The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-23
PLAYED ELEVEN INNINGS.
Game Ended in Darkness and q Draw.
COrbett Shows Up with the
Best Of Them.

One of the most exciting games Of
the season was that of yesterday be-
tween the locals and the adopted sons
of the Empire state capital Eleven
Innings We're played without victory
for either side, darkness causing the
battle to remain undecided.
The game lasted for two hours and
thirty-iive minutes. two hours and five
minutes Of which was devoted to actual
playing. In the beginning of the Fifth
inning with Albany at the bat and the
score ! To . in their favor Il driZ2lng
rain set in and the game had to be
called. When it was resumed Albany
made another tally and it looked pretty
blue for Scranton. The sixth and sew
enth We're blanks for both sides. In the
eighth Scranton tied the score and for
the next three innings breathing was
quite generally suspended. In the ninth
Scranton got into bad hole. There
Were men on second and third and Della
hanty, Albanys heaviest hitter, was at
the bat Then came the situation that
we read about. Ninth inning score Il tie,
two men on bases and two strikes ON the
batter. With one mighty swing of his
arm Corbett earned his salary. Della
hanty struck out and the suspense was
over for the time. The ovation that
greeted this performance was enough
to turn the head of an older pitcher
but it only seemed to tone him down
for the remaining innings. He was
never excited and the more critical the
situation the better he pitched. He
made fine showing and will certainly
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of record in itself.
Dunno, the Albany twirler. who is a
Scranton boy and a former member of
the Young Mems Christian Association
team. also did himself proud. Only
eight hits We're made off him and he
gave but three bases OH balls.
MANY BRILLIANT PLAYS.
There was brilliant playing all
through the game. In the first inning
Ward made q nice catch of Snyder's
fly, running with the ball way into
right field. In the second inning Keis-
ter made terrific drive into left field
for three bases but was caught at the
plate in his attempt to reach home
on Maguires fly to center, Wright max
ing a beautiful throw.
In the third inning Deahanty got a
life and stole second. Casey got an
other life and reached second, while
Delahanty was being run down between
second and third by Corbett. Hutchin-
sons miss of Maguire's imperfect throw
which play if successful would have re-
tired the side, permitted Casey to score.
In Scrantons half of the third O'Brien
and Wright distinguished themselves
by capturing hard, long drives respect
lively by Corbett and Ward.
The rain stopped the game at sos
o'clock and for thirty minutes the
crowd sat patiently waiting for 1t to
clear up. Just as the time limit was
about to expire the rain ceased and
play was called. Dunno who was at
the bat when the rain interrupted took
his place at the call Of play and hunted
safely to first. He reached second on
Delahanty's out at first and continued
on to third when he saw no one cover
ing the post that Keister deserted when
forced to run up on the bunt of Della
hanty. A single to center by Casey
drove him in.
In the fifth Mcguire made a pretty
but unavailng single to right and in
the next inning Hutchinson enthused
the crowd by making star catch of
Smiths foul over near the bleachers.
In the seventh Hutchinson again distin-
guished himself by stopping a hard
grounder from Casey's bat, retiring the
side and leaving Delehanty on third.
ScrantOn's two in the eighth were the
result of hard hitting principally. al
though Smiths bad throw to first had
much to do with both runs Eagan
opened up the inning with a corking
hit to center, stole second. went to third
when Hutchinson grounded to Smith,
and came home when Smith threw
wild. Then Bowerman bunted safely,
Meaney followed with a two-bagger.
driving Hutchinson home. O'Brien's
fly to Luttenburg retired the side.
THAT DESPERATE NINTH.
In the ninth Albany made desperate
attempt to break away from US and
nearly succeeded. Wright bunted safe
~. stole second. advanced to third on
Truby's sacrifice and attempted to get
home on Dunn's bounder to Keister, but
missed II by about foot. Keister's
throw being too quick for him. Dele
hanty then came up with fire In his eye.