The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-10
Scranton CLUB Changes
Manager Barnie on Hunt for Field.
erS and q Pitcher.
RELEASED AND ON THE BENCH
President Dctts Admits That We Are Not
In tho Racc-Additional Pitcher
nnd New Outficlder and Third
Bascman Wanted.

hitting and wooden playing Of many Of
the men continued, some of them
would be benched or released in favor
or new players. The time specified has
elapsed and Manager Barnie left yes
terday for New York, where he will try
to procure an infielder and an outfielder
and pitcher. Today he will go to
Philadelphia and try to sign Hodson
or Gus Weyhng, or both of them, with
the Intention of keeping whichever Is
the more effective after few weeks
trial. Said President Belts to a Trlb-
une reporter last night:
I'VE have no longer a reason to plead
hard luck or claim that the poor show
ing of certain players was temporary
On the contrary l will admit that the
club owes its present position to poor
playing and inability to hit the ball
For several days we have been in corre-
spondence by letter and wire with
agents In New York and Philadelphia,
and in some instances with players
themselves, but without success. Mr.
Barnie Is now in New York, and it Is
possible that he will return with one,
two or three players.
Il and the men associated with me
do not need to be told that losing club
means lost money, but aside from this
feature we are personally anxious for
the success of the club. We have thus
far been unable to get players, but we
are after them and will sign them and
have winning club If money and eff
fort can bring it about"
After Promising Amateur.
The New York paperS have for sew
eral weeks mentioned the effective
work Of young pitcher on one of the
amateur clubs of Long Island City.
This club was scheduled for game at
Recreation park Brooklyn, yesterday,
and Manager Barnie was present to
watch the young wonders work. Be-
fore he left Scranton Barne had in
structions to use mis- own judgment in
the matter and send the young twirler
to Scranton for trial if he appeared
effective in yesterdays game.
Last week Pat Powers, president of
the league, tried with poor success to
induce the New York management to
Murphy, shortstop, to Scranton. No
satisfactory arrangement could be
made between President Powers and
the New York club, but Manager Bar
ME renewed the negotiations yesterday.
The result will probably be known to-
day.
None of the Scranton directors or
officers care to specify the proposed
changes, but it is understood that Cap
tain Sweeney, Left Fielder Brady and
Third Baseman Whitehead are candi-
dates for release or the bench. The
changes will necessarily depend on the
number Of new men procured and their
positions. If new fielder is signed
Brady will probably be put on third
base, and Whitehead benched. 1t is
thought that whatever advantage
Whitehead has in batting will be more
than compensated by Brady's live work
on the bag. Whitehead probably is
capable of clever base playing; his past
record shows 1t, but for some unac-
countable reason he has of late played
without heart and will be benched as
soon as change in positions can be
brought about.
Three Who Will Stay.
The signing Of a new infielder does
not mean that either Clark, Ward or
Radford will be retired. Clark and
Ward are fielding their positions we'll;
the former is the heaviest hitter on the
team and Ward the safest Radford's
batting average does not loom up well,
but he reaches first base as often as
any member of the team, except Ward
and Clark, and next to Ward has scored
the most runs. Runs are what win
game, and under no circumstances will
the veteran shortstop be taken out of
the game. This is positive.
There is another peculiar condition
to be nsidered-Deluney's recent poor
showing. He will not admit to Man
ager Barnie nor those closest to him on
the team that his arm Is lame, but
those who know his style of pitching
and the speed which he has shown at
intervals, say that the popular little
twirler's arm was weakened on the re-
cent cold-weather trip. The only rea-
son for Del's keeping the matter secret
may be through fear of being taken out
for rest. 1t is evidently his pride that
keeps him from admitting that his arm
has gone wrong, but why he should
fear disfavor by making his condition
known Is mystery. With two lame
arms the Scranton club would never set
Delaney down. He Is popular with the
management and popular with the
public, and should realize that If his
arm Is in bad way he should say so.
He would be used in the outfield or
given rest, and the result would bene-
fit both him and the club.
Johnson. Quarlcs and Delaney.
Johnson has proved himself an effec-
tive pitcher. He fields his position well.
never has the flutters is handy with
the stick and is quick on the bases.
There Is no thought of sitting him
down. Quarles has come around into
good form and will take his regular
turn in the box. His request to be
taken out of the game in the recent
Providence game should not reflect
upon his ability. He felt himself grow
ing suddenly weak, in a physical sense,
and made his condition known to Bar
ME. If the truth were told, the notorl-
ously jumping-jack judgment of UNI
pire Hurst had considerable to do with
Quarles' weakness.
That the management will not dis
pense with either Delaney, johnson or
Quarles is shown in the assurance that
If both Hodson and Weyhing are Sc
cured they will be put on trial and the
one released who shows the least ef-
fectiveness.
Meanwhile the club Is being criti-
clsed, with more or less reason, by
cranks who do not like to applaud q
losing team of ball-tossers. The en-
thusiasts are tired OF statements that
'ithe club Is in hard luck' or "the bows