The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-08
1T WAS EXCITING.

Umpire. Players and Spectators Become
Mixed In Yesterdays Game With Prov.
idence. Which Scranton Won by Small
Majority-"Cub" Strickcr Ordered from
the Grounds.
If ever things were mixed up at a
base ball game, that same happened
yesterday when Scranton won from
Providence by one tally in 10-innings
game When it was all over nobody
could exactly tell how 1t happened, and
even the detailed score cannot be used
for the translation of the game. 1t
was a contest in which Umpire Hurst,
the players and spectators We're mixed
up in nasty mess. Hurst will have
to shoulder the blame for 1t all, not be-
cause he is umpire, but because he is
not an umpire; at least his work yester-
day invites such a comment, which is
the general opinion of the majority Of
the 500 persons who saw the game.
That the contest was exciting Is a
mild statement. 1t was turbulent from
the start to the finish of the ten in
nings, during which Scranton scored
IA runs and the Champions 13. Provi-
dence received little the worse of
Hursts elastic judgment, both on the
pases and behind the plate, and open
rebellion by the players and q threat
ened riot by the spectators made things
decidedly lively in the sixth inning.
With two runs in, one out and a runner
on first Cooney hit a sizzling grounder
inside third bag and along the foul
line. Cooney reached second, but
Hurst called 1t foul hit.
Manager Murray Objec ectcd.
Manager Murray and Cub"
Stricker protested In language so vigor-
Gus that Stricken was fined $40 and
Murray ordered to the bench. Stricken
continued to kick and was ordered out
or the game. Meanwhile the crowd
was roasting Hurst and continued to
do so after play was resumed, when
Hurst heard Stricken "lacing" him near
the bench. Time was called and Strick-
er ordered from the grounds.
Murray objected to Hursts language
and manner and the umpire walked to
the bench where Stricken was standing
and pushed him toward the gate Blows
would have been struck but for the ar
rival Of one of the associations freak
policemen and the interference of by
ISLANDERS. Stricken accompanied the po-
llceman through the gate, but later re-
turned to the bench. He was replaced
at second by Dickson, who had been
catching. and McAuley went behind the
plate. The commotion put the specta-
tors on the tip-toe of excitement, and
urrct ,,pp,aroff,,11,y rnoofaI until
the finish.
Quarles was in the box for Scranton
and appeared to be in good form until
the sixth inning, when a triple, two
doubles and single were made off
him and three earned runs scored. 1t
was at his own request that he was
taken from the box In favor of De-
laney. Until the sixth inning only six
scattered hits had been made off him.
He had sent three to first on balls and
was beginning to weaken.
Delaney was batted all over the
grounds in the seventh, but he after
ward pulled himself together and kept
the Champions down to one two-base
hit. During the seventh a triple, a
double and two singles were secured
off his delivery.
For Providence Eagen pitched good
enough to win but for the seven costly
errors behind him.
Wards five errors contributed largely
toward the run-getting, but he was Sc
verely Ill with bowel trouble and In no
condition to be- on the field. During the
morning and Immediately preceding
and during the game he pleaded hard
to be relieved from playing, but abided
by Barnie's request that he play II
possible. Smith, also, was Ill with the
same complaint, although his condi-
tion was not as severe as Wards.
How the Runs We're Mado.
Scranton scored in the first three in
nings and was never headed, although
they were tied in the ninth. Two
runs were made in the first on Wards
single, Radford's double. wild pitch
and single by Clark, For Providence
in the second force hit by Stricken,
Wards wild throw, a base on balls to
Murray, and Eagan's single scored one
run. For Scranton in the last half
three unearned runs were scored on q
base on balls to johnson, Cooney's err
ror. bases on balls to Ward and Rad
ford and another error by Cooney.
Score, 5-1.
whitehead was hit by O pitched ball
IN the third, reached third on Johnson's
hit and scored on stricker's wild throw.
Score. 6-1, s.