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THE SCItAJtfTON TRIBUNE SA.TUB DAY 'MORNING, " JUNE tf. 1897.
3 Tn the morld ol spom.
EASTERN LEAGUE
, BASEBALL GAMES
Ralu Did Not Prevent Any ol Yesterday's
Contests.
MINERS AND BISONS SPLIT EVEN
Ai Did l'rovldcnco nnd Jlochostcr.
Tho Ponies Won Ono from tlio Stnrs
nml tho Tlirco S's Ato Neck nnil
Neck, for Second rincc-Wllkqs-
ltnrr'o an Unsy Victim for tho Ca
nucks Alt the. clubs played yesterday and
Scranton at Buffalo, and Providence at
Rochester participated In double bills
with honor even. There was no
-chnnac In the poMtlontf, of tho clubs.
"Only- in- the fli'at Bcrnnton-Uuffalo
Karne wns there uny doubt n3 to tho
result.
The Miners are today In a position
to il .Syracuse lit feecJOnll pluce or to
drgj.,to- -fourth below , SprlnfrOeld.
Rochester 'ni'aV 'pass 1'rovidence but
therls-no1lnutlngr the.Blsons.' hold
on first place and Wllkes-Itarre's un
comfortable berth In the eighth hole.
.', "Results.
Scranton...; I....... 4 Bulfalo , a
Buffalo......: ...:.... 9 Scranton,.
Springfield ' Syracuse .j ....
Toronto 11 Vllke3-Uarrc...
Providence 8 Rochester-
Rochester,-......-..-,..!? Proyjdence
Ixft on hancs Scranton, Bt IlulTalo, 5.
Flrnt JjaBo on balls Off Morse, 1; o(T
Wadsworth, 3. Struck put Qy Morse, 6;
by Wadsworth) 1. I torn a run Heard.
Three-baBO hit ITrquhnrt. Two-baso hits
iMnddoy (2)', Doubln plays Morco to
Ilonncr to Mnpgcy; Sullivan to Wlso to
Field. ' Wild plt-h-Wadsworth. Umplro
Mr. Battln. Tlmc-1.63.
Two Uninteresting Cnmcs Divided by
tho llrnwnlcs mid Ornys,
Rochester, N. Y June 4. In tho Jlrst
trnmo this afternoon HoJjon held Roches
ter down to clg-ht hits ami did not Blvo
a single baso on balls, l'rovldcnco won
without a struggle. In tho second tho
homo team found Ruddcrnam very easy.
Score:
First game
ROCirKSTEH.
A.B. R. H. O. A. K.
F. Shannon, ss. ... 4 1 1 3 1 1
Lynch, If 4 0 1 2 0 0
Shearon, rf 4 0 1! 1 1 0
Dooley, lb 4 0 0 3 2 0
I). Shannon, 2b. ...400320
Rlohtcr, cf. ..'. 4 0 0 2 11
Mulvey, 3b 4 0' 1 1 1 0
Frary, 3b 4 0 0 4 2 1
McFarland, p 2 0 10 0 1
Ycrriclc, p 10 0 110
Totals 33 1 8 II 1 f
1'ROVroBNCK.
A.U. R. II. O. A. E.
Welpand, 2b C 3 2 2 4
ISnwtt, 3b 0 0 3 12
Knight, If G 1 0 1 0
Drauby, lb 4 0 2 C 0
Cooney, ss. 4 0 0 2 1
Lyons, cf 4 13 10
Murray, rf. 3 2 0 3 0
Dixon, c. .V 4 118 1
Hodson, p. 4 0 110
l'crcoutliRC Record."
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Today's, (i.uines.
SCHANTON AT TORONTO.
WILKlOS-BAUItK AT BUFFALO.
SPRINGFIELD AT ROCHKSTEH.
1'ROVIDLNCE AT SYRACUSE.
EACH TQOK ONE.
Miners and Bisons Dish Up Some Good
Base Ball for the Buffalo
Cranks.
Syracuso 0 110100104
Springfield 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 2 1-12
Earned runsSyracuse, 1; Springfield, 4,
Two baso hits Ryan, Lezotte Orecn,
Fuller. Stolen bases Hannan, Drouthers.
First bnsn'on balls Off Lnmpo, C; off
Mains, 2. Hit by pitched ball Hy Lampe,
1: by Mains, 3. Struck out Hy Lampe, 2;
by Mains, 2. Wild pitches Lampe, 2.
Left on bases Syracuse, G; Springfield, 8.
Time 1.53. Umpire Keefe.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Fog Units tho Boston Grime.
Bostorf, Jund4. Just boforo starting tho
ball game this afternoon a thick fog: set
In, rrralrinjr It almost Impossible to seo
tho outllcldcrs, and after playing two half
Innings, Umplro O'Day called tho gamo
oft on account of rain, nnd with tho score
2-0 In favor of Boston,
It waa another bad day for the
Westerners, Chicago belli? tho only
victorious club In four g.tr.i?9 played.
Pittsburg1 lost tho second frame of the
ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
I'crccntngo Itccord,
I". W. L. B.C.
Newark 32 ID 13 Mi
Lancaster 31 18 13 .GS1
Athletics ..... 32 IT 15 .Wl
Hartford 33 17 16 .513
l'aterson 31 17 17 .CK)
Norfolk 31 IS 1C ,4&4
Rlfhmond 31 13 18 .418
Heading 30 11 19 .3U7
Hartford -Newark.
Newark, N. J., June 4. Cougan was
touched up In lively fashion today and
Setley relieved him, J. Rothfuss was hit
have each lost two obt of threo In tho
first of the trip series and Wilkes-llarro
lost two straight.
That was quite a record made by Wag
ner yesterday. Ho hit it a, .600 clip,
nccepted all of his ten chances, stole a
base and made one sacrifice.
Daly didn't get a hit In tho two games.
If Mcaney had played In tho first as Man
ager Qrimn had Intended, ho vilght have
helped bat lu the necessary runs.
Morse ban pitched ton games and won
seven. Wcllncr has won two out of four-
but he has yet to pitch a poor game.
Ho ought tb havo won yesterday.
Just Jiow tho Philadelphia nnd Wash
ington propositions seem to bo about the
easiest In tho east, nnd lllco tho bills of
tho circus, that nndlng Is subject to a.
chango without notice. Cincinnati Post.
Billy Bottcnus, who has played right
field for Rochester almost a year, has
been released. Bcforo going to Roches
ter Bottenus played with Buffalo and
had a good record both as a batsman and
a fielder.
Young Joo Corbett docs not havo to
rely upon tho fact that ho Is tho brother
Totals 3? 8
Rochester 1 0 0 0
Providence 1 4 11
Earned runs Rochester, 1.
hit F. Shannon. Three-base
12 27 8 2
0 0 0 0 0-1
0 0 0 1 - 8
Two-base
hlt-Has-
sett. First base on balls Uy McFar
land, 1. Stolen bases Murray, 2; Lyons,
Wlegaiul. First baso on errors Roches
ter. 2; Providence, 4. Hit by pitched ball
By McFarland, 1. Struck out By Mc
Farland, 4: Ycri'lck, tj by Hodson, 3.
Double play Bassett to Wlegand to
Drauby. Left on bases Rochester, 7;
Providence, 7. Time 2 hours. Umpire
Swartwood.
Second game
ROCHESTER.
A.B. R. II.
F. Shannon, ss. ... 7 2 4
Lynch, If 1" 2 I
Shraron, rf 5 3 3
Dooley, lb C
D. Shannon, 2b. ... G
Rlchtcr, cf. '.... 0
Mulvey, SU t C
Frary, c C
McFarlan, p 6
1
O. A. E.
2 4 1
1 0 0
10 0
COO
Gil
3 0 0
3 2 0
3 0 0
0 10
Special to tho Scranton Tribune.
Buffalo, N. Y., June 4. Buffalo saw
the best base ball of tho season to date
this afternoon when the Buffalo and
Scranton clubs met at Olympic park.
.Two games were played and each club
won one.
Tho Bisons took the first nnd the
Scranton's the second. In the first
Souders and Wellner did the twirling
for their respective sides and there
was but little choice In their work. The
features were a home run by Clymer In
the first Inning when he put It over the
left field fence and a sensational catch
by the same player.
"Grandpa Morse was a prize-winning
conundrum In the second game and
had the Bisons' guessing up to tho
very last inning with his south-paw
curves. Up to tho eighth Inning but
two safe hits were made off his deliv
ery and these by Urquhart. Then two
safe hits were made, but both bats
. men were retired before reaching tho
home plate.
In the ninth Buffalo scored two runs.
Ollle Beard's slashing homo run
. over tho left field fence was the prize
peach of the game. 1'op Wlso undo
a great fielding record accepting six
teen ehanevs without an error.
First game-
Totals 53 19 2S
PROVIDENCE.
A.B. R. II.
Wlegand,. 2b. ....... 3 0 2
Bassett, 3b 5 0 2
Knight, If 5 0 0
Drauby, lb 11 2
Cooney, ss 4 0 2
Lyons, cf 4 10
Murray, rf. 2 10
Dixon, c 4 1 2
Rudderham, p 4 0 0
27 8
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Totals 37 4 ID -27 17 5
Rochester ..; 0 1802013 4-19
Provldonco 0 000003101
Earned runs Rochester, 7; Providence,
1. Two-base hits Frnry (3), Shearon, 'Doo
ley, Dixon (2), Drauby. Three-base hits
D. Shannon, Doo'ey, Shearon. First base
on balls By McFarlan, 2; by Rudderham,
1. Stolen bases F. Shannon, Shearon.
First baso on errors Rochester, 4; Piovl
dence, 2. Struck out By McFarlan, lj
By Rudderham, 2. Double plays McFar
lan to D. Shannon to Dooley: Bassett to
Drauby to Cooney. Left on bases Roch
ester, 10; Providence, 7. Time 2 hours.
Umplro Swartwood.
Wilkcs-Unrro Couldn't Hit Willinms,
the Cnuuck Pitcher.
Toronto, Juno 4. The Wllkes-Barres
Just escaped a shut out today, Smith's er
ror in tho third, allowing them their only
tally. Williams kept tho hits scattered.
As tho locals batted Sheehan all over tho
let, tho result was never In doubt. Wag
ner's Melding at short was phenomenal.
Scoic:
TORONTO.
A.B. R. II. O. A. E.
Lush, 2b 5 2 12 0 0
White, If. 5 1 & 3 0 0
McGann, lb G 2 2 14 0 0
McIIalf, cf. G 1 3 0 0 0
Casey, c G 2 1 1 3 0
H. Smith, 3b 4 0 1 1 G 2
Freeman, rf 5 12 0 0 0
Wagner, ss 1 1 2 4 G 0
Williams, p 5 112 4 0
BUFFALO.
A.B. R.
Clymer. cf 5 1
(liey, rf I 1
Field, lb 3 0
Wise, 2b 3 0
tlllboy, If 4 0
.Gremlnger, 3b 3 0
Sullivan, ss 4 1
Smith, c 1 1
'Souders, p 4 0
Totals 31 4
SCRANTON.
A.U. R.
Eagan, If.- 4 0
O'Hrlen, cf 4 0
Beurd, ss 1 0
.Daly, rf 4 0-
Massey, lb. ........ 4 1
. Bonner, 2b 4 0
,. Magulrc, 3b 3 0
Boyd, c. .', 3 1
AVeHner, p 3 0
II.
10
A. E.
0 0
n 0
0 0
2 0
0 0
1 0
0 1
0 1
1 1
Totals 43 11 1G
WILKES-BARRE.
A.B. R. II.
Sharrott, rf 3 0 2
Goeckel, lb 3 0 0
Odwell, 2b 4 11
Betts, cf 3 0 1
Powell, If 3 0 0
Smith, 3b 4 0 1
McMnhon, ss 4 0 0
Dlgglns, c 4 0 1
Sheehau, p 3 0 0
27 19
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3
11
A.
0
0
5
0
0
1
4
0
3
7 27 10
H.
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
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0
0
1
0
1
4
2
1
0
Totals 33 2 7 21 9 3
: Buffalo 1 0020010' 4
"Scranton o 00011000 2
Earned runs Buffalo, 1; Scranton, 1.
- First baso on errors Buffalo, 1; Scranton,
" 1.' Left, on'bases Buffalo, 7; Scranton, .
; First hasp on balls Off Souders. 2; oft
Wellner, 1, Struck cut By Wellner, 4;
by Souders, 2. Homo run Clymer.
. Thrco-boso hit Miissey. Two-baso hits
'Clymer, Sullivan, Boyd. Sacrifice hit
Wise. Stolen bases Smith (2). Double
play Sullivan, Wise and Field. Hit by
.pitched ball Field, Smith (3), Umpire
"Caffncy. Time 2 hours.
' ', Second game
SCTCANTON.
. ,. A.B. R. H. O. A. E.
Kafran, ,lf. , 4 2 0 10 0
O'Brien, cf. 5 1 2 4 1 0
Beard, ss 5 14 2 2 0
' 'Daly, rf. 5 0 0 2 0 1
' Massoy, lb 4 12 9 0 0
-,Bonncr,'2b 4 2 2 13 0
'Magulrc, 3b 4 0 1110
Ounson, c. ..,, 3 10 7 0 0
- Horse,' p 4 1 1 0 S 1
Totals 33 ' 9 12 27 10
BUFFALO.
'" " "3 A.B, R. II. O. A.
Clymer, cf 4 0 1 1 0
drey, lb 4 0 10 0
: Field, lb, .,,, 3 0 0 13 0
,. AVlse, 2b. 4 0 18 8
OI)boy, If. ....1,,.,. 4 0 10 1
Oremlnger, 3b. 4 10 13
Sullivan, ss 4 10 0 6
Urquhart. e. ....... 4 0 3 ,4 1
Wadsworth, p 4 0 0 0 1
Totals 31 1 0 27 13 5
Toronto 0 6 110 0 2 0 1-11
Wllkes-Barre 0 01000000-1
Earned runt. Toronto, G. Two-baso
hits Betts, Casey. Tiireo-baso hit Mc-
llale. Homo run Whit?. Stolen bases
Freeman, Lush (2), White, Wagner, Od
well (2). Double plays Wagner to Mc
Oann (2). Flist baso on balls-Off Will
iams, 2; oft Sheehan, J. Hit by pitcher
Powell. Struck out-lly Williams, 2; by
rMpfhun, 2. Left on baces Wllkes-Barre,
T; Toronto, 11. Sacrlflco hits Goeckel,
Wagner, SIcGann, H. Smith. Time 1.50.
Umpire Knowles.
Only nn Excrclso Gallop Tor tho
Ponies.
Syracuse, Juno 4. Springfield's hits and
tho Stars' errors combined to glvo tho
Ponies their first victory of tho season
over the homo team. Score:
SYRACUSE.
A.U. R. H. O. A. E.
Eagan, sb 4 2 14 4 0
Garry, cf 4 0 13 11
Schclbeck, ss 1 0 0 0 11
Ryan, ss 1112 0 0
Smith, 3b. ...'. 3 1112 1
Lezotte, rf 4 0 2 110
Bannon, If 4 0 0 0 0 0
Earle, lb 4 0 1 10 0 0
Shaw, c 4 0 0 4 2 0
Lampe, p 3 0 0 2 11
Totals ...32 4 7
SPRINGFIELD.
A.B. R. II.
Fuller, ss C 3 4
Green, If, ....: C 0 3
Schefller, rf. ........ 4 11
Brouthera. lb 5 12
Smith, cf 3 10
Gilbert. 3b 5 11
Duncan, c 5 11
Moore, 2b 4 11
Mains, p 4 3 2
27 12
O. A.
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SOME COHING BASE BALL STARS.
Hop wi IfifeMl
"Pop" Morso would pitch tho second
game, the Buffalo Express remarked:
"Grandpa Morae will do tho honors for
tho Scrantonlans. Morso belongs in
Globe-trotter Billy Earlo's class, as ho
has played In pretty nearly every league
that has been organized In this country
within tho last decade, and In nearly ev
ery club. How ho managed to keep nway
from the Eastern league bo long Is a
mystery." Borne ono has been "Jolly
ing" tho Express man. Morse Is over
soven, but has seen very little of tho
base ball world, having gained most of
his experience In tho Now England and
ono other minor league.
No Itncos nt Rending.
Several Inquiries wcro mado of Tho
Tribune by telephone lost night regarding
tho result of the supposed circuit trotting
races at Reading. Thcso races were de
clared off long ago and It was o an
nounced ot tho time In Tho Tribune's
sporting department.
Base ball scores by Innings of the
Scranton club will be received at tho
Brunswick, 414 Spruco street. J. W.
Barnes, proprietor.
Additional Sporting News will
found on Pago 3,
bo
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Tho accompanying cut shows one of
tho groups of enthusiastic young base ball
players who gather In tho Tribune's busi
ness ofllco each evening to cast ballots
for their favorlto clubs, threo of which
aro bound to win prizes In The Tribune's
amateur baso ball uniform contest. They
aro a lively lot of youngsters and take
as much Interest In tho progress ot tho
voto us do patriotic people generally lu a
national election. All of them art? play
ers, but tho capacity In which they visit
Tho Tribune office nightly is that of mes
sengers with ballots or to watch tho
progress of tho vote. They willingly
"posed" for a photograph, but with no
knowlcdgo that It would appear In tho
paper this morning.
week bv forfeit. Ra!n preventoa the
games ut Boston and Baltimore.
Results.
New York. 4 Louisville 3
Philadelphia 9 Pittsburg o
(Forfeited )
llrooklyn 8 St. Louis 4
Chicago - 8 Washington 5
Cleveland at Boston, rain.
Cincinnati at Baltimore, rain.
Pcrceutugo Record.
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cj 21
:3 2
Bijtlmoro CJ
Cincinnati .'i3
Boston 34
Pittsburg 33
New York 32
Cleveland 33
Brooklyn 33
Philadelphia 37
Louisville ST.
Chicago 33
Washington 32
St. Louis 37
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Today's Games
St. Louis at Baltimore.
Pittsburg at Boston.
Louisville at Brooklyn.
Chicago at New York.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Washington.
by a batted ball In tho second and had to
retire. Tho homo team was In hard luck
and never had a look-in. Score: R.H.E.
Newark 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0-0 9 7
Hartford 3 0 4 0 2 12 1-19 24 0
Batteries Cougan, Setley and Smlnk;
Vlckcry, Bowen and Roach. Umpire
Snyder.
Athletics- Patcrson.
Paterson, N. J., Juno 4. Tho Athletlci
won out In tho ninth liming today by
bunching ilvo hits. Scoic; H.H.E,
Paterson '. 110 110 0 0 0-4 8 1
Athletics 0 002000 0 40 7 6
Batteries Vlau and Wesllnke; Ames
and F. Schaub. Umpire O'Laughlln.
At Lancaster Game with Norfolk post
poned, rain.
At Reading Game with Richmond post
poned, rain.
DIAMOND DUST.
Totals 41 12 13 27 15 2
Pirates Try Dilatory Tactics and the
(Jiimo Is Forfeited.
Philadelphia, June 4. XTmpIro McDon
ald forfeited today's gamo to tho Phillies
because, as ho s.ild, the Pittsburg men
were throwing the ball around tho Held
for tho purposo of delaying the gamo un
til a threatened rain should arrive. Tho
trouble began when Pittsburg was at the
ba't In the fourth Inning. Smith hit a
ball which McDonald called foul, but
which dovlslon was vigorously protested
by tho Pittsburg men. McDonald finally
fined Donovan and put him out of the
game, Kuhns taking his place. Davis
and Klllen wero also fined. The PIratjs
took the Held and Klllen, In warming up,
threw a ball at Davis, which went Into
the seats. Boyle, of tho Phillies, claimed
that tho Plttsburgers were delaying tho
game In the hopo of rain, nnd McDonald
thereupon gavo the gamo to Philadelphia
by the score of 9 to 0. Tho actual scoro
was I to 0 In favor of Philadelphia. Rain
fell heavily a few moments after play
was stopped.
Oinnts Win in the Ninth.
Now York, Juno 4. Louisville had the
camo well In hand up to tho ninth In
ning this afternoon. Tho New Yorks,
however, In their half of the ninth In
ning mado four runs and won the game.
Score: R.H.E.
New Y'ork 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I lv 5 4 7
Loul3Vlllo 10000 002 0-3 5 3
Batteries Doheny and Warner; Cun
ningham and W. Wilson. Umpire Mc
Dcrmott. Scuntors Should Havo Won.
Washington, June 4. Swalm was ro
sponslblo for tho loss ot today V game.
In the two Innings lu which ho pitched,
tho Colts mado seven hits for a total of
fourteen bases, scoring live runs. Ho
was followed by King, who did better
work. Scoro: R.Il.E.
Washington 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 2-513 1
Chicago 1 4 P0 1 2000-8 11 3
Batteries Swalm, King anil McUuire;
Callahan and Klttrldge, Umplro Emsllo.
Another for the Itrldcgrooms.
llrooklyn, June 4. The St. LouW
Browns closed thf Ir present scries against
the Brocklyns at Eastern park today by
losing -another game. Score: R.H.E.
Brooklyn Ol033100-8 8 2
St. Louis 20Q200000 4 7 3
Batteries Kennedy nnd Smith; KUein
gcr aud Murphy. Umplro Sheridan.
Itnln nt Baltimore.
Baltimore, Juno 4. Baltimore looked
reasonably sure to win today's gamo with
Cincinnati when rain stopped tho gamo in
the first halt of tho third Inning. Tho
score steed: R.H.E.
Baltimore 4 2 6 7 1
Cincinnati 2 10-370
Umpires Lynch and Hurst.
Totals .... 35 2 7 27 20 3
fcwatiton ,.0 600100129
Buffalo .0 0000 000 22
Earned runs Scranton, 2; Buffalo, 2.
First on crros Ssranton, 8; liutato, 2.
Wliil3
1
Sandy will got spoiled while on tho trip
if the writers of other cities hurl bou
quets nt him as did tho scribes In Buf
falo. Said the Buffalo News: "Sandy
Grlffln, Buffalo's old centerflelder nnd
ono of tho cleanest players that ever
walked out Into tho diamond. Is In
charge of tho Scranton cohorts this year,
Sandy has not been forgotten by tho
local fans nnd he was given tho hand
with a will when ho made his first ap
pearance yesterday. Sandy hns a likely-looking
lot of ball players with him."
m
Hero's what tho Buffalo Times said af
ter Wednesday's gamo: "Sandy Griffin
and his Miners made their first appear
ance hero this season, and they put up
an nrtlclo of ball that made tho Bisons
hustlo to win out. It was a fight from
tho sound of tho 4 o'clock gong till tho
last Miner had been declared out by
Umplro Oaffney In the last Innings.
Don't think thoso Scranton fellows
don't play the game because they wero
beaten yesterday. Boyd got the
glad hand' when ho went to bat for tho
first time. He's still a favorlto with tho
fans. Gaffney is tho best thing In
the umpire lino seen hero this season."
Four of tho clubs havo gone through
tho strengthening process, Syracuse, To
ronto, Rochester nnd Wllkes-Barre. Prov
Idence, Buffalo and tho Miners will bo
found at tho end of tho season with
practically tho samo make-up as at pres
ent, and Springfield Is not threatened
with much of a shifting. Rochester has
Installed Shearon In tho outlleld, and
Lynch may bo set down In favor of
somo ono else It he doesn't begin to hit.
Tho veteran Mulvey Is on tho vcrgo of a
benching and Manager Dan will have to
take an obesity cure if ho keeps In tho
game.
Wllkes-Barre has changed Its Infield by
releasing Mills, putting Odwell on sec
ond nnd signing McDade to play third
If Charley Smith doesn't liven up a bit.
Manager Powell's days aro numbered If
tho club doesn't strike a winning gait.
Tommy Bannon has put Into tho Star
team added ginger, a quality It already
possessed In abundance, while Toronto
ought to do better with Smith ot third
and Lush at second vlco Ulrlch who was
a disappointment,
"Freeze" Bogert forgets that last sea
son ho positively declined to consent to
a reversal of the order of playing the
Decoration Day games. Ho did decline
to do so and that had something to do
perhaps with playing last Saturday's and
Monday's games as scheduled. His snarl
Ings over tho matter como with poor
grace from ono who refused to give out
rain checks or to give Providence a sharo
of tho receipts after a game In Wllkes
Barro that was stopped by rain In tho
fourth Inning,
.
Beard bit a fow.
Tho closest strugglo of all Is In the
Atlantic league.
Uncle Anson says ho will alternate at
first baso with Decker on tho trip.
A study of tho summary shows what a
good game both Morso and Wellner
pitched.
Harper will pltuh today. He ha3 lost
four out of soven games pitched and Is
dun to win,
Tho Miners wore quartered nt tho New
TlfTt house at Buffalo. The best Is nono
too good for them. .
Pittsburg can nover win the penant by
buldozlng the umpire and then having
to forfeit Its games.
The chlof purpose of tho Browns and
the Senators seems to bo to boost tho
percentages ot the other clubs,
Harvey Smith, Toronto's new third
baseman, la a graduato In medicine of
the University of Pennsylvania,
Rochester la shy ono good pitcher and
a catcher, but Shannon says he will havo
them If they aro In tho woods.
Tho Eastern league has twenty-three
postponed games already, as a result of
thp worst May weather In many years.
Be ronton, yprlngflcld.' and Providence
of Pompadour" Jim for famo In the
sporting world. Joo Is fast gaining a rep
utation for his own c&Ich will rival that
of his big brother.
Tim Hurst and Hughey Jennings wero
tossing such posies as "dub," "stiff" nnd
tho nameless etceteras with trimmings
in ono of tho games between tho Colts
and Orioles In Chicago on Monday. But
tho two little Pennsylvania Turks wero
as enamored of each other as a bridal
team, and on tho way from Chicago
Hughey told Tim what a lovely gamo
tho rusty-faced Tim had umpired In Chi
cago, and Tim responded with tho bou
quet that Hughey was tho only short
stop In tho Major league.
"A comedian In the grandstand at Chi
cago gavo Joo Corbett an lnshoot in that
last gamo of ours with tho Orioles," says
Undo Anson. "In tho fifth tho Colts
mingled with Joe's ourves nnd whacked
out two triples and a single. Joe's heart
began to beat as speedily as Snapper
coming Into tho stretch, and ho delib
erately quit and walked to tho bench.
As ho scuffled 'to his scat, a fog-horn
bnrltono In the rear of tho stand did tho
Georgo Slier act over Brother Joo and
counted him out. But Ed Hanlon wouldn't
havo It that way, .and he mado Brother
Joo finish tho game."
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