THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MORNING, A.UGKJSr 4, 1897.
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In (be World of
EASTERN LEAGUE
BASE BALL GAMES
AII.Fourof the First Division Clubs Woo
.' Yesterday.
MINORS KEGP UP THEIR SLIDE
llcfitcit In the Opening tSnmo nt Ilnf-fnlo-.Wllla-s-Ilnrro
(Jots a Thor
ough Lambasting at Toronto.
StriiRClc fr Second l'tiico Continues
to Ho Close nnd Uncertain.
Results.
Iluffalo o Scranton 3
Springfield 9 Montreal S
Syracuse s Providence 3
Toronto- 18 Wllkes-Ilarre 4
I'crccntngo Ilccoril.
1. W. I.. I'.C.
Syracuse M 63 S3 .ilS
Toronto S2 4S 31 .SS.".
lyiucdio :..;.: s 37 .s70
Springfield "3 41 31 Mi
l'rovldunce ... 82 VI 40 .J12
Bornnton iS 31 4t ,45'
Slonttenl "9 3D 4U .3D
Wllkes-B.irro 78 JJ C3 .2M
sports.
Montreal, 9; Springfield, 13. Time 2.03.
Umplrc-Tlp O'Neill.
Sinrn Hunched Tholrlllts.P?
Syracuse. N. Y., Auk. 3. Tho Stars
bunched their lilts In the first nnd third
Innings of todoy's game, and won out
In a watk. Score:
SYRACUSE.
A.U. H. H. O. A. K.
EaRan. 2b 3 10 3 10
Garry, cf 4 2 2 3 0 1
Smith, 3b 4 1 2 3 u 2
Lczotte, rf 4 12 2 0 0
Earl, lb 4 0 0 14 0 0
Hannon, If 3 0 3 0 0 0
Schlebeck, ts 2 0 10 7 1
Shaw, c 3 0 0 2 10
Lnmpo, p 3 0 10 11
Totals
Welgand, 2b.
Lyons, cf. ...
Knight, If. ...
Dixon, c
Ilrauby, lb. .
Cooney, us. ..
Hassett, 3b. .
Coognn, rf. .
Huddcrhnm, p,
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30 6- 11
PROVIDENCE.
A.H. R. H
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tandem blcyclo took place. The lucky
number was held by William Marsh, wha
held number 174. A committee consist
ing of C, J. Jennings, H. Jacob Malltoux,
A. C. Mortons, of 1'hlladclphln, end J. L.
Haldcrman, conducted the drawing. Tho
numbers were placed into a box and
drawn out separately, tho last number
being tho winner.
AMATEUR BALL NOTES.
SCRANTON CLUB
MAY BE DISBANDED
Owners Tired of Betrayal of Trust by
the Players.
TOMORROW NIQIIT TO DECIDE IT
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Sf'RANTO'N AT HCITALO.
WJtlKi:S-llARRE AT TORONTO.
- SrttlNCrKIBI.D AT MONTREAL.
I'ROVIDENCE AT SYRACl'SE.
POP MORSE ALAS.
Even, tils Crack South Paw Couldn't
Sprag the Miners' Merry
Slide.
Buffalo, N. Y.. Aug. 3. The Risons
turned nvr a new lenf todny and won
easily from Scranton. A home run,
three and two-bnggers show that the
locals like Mor.se. Score:
BUFFALO.
AH
Clymer, cf 4
Grey, rf 5
Gllboy, If 5
Wife, 21i S
GromlnKSr, 3b 3
Vlold. lb 3
Slllllvnn, ss 5
Krquhart, c 3
McPartlln. p 4
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Totals' '. 41 10 1G 27 12
SCRANTON.
A H. R. H.
Walters, cf 4
Heard, ss 4
Homier, 2b 4
CUassoy, lb 3
JJgan, If 4
O'Hrien, rf 3
Gunson, 1 4
Magulre, 3b 4
Morse, p 3
Grimn, 1
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Totals 3S
Harmon hit by batted ball.
Syracuso 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
rrovldcnco o oooojiou z
Earned runs Syracuse, 3. Two base
hits Hannon, Lampe. Stolen bases Han
non, Lezottc. Double plays Wclgnnd to
Drauby; Cooney to Drnuby. First on
balls Off Lamp?, 3; Ruddcrhnm, 3. Lett
on bases Syracuse, 3; Providence, 13.
Time 2.20. Umpire Docscher.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
ISoiton n
Washington 7
Philadelphia 5
Pittsburg 7
New York 10
Cleveland 16
Chicago 7
Results.
... 11 Washington 5
lioston s
Baltimore 2
Cincinnati 6
Brooklyn a
Louisville 5
St. Louis a
3 10 24 10
2 4
3 0
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Totals 31
Hatted for Morse In ninth.
HtilTalo 0 0 3 10
Scranton 0 0 0 0 0
Earned runs Buffalo, C; Scranton, 2.
Two base liltrf Uremlnger. Gllboy. Threo
liaso hits Mcl'artlln, Sullivan, Bonner.
Homo run Clymer. Passed ball Gunson.
Wild pltch-Moree. Haso on balls-Off
Mol'artlln, 1; off Morse, 3. Hit by pitcher
O'Brien. Struck out Hy Morse, 2; by
Mcl'artlln, 4. Loft on bases Buffalo, !:
Scranton, (i. Double plays Mcl'artlln to
Wlso to Field: Field (unassisted): Mn
gulre to Ronncr to Massey. Sacrifice hit
Gllboy. Sttlen bases-Gllboy, Urtiuhart.
First on errors Buffalo, 3, Umpire Ma.
eon. Time 1.30.
W. L. I'.C.
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53 27 .Wi
52 2S .630
49 31 .013
43 37 .513
41 43 .477
3S 44 .403
40 47 .WO
33 CO .132
31 43 .415
31 52 .373
22 CO .230
N'ilkos-ilnrre Awful Easy.
Toronto. Ont., Auk. 3. Toronto gave
Wllkes-Harre an awful thrashing today,
pounding Coughlin for llfteen hits aiM
Hetts for eight. Toronto made nlno runs
off nlno hits, and three errors In tho first
Inning. Score:
TORONTO.
A B. R. H. O. A. E.
Casey, c 0 12 5 0 0
White, If G 3 2 4 0 0
McO.inn, lb 5 2 3 4 0 0
McHale, f 0 13 5 10
Freeman, rf 3 1 2 1 0 1
Smith. 3b 5 12 10 2
Wagner, ss 0 12 12 0
Taylor, 2b 5 3 4 0 2 1
Williams, i) 3 2 3030
Totals 4D IS 23 27 8 4
W1LKES-UARRE.
A H. R. H. O. A. E.
Hottenus, If 4 0 16 0 0
Shannon, 2b 3 112 3 0
!M coney, rf 3 0 12 0 0
Uoeckel, lb 3 2 2 8 10
Hetts, cf. & p 4 0 12 10
Digging, c 3 0 0 4 0 0
. Atherton. 31 3 10 0 0 0
MrMahon, hs 3 0 1 3 3 1
Coughlin, p 2 0 0 0 11
Odwell, cf 2 0 0 10 0
Totals 30 1 7 27 0 2
Toronto 9 0 3 2 10 12 0-18
Wllkcs-Hirro 0 O0110 2 0O-4
A. E.
Earned runs Toronto, 9. Two baso
hits-Casey, White, Smith, Taylor. Wil
liams, Goeckel. Three base hits Taylor,
Wagner. Stolen bases Cahey. 2; White,
3: Wagner, 2. Doublo plays Coughlin to
Ooi'Cktl to Ulgglns; McMahon to Shannon
to Goeckel. FItst on balls-Off Williams;
off Coughlin, 3; off Hetts, 2. Hit by pitch,
er McGann, Smith, Casey, Atherton, Bot
tcnus. Struck out Hy Williams, 2:by
;O0ghlln, 2: by Hetts, 1. Wild pltcHlf
uTaylor," Hetts, 2; Williams, 2. Left bn
bases Toronto, 11; Wllkes-Barre, 8. Time
j.-2,00. Umpire Swartwood.
f Costly. Montreal Errors.
Montreal, Quo., Aug. 3. Two bad or
"Vrors, combined with Montreal's Inability
. to bunch lilts, gavo the game to Sprlng-,-fleld
today. Score:
MONTREAL.
A.H. II. II. O,
Shannon? bs, ,..,.,,. 4
, Lynch, If 4
' Shearon, rf. 5
. Dooley, lb 5
Rlchter, cf 4
Henry, 2b 5
. Smith, 3b 3
Hcrger.'c 3
Gannon, p 4
McNamara, cf 1
'. Totals 30 C 13 21 12
SPRINGFIELD,
;.. ., A.U. R. H.
Fuller, ss 3 11
Green, If Gil
Hannon, rf. G 0 3
TJrouthert), lb 6 2 4
Rogers, 2b Gil
Gilbert, 3b 5 3 2
Smith, cf 4 0 1
Nichols, c 3 13
Dolan? p. ,,,, 3 0 0
1'crccntngc ltccord
P.
Boston 81
Haltlmoro 80
Cincinnati 0
New York 80
Cleveland 2
Philadelphia f6
Pittsburg 82
Chicago 87
Louisville 88
Brooklyn 82
Washington 83
St.. Louis SS
-Todny's Cnme.
Washington at Brooklyn.
St. Louis at Chicago.
Pltteburg at Cincinnati.
Cleveland at Louisville.
Phillies' Ilooodoo Overcome.
BaltImore,.Md., August 3. Philadelphia
smashed the "hoo doo' today nnd suc
ceeded, after twenty-two Ineffectual ef
forts, In capturing a game from tho Cham
pions. Tho Quakers outbatted and out-
tlelded the home team. Score: R.H.E.
Haltlmoro 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1210 2
Philadelphia 10 0 3 0 0 10 0315 1
Batteries Hoffer and Clarke: Orth and
Boyle. Umpire O'Duy.
lioston nnd Washington llrcnlc Even.
Washington, Aug. 3. Tho errors made
by tho Senators in tho first gamo weru
numerous and of a mirth provoking de
scription. In the second Swalm proved
somowhnt of a surprise, and tho fielding
of tho locals Improved. Scores:
First gamo R.H.E.
Washington 0 2000000 3-5 8 11
Boston 34 0 11200 0-1112 2
Batteries McJames and Farrel; Lewis
nnd Bergen. Umpire Emslio.
Second game R.H.E.
Washington 0 0 112 10 11-711 3
Boston 1000022005 S 1
Batteries Swalm nnd Magulro; Stlvctts,
Nichols and Lake. Umpire 'Emslio.
Hrowns Were Outplayed.
Chicago, Aug. 3. Tho Colts again out
played the Hrowns at all points, and wen
as they pleased. Score: R.H.E.
Chicago 01 1 1 01 0 3-7 13 0
St. Lou3 0000010 102 7 3
Batteries Friend and Donohue; Hart
and Murphy. Umpire Pfetfer.
Bridegrooms Couldn't Touch Rusio.
cw York. Aug. 3. l' our hits were all
the Brooklyns could get off Rusle's de
livery In .n postponed gumo nt tho Polo
ground this afternoon. Score: R.H.E.
New York 1 0 2 10 2 4 0 -10 10 0
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0-2 i 4
Batteries Rusle and Wilson; Payne and
Grim. Umplie McDonald.
Colonels' Pitching Vt'ns Oil' Color.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 3. Tho Colonels
pltehlng coips were decidedly off today.
Magoo forced three runs ncross the plato
with bases on balls and made two wild
pitches In tho seventh Inning. Score:
R.H E.
Cleveland 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 13 3
Louisville 000 1004 0-511 8
Batteries Young and Zlmmcr: Magee,
Miller nnd Wilson. Empire Hurst. (Called
at eighth Inning on account of darkness.)
Fun nt Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, O., Aug. 3. Tho Pirates de
feated tho Heils In un exciting game to
day. Owing to tho non-appearance of a
regular umpire, Dwyer and Sugden of
ficiated and the result was constant kick
ing throughout the game. Score:
R.H.E.
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 4 10 10612 1
Pittsburg 10000303 07 11 2
Batteries Rhlnes and Peltz; Hawley
and Merrltt. Umpires Sugden and Dwyer.
ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
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1 1 S 0 0
0 3 10 0
0 2 6 0 0
2 0 10 0
13 3 2 1
0 2 3 10
0 0 3 4 1
0 0 0 3 0
0 0 0 10
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Tota'.s 33 9 IS 27
Montreal 0 002000126
Springfield 0 1300320 9
Earned runj-Montreal, 2; Springfield, I.
Two base hits Smith (Montreal), nrouth
ers. Home runs Green, Rlgers, Gilbert.
Passed balls Bcrser. Bases on balls
Off Gannon, 2; oft Dolan, 3. Struck out
By Onnnon, 2; by Dolan, fl. Hit hy
pltehcr By Cannon, 3; Dolan, 1. Doublp
jdays Dolan to Droutbers. Left on baaeu
Norfolk, Vn., Aug. 3. Both Cain nnd
Amolo pitched slopply ball tolay, an!
Norfolk took both games w.... case.
Score:
First game R.H.E.
Norfolk 05 1 002 0 2 1-U 13 1
Reading 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 7 2
Batteries Newton and Snyder; Cain
nnd Heydon. Umpire Snyder.
Second game R.H.E,
Norfolk .' 4021020 01-10 15 0
Utcadlng 00 00 00 0 000 8 0
Batteries Flanmlller nnd Baickley:
Amolo nnd Heydon. Umpire Snyder,
Richmond, Va Aug, 3. The homo team
defeated tho Athletics today In an eight
Inning game by superior and timely stick
work. Score: R.H.E.
Richmond 0 0 13 0 10 2-712 2
Athletics 0000 0103-4 11 2
Batteries Stockdale and Foster; Amen
and Fox.
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 3. Hartford won
from Paterson today by .playing1 better
ball. Scors: R.H.E.
Hartford 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 -3 8 0
Paterson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1
Batterles-Fry and Roach; Vlan and
Touhey. Umpire Mace.
Newark, N. J., Aug. 3. Newark won out
in the twelfth Inning today, after their
sloppy fielding had nil but given the
game away, Score: R.H.E,
Newark .......2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1- P 14 8
Lancaster 00002000200 0- 10 3
Batterles-Cognn and Rothfuss; Cl.iusen
and Wento. Umpire Betts.
The Sliders accept tho challenge of the
Violets and will play them on their
grounds nt 2.30.
Tho Nonpniclls, of. Prlceburg, defeated
tho Athletics, of o.fphant, on Aug. 1,
on tho Prlcsburg grounds by tho scoro
of 12 to 8. Tho features of the gamo was
tho fielding of tho home team, and tho
Pitching of Cultert, nllowlng but four
hits off his delivery. Score: R.H E.
Nonpnrelli 3 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 2
Athletics 000 100 14 2-8 4 7
Batteries, Culbert, Hall and Hall,
O'Hara. Sheridan and Ducnn. Umnire.
Judge.
Tho Nonpareils, of Prlceburg, challenge
any of tho following clubs to play ball
nt Prlceburg or on nny other grounds
which they prefer on Aug. 8: Central City,
West Side Browns, South Side team or
Mluooka team. Answer In tomorrow's
Tribune. T. Hall, mannger.
Tho Falcons, of tho South Side, would
llko to nrrango 11 gam with nny of tho
following teams, to piny on Llttlo Mines
grounds, on Aug. 8 nt 2 o'clock: Tho Ro
settes, Lilacs nnd Emeralds, of South
Sldo; Volunteers and Cowboys, of Peters
burg; West Sldo Sliders, Young Harmon
ics, Young Corbetts, Young Americans,
Scranton Juniors, Athletics, Little Eng
land Stars, Mystics, Black Diamonds or
No. 30 school, or In fact any club In tho
city under 15 years of age. Will play n
return game: If any of tho above clubs
accept this challenge take Stone avenue
car to tho end of line. Answer In The
Tribune. Leo Snyder, captain; A. Hoff
man, manager.
Tho Ontnrlos, of Peckvllle, would llko
to play the Halfords, of tho same pla'o
somo tlmo this week for $10 or J23. Mike
Welsh, captain, mannger.
Tho Halford club, of Peckvllle, and tho
Ontario club played an Interesting game
on tho ground of tho former yesterday,
the Ontario team winning by the score
of 19 to 3. Tho feature of the gamo was
tho plnylng of Griffith end Welsh, of the
Ontarlos. Batteries for tho Halfords,
Burko and Gillespie: for tho Ontarlos,
Murray, Rollins and Duggan.
The Olyphant Browns will play the
Moosic Populais nt the Olyphant park
Friday, Aug. C. Thomas Weehan, man
ager. Tho Athletics, of Bcllovue, challenge
any club In Lackawanna county under
17 years of ago, to a gamo on the Ath
letics' grounds Aug. 8, tho Sliders or
Little Ei gland Stars preferred. James
Burke, manager.
The Sailor Boys, of the West Side, de
feated th-3 Alerts on Sunday, Aug. 1, on
Gammon's Hill, by tha scoro of 9-0. Bat
teries, Forgeny and Jones, for Sailors;
Shea nnd Grnney, for Alerts. J. Forgeng,
captain.
Tho James Boys have reorganized for
the sca3on. They wouM llko to play tho
Harmonies, Lackawannns, Eurekas,
Moosles or South Sides Aug. 8. John Cav
annugh, captain. Pleaso answer through
Tho Tribune.
Tho James Boys -would like to have
tho West Scranton Athletlcp give them a
return game on the James Boys' grounds.
Answer through The Tribune. Tnomas
Mortoe, mana3or; John Cavanaugh, cap
tain. Ono of tho most exciting games or ball
that has ever been played In Dunmoro
took placo Sunday afternoon on tho Balla
Head before a largo crowd, between tha
Dunmore Nonpareils and Apollos, of
Scranton. It took ten Innings to decide
tho game. The Nonpareils came out vic
torious by the score of 14 to 12. The win
ning run was made when two men were
out. Batteries were Thornton, Calson
and P.iyton, Connors and Gilbert. Um
pires, McGIU and Thornton.
The Dunmoro Nonpareils will play tho
Apollos Aug. 8 on tho Apollos grounds,
Scranton.
W. S. Anthracites 5 0 1 3 3 1 0 1-H
West Side Stars 1 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 0-11
Batteries Williams and Hopkins, Dur
can, Jones nnd Phillips.
The Anthracite challenge the Young
Americans, of Olyphant, for Sunday, Aug.
8. nt 3.30 on the Olyphant grounds. J. P.
Williams, manager.
Tho Taylor Reds challenge the Oly
phant Browns for a game of ball on the
lntter's grounds Frldny afternoon nt 3
o'clock.' Answer through The Tribune.
Tho Lilacs of South Scranton challenge
tho West Scranton Sliders to a game
Aug. 8, at 2 o'clock, on our grounds.
Will glvo a return game. Answer through
this paper. F, Reap, mannger; M. Raf
ter, captain.
Tho Lilacs of South Scranton challenge
the Base Stealers of tho same place to
a gamo Aug. 8, nt 10.30 o'clock, on the
Stars' grounds. Answer through this
paper. F. Reap, manager; M. Rafter,
captain.
Camp 430 base ball club accepts the
challenge of camp 178 to a gamo of base
ball at Camp 333 excursion, at Lake Ariel,
on Aug. 11. AVIIllam Smith, captain.
Sporting Editor of Tho Tribune.
Concerning a base ball matter I would
llko to say a few words. About three
months ago there was an amateur league
of clubs organized between Simpson and
Archbald. and each club was to play an
equal number of games, and tho club
winning tho most games -was to receive
a prize offered by tho Traction company,
of Carbondale. No players were to be
allowed to play outside of their own town
with any other clubs In the league. On
theso conditions I, as manager of tho
Hickories, withdrew because a few of the
latter's players from out of town had
played theso last ten years with" them.
After that thero was not a club In the
league that did not break the rules,
which everybody knew, but tho opinion
of the people was that all of tnem were
afraid of the eld Hickories. Tho nlfcht
the first meeting wa3 held the Hickories
could not enter. Manager McDonald chal
lenged tho club that would win tho pen
nant to play a series of three or five
games In Alumni park for twenty-flvo
dollars. Now that Archbald Is tho win
ner, I hereby challenge the Sunsets, of
Archhald, to play a series of three games
in Alumni park for twcnty-flvo dollars a
side, the first game to be played on the
12th of this month at 3.30 o'clock.
Yours truly,
F. J. McDonald,
Manager of tho Hickories.
Jennyn, Pn Aug. 2,
."loctlng of Eastern LcnRiio Dlroctors
.liny Ho Held in This City--If tho
Owners Don't Throw Up tho Spongo
Thoy Will Dismiss Sovcrnl Plnyors
niul Finish tho Sonsou Under Re
duced Expenses.
wheel Is a single blcyclo rim, having a
four nnd one-half Inch pneumatic tire.
Tho Idea of the game Is to dflve this
play wheel from tho center field,
through aftnek of opponents, to a goal
ahead, the riders using sticks made
especially for tho game. Tho ends of
tho alley ways are the goals for tho
respective teams. Players ride In sin
gle file and always circle to the left.
Thus the two trains nro constantly
meeting and passing each other In op
posite directions on tho upper sides of
the alley way. Experts only should
attempt this sport, excellence In which
can only bo attained by those who are
thoroughly nt homo In the saddle.
C0RBETT A SPRINTER.
Possibly tomorrow night It will bo de
cided whether or not the Scranton
base bnll club will finish the'seopon In
the Eastern league. The decision will
bo reached In this city when it la prob
nble thnt a meeting of the league di
rectors will be held.
The Scranton owners have tired of
putting good money Into the game and
getting less than their outlay In re
turn. Their loss on the season has
not been as large as reported, but It
has amounted to a considerable sum
and the men who put their money Into
tho club have tired of the lack of pat
ronage and betrnynl of trust bestowed
on tho players and will take tho only
common-sense way out of the muddle.
They will either quit on Saturday and
pay and release the players or dismiss
n number of them and finish the sea
son under hope of selling tho franchise
In September.
One of tho owners made tho following
statement to a Tribune reporter:
"We assumed the ownership of the
club on the principle that It could bo
made a winning aggregation by means
of a liberal policy. In this we have
been mlstnken. Our lnstructjons to
Manager Griffln were such that the
players would be handled on the same
basis as would be employed In ordinary
lines of business. They were to be
treated as men nnd on the 'honor'
principle but I am free to confess that
our liberality has been nbused and,
we believe, with tho result that the
team occupies Its present low standing
In the race.
ON BUSINESS PRINCIPLES.
"The Scranton association did not
enter the base ball business In order to
make money. We did not want to lose
It, but we did hope to give this city a
winning club and come out even. We
hoped to do it without playing Sunday
base ball and to do It along the lines
usually adopted by business men In
ordinary Hne3 of business. Falling In
this we cannot see our way clear to
stick to the enterprise along Its pres
ent lines.
"Some time ago we notified PresM"nt
Powers that we were ready to sell the
Scranton franchise. In the event of
Its being unsaleable we proposed to
dismiss several high-salaried players
and to finish the season at reduced ex
penses. We want to do this In pref
erence to dropping the franchise which
may be sold to advantage at the end
of the season."
Such was the substance of an Inter
view granted a reporter for The Tri
bune. Tho gentleman who gave the
Interview was unwilling to talk more
explicitly. He did say, however and
In no uncertain terms that no fault
had been found with Manager Griffln,
who had looked after the players and
managed the club according to general
directions given him. It is known.how
ever, that the owners have been In
formed of dissipation on the part of at
least two pitchers, two Infielders and
one outfielder, and have received the
information with sufllclent repugnance
to decide to dispense with the services
of the most guilty of those players or
throw the whole outfit to the dogs.
That's the way the owners feel about
it.
CLUB RETURNS FRIDAY.
The club will return from its trip and
open at home on Friday with Provi
dence, according to schedule. But
what Is to happen after the Providence
series depends entirely on the result of
the prospective meeting of Eastern
league directors In this city tomorrow.
Ho Wins n Itnco Against llnrry .Mad
dux nt Asbury Park.
Asbury, Park, N. J., Aug. 3. Five
thousand persons nttended the national
circuit race meet at the Asbury Park
athletlo grounds today. Moro than un
usual Interest centered In the meet be
causo It was tho preclude to the na
tional championship races to be de
cided In Philadelphia this week.
The half mllo match race between
James J. Corbett, the prize fighter, and
Henry Maddox, of Asbury Park, was
ono of the principle events of tho day.
Maddox gave Corbett about 250 yards
in a half mile dash. Corbett won amid
loud applause. Time, 1.02 2-3.
The most exciting event was the one
mile open professional won by Bald
with Butler a close second. Sum
mary: One-third mile dash, professional, final
heat, won by Eddlo Bald, Buffalo; O. L.
Stevens, Ottumwa, Ia second; O. S. Kim
ball, Louisville, third. Time, 13 2-5.
Ono-mllo open, professional, final heat,
won by Eddie Bald; Nat Butler, Cam
bridge, Mass., second; O. L. Stevens,
third; F. C. Hoyt, Pittsburg, fourth. Time,
2.14 2-5.
Two-mile handicap, professional, final
heat, won by 'Nat Butler; C. S. Wells, San
Fronclsco, second; E. F. Goodman, third;
C. R. 'Newton, fourth. Time, 4.40.
PEARL ONWARD'S
SENSATIONAL RUN
Lively
Events at the
Races.
Columbus
ALL PACING RECORDS EQUALLED
Tho Fastest llcnt Trotted This
Benson Is Recorded in tho 2.12
Trot.-Grnco Ilnstings Tnkos tho
Second In i!.08--Florco nnd Hast
ings tho Fnvorttcs.
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Racing No Child's Play.
Your scientific French trainer now
applies a rhlnometer to the nose of his
charge, being thereby enabled to meas
ure the exact amount of air the racer
breathes through his nose, says tho
Wheel. If this be less than the trainer
thinks It should be, practice to Increase
the same Is tried; If that succeeds not,
then electrical cauterization and en
largement of tho nasal passages is re
sorted to. Verily, racing nowadays Is
no child's play or happy-go-lucky affair.
BICYCLE GOSSIP.
SYSTEM MAGNATES KICK.
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Sny Their Clubs Are Handicapped by
the Arrangement or tho Schedule.
There Is not much chance of a wes
tern club getting a high place In the
league race. They are handicapped
because tho real finish Is on eastern
diggings, says the Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph. They say that this Is tho
last year that a western club Is going
to take the handicap of finishing in the
east for such an extreme trip. Presi
dent Brush, of Cincinnati; Hart.of Chi
cago; Pulllam, of Louisville; Von der
Abe, of St. Louis, and Robinson, of
Cleveland, have all reached the same
conclusion, and when the time for tho
next leugue meeting comes around
they will all be in line.
They assert that hereafter there are
going to be three trips of each club In
stead of two between the east and
west. There will be several advan
tages to this, the chief, of course, that
it will be an evener of conditions. No
club will get rooted to the home
grounds, and It will not make a great
deal of difference where the clubs go
for tho last games, whether the close
comes in tho east or in the west. At
the most no clubs'wlll be at home moro
than three weeks at the close.
JOKE ON ARLIE.
An ingenious Frenchman has patent
ed a home trainer which can be trans
formed Into a sofa, Two rollers are
mounted between the legs of the sofa,
carrying an endless belt of canvas.
When the bicycle Is placed over tho
rollers It Is supported by adjustable
uprights fixed to the two opposite sides
of the sofa frame, and so nttached to
the seat mast by a short rod turning
on a universal Joint as to permit tho
bicycle a limited lateral motion in
Imitation of actual riding.
As far as tho technical part of cycling
Is concerned Chauncey Depew as yet
scarcely knows a sprocket from a span
ner, but he says that he Is learning
rapidly and will soon be able to talk
about makes, gears, rams' horn or
turned-up handle-bars and saddles.
Two cyclesmlths are attached to the
company of French military cyclers.
They ride a coupled bicycle, and carry
spare nuts, tires, air chambers, flies,
hammers and other articles to repair
the machines. A van Is attached to
the company containing a portable
forge, a box of ammunition and spare
wheels, together with the men's knap
sacks and officers' valises.
Somo woman who affects the blcyclo
has discovered that a small piece of
brass chain, light in weight, tacked
to the Inside of the hem of the blcyclo
skirt before It Is turned up and stitched
Is Just the proper thing for keeping the
skirt down. It does not wear holes In
the material, like lead and heavy
weights.
Everything considered, the best thing
to do with a chain that has stretched
to any considerable degree Is to throw
it away. When a bicycle chain reach
es that point in Its career, when prop
er pitch is no longer one of Its quali
ties, the worst thing that can happen
to tho running parts of a bicycle has
happened. A chain that Is stretched
until It Is nil out of pitch, not only
Is the cause of a very miserable trans
mission of power, but It very quickly
cuts the sprocket teeth until they, too,
retnln no semblance of their former
size, shape and pitch.
With Col. Wntson's Indorsement the
cycling members of the Thirteenth
Regiment, New York, hnve organized a
bicycle corps that bids fair to outshine
any body of military wheelmen In the
State, If not in the country. There are
about 250 cyclists In the regiment, and
many of them have been associated
with the corps, which has been In ex
istence for some time. This, however,
had never been regularly organized,
and the Idea of having all tho cyclists
In the regiment in it prompted a re
organization. This took place on Wed
nesday evening at the Thirteenth's ar
mory In Brooklyn, the colonel of the
regiment having enthusiastically ap
proved of the plan.
Columbus, O., Aug, 3. Thero was
sdisatlonal racing again today at the
Columbus driving pork.
Pearl Onward won the fifth heat to
day In a sensational finish, equalling
the pacing record for mares, 2.00V4.
made by Pearl C. and Lottlo Lorraine
In the 2.09 pace at tho grand circuit
meeting on the Columbus track Inst
year. Pearl Onward would probably
have won the race had not her driver,
Spears, been so badly hurt by an acci
dent while starting Rene In tho 2.24
trot that he could not drive again.
Splan drove Pearl Onward the next
two heats and she broke In each heat,
allowing Nlcol B. to win the heats and
race In slower time. The fastest heat
trotted this season was recorded in tho
2.12 trot, Grace Hastings taking tho
second heat In 2.0SV4. This was tho real
race of the day, Elore and Hastings
being equal favorites and both heavily
backed to win.
Summaries:
2.11 class, pacing; purse, $1,500 (unfin
ished yesterday)
Nlcol B, b. h.,,by Atcalus-
Hawthorno UMcLaugh-
Un) A 17 12 18 12 11..
Pearl Onward 10 18 1 3 1 3 2
Billy C 1 117 13 12 2 3
Eyelet 2 2 7 14 13 ro
Miss Flnley 3 5 8 2 2 ro
Castleton 10 3 2 7 4 ro
Sir Edwin Arnold I 8 4 4, 8 ro
Mlgnon 11 4 G 10 11 ro
Wentworth 6 15 G 5 C ro
Adam 8 1110 12 5 ro
Jim Kennedy G 7 9 9 9 ro
Hal Crago 13 9 11 6 10 ro
Lena Hill T 16 11 11 7 ro
Belle T 19 13 3 17 dr
White Lino 12 6 15 8 dr
King Lud IS 17 13 1G dr
Fannie Dumas 14 11 16 15 dr
Pattle D 9 10 12dr
Lady Eugenia 15 dls
Timo: 2.0SU. 2.09H, 2.10V. 2.09V4. 2.06V4,
2.1Hi. 2.U&.
2.20 class, pacing; purse, $1,300
Josephine, b. m., by Muslc-Kltter
Midnight by Kansas Wilkes (Dlck-
ercon) 1
Light Star 2 3
Nora L 3 2
Palmyra Boy 0 0
Miss Margaret 4 4
T D 10 5
Belle West 5 '
W H G- 7 8
Frank Patchen 8 7
Van Loon UlOdr
Allen W 11 dr
Asa S 12 dr
Omega dls.
Time: 2.1PL 2.10U, 2.10Vi.
2.12 class, trotting; purse, J1.500.
Floree, ch. m., by Axtell-Flor-ence
McGregor by Robert Mc
Gregor (Saunders) 1 2
Derby Princess 7 4
Grace Hastings 3 1
Fred B 4 3
Cephas 2 6
Walter S 6 6
Chance 5 1
Time: 2.09V4. 2.08V4, 2.10Vi, 2.10U,
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222 WYOMING AVENUE
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G000 WHEELS CHEAP
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Jurlsch's Is the place. These prices talk
for themselves. All wheels guaranteed and
nro '07 goods.
List. Selling Price
Olives, $100.00 : $ 70.00
Gnlcs, $S0.00 55.00
Stormci-s, $75.00 G0.00
Suburbans, $05.00 40.00
Stunners, $00.00 49.00
Winners, $50.00 39.00
Nuggets, $00.00 27.50
Orients, $100.00 100.00
Trinities, $100.00 100.00
Positively the Cheapest Placo In Scranton to
Purchase a GOOD Wheel,
324 Spruce St.
In Jermyn Building.
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2.21 class, trotting; purse. $1,500.
The Monk, b. g., by Chlmes-Golcl
finch (Goers) 1 1 1
Grand Baron 2 2 6
Red Star 4 3 2
Pastoral 3 5 4
Nancv Time 5 4 3
Berkshire Chimes 6 1 5
Wnlter Kinir 8 G 7
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Time: 2.12U. 2.11V4. 2.12V.
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Hittenbnhder Tniidom Drnwlnor.
A largo crowd gstherad at Blttenbend
er's bicycle store, on Franklin avenue,
last evening when the drawing of 11
LAKE ARIEL
THURSDAY, AUG. 5.
Trains will ruu from the
the Erie and Wyoming Val
ley depot as follows: 8.45,
in.; 1.30, 2.28 and
a.
9.00
5.30 p. m. Return from
lake 6.45, 7,45 and 8,45 p. m.
Famous Ilnso linll Clown Hits the
Tnbles Turned On Him.
Jnck Welch played a Joke on Latham
at Mansfield, O. Welch received his
release papers but he scratched his own
nam'e out and inserted "Arlle Latham."
Then ho sent the paper to "Jolly Arlle."
The paper requested that all prop
erty belonging to tho club bo brought
to nurns' ofllce at once. Arlle packed
up his traps and "toted" them to the
office. "What are you doing horo7"
demanded Jere Burns. "Well, I got my
release, and hero Is my uniform, etc.,"
vouchsafed Arlle. Explanations follow
ed and Arlle appreciated the Joke that
Welch had perpetrated.
LIGHT AND HEAVV BICYCLES.
Euch Ilns Its Uscs--Tlio lluycr
Should Use Judgement.
Every man who thinks he must buy
as light a wheel as possible had better
ponder a while. The fastest machine
la not always tho lightest. Rigidity
Is a most Important factor, and the
lack of It frequently is more potent in
slowing a machlno than several pounds
of extra weight. Very light machines
aro only fast when made by the best
makers and ridden by experienced
men. A light wheel, too, must bo hu
mored over rough ground.
As a rule the minimum weight that
can be safely ridden in a relative
quantity depends upon the conditions
of the road and the weight of the rider.
Heavier machines will always wear
better than light ones.
BARBOUR'S.
High Grade Wheels on
easy terms.
425 Lackawanna Avenue
New Lot
Crash
Hats and Caps,
Negligee
Shirts
NICHOLS, THE BOSTON TWIRLER.
Vcnr in nnd Year Out He Ilns Pitched
Good Hall.
Base ball men lately have boon agree
ing on one point. They declare that
Nichols of Boston, Is the greatest pitch
er living. Nichols has always been
rated as being a great twlrler.
Year In and year out for the past six
or seven seasons ho has pitched winn
ing ball, never once having a bad year
or compelled to leave the game for any
length of time on account of sickness
or Injury. He is a Mlssourl-brcd boy,
having been raised In Kansas City.
Nichols has great speed this year. In
addition he works his celebrated
"Jump" ball to perfection. Ills control
Is also a strong point.
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CONRAD'S
305 Lacka. Ave.
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NEW GAME FOR BICYCLISTS.
Here's a Wnv In Which Uxpert
Riders Cnu Display Their Skill,
An evolution of the game seen at the
Coliseum last fall has been devised by
an expert wheelman, says a Chicago
writer. The game requires a court or
field, divided into alleys. Two teams of
nlno riders each take part and the
field Is divided Into a right and a left
field, with the courses chalked out
plainly. An alley way, constructed of
ropes or cables, extends from the upper
to the lower field on tho division line
between the right and left Held. Ca
bles also form two upright sides be
tween which the play wheel rolls and
Is driven backward or forward by tho
riders In passing at any point between
tho lower and upper field. The play
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Tou-umeu will retain their lost manhood, and ol4
men will recover their youthful titoi br lutai
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neia, Lost Vitality, Impotency, Nightly Kmtulou
Lost Power, Falling Memory, Wasting Diseases, aa4
all effects of eeU-abuM or excess and lndlscretUa,
nbich unfits ono for study, business or marriage. It
not only cures by sterling at tha seat ot d-seue, but
Is a great nerve tnnlo and blood builder, bring.
Ing back the pink glow to pale cheeks and re
storing the. fire of youth. It wards off Insanity
and Consumption, Insist on hating ItKVIVO, m
other. It can be carried in vest pocket. By mslJ.i
81.00 per package, or six for SO.OO, with posit
tlo written guarantee to euro or rotund,
tho money. Circular free. Address
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At reduced prices, still continues. We liave $100.00 Bicycles ranging in price from
$50.00 to $75.00. You can buy department store bicycles at any price. We have none.
It is bad policy to buy a bicycle that will turn out to be a neck breaker. Remember,
we are' the largest dealers in the city, and can offer you better inducements than any
one in the city. Not in business for one year, but here to stay.
Sterling, Stearns, Barnes Bicycles
Are the Three Best Wheels Hade.
Bittenbender & Co., 126 and 128 Franklin Avenue
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