The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-24
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A Poor Fielding Game Easily Won by
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A Poor Fielding Game Easily Won by
scranton with III, Stick.
The hopes of I, eco bowling spectators
rose and fell during the Pottsville
Scranton game yesterday until the
lucky ninth inning. when with the
score but aud Z in favor of the home
team, six more runs were made and
the game won for Scranton by home
run, two two-baggers and four singles.
Until the last inning the field work
OF the home team had been distin-
guished by the errors Of such good
players as Hogan and Phelan. Twice
did Long Tom Flanaghan stride around
the box casting glancss at Hogan
which on anything but cool day
would have withered the premier cen
ter fielder.
Apparently the home team had de-
SPARED Of making the game sinecure
by field playing, when Pstchen in the
first half Of the ninth strobe to the
plate and sent the sphere wbizziug into
fur right field ouly to be captured by
Smith. Massey and Phelan followed
with two bagger and single and occu.
pied third and first bases when Staltz
selected willow to his liking, spat
upon his hands and with one fell, mur-
dsrous smash knocked the leather out
Of sight into far left field for home
run aud incidentally three scores.
Rogers made u single and advanced
to sscond when Westlake was hit by a
pitched ball, Flauaghan struck out
but Rogers and Westlake advanced
bag on Potts wild throw to catch the
latter at first. Both scored on Wetzsls
drive into short center which netted
him one bag. Wetzel was brought
home on Patchen's two-base hit to left
field. Massey few out by q fly over
Fuller's head which the latter corraleJ
by clever running catch.
Neither team scored in the first two
innings In the third Flanaghan
went out on groundsr to Nvce. Wet.
eel made a two-bagger and Hogan beat
Nycs's tumble out at first. Both came
home on Patchen's hit into extreme
right center for two bases and the lat
ter completed the circuit on Massey's
red.hot grounder, which escaped Ellis
and cavorted among the daisies away
out in left field. Massey was caught
mapping between second and third and
Staltz flew out to Hill.
In the fourth Rogers went to first on
balls and to second on Westlake's hit,
but was caught between there and
third, Westlaks reaching second and
advancing to third on Flansghan's sac.
rifice to short right field. Wetzels
hit let Westlake score. Hogan went
out from Ellie to Fuller. Two tallies
were netted in the sixth inning by
Rogers two-bagger and Flanaghan's
hits, which developed a home run
through Nyce's wild throw to first.
Pottsvlle made their first run In the
third on Nyce's hit into left for two
bases and Go!den's safe hit In the
fourth Tighe found the leather for two
bases owing to Phelans error and came
home on Ellis two-bagger into right
field. Ellis scored on Smiths hit into
left field. A hit by Golden and two
base drive by Potts in the fifth netted
the visitors another run.
A batting streak in the eighth SO.
cured two more runs for Pottsvile
Golden found the ball for base and
stole second before Potts reached first
on hit Both came home on Tighe's
drive into center and Hogan's tumble
and poor throw which allowed Tighs
to reach second. Ellis struck out and
Smith and Fuller retired on hys to
Staltz and Westlake. The final run
was secured in the ninth by Hills hit
and Phelan's error in failing to stop
Nyco's lightning grounder.
The detailed score followa.