The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-01
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Pitched for The hOsbs Team.
Great 10 Martin Nethusaleh Swift.
and great are his mighty men who DO
valiant battle for the glory OF Car
Aondale in the sight Of this state ana
lations
Martin is somewhat past the teething
aRe. but his eye II as clear; his nerve a.
steady and his good left arm ~ Gun.
ming al the youngest and clearest eyed
and steadiest and cunningest OF them
all. His blonde head reaecteth glory
and his mouth speaketh wisdom. He
a a base ball prophet. who hath honor
In his own country. and whose skill
scattereth destruction among our en-
emy. Great IL Martin. and. as the
newsboy said Of his bootblack FRIEND
long may he shine.
There was another Martin IN yes.
terday's game upon whose long heao
the bays Of victory rested with oecom-
ing restfulness. and that was Martin
Mcousde. Mac was In the game. ana
Of the game. and all through the game
He hit like a demon. felded ike
snr,te and ran bases ike ghost. There
vas no denying him. He wanted ina.
rame and did all that any mortal eou'o
to secure 1t. MT.
Hasleton was the first to score. TINS
event occurred In the second inning.
Jimmy Graham hit . safe one past the
Carbondale half Of the Westlake twihs'
and Kid Jordan sacrificed him TO sec
ond. Chiids went out from Pretsei 10
"Old RELIABLE Bill Meyers. the lengthy
ex-i.anc asterian. twice gave success
ful Imitation Of how to churn air. see
ing that he could not see when ne at
tempted to see the ball with his eyes
omen. he closed them on the thiro AT
tempt. murmured all that he remem-
hered Of q prayer. and again moved
his bat at q right angle to his BODY
and parallel TO the plate. TO tne sur
prise Of everybody. and ot nooouy ~
much a. Mr. Meyers. the Dali me. ne
hat somewheee in Its orbit and repouho-
ed far into right field. When II was
returned Graham had scored. ana Mt.
Nyers vas on third making fraatic
efiorts 20 swallow his Adams apple
ana 10 appear a. though three-oase nits
a. physiognonlic abluttons.
We drew alongside the Quay County
Rronchos In the fourth. McQuade made
q hk. westlake drew a base on oai.s,
Mac and the twin executed a oeauutu'
douole steal. Sales hit hot one 10
Gxahsn. Mac began addling on base
line "a soon rs the ball was hit. Gra-
ham was at Q loss for q moment as
20 the proper place for the ball. but ne
finally threw to Myers. AS he dio So
Mac shot for the plate and scored with
ease. westlake was left when Shields
and Swift struck out. A double py
Sales and Swift's single scored anotnsr
run for us in the sixth.
In the eighth three successive errors
BY Sales, westlake and Swift placed
Moore. Moran and Mcvey upon bases
with no one out. Schaub sent the two
drst-named home by his two-basger
and Mcvey scored on Graham's slow
bounder
With the score ~ against US, the
cranks were decidedly blue when Car
bondale came In for Its last time at bat.
Big Bill was the first up. He placed a
beauty in the right spot and took first.
"Chorch" Staltz hit whiskerina.
which everybody supposed was good
for at least one base. Childs and Fote.
however. intervened and "Chorch" sat
down. Mac was the next up and. to
the fervent appeals Of the rooters to
soak 'er. me boy" he responded by
placing beauty in left center for two
bases, scoring Bill. On McVey's return
Of the ball, Graham allowed it to roll
between his legs and. as quick as a
fash, Mac had appropriated the third
ottoman. Twin Georgie was next to
bat and but one run was needed to tie
the score. The twin hit the first ball
pitcked to Graham. Mac took q long
lead on third and Graham threw to
Schaub. Then began a chase. in which
the whole Hazleton team were EN-
ployed In the burdensome task Of run
ming Mac down. To and fro flew the
ball In an evil moment, Moore threw
rather hard TO Schaub and Mac was
safe on third, the twin meanwhile hav-
ing appropriated second. Schaub made
. hair-raiang catch Of Sales high foul
and. with two out, our prospects were
decidedly black. Danny Shields. the
next man up was relea9ed by Halle.