The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-13
EXCITING TWELVE INNING caME.
It Was Long Pull and Hard Pull, but
Our Pets Won

II Was Long Pull and a Hard Pull, but
Our Pets Won.
"Now watch me 60 out and do mp
those dubs of yours, sRid King Kelly
yesterday afternoon in the cafe under
the grand stand, as he wiped the linger-
ing drops Of ginger ale from his chest.
nut moustache.
That was before the game. When
the conflict was over and victory had
been recorded for Scranton the lordly
Michael said never a word, hut he
looked unterable things at Umpire
Rim, and the light that shown in his
eyes was not exactly kindly as he gazsd
on Pele Browning, Joe Mulvey and
other members of his:galoxy of stars Of
tile past
1t was one of the most exciting
games OF the season and twelve in
ninGs were played before Scranton
could claim it as a victory "Our pets"
got together in the twelfth and lined
out sufficient hits to bring four runs
across the home plate. After that
Kelly gave up the struggle.
IT WAS A PITCHERS BATTLE.
Hodson was the Scranton pitcher
anu Mark Baldwin did tha twirling for
the visitors Before Hodson went out
to the park he said he was going to
pitch the game Of his life, and he Ger.
tainly did do splendid work. In the
first seven innings ouly twenty.six Of
Kolly's ''Old Guard" had been at bat,
and they found the ball for oaly two
singles and double. The double and
and single were made by Browning
and Mulvey In the fourth, and enabled
the visitors TO score the only run they
obtained until the eighth inning.
During the first three innings the
home team fell an easy victim to Bald.
wins deceptive curves but in the
fourth be gave Staltz q base on balls.
Phelan's sacrifice advanced him to sec
ond and he went TO third on u wild
pitch Massey's single enabled ,Staltz
TO score, the big first baseman coming
home on Westlake's drive for three
bases. The latter died at third, Rogers
going out from Sweeney to Kelly
CHANGE IN THE SIXTH
In the Sixth Patchen scored another
ruu for the home team. He was given
base on balls, got as far as second on
what Stalz intended should be a sacri-
flee, stole third and reached the home
plate on Phelan's long drive which was
neatly trapped by Old Man Browning.
During the frat FIVE innings Kelly
hGd held down first base, bat in the
sixth he sent Milligsn to first and
dohned the mask and breast plate him.
self that he might have better oppor-
tuuity to rs2zla-daz2le the umpire
His protests and antics drew forth
shouts of derision from the audience.
1t was evident that Michasl's kingly
title did not impress them bit. Then
the beauty became angry and poutod
and shouted, but still the crowd guyed
and guyed until the only" was quite
disguised.
TROUBLE IN THE EIGHTH.
1t looked like certain victory for
Scranton until the eighth. Baldwin
went to first on Wetzel's error and
Wood followed with 6 Texas League
hit that Hogan and Phelan went for,
but between them contriyed to let fall
to the ground, Wise hunted and Pat
chen lined the bail to Westlake, who
failed to handle II properly, and Bald
win was secure on third. Then the
king went to the bat and sent fly out
TO George Staltz. II was trapped, but
before it could be returned to the in
field Baldwin had scored.
Browning then came to the rescue
with hit between Massey and Phe.
Ian, on which Wood and Wise scored.
That put the "Old Guard" in the lead.
NJ ulveY and MilligaD, the next bats
men, were put out but there was a
large, ominous cloud of gloom in the
grand staud at that time.
Massey opened the ninth inning for
the home team by going out from Mul.
vey to Milligan, but Westlake had bet
ter luck and made a single. Rogers
also went out from Mulvey to Milli-
gan, but Westlake moved up to second.
1t was Hodson's turn to bat, but Man
ager Swift directed Doran to take his
place.
DoRAN's TIMELY HIT.
1t proved wise action for Doran
hammered the ball for two. bases and
Westlske brought in the run that tied
the score. Hogan went out on fly to
Browning.
As Hodson had been taken out of the
game when Doran was sent to bat in
his place, he could not again 90 in the
box and Flanaghan was directed tC
pitch the remainder of the game. He
did superb work and was given fault
less support.
No runs were scored by either side
in the tenth or eleventh, but in the
twelfth there wRs great display OF
fireworks, Hogan flied out to Sweeney