The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-02
DIAMOND DUST,
Scranton at wilkes-Barre today.

A victory today will make the percentage
500.
Baltimore leads the league in both bat
ing and fielding.
Round Thomas Johnson and Rogers will
be today's battery.
Scranton has won eleven of the last FOUR
teen consecutive games.
Pete" Childs continues to keep up his
good work for Hazleton.
Pitcher Cannon, of Syracuse, has only
been loaned by Pittsburg.
Louisville has the weakest aggregation
that was ever In the league.
Catcher Tenny and Pitcher Sexton are
doing good work for Boston.
SPEEDY" Wilson, one of the Boston pitch
ers, has been sold 10 Cleveland
Jim Mcclure is doing all of the catching
for Washington. and doing it well.
Washington has lost more games by one
run than other club in the league.
Stage Is again umpiring in the league
He quit last season on account OF bad
health.
Wilkes-Barre Record: Scranton is play
ing about the best ball of any club In the
league"
Washington and Brooklyn have five or
six pitchers each, and they are all doing
good work.
Warner. who played shortstop for Ro-
chester when that club was In Scranton.
Is catching for Louisville.
II Providence wins three games and
Springfield loses the same number the two
xi, 49, k...f ta1 90 tI,-.t
The western clubs, with the exception OF
st. Louis and Louisville. are playing a
much stronger game than they did last
year.
Wilson. Of New York. Is not doing much
hitting for the "Giants' and 1t is likely
that Farrell will do most of the catching
from now ON.
Captain Doyle. of the Giants" Will try
to play this week. He will play third base
until Davis Is we'll enough to take his place
on the team again.
The Eastern league magnates appear to
think pretty well Of the Pennsylvania
State league players. Ben Ellis. Of Potts
vile. IL now wanted by Syracuse.
Second Baseman Barney Conroy, who
has been seriously III all season. has at
most popular players In the State league.
Pitcher Kimble. of Millville, has not lost
q game this season. He is a strapplng big
fellow, and with u little more experience
will be a good man for some club to gather
In
Carbondale, says the Philadelphia In
quirer, has been a disappointment. A
great many people thought that they
would have an easy time Of It In the State
league.
Pitcher Mark Baldwin and Second Base
man Jack Tighe have both Jumped Potts
Vile and are playing with Rochester.
Nick Young has been notified. but both
men are still playing.
Pitcher Frank Southard. late Of Toronto,
has signed with the Reading club. He is II
left-hander. His right arm In much shorter
than his left. caused by nurse letting him
fall on "a stove when baby.
Out OF nve times at bat Pete Sweeney
made three hits. and out of four times nt
bat Nit Whitehead made two hits for Ro-
chester yesterday. The two Scranton has
beens each made three errors.
Burkett, of Cleveland; Hamilton. OF Phil
adelph;n, and Jennings. OF Baltimore, are
tns lelullB run St'teTS vi tHe IeuBue,
each having made 5S runs. ICY" Young.
Of Cleveland. IL the tailender. having made
but three runs In fifteen games.
The result OF yesterdays Wilkes. Barre
game was announced by innings at
F1orey's. A large crowd spread over the
wide sidewalk and into the street, and
when the result was received the gather
Ing showed It's pleasure by series Of
lusty cheers.
Yesterdays game at Wilkes-Barre was
witnessed by large number OF Scranton
cranks who composed about 10 per cent. OF
the audience. They had their own root
ing voices with them and used them when
the profane Wilkes-Barre bleacher wasn't
getting in his fine work.
Eastern league players who have played
with Washington, OF the National league,
are Kilroy. of Syracuse; Berger. of Ro.
chester; Ed Crane, Of Toronto; 'Cub"
Stricken and Cooney, OF Providence; Rad
ford and Ward. Of Scranton: Cyclone"
Duryea, Of Rochester: Dan Shannon, of
Wilkes Barre: Sam Wise and Vickery, Of
Buffalo.
A reduced fare Of co cents only will be
charged for round trip tickets, on the Jer-
sey Central special base ball train 10
Wilkes.Barre Thursday afternoon. The
train will leave the Scranton depot at 1.::3
p. m., and will start from wikes-Barrs
on the return trip at 6.65 Excursion Tick
cts will bs good on the train leaving Scrau.
ton 1t 2so O'Clock and the return train