Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-06-18


Maott Struck out-Freeand, q; Scranton, 2.
Double plays-Tighe to Smith; Cough to Miller,
to Howley. Passed bas-Ketrick, Hetferan, g
Time-210. Umpre-Bonner.
The reporter of the PLAIN Speaker who
contributed an account of the Scranton
-Freeand game to his paper on Monday
is evidently a seldom visitor to base
ball in this section, and is unaccustomed
to the ways of the patrons of the sport
or he would not have said that "The
crowd was very boisterous in its applause
of the home team, and was also very
rude in the treatment given to the visi-
tors" While it is true that much more
applause was bestowed on the home
players than on their opponents it was
part of the audience, or an eagerness to
discourage the visitors, but simply be-
cause it was well merited and more
opportunities given for it. The several
good plays of the visitors on the diamond
and fly catches in the field were appre-
ciated by shouts and yells equal to that
given at any time to the home club.
The audience that usually assemblies
at the park is not of the kind to jeer and
ridicule every blunder made by the
visiting club, and to the great mojority
of them it makes no difference which
team wins providing good game is put
up. There has been great many games
played in Freeland but none of the
visiting clubs have found any reason to
complain of their treatment by the
audience and Sunday was no exception
to previous occasions.
The Sentinel of Monday evening also
had an article about the game here on
Sunday but confined its report more to
denunciation of the audience and UNI
pire than to the merits of the players or
the features of the game. After men,
tioning what clubs were playing it COM
ments as follows: "The game was
bitter one and the treatment accorded
the visitors was outrageous. A few
strangers gave an occasional cheer for
the visiting club but their voices were
Immediately drowned with the bolster
Gus yels of the Freeland enthusiasts.
The umpire favored Freeland in his de-
cisions and this accounts for the score
standing to their favor at the close"
What luck the proprietor of the Sen
hneL has had to secure such good, charit-
able, justice-loving young men, as the
writer of the above, to work on his paper
and edo up' the Sunday games on this
side. The one whom he sent here on
Sunday must be an exception to the
general run of the ympathizers-w the
under-dog correspondents of the Halle
ton publications, or he was made ex-
tremely happy by his visit to Freeland,
when he had so much pity for the visit
ing club as to attempt to drag the umpire
into contempt because they lost the game.
Whether or not the Sentinel bears any
i'll feeling towards the Freeland club or
its patrons we cannot authoritatively say
but from its criticisms of every game it
seems probable that they anxiously
await every opportunity to slur the UNI
pire and charge the home team with
winning by favors from him. Umpire
Bonner has been in the service of the
Freeland Association since its inception
and has given entire satisfaction to the
many clubs before whom he has appear
ed, but since the time when Hazleton
used to send partially debilitated club
here, and they would be beaten by the
home team, a few never-ending kickers
from that side have always found fault
with the umpire's work and had their
views vented in the Sentinel. This is the
only reason that can be assigned for the
biased item printed above as the state
ments it makes are false and discredited
| by every one who was present.