The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-10
eLlHTS FROM the DIAMOND.

Pitcher Lennon was released last week
Pitcher Black has signed with Z p.ttsvi,le
Dwyer, who played with Scranton two
years ago, is playing center fed for Eas.
ton.
Before the season opened Scranton was
the most boHstlul club iu the State league.
according TO the Allentown Chronicle.
Umpire Lynch announces that hereafter
he will talk only 10 team captains. The
Sta league umpires should 90 likewise.
First Basemau Massey beside. being a
clever guardian Of tho iuiiin. beg IA 70 -
pu et to b. extremely clever iu the manly
art
Burgess Burke Of Archibald. and Presi.
dent Lane and Secretary padden, Of the
borough council, saw the Scranton victory
yesterday.
IN the four games with Easton last week
Allentown male forty three bits aud only
EN errors. Elstou made tweuty-seven hifa
aud twenty-five errors.
william Jerome the song writer is said
% have cIored a contract with Kelly for
600 week for forty week. 20 play IN
one or the Other" Jerome says Kelly.
clubs spoken Of a great deal 90 New York.
Captain Torreyson has been releas .u By
Manager Whitman Of the Reading team.
aud has signed with Easton lisa wonder
Scran on didu't put IN bid for Thayer.
He's the kind Of player local fans admire.
The South side Base Ball club challenges
the Eurekas Of Providence on their own
grounds FOR game at 23O p. m on NAV
10. Answer through 1HE TRIBUNE
GMT RICHARDS, Manager
II was not the proper thing to forcbly
turn a horse that was drawing two Young
ladies out OF the ground aud compel them
10 20 ont the rear entrance while A di.
rector and others drove out across the
diamond.
Poor Scranton can't win game and vet
her papers put her in the catalogue with
the National league teams. Reading also
talked Of entering the National league be-
fore POttsville crushed her con ceit. Potts.
vile Miners journal.
What useful purpose does II subserye TO
have persons in the reporters booth aud
grand stand coach the umpire? II there
Is to be any kicking let Captain Higgins
MAKE the umpire understand that he will
not tolerate biased decisions.
The Wilkes-Barre Record ia kind enongh
to extend its "hqartfelt sympathy TO sSr.
rowing Scranton IN this, her hour OF sore
afllction. Basehalically speaking no
piummet ever made can sound the depths
Of woe into which the cranks have fallen.
II the wiping of the Scrants ke.ps mn
much longer the tears OF the populace will
raise the water in the Lackawanna above
the level OF tomato cans and gum Shoes
This Just view OF the case is taken hv
the Wilkes-Ba Times: Though Scran.
ton has suffered defeat at rhe hands of
the Hazleton club 1t must be said for the
games that they have bean made mighty
Interesting for the spectators, and that's
what tells. People want to see lively
playing, good fighting up to ths last
round, with the hOnJrs we'll balanced
Even defeat under such circumstances has
its compensations."
Goecke of Wilkes-Barre, the University
OF Pennsylvania's big first baseman, now
says; ~ never intend TO play professional
base ball with tn. Phillies or any other
club. ! have absolutely decided on that
course and plainly told Colonel Rogers so.
may play with one Of the seashore clubs
this summer" continued Goeckle, "or stay
at my home in Wilkes-Barre. / will return
next fall for my last year in the Law
school and am going to try for place on
the foot ball team. Next spring / hope to
play first for the university again"
In the course of long and not very
complimentary analysis of the new base
ball rules adopted by the national league
magnates for the current year the Pitts
burg Times says: ''The new rule that gives
the iutelder an out, whether he catche-
the ball or not, so long as first base is oc-
cupied and not more than one out, ia com
ing in for condemnation. The umpires
themselves do not seem to know how to