The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-25
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OVAu1I y 1SkAk44Sos
many games taken from us were Of the
scratch variety. Several Of us were
standing in front of the hotel when q
passing horse threw a shoe. We all
| knew what 1t meant and ran out and
procured the shoe while the others lay
in faint On the shoe was stamped
%. VIM which we later learned meant
Owen Win, the maker of the shoe. Well,
1t goes without saying that we won
that days game and were very success
full during the remainder Of the trip.
After reaching Boston we won twenty
out Of twenty-four games. My father
gilded the shoe and 1t was hung in the
grandstand where 1t remained until the
structure was burned two years ago.
Mr.. Win, the maker, heard Of the epi-
sode which was published broadcast at
the time He presented me with
handsome gold horseshoe pin, and
wrote me letter stating that the queer
circumstance and the publicity given
1t had largely increased his business"
After Radford. finished the story one
Of the party remarked: Rad, If you
continue to play ball with the nerve
that you tell story, you can retire
| from the business in two years worth
| $100, ,OOC."
DIAMOND DUST:
The Boston club has sold Outflelder
| Collins to Louisville.
| Do ~,
century run on Decoration Day.
Report says that Pitcher Hodson is
not swift enough for league company.
Chicago leads the league in base hits
so far this season, with 2Si to their
| credit.-Ex.
A series between the pennant winning
teams of the Eastern and Western
leagues is suggested.
Catcher Cote may have his drawbacks
as a ball player. but he could give Cap
tain Field pointers In the golden virtue Of
| silence.
Umpire Gaffney is reported as having
| said that the Eastern league teams play
| just as fast ball as those of the National
| league.
Bottenus, of Buffalo, ten days ago,
drove out four home runs in one game
| and he has not been able to get within
| gunshot of the ball since.
Killeen, an old National league pitcher,
| has signed with the Syracuse Saltdig-
gers. Lathrope was released and 1t is
| said that he may sign with Rochester.
Catcher w. J. Patchen, late of the Scran-
| ton club, has been signed by Manager
Swift, Of the Carbondale club. and Joined
that organization yesterday at Allentown.
With warmer weather coming,
The base ball crank will note.
That Louisville, to get on top,
Has laid aside her Cote.
An exchange thinks that little hot
| weather will have the effect of taking
some Of the starch out of the Springfield
players. Let us hope that 1t may infuse
a corresponding dose of ginger into Brer
Quarles, Scranton's pitcher.
In q middleweight bout at the Bijou
theater in Binghamton Wednesday night,
Louis Jester, Of that city. knocked out
Harry Courtright, Of this city. in the
third round. The services of a doctor
were required to bring Courtright to.
Killen seems to be a warm weather
pitcher. He should be farmed out in the
Sahara Desert until July.-Ex. Quarles,
whom Manager Barnie had trouble with
| to get his fare paid on the same train.
The cranks are just waiting to see
Scranton and Wilkes-Barre meet on the
diamond. What Manager Barnie's men
want to do is not only to win the game
but also to give the aggregation from
Luzerne trouncing that will linger in
their bones. Then all will be forgiven.
Pitcher Wallace, Of Cleveland. shut
Brooklyn out with but three hits in a
recent game. Professor Wallace wore a
Franklin, Pa, uniform last year. and
when he was a member of that semi-pro-
fessional aggregation Marty Swift had
lines out for him for Scranton's last
year State league team.
There was young man from Tennessee,
Named Quarles land a great gall had he),
Come north to play ball.
But be can't play at all
And he'll probably get his congo.
The base ball editor Of the Rochester
Post-Express allowed his thoughts to
run thus in speaking Of the game we won:
''The blue-clad warriors from the barren
confines Of Scranton jumped upon the
nine representatives of the Flower City
and did o war dance to the tune of IA
to 10. The invincible Duryea was pound
ed In very ungentlemanly manner"
In a recent Philadelphia Chicago game
the Colts half Of the fourth inning was
played quicker than a messenger boy
could run block. Hodson retired the
Chicago side on three pitched balls. One
of these was batted for two bases by
Wilmot, but he overran second and was
put out. The next two men each hit the
first pitched ball and went out at first.
President Hanlon, of the State league,
will endeavor to get parties in Phila-
delphia to take the Shenandoah fran
chise. He abs received several proposi.
tions from responsible parties there and
Is reasonably confident that Philadel-
phia will at the beginning Of the week
have a representative in the State league,
the schedule being SO arranged that the
club will play on the Phillies' grounds
when the latter are away from home.
Anson seldom kicks unless he has good
ground for a protest. He frequently tells
his men "If So-and-so had hit the ball
at the proper time, or II certain player
had caught or stopped the ball at q criti-
cal period, the decision Of the umpire
would have cut no figure in the re-
sult."-Ex. Wonder would the old man
growl II he had a hollow-visioned person
like Herman Doescher calling balls and
strikes and giving base decisions.
The ring fraternity now has two i'm
portant local matches in prospect.
John L. Mitchell, of this city, and Ger
sey" Gordon. of Philadelphia, have
each posted $25 forfeit money for a go
Of six rounds or more on the night of
June 3; while James Judge, the prom
Using lightweight Of the South Side, and
Mike Leonard, of Brooklyn, are
signed to meet In the rockingham on
the might Of June II. OF the two bouts
1t is probable that the latter will at
tract the more attention, but there is
no good reason why the Mitchell-Gor-
don battle should not develop rat
ltling contest. Mitchell has for several