The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-15


Of Six Runs.
Scranton again bowed to the inevei-
table hoodoo and suffered another de-
feat by Wilkes-Barre, which makes
nine games lost out Of eleven played
with that club.
BY all the rules Of equity. justice,
luck or good playing Scranton should
have won yesterdays game, and did
have 1t won, for that matter. until.
in the ninth inning when, with two out
and an unaccepted chance offered to
retire the side, the hoodoo circled over
the field. Before the thing had flown
away Wilkes-Barre batted in seven runs
and prevented Scranton from scoring
in Its half. Until that time Scranton
led BY one run in as pretty a game
as one could reasonably wish to see.
When the agony of that frightful
bombardment in the ninth was ended.
the mind of every doubter must have
admitted that something besides good
and bad ball playing permitted Wilkes
Barre TO win. Excepting one passed
ball Miller. the new pitcher, had twirled
a better game than keenan,. and when
the ninth opened and LeZotte flew out
to Meaney many in the audience
started toward the gate. Scranton's
victory seemed doubly assured when,
after safe single, Griffin was forced
at second by Earl.
hit back Of third base, which Eagen
preferred to, stop on bound rather
than take a desperate chance to catch
1t. This one missed opportunity cost
Scranton the game, because Mcmahon
drew base on balls and Smith. the
next one up. pushed line single into
right field. scoring Earl and Wente and
giving Wilkes-Barre lead Of one run.
The Fatal Ninth.
Smiths hit was one Of the hoodoo
features referred to. He has not hit a
ball for forty years, but the hoOdoo
started its dire work and Smiths
vicious swipe connected with the leath-
er, and away 1t went. It's a safe bet
that Smith had his eyes shut when he
swung.
The last four runs In the inning were
made on Keenan's triple. Lytle's
triple, Bonner's double and a single by
LeZotte. Griffin, the last one up, flew
out to Eagan. A total OF eleven alli-
gators faced Miller In that one inning.
The Scranton cranks breathed for a
minute following Stearns' two-bagger
in the Scranton half, but Miller struck
out and Ward and Eagan were thrown
Out at first.
thousand persons had run the risk Of
seeing the hoodoo get In its fine work,
but before the contest was ended posi-
bly, 200 more Of the faithful had sneaked
Into tine grounds. Each wore the look
characteristic Of the ordinary Scran-
ton crank at a game with Wilkes-Barre,
q sCrt Of uneasy expression Indicating
fear Of a slap In the face or injury to
pet corn. They sat on tacks for
eight innings and when, in the ninth,
the game switched around everybody
said to everybody else: II told you So"
Then all hands smiled a yellow smile
and out Of spite sat the thing out, ex-
cepting the more tenderhearted who did
not wait TO see the slaughter.
Il was really fine. spirited, gingery
game, in which Ward, OF the infield,
and Butler, Of the out-gardeners, ex-
celied for Scranton, and Bonner did
that same for his brother alligators.
Stearns. with two twO-baggers; Lytle,
with two doubles. led the punching.
1t was unfortunate that Umpire
Timothy Seaside Hurst was called upon
to place everybody on more close de-
cisions than one could shake stick
at. He did his best and while Scranton
in several instances seemed to get the
short end Of 1t. the same thing hap
pened to the Alligators. The worst
that can he said against the umpire
Is that he vas as satisfactory as any
human agency could be.
The Grand Opening.
Wilkes-Barre opened the sitting with
q smart hit to left for two bases. Bon
ner walked and each came in on q
single by Griffin. Scranton was blanked
and the same medicine was given
the Alligators through double play
by Bannon, Ward and Stearns In the
second. In the last Of the second Scran-
ton gained lead of one run by scor-
Ing three times. Bannon pushed one
to right and came In on Schriver's two
Dagger, Huston singled and was