The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-10

Providence and Springfield excepted.
the Scranton club has during the. past
TWO weeks made the most meritorious
showing Of any OF the Eastern league
clubs-and thereby hangs a tale. Al
most any civilized community would
applaud and support any old kind Of
an aggregation of ball tossers who
could win 75 per cent. Of games played.
but. although the Scranton club has
Exceeded this percentage. the players
and management have had to submit
to q disgraceful war of hoodlumism in
cited by an element which Is disgruntled
because two players for which 1t had
a personal friendship were released.
Profanity and cat-calls hurled at its
players and management is something
: new In Scranton. but these have fca-
tured the games of the past week. dur
ing which the mistakes OF the home
players have been jeered at, while every
small advantage of visiting clubs have
called forth applause and encourage
ment. This strange sentiment was
given birth when Delaney was released
to Syracuse and eliminated on Monday
when Rogers was dismissed. Its eff
feet was seen in Wednesdays game
when Luby. disgruntled with the abuse
heaped upon him by some OF the spec
tators. refused to pitch after the fifth
inning and Meaney went in and helped
win the game out This incident mere
ly shows what the Delaney-Rogers
misguided and disgruntled element Is
doing to kill the game in this city. 1t
Is a dog-in-the-manger.s small and fool
ish policy that would appear to better
advantage In game of marbles or
leap frog. The manly and perfectly
proper course for the conspicuously dis
satisfied persons to follow is to stay
AWAY from the grounds and permit their
more sensible brethren to witness the
ames without the annoyance of the
thers' presence.
Speaking Of Delaney and Rogers sug-
,sts the question Of what small right
heir friends have for grumbling. De-
aney Is secure with Syracuse and did
not lose a dollar by his release from
the Scranton club. The Syracuse
kpapers We're clamorlng to have Bill
\Schriver signed. but II Rogers Is as good
HAS Schriver he should have no trouble
I'm going where Delaney did, or To
Rochester. where good money is wait
ing for a good catcher. This paper
has no differences. personal or other
wise, with Rogers, who Is gentlemanly,
conscien tious and good player. but
We are antagonistic to the blasphemous,'
jeering element that has taken up
cudgels in his behalf, and this state
ment voices the sentiment of the better
element of base ball patrons. No OBJ
lection can be made to decent, manly
and intelligent disapproval Of Manager
Barnie or his players. but there Is a
decided objection to the past weeks
brutal and profane jeering which, If
allowed to go unchecked, would bring
the healthful, helpful American game
down to the level of those who wallow
in its misfortunes.
The truth Of the foregoing was proven
Yesterday, when two incidents testified
to the result Of the encouragement Of
fered the players and their manager.
Whether. Luby did or did not throw the
game Is an immaterial matter put u
il plainly apparent that the threatened
severe tEOuUle was CauSSo ~ s"S NA"
uished-dissattsied.
Conversation with the players does
not Indicate that there Is the slightest
trouble between them and Barnie. The
latter has only human agencies at his
command. and 1t is to his credit that
under such circumstances he can so
we'll control his men. They are athletic
fellows and full Of life and spirit and
cannot submit to being slapped In the
face, figuratively speaking, by an audi
ence for whose benefit they are doing
their level best. II dog is kicked he
will do the same.
Manager Jack Chapman. Of the Tor
onto club. denies emphatically that
there has been any idea of transferring
NOR started from the possibility
Of transferring the home games Of
the week OF Sept. 2. when
begins the fair In Toronto. He
believes that his city Is, ex-
cepting Buffalo and Rochester. more
capable Of supporting say fourth, fifth
or sixth position club than any city in
the league. When one considers what
might happen to Wilkes-Barre. Scran-
ton, Springfield or Providence with a
tailend club, the Toronto managers
statement seems to contain more truth
than fiction.
Scranton's gain during the week Is
best indicated in the following table,
which shows that the most meritorious
showing since last Friday has been
made by Scranton. with Wilkes-Barre
second. Springfield third and Toronto
fourth. Syracuse, Buffalo. Rochester
and Providence were the losers, the
most unfavorable showing being in the
order named.
Covuoara sivo O~> y>~,, r.l,