The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-08


ing.
The two thousand persons who filed
ont Of Hogan Park at the conclusion
OF the STANDARDIZATION game yes
terday afternoon, were a very much
disgusted crowd. They had witnessed
the home team put up game that
would shame many an academic nine.
Allentown, on the contrary, put mp
irst-elas game, full Of snap and the
gst-thsre quality, 50 very essential In
winning games. King Kelly had n
good team, and better still, he put
lots Of life into his players. The eNhl-
bitiou Of the visitors yesterday was all
that could be asked for. They played
together well, and batted strongly
Their play, taken "a n whole, showed
that they were familiar with the fine
points OF the game, and they took al
vantage Of every opportunity that was
presented.
Nine ossifed men could have played
~ good a game as was put up by the
Scrantous. They showed quite plainly
that team work was an unknown feat.
ure Of the game 10 them. Swift shonld
get couple pounds OF ginger and give
each player dose. A few more such
listless games "a yesterlays will DO
much toward killing base ball IN Scran
ton from financial standpoint The
crowd yesterday turned out 10 see two
clubs play base ball They saw, in
stead. Allentown put mp a i'gst-class
up.to-Aste game Of ball. Nnl tho S-rau-
tons play puSs-in the.corner with each
other
Get your men together, MIR Swift.
tell them they are paid 10 play base
ball, and not pnus-in-the corner. buy
some ginger, secnre o couple Of good
pitchers, an in fielder or two. an out
fielder. stop profanity in the grand
stand where ladies are seated, and
there will be some inducsmeut Tor the
base bail loving people Of Scranton 20
patronizs the game.
THE STRONG WIND.
The strong wind that prevailed dur.
ing the game undou btedly caused the
felders great trouble in judging fly
balls. This was particularly notice
able in the fourth inning
The visitors had three men on bases.
with two men out Ktlroy popped up
fly that to all appearances was des.
tined to drop nesr second base Hig-
gins was called upon 10 take II. AMI
started 10 run in to make the catch
The wind caught up the ball and car.
ried 1t in toward the home plate and
he, a
in the chase after the ball, IL dropped
almost in front OF the plate with Hig-
gins, Rogers and Doran looking At
each other in amazement, and each
wondering why one OF the others hal
not taken the ball
The occupants OF the grand stand
merely groaned
OF course Kelly and his team were
gazei upon with much admiration and
wonder, especially by tho younger por-
tion Of the crowd The king was in
good humor, aud when he came to the
bat in the third inning he was loudly
cheered, The ex-aCtor snatchSl of bis
cap, leaned upon his bat and struck one
OF the attitudes he made famous in
"ODowds Neighbors"
scRANToN's FIRST RUN
The Scrantons frat scored in the sec
ond inning After Rogers had flied to
Browning, Massey singled and came
home when Wood Let Westlake's long
drive get by him. Staltz struck out
and Browning captured Higgins hit to
centre. Allentown got two In the sec
ond on Milligan's two-base hit, Null
vey's single, Moran's sacrifice and
Sweeney's out Mt first
Neither team scored in the third, but
in the next inning Rogers and West
lake came home on base on balls.
Massey's farce hit, Staltz's corking
three-bagger base on balls and
Doran's single. For the visitors,
Browning and Mulvey each singled.
Milligan reached first base on balls,
Moran's fly was captured by Higgins.
Sweeney was an easy mark for Doran
and went out on strikes. Then, as re.
corded above, Kilroy sent up u fly
that was carried by the wind out of
the reach of Higgins. who was in
structed to take it, and Browning and
Milligan scored. A moment later
Mulvey and Kilray came in on Wood
single
In the fifth. after Rogers had hit
safely for one base. Massey drove the
sphere over the head of left fielder,
George Wood, and he and Rogers were
home before the ball was returned to
the infield. Kelly scored in the same
inning on farce hit a steal, and an
error of Massey.
Allentown increased its lead by one
in the sixth by Mulvey being sent to
irst on four balls, and Woods farce
hit.
In the seventh Hogan hit for one
base and ran home on Patchen's double
70 deep center, errors Of Wetzel, Pat