The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-08
TORONTO'S MANY ERRORS.
Helped Scranton to Win the Gamc-Luby
(, Was Wild and Retired After the Fifth
and Mcnney Finished the Game.

scranton won, by the hair-raising
margin OF one run. the first of the
Toronto series. 1t was a game without
glory for Scranton. Patrick Meaney
excepted, and the result was chiefly due
to the eleven large and awful Toronto
errors.
II Gray had received ever fair sup
port Toronto would have won with
hands down, as Luby, for five innings.
was wilder than a pitcher has any
license to be, and gave Toronto an
excellent chance to gain a big lead,
assisted by a quartette of costly errors
In the third and fifth innings by Ward.
Smith. Sweeney and Schriver the two
latter being of the excusable variety.
Toronto had a lead. Of only two runs
in the fifth inning, when they should
have had four runs In the bank, which
would have been a sufficient leewayl to
have won the game. but for their own
three yellow mistakes in the seventh.
ard which We're responsible for two of
Scranton's three runs.
Meancy Was Conspicuous.
During the four innings that Meaney
was in the box he struck out three
men. hit batsman. gave one walk to
first and allowed only two singles. He
also figured consp!cuously in the run
getting by making telling single in
the seventh and another in the eighth
inning. -.
The appearance of two new Scran-
ton players, Schrivar and Sweeney,
probably accounted for slightly in
creased attendance. and the crowd
was not disappointed. Sweeney put up
a fast game at sAort and won applause
for himself by two difficult hot-shot
stops. Schriver caught well behind
the bat, but Of his three throws to sec
ond two were wild and were probably
caused by nervousness. The other two
steals are credited for attempts In
which the runners were assisted by the
batsmen and in which Schriver had no
opportunity to throw.
When the big new catcher first came
to bat he was presented at the plate
with handsome bouquet tied with a
light blue silk ribbon. Meaney was the
bearer Of the token and Schriver, after
lifting his cap in acknowledgment. i'm
mediately proceeded to get to first by
four balls. the crowd meanwhile expect
ing to see the leather knocked over the
new Linden Street bridge.
How tho Runs Wcrc Made.
Toronto was first at bat and in the
second earned run by single and
double. In the third the visitors ran
in two more on force hit, Wards err
ror, single and an error by Smith.
Scranton tied the score in the third
on two bases on balls to Smith and
Ward, Eagan's single. which scored
Smith, followed by Casey's tumble.
which permitted Eagan to reach second
and Bannon's single. which pushed
Ward and Eagan home.
Scranton got lead of ore run in the
fourth on a base on balls to Sweeney
Luby's sacrifice and Jud Smiths error.
Toronto in the fifth got lead Of two
runs by making three tallies. Lake
drew four wide ones and went to sec
ond on Dement'S single to right field.
The bases were filled on Sweeney's err
ror Of Shimmick's hot bounder. Casey
forced Lake at the plate on Stearns'
assist. A wild pitch let Demont in and
shimmick and Casey scored on Schri-
ver's. failure to stop. Eagan's throw
after Gray flew out to left field. ~
Z In the sixth, Stearns was walked to
hrst and scored on singles by Meansy
/. and Smith, and In the seventh inning
Scranton got a lead Of two runs