The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-02
THE BALL GAME A TIE.
When Called on Account Of DArknsss The
ScOeo StOOd @ and D.

When Called on Account Of DArkness The
SeOre Stood 9 and q.
The cruel war between Carbondale
and Haxleton 10 not yet over; the tona-
hawk is still! unburied and the pipe OF
peace IL st!ll unsmoked. There were
those who thought thot by yesterdays
defeat OF the Quay county tribe. We
would effectually dispose OF their as
pirations for pennant honOrs. These
thinkers may have been correct In their
thinks, but there Is not sufficient data
at hand upon which to base an esti-
mate. That Is. We ore short the VIC
tory upon which we calculated Let 1t
now be understood that We were hu-
initiated by q defeat. Nay. nay, Paul
Inc! and yet methirks We were peril
Gus nigh 1t.
Yerkes. the boneless man. the snake
charmer. the man with the eagle eye
ard the gutta percha spinal column.
vas In the box for the home team.
Circus" as he Is known in the profes-
sion. Is without a doubt. the greatest
living contortionist. Hts movement In
delivering the ball Is wonderful, origin
al. unique. inimitable He commences
operations by gracefully winding his
lett leg around his neck. He then
twists the hoop thus formed sharply
backward until its apex touches the
ground. His arms then begin to wave
like the tentaclss OF a spider crab and
his entire body rocks gently on his
right foot the while his hypnotic eyes
get N their mystic work on the terri.
hed b@tsman. Suddenly the arms are
stiM. the hoop breaks with q enap and
the emanctrsated 'hall flies toward the
piate. IT requires q man OF great ex.
per'ence to guage It's flight. Some.
times Ut comes from the bottom of ths
a'ntmate heap; sometimes from the cen.
ter ana sometimes from an altitude O,
Six feet seven inches.
IL - oincult to explain exactly how
Mr. Smith. who pitched for Hazleton
got or 80 easily. Some hold that his
req sweater exerted a powerful inf,u
ence over the locals. Others insist tha,
MS name caused the trouble. Come tr
think OF 1t, there Is something In thu
latter opinion. He simply couldn't heir
peing distinguished and lucky with tina,
name. There Is Captain John Smith
Of Old Virginia. Ed. Smith and Colone
smith, OF Scranton, Hoke Smith, OF
Georgia, and Charlie Smith, of Car
Dondale. !, for one, openly and unhes
itatingly give my allegiance to the
name theory.
The visitors started out like thorough
breds. Moran singled, Schaub dittoet
and Jimmy Graham tripled; result, two
earned runs.
These two runs looked as big as high
Olympus until our half Of the fourth
when Big Bill sent q beauty into righ,
Tor three bases. and chased himself
home on "Chorch" Stultz's hot single.
The two runs looked small potatoe.
| and few In row" when We 20
through In the sixth. 'Patchen singled
but was forced at second by Massey
Staltz moved Bill up peg by another
timely single, and the only McQuad,
sent him home with a pretty single t.
center. Mcyey threw to Bob Westlakt
In an attempt to cut off the score, bu
Bobbo allowed the ball to roll through
his legs, allowing Staltz to score an
other. Mac. meanwhile, taking third
Westlake hit hot one to Myers, ant
McQuade made bluff to run home
Myers was between the devil and tn,
deep sea. II he threw to the plate, Ma
| would scamper back to third and West
| lake would be safe. II he ran to toucl
first, Mac would surely score. In hi
delimma he tried to do both. He ging
erly polkaed to the left, keeping on,
eye on McQuade, and the other OF
| Westlake, who was rushing 'towart
first. All this time. Mac was stealth,
ground little by little and suddenl!
| with tremendous spurt he dashed fO
the plate and scored easily. Westlak,
was safe on the clever play, but wa
doubled up on Sales infield hit.
| 1t was very dark at this time, ant
to that fact Hazleton owes the thre,
runs which she scored in her half Of tn,
seventh. Bob Westlake got base OF
balls. Smith. Mcvey and Graham
singled and Sales erred on Moran's cas-,
grounder.
| 1t was six to four against in our hal
Of the seventh. but we decreased tn,
lead by one run on Shields base OF
balls. Yeager's pretty hit, Wetzel's sac
rifice, and Patchen's slow. bounder I,
Myers. We tied the score In the eight
on Staltz's base on balls. steal ant
Westlake's hit. McVey had struck Ou
in the first half Of the ninth, Schaul
had secured q base on balls, and Ora
ham was at bat when Manlove callet
the game on account of darkness.
| Moran and McQuade made brlllian
catches Of hard hits to left. Following
Is the official score.