagner. Homo run Lush. Stolen baso
Lish, Wagner, Kagan. First baso on
balls-Off Willi. 3; off Williams, 1. Struck
out-By Willis, 2; by Williams, 1. Time
1.50. Umpire Swartwood.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Leaders and tallers fared alike In the
National league yesterday. The Giants
shut out the Colts and Brooklyn won
Its third straight from the Reds.
Results.
Cleveland 10 Philadelphia 9
Baltimore 6 Pittsburg 3
Brooklyn 6
New York 8
Boston 5
St. Louis 8
Cincinnati a
Chicago o
Louisville. 1
Washington 6
Percentage Record.
I. W.
L.
C
8
10
10
11
13
14
74
12
17
19
22
P.C.
.70
.f.7
.C55
.G13
.577
,4S0
.480
.440
.45T.
.320
.290
.214
Baltimore 2fi
Pitirg 21
Cincinnati 29
Boston 2G
Cleveland 2G
Louisville 25
Philadelphia 27
Brooklyn 27
Now York 2.2
Washington 25
Chicago 27
St. Louis 2$
Todnv's Games
New York at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Boston at Louisville.
Baltimore at Pittsburg.
Washington at St. Louis.
Chicngo-Ncw York.
Chicago, May 25. Tho Colts were out
played at all points, and given their first
shut out of the season, only ono of tnem
reaching second. Scoro: R.H.E,
Chicago 00 0 000 0000 G 4
New York 0 10 10 2 0 3 1-8 4 0
Batteries Denser, Callahan ard Dqno
hue; Ruslo nnd Warner, Umpires O'Day
and McDonald.
Louisville-Host on.
Louisville, May 25. Tho Bostons had
things their own way from the start today
as tho Colonels could neither bat nor field.
Score: R.H.E.
Boston 10111300 7 3 1
Louisville 000100000-1 4 7
Batteries Lewis and Bergen; Hemming
and Wilson. Umplre-MeDermott.
Clovclnnd-Philadelphia.
Cleveland, May 25. The Indians again
defeated tho Phillies. Score: R.H.E.
Cleveland 2 12 0 0 0 0 14-1011 C
Philadelphia 0 00000270-9 1G 2
Batteries Cuppy, McDermott and 7.1m
mer; Carsey, Orth and Boyle. Umpire
Sheridan.
Wnshington-Ht. LouIh.
St. Louis, May 25. The Browns played
ball well today and defeated Washington.
Score: R.H.E.
St. Louis 2 03020100 8 12 3
Washington 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2- G 13 4
Batteries Donahue and McFarland;
Swalm, Gsrman and Farrell. Umpire
Emslle. '
Pitt Hbttrg-Ilnlti more.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 23. In tho eighth
Inning, when the bases were full and two
men out, Stenzel ra;.ped out a two bagger
scoring two runs. Then three singles fol
lowed, bringing In threo more tallies and
.winning the gamo for tho chimplons.
Score: R.H.E.
pPlttsburg 00 0 00100 1-2 S 0
Baltimore 1 OOOOOOSO-GU 2
Batteries Klllen and Sugden; Nops and
Clarke. Umpire Hurst.
Cincinunti-Brooklyn.
Cincinnati', May 25. The Brooklyns
mado It threo straight today, defeating
the Reds easily in an uninteresting gamo.
Score: R.H.E.
Cincinnati 200 0000 00-2 3 5
Brooklyn 112100100 ti S 1
Batteries Broltcnsteln, Ehret and Schrl
vor; Payne, Fisher and Grim. Umpire
Lynch, ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
At Hartford, Conn.- R.H.E.
Hartford 0 0 10 0 0 0 102 G 4
Norfolk , 01 1 12300 -812 2
Batteries Bo wen and Roacjij.ailroy and
Hayden, Nmplre Earl.
At Philadelphia , R.II.B.
Athletics ..., 000 14 0301-9 11 7
Newark , 0 0 212 0 0 3 07 9 4
Sports.
Batteries Garvin nnd Fox; Gettlg and
Hodge. Umpire Wcldman,
At Lancaster R.II.I3.
Lancaster ,i 0 0 0 0 0 10 102 8 5
Reading 0 5 0 1 00 0 3 -9 11 3
Batteries West nnd Wente; Atnole and
Barclay, Umpire Snyder.
C0LLEQE GAME.
Lnfnyctto Dcfcnts tho V. of P. by Su
perior Hitting nnd I'lcldinc
Enston, Pa., May 25. .Lafayclto defeat
ed Pennsylvania today by hard and op
portune hitting. Darkness ended tho
gamo after the eighth. Score: R.H.E.
Lafayette 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 12 2
U. ofP 000 2 00 00-2 5 3
Batteries Nevlns and Barclay; Brown
and Hoeffcr.
UMPIRE KENNEDY RELEASED.
Was Dismissed I,nst Night, nnd Will
lie Succeeded by Knowles.
Umpire "Doc" Kennedy last night
received his notice of release from
President Powers. Knowles, who was
given a trial during Gaffney's injury,
has been signed.
Kennedy is fin old National lengue
player, but for'soveral years hns been
playing with Fall River. Ills weak
ness as nn umpire was on balls and
strikes, and his lack of discipline.
DIAMOND DUST.
Grillin on a Hunt for New Pitchers
to Relievo tho Present Pour, Who
Arc Not in Condition--Tini Kccfc to
Umpiro tho Scries witli Wilkcs
llnrre. Unless Manager "Sandy" can procure a
new pitcher or two to tide tho Miners over
a week or ten days tho team will stand a
very poor ehanco of holding Us own
against Wllkes-Barre. Tommy Glllon Is
unublo to walk on account of boll-J and
was confined to his bed all of yesterday;
Wellner Is "shoulder-boun.l," all on ac
count of his long lay-off after splitting
his hand early In tho seasoi; Morso has
an Injured anklo which Is so troublesome
that a surgeon will operato upon It as
soon ns he can be spared from the game,
and Harper's whole pitching trcchanism Is
generally out of gear. All this Is a pretty
kettle of flsh for p. team that Is making
such a bold bid for honors In the first
division and which Is on tho eve of a flve
Kame series with tho arch-enemy, Wllkes
Barre. Manager Griffin Is allvo to tho condition
of things and Is on the trail of threo pitch
ers whoso names cannot bo divulged. The
term3 of ono of them was accepted yester
day, but the Scranton management's tel
egram of acceptance was returned hero
with the Information that tho player had
left the town to which the telegram had
been sent.
The hunt after new pitchers does not
mean that any of tho present Miner quar
tette, Glllon, Harper, Morse and Wellnfr.
are too slow, In fact they are collectively
as good, If not better, than four pitchers
possessed by any club In tho league. There
Is no use however In concealing tho fact
that no ono of them Is In shape io pitch
the game he Is capablo of pitching and
they will have to be worked at long Inter
vals until they get In condition. To do
this Scranton needs at last two extra
pitchers, and Manager Sandy Is on the
hunt for them. ,
Tim Keefe will bo here tomorrow and
will umpire all tho Scranton-Wlkes-Harro
games. Knowles comes her for only to
day's gamo to relievo Kennedy, who was
released last night. Gaffney was first
choice for tho Wllkes-Barro series, but
President Powers, assigned him elsewhere.
Next to "the king" Keefo Is probably ns
good a selection as could have been made.
Manager Burns last night signed for tho
Springfield club, Scott Strsitton, at ono
tlmo a pitcher In the American associa
tion and National league, but who has for
two seasons baen playing In the outfield
for St. Paul, of tho Western league. Ho
left his heme near Louisville yesterday
to report nt Springfield and will play In
tho outfield. He Is one of the few players
who have It stipulated In their contracts
that they are not to play Sunday ball.
Stratton made thl3 proviso with Spring
field. 4
While tho Miner pitchers are somewhat
banged up, the entire infield has nary an
ache nor a pain. 'Eagan will hardly be
ablo to resume his place In left field for a
couple of days; but Meaney can fill thnt
position very acceptably, as he has about
recovered from his recent ...ness.
Sporting Editor of The Tribune.
Dear Sir: Does tho tie game played be
tween Provldenco and Scranton have to
be replayed? Please answer in your base
ball column. "Subscriber."
May 25, 1697.
That depends altogether upon the
wishes of tho homo manager, as In the
caso of games prevented by rain or wet
grounds. On any open date when tho
Provldenco team is in this city, It mujt
play off a tie or postponed gamo If tho
home manager so requests. Sporting Ed.
The stories that come from Buffalo con
cerning tho relations between Proprietor
Kuntzsch and Manager Buckfnberger are
not agreeable to hear. There are indica
tions that Mr. Kuntzsch Is sore on the
manager because the club Is rot winning
and that ho seriously contemplates taking
the management Into his own hands
again. Wo trust that this Is not so. Mr,
Kuntzsch con go Freedman or Von der
Aho homers to bunts on demoralizing a
good ball team. He Is a good financier
and a poor manager. Experience has
shown this time and again. If the team
lost eveiy game from now to September
It would still be tho height of fo'.ly for
Kuntzsch to resumo tho management.
Tho trouble Is what It has always been.
Men who aro close to Mr. Kuntzsch have
every year had steam trip hammers at
work for somo members of the Star team,
and Invariably for the management. The
proprietor has been ever ready to listen.
Tho re,ult has been squabbles altogether
unseemly nnd demoralization altogether
unprofitable to tho proprietor. A repeti
tion of this sort of thing this year would
mean demoralization again, Tho Stars
as they aro at present constituted nro
worthy the support of ths city. The man
ager U worthy of confidence A general
shake-up is not needed. Syracuso Stand
ard. Lyons hnd qulto a batting record yes
terdayeight hits out of ten times at bat.
Harper will pltofc for tho Miners today.
Willie Mains Is down to do tho turn for
tho Ponies.
Marty Hogan, onco a Scrantcn Idol and
iato of Youngstown, has Joined Torrey
son'B Dayton team.
"Little Egypt," of Seeley dinner fame,
was one of the "distinguished personages''
In the grandstand at a recent game at
Louisville.
There Is a dicker on between Dixon and
Talbret, theatrical managers, to purchaso
tho Cleveland club and transfer It to In
dianapolis, Ten straight for Cincinnati, winding up
wun inreo straignt from the. ualtlmores,
and then Ho lose threo to Brooklyn shows
base ball uncertainty.
The Wllkes-Barre series begins hero to
morrow. Tho Friday gamo will be at
Wllkes-Barre, Saturday at Beranton, Mon
day at Wllkes-Barre In tho morning and
nt Scranton In the afternoon, and Tucs.
uay at Hcranton.
This comes from Wllkes-Barro: Tho at
tendance at games still continues light.
Unlass there is decldod Improvement in
that' respect there Is likely to bo a fran
chise for sule. The principal backeii of
the c'.ub don't purpose, to go In the hole
to provide entertainment for a few lovora
of the cimo.
OLD-TIME LOCAL
BASE BALL PLAYERS
Well'Kaown Scranton Men WI10 Frisked
About the Diamond.
JAMES A. LINEN A tRACK PITCHER
E. 1. Kingsbury Was President and
JUnungcrof tho Tonci--8omo Great
Old Gnmcs Between the ".Susqnc
linnnns"nnd "Wyoming," ns the
Scranton nnd Wllkcs-Ilnrro Teams
Were Cnllciy.
Men now prominent In business nnd
professional circles in this city and
elsewhere figure in an interesting old
time base ball story published yester
day in tho Wilkes-Barre Record as fol
lows: "Away backjn 1870, during the days
of local amateur base ball, an incident
occurred here that had a. funny climax.
There was a crack club at Kingston
called tho Keystones, managed by But
ler Wells, who was then paymaster of
tho Delaware, Lackawanna nnd West
ern railroad from the Kingston office.
L. C. Darte was the captain and pitch
er of the team; John DeWItt, now liv
ing on South River street, this city,
who was known as having the bunch of
bnnana hands, was catcher; Butler
Wells played first, while George Myers
held down second base. Wells is now
In Scranton, while Second Baseman
Myers lives at Wllllamsport. The po
sition of shortstop was held down by
Will F. Church, now a Kingston drug
gist, presumably selected because ho
was short in stature, and third base
was played by George Foster. ISrastus
Hill, now of Philadelphia, nnd at pres
ent treasurer of the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation company, while Butler Rey
nolds and a Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western employe whose name Is
forgotten constituted the outfield. Ons
afternoon the Keystones played a game
on the river common with the Scranton
nlne, ns it was then called. James A.
Linen, now president of the First Na
tional bank of that city, being pitcher
and captain, and El P. Kingsbury
president and manager of tho team.
The Keystones had defeated the
Scranton team and wero feeling hilar
ious over their success. It seems that
this afternoon four toughs had been
annoying toll taker John Teets at the
bridge entrance for some time, stop
ping wagons that were attempting to
cross and sending over foot passengers
without their paying the regulation toll
of 2 cents per head. The toughs had
even cone so far as to add blows to
their insults to Mr. -Teets nnd were in
the act of molesting him when three of
the Kingston Keystones came along,
bats In hand. Seeing the predicament
Mr. Teets was In, they immediately de
cided to take a hand in the scrimmage
and assist the venerable toll taker, a
man having the respect of the Kings
ton boys. There were four of the gang,
but the three Kingston boys sailed In
and gave them a terrible pummellng,
one of them being caught in tho mid
dle of the old covered bridge and made
to cry "Enough; 'In good style. Two
of the toughs'wero used up by one of
the Kingston boys, one jumping the
wall to the common and sneaked away
down the bank. The summary treat
ment the toughs received at the hands
of the Kingston players was enjoyed
very much by the toll taker, nnd ever
afterward the ball players belonging
to the Kingston Keystones were given
free passage over the bridge by Mr.
TeetH.
"During 1S6S-9 there wero nines In
Wllkes-Barro and Scranton In those
days it was always a, base ball "nine."
Tho Wllkes-Barre club was called the
"Susquehannas" and the Scranton
team the "Wyomlngs." During 186S
the first gamo was played between the
two clubs and tho Wllkes-Barre boys
expected to take tho sdaJp of the
Scranton nlno without any trouble.
Our team hrfU .for uniform home-made
pants, a white cap and blue shirt. The
nine was made up as follows: Al Smith,
a young Phlladelphlan, who was clerk
ing in IHUman & Co.'s store, was th'o
pitcher; James Maxwell, who Is now
running a steam laundry in New York
laundrylng steamship companies' linen,
wns catcher; the late John Woodward,
brother of Judge Woodward, who died
In 1887, played first base; Thomas
Taylor, the well known harnessmaker
of West Market street, was shortstop;
Howard Ellis, now in Elkton, Md., cov
ered third base; Dr. Farrlngton, of
Philadelphia, and Albert Bailey, now a
lawyer In Florida, were In the outfield.
The name of the second baseman and
the other outfielder had gone complete
ly from the memory of the" gentleman
viho gave the reminiscence to the base
ball editor of tho Record.
"One afternoon tho Wllkes-Barre
club went up to Scranton to conquer
the Sloeum Hollowitcs. No, ono met
them at the train and finally by dint
of Inquiry tho visitors found their way
down to the open field on the Hats
where tho gome was to take place. Not
n single Scranton ball player was to
be seen. A llttlo time elapsed, how
over, when a sight confronted tho
Wllkes-Barro boys that took away
their breath; as Tom Taylor expressed
it:
"It took the gimp cut of us and wo
were licked right then!"
'The Scranton nine came down tha
field in a body, clad in tho prettiest
and most striking of uniforms. They
wore white shirts and white trousers
with red caps and red belts, while a
big "W" was worked in red on their
white shirt fronts. As Tom Taylor
said:
" 'Well, it took the millc right out of
us. And there was James Linen, a
pitcher who then had a national repu
tation and was undoubtedly the best
pitcher then known to the game. When
we found we were up against him it
was all over. Linen and his team de
feated us by a score of 40 to 20. A fun.
ny coincidence In connection with this
game was the fact that when wo went
up to Scranton the name of the loco
motive that pulled tho train was tho
"Susquehanna," and tho return train
was pulled by tho 'Wyoming'--locomo-tlves
bavins the same names ns thoso
selected by tho two clubs."
"A return game was played which
was won by Scranton 20 to 10, while all
through that season Wilkes-Barro
could never win with Linen In the box.
Wllkes-Barre did, however, win ono
game from Scranton up at tho Wyom
ing fair, where , prize was given for
the victorious nine. Another pitcher
was substituted for Linen, who was
unaute to play, and then tho Susque
hannas managed to win out on a close
margin. Concerning base ball of that
day and tho present, Mr. Taylor says:
' 'Teams of 1608 wouldever be able
to muko a run off tho pitchers of the
present day unless it happened to bo
a scratch home run. "
M'COY-O'BRIEN MILL.
The Mucb.Toulcd "Kid" Will do
Against a Hard, Cyclone
Fighter Tonight.
New York City, May 25. Many per
sons are anxious to seo Kid McCoy
put up his hands in earnest and Ihey
are to have the opportunity tonight
at the Palace Athletic club, when he
makes his first fighting nppearance
Blnco his return from Soutl Africa.
He meets Dick O'Brien, who is well
and favorably known as a cyclone
fighter and a dangerous ono for any
man to tackle. He gave Dan Crceden,
'who will probably be McCoy's next
opponent, the fight of his life for nine
rounds, at the Broadway Athlctto club
some six months ago, and it was the
toss of a penny any time during that
bout as to who would win. O'Brien has
a long string of fights in his record.
McCoy and O'Brien have met beforo
and fought a 25-round draw In Boston
two years ago, and from all accounts
O'Brien did all the forcing and hnd
McCoy on the defensive from start to
finish. Of course It must be granted
that McCoy has Improved since then,
but in any case this contest will give
intending bettors on tho McCoy-Creed-en
fight a chnnce to gauge the relative
merits of each man. There can be no
question of tho fact that McCoy pos
sesses all the qualifications of the
"coming man;" he is clever, strong
and very Intelligent. He Is 23 years old
and does not dissipate to any known
extent.
McCoy shows good Judgment In not
aspiring to the heavy weight class ns
yet, for ho knows when Corbett and
Fltzsimmons nre back numbers and
on tho retiring list he Is bound to
bo tho living Issue. He Is not back
ward, however, about fighting as he
has authorized Manager Brady to
make as many matches as he pleases
for him, as he does not propose to dally
away any time waiting for Creeden.
From nil accounts the latter Is on his
way back now and the Creeden-Mc-Coy
match will soon bo a certainty,
A Gnmc of Ilnndbnll.
A same of hand ball has been ar
ranged between Wilson, of Dunmore,
and Kell, of Prlceburg, on one side,
nnd Dove and McIIugh on the other
side. The Ancient Order of Hibernians,
Board of Erin division, of Hyde Park,
lias offered a purse of $50 for the win
ners of the game.
Additional Sporting News will be
found on Pago 3.
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