The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-07
WE WERE NOT IN 1T.
Except for Four Innings While the Cham.
pious We're Solving Johnson-Then n
They Fielded aud Battcd Us to Stand.

They Fielded aud Batted Us to Stand.
~still.
The Providence champions came to
town yesterday. Only nine of them are
allowed at one time on base ball
diamond, and that's a good thing. too,
and there's no need of pushing II along
Those nine men from Providence Just
sported around kind of careless like for
six innings as though they didn't care
whether school kept or not, but 1t was
only bluff.
In the fourth they touched up our
Round Thomas Johnsing, and aided by
Wards buttered fingers, made two lit
tie runs, and in the fifth Lyons sent one
over toward the central city for home
run, "just to keep things interesting"
as he said when he cantered over the
plate. We were then two runs ahead.
In the seventh Grandpa Radford found
ten thumbs on his hands and failed to
rise to the emergency of double play.
SO with two on bases the Providence
antiquities thought they might as we'll
pile up a few runs to make the thing
safe. They piled up four and in the
eighth took another and then two in
the ninth, just for the fun of the thing.
The Antiques Limbered Up.
1t was very easy for the champions
after they caught their second wind.
Until the seventh inning 1t was horse
and horse with fielding batting and
pitching honors about even. Then the
antiques limbered their joints-and
soaked US. The expression is quite cor
rect. Tim Hurst left his eagle eye
somewhere up country. so Rudderham
thought, which contributed largely
toward Seranton's runs in the third and
rth innings. Rudderham thought
the umpire was stingy and should have
given him a few more corners Of the
plate. 1t appeared as though the
Providence twirler had cause for his
complaint.
Aside from Scrantons errors, each
of which was costly, the Providence
pitcher was a conspicuous feature of
the game. He has no circus motions,
but he can curve ball twice around
rain barrel, and he threw II so swift
yesterday that only Ward and Rogers
could see 1t. Johnson was not SO effec-
fielding territory. Two Of his six as
sists were on red hot cannon balls,
whose force he stopped sufficiently to
permit safe pickups by Radford and
Ward.
OF Scranton's three runs in the third
inning. two were earned. T. Johnson
made clean hit to center and reached
third on Wards double. Radford
famed the air, and Stearns made a
long single to right, scoring two runs.
Stearns stole second and Clark fouled
out. Rogers made a single and a base
on balls and Whitehead flied the bases.
Another base on balls to w. Johnson
forced in a run. Brady couldn't rise
to the emergency and struck out. Score,
80.
WithStwo out in the fourth Scranton
scored tpfce on bases on balls to Rad
ford and Stearns and Clark's single.
Clark was forced at second. Score, SO.
Providence. in It's half Of the fourth
scored two runs, neither of which was
earned. after two were out. J. Rogers
single. Wards error on Cooney's
grounder and stricker's SINGLE filed
the bases. Rogers scored on Murray's
single and Cooney was forced in by
base on balls to McAuley. Rudder-
ham struck out. Score, SO.
Lyons made homer in the fifth.
He sent the ball over Brady's head and
into the corner Of the field, crossing
the plate with time to spare. Score, 5-3.
base on balls, Radford's error,
bunt, two doubles and a single scored
the champions four runs in the seventh.
Score, 5-7. -, SIS