The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-08-06
READING WAS
OUR MERCY.
ScrantOn's Heirs 0utplay the Visit
OrS at Every Point.
RANK POTTSvILLE WORK
The Shenandoah Club Was Forced to
Play Under an Incompetent Umpire,
But Did so Under Protest.

Shenandoah defeated Reading yester-
day handily before at least 200 people and
aroused enthusiasm which at times made
some of the know-alls confess that they
were mistaken. There was hard batting
on each side and Shenandoah led in it
by odds of 3 to 2.
1t was the belief of some people that
Reading had put in a guy for "a pitcher,
but people on the grounds who have fol
lowed up base ball this season recognized
in Hayes the pigmy who several weeks
ago pulled the giant EastOus down from
the bean-stalk. Hayes is a pitcher.
To make a long story short Shenan.
dOah is as good club as any in the league
if it is given half a show. The two games
it played at Pottsville cannot be looked
up in anyway as a guide for the future,
as they were nothing less than stolen
goods. Pottsville on the first day took
every advantage of a "green" club. On
the second day it laid in ambush and
actually took the game by highway rob
berry, with the assistance of the umpire
Every true lover of sport in Pottsville
must admit that Umpire Adam Dunkle
was as rank as any man who ever filed
the position. The Jail birds won their
name and it would be in order for them
to have chiseled on one of the stones Of
the county Jail a recapitulation of Satur-
days game.
Yesterday Shenandoah faced the
strongest batting club in the league, at
least the superiors in batting to the Jail
birds and won the game with hands
down. Yeager was the hero of the day.
He struck out seven men, made home
! run, had two hits and four runs, and after
| the bases had been filled by base on
balls and two hits in the third inning
| started double play which has never
been equalled on the home grounds.
Lidey in the third inning took his base
on balls, because when he went to the
| plate in the first inning he sapped out a
| two-bagger. Ferguson and Henry fol
lowed with a hit each and filled the bases
| Eustice then hit the ball with all the
| force he could command, but YeageI
| grasped the liner and sent the ball TO the
plate, putting out Lidey, and in a twinkle
| Messltt sent the ball to Meyers, putting out
Eustice. The audience went almost fran
tic with delight. Heager also threw the
third man out at first.
| The only time the game really looked
| yellow" was in the second inning when
| Shenandoah made five hits, three OF
which were two baggers, and six runs
! but after that there was a contest which
! challenged suspicion. 1t was slug and
| slug and Shenandoah got the best of it.
| There were many people who expressed
j the belief that Reading was playing oil
and that the club could knock the ball
all over the field If it wished to do so
but when Yeager strucE nut two of the
strongest batters on the team-Miller and
| Lidey-in succession most of these be-
levers left the grounds thinking heavily.
Just before the game started yesterday
| the irrepressible Setley stalked upon the
| field dressed in a neat-fitting suit of dark
blue and jauntily swung = cane. The
small boys welcomed him with cheers and
cries of ITO the woods n' and for several
minutes the eccentric ball player was the
center attraction of all eyes. Setley would
play here if asked, but the home manage,
ment won't ask him.
Mr.. Mitchell, the state league umpire
was very efficient. He was obliged tC
make a number of close decisions and
made them with such good Judgment that
there was not kick during the game
| The scOre