The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-28
ERIE HIT THE BALL.
Scranton Couldn't Follow Suit and Lost
the Game.

scranton CouLqpt FOLLOW suit anu AosV
the Game.
Yesterdays game of ball at Hthe
park between Scranton and Erie was
very business like. There was - no
hating or stopping from beginning to
end. Erie started in to win and ac-
compliShed its dire purpose without
much trouble, because it was able to
hit the ball with greater freedom than
the locals were.
Two costly errors by Smith and one
by Johnston also gave the Fries an i'm
pstus on their road to victory.
Altogether, Donovan, who twirlsd
for the locals, was found fourteen
times. OF these hits seven were
doubles and the remainder singles. He
struck out two men and gave two
bases on balls.
Herudon did great work in the box
for Erie, the nine hits Scranton Sc
cured being singles and several of these
were of the scratch order. He struck
out only one man and gave but one
base on balls.
RUNS CAME IN THE SECOND.
The only runs that Scranton made
were secured in the second. The frat
inning opened by Cahill going out
from Smith to Field Hoover retiring
in the same way. johnson secured
single and the side was retired by
Patchen flying out to Shearon in right
field
Affairs took brighter aspect in the
second. Hess reached first on Smiths
error and Dick Phslan made a force
hit, Hess reaching third on Herndon's 9
error in an effort to retire him at sec
ond. Phelan stole second and scored
with Hess on Lehane's single. On
Smiths force hit LShano was put out
at second and Smith died at the same
place on Donovan's force hit. An error
by Nicholson enabled Donovan TO
reach second and he scored on Cahill's
single. The latter was retired whilo
trying to steal second.
Those three runs were all that
Scranton secured.
Mr.. Herndon was on his mettle, was
given fine support and the consequence
was that in several innings the locals
were retired in one, two, three order.
In no inning after the second did
Scranton have more than five men at
bat
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
Erie's sluggers had o much nicer
time locating the sphere as it came
tearing through the hot, oppressive at
mosphore. In the first inning Niehol-
son and Smith were retired on flies to
johnson and Hoover Shearon made q
double and so did Lally. the former
scoring. Fields retired the side by hy-
ing out to Hess.
In the second the visitors were retired
one, two, three, but the third inning
was more interesting. Herndon began
operations by knocking out double,
Nicholson singled and Herndon scored.
Smith went to first on balls and ad-
vaneed to third on Shearon's single,
Nicholson scoring on Lally's force hit
Smith was cut off at the plate from
Cahill to Patehen. Fields singled and
Gunson did the same, Lally coming
home. Fields was retired at second
and Kuehne went out from Donovan to
Leblanc. The visitors did not score in
the fourth or fifth, but began operation
again in the sixth
AN AWFUL INNING.
Gunson, the first batsman, was re-
tired from Smith to Leblanc, and then
Kuehne drove hot ball toward Smith,
which the latter failed to handle. A
fly by VanDvke was dropped by John
son after long run to the fence, and
on Smiths error on drive from Hern.
don's bat. two runs were scored. Two
singles and two doubles during the re-.
mainder Of the inning allowed Erie to
score four moro runs.
During the remainder Of the game
Erie rsfrained from scoring, but they
had enough. quite enough. Score: