The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-07
IfESTs IN THE leagues
Poor Work Scranton Has Done on Its
Present Trip.
HAS WON ONLY THREE GAMES
Club IL ID . DemOralifed Condition.
Management Is Trying TO Worry
Through the Season With n-Re.
suits of Yesterdays Games.

warning cry from the knowing fans
to "just keep your eye on our team for
q Garrison finish" Anyone who has
needed the warming must by this time
be suffering from some stigmatic at
fection superinduced by over-straining
of the optic nerves. The Garrison
finish IL q past possibility. one of the
things that might have been. but
which is not Since that memorable
day when we downed the Grays Scran-
ton has played II games and won all
but II. Springfield and Toronto being
kind enough to contribute one apiece
the former out of its plentiful store and
the latter out of a reckless disposition
with which tail enders are sometimes
affected at the close of the season. II
is bad enough to be beaten. but what Is
worse we were generally beaten in a
manner which lett no room for argu-
ment. the scores as a rule being de-
cidedly lopsided. one or two Of the de-
feats being shameful.
Manager Barnie wrote a long. long
story Of his troubles to the board of
directors during the week. He said 1t
was his intention not to go to any un-
necessary expense TO strengthen the
team this season. and will content
WIN 'ut ihS
season with the present men and try
to carry the club without going into the
hole. He will be satisfied. he says, II
he will be able to make ends meet from
now on. To help along this purpose
he has been negotiating to transfer the
elk games scheduled for the wind-up
Of the season IN this city, to Springfield
and Providence. believing that 1t would
be futile to attempt to draw paying
crowd in Scranton with the feeling as
Is in this city
explains the present stump of the
cluL " their bruised and battered con-
ditiol and the weakness of men who
have Tied to play the game. and who
are boo. ed for release. Two of these are
Sweeney and Miller. The latter has
not fulfil ID expectations in the least.
has the Sterial in him for good
player bu Ut seems it can not be
brought OF ! Sweeney plays well. ex-
cept at criAcal moments. They may
be kept on till the end of the season
but they will not be seen in Scranton
uniforms next year.
From the tenor of Mr. Barnie's letter
and the casual statements of the direc-
tors 1t Is a cut and dried thing that
Mr.. Barnde Is to manage next years
Scranton team. He says that he has
his eye on number of good players
who will be signed immediate and re-
served or secured at the close of the
season. Mr.. Barnie has great hopes
for pennant winning team next year.
There are enough good players now on
the list to form the neucles of pennant
winning team. Meaney and Johnson
~ are the peers of any pitchers in the
Eastern league. 1t would be hard to
get better catcher than Schriver
Ward. Eagan and Butler in their re-
spective positions will be certainly sat
isfactory to the fans. Brodie. the new
pitcher. Is doing very satisfactory work
and when thoroughly seasoned will. 1t
Is thought, make a nit companion to
Meeney and Johnson. Stearns will
possibly be reserved In the hope that
he may get back his batting eye for
there Is not better or steadier. header
fielder on the team. AS general utili-
ty man he Is invaluable and will be
kept IL the club can afford to keep him.
short stop and first baseman are the
only new players absolutely needed,
but 1t Is likely that more new players
than two will be secured.
1t may be just as we'll for Scranton
thdt VIC Ilot CdptuTe Luclkudlu, VINO
quit Carbondale and went to Syracuse,
refusing tempting offer from Scran-
ton. for he is now the subject of some
very spirited interchanges Of communi-
cations between President Nick Young
and Manager Kuntzsch. Of Syracuse.
Carbondale has protested his playing
with Syracuse, alleging that he jumped
his Carbondale contract. Nick Young,
on Tuesday, directed that McQuaid be
not played by the Stars until his rea-
son for his connection with that team
be made clear to the league president.
Syracuse continued McQuaid in the
field and wired President Pat Powers.
OF the Eastern league, Its reasons for
claiming McQuaid. He says that Nc
Quaid left Carbondale because he did
not receive his back pay. and, therefore,
their agreement with him was broken,
and ne was free. The matter is still
under discussion. and McQuaid in the
meantime continues to play a great
game In Syracuse's left garden. Car
bOndale Is not only anxious to secure
the return Of McQuaid because he is
needed In the field. but II is like throw
Ing away a couple Of hundred dollars
to let him go for nothing. In the
meantime Carbondale is keeping
mighty mute about Lubys playing
with them in the face of the fact that
his suspension by Scranton has never
been raised. 1t looks very much as IL
Carbondale was throwing stones from
the front porch Of a glass house.
The Syracuse papers numerically
roast the Scrantons in their comments
one the game In which Ward was sue
cessively ordered from the game, the
field and the grounds. They admit
that Umpire Geer was trlfe of" but
claim that Scranton did not suffer any
worse than their opponents. It seems
the eliminating point arrived when
Ward and Butler were called out on a
double play. Ward protested long and
strenuously. but Geer was not moved
Then Meaney went to the bat. A ball
was pitched. Ward thought II a ball |:
Geer thought II strike. Ward yelled
out: You won't umpire Tomorrow s
game" Then Geer ordered Ward from
the game. Ward sung out:
you're a robber, Take the game; we
don't want 1t. You're a highway rob-
ber."
He repeated the remark several
times, and Geer gave Scranton five
minutes to resume play. Then Ward
went over to where Geer was sitting
and recommended his abuse. He was
ordered from the field, and finally
obeyed. but remained near by and gave
vent occasionally to his feelings. Some
spectators In the grand stand sided
with Ward and boisterously yelled out
to replace the umpire.
The Scranton clubs weekly record OF
games lost and won and gain and loss
In percentage, since Saturday. Aug. 81,
shows that they have lost seven times
a. many as they have won. and that
the net loss Is .019 per cent. The
figures are as follows:
Weekly Record Tabls.
1l4I,IsI.