The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-04
HAVE NOT YET REPORTED
Nake.up p Of Scranton Team Nill Be
the Same as on SATURDAY..
JOHNSON MILL GO IN THE BOX
Herr. HOruer and Brown viii Probabi y
Go In Against Proviienee -lIutehin.
son. OF Louisville. Thought To Bs
En- Route for Springfield.

Springfield, Mass. May S.-None or
Scranton's new players have arrived
here and il seems likely that tomorrow
final game with Springfield will he
played with Saturdays makeup. In
fielder Hutchinson. of Louisville, Is
thought to have left there last night for
the north. Bonner's terms were ac-
cepted Friday night, when McDermott
wired him to report here at once.
Nothing was heard from him and so
McDermott wired him yesterday again.
No reply has been received. but il is
possible he will be here for tomorrow's
game Negotiations are being kept up
by wire with Power. who Is In Syracuse.
He has not yet hintcd that he will play
with Scranton. Mahoney, whose re-
lease McDermott agreed to purchase
from Portland, Me-, lives here, but left
Friday night on account of some trou-
BILE following fight. His family re-
fuses to reveal his whereabouts.
Springfield seems as weak as 1t is pos
sible for an Eastern league club to be
and If johnson is put in to win out to-
morrow's game, VignauX will catch
him. The latter, while a weak hitter
and erratic thrower, Is thought by Nc
Dermott to be better than Hess. Raf-
fc'ty's arm is still tied up. Herr, Horn
er and Brown will likely pitch in the
order named at Providence, which
means Johnson for the opening game at
home with Springfield. This has been
cold. murky. half rainy day, but
there has been no general complaint of
soreness. Many of the men attended
church in the morning and all hands
kept indoors the remainder of the day
HORNER'S DELIVERY
| Horner's delivery looks to be about
the easiest thing in the world to solve.
Rarely does he put any steam on and
| he seems to put them all over in d
sort of 1-don't-care- -whether-you- hit
| it-or-not kind of a way. His pitching
style is exactly opposite that of John
sons. yet each is effective. This sounds
! strange, but 1t can be explained.
| Horner throws a slow ball, a twister
which begins to curve the moment 1t
| leaves his hand. Shoots are almost un-
known to him. Johnson puts vim into
his delivery and sends the ball along
SO fast that 1t does not shoot until a
| few feet in front of the batsman. Each
style Is very effective. A pitched bail
| curve d anu easy " llt IL
it begins to change its direction when
half way between the pitcher and the
plate But Horner's and Johnson's are
the two extremes and puzzle the quick
est eyes. Horner's would be the easiest
| to pick out. but for his faculty of mix
| ing" them. Fully one out of every four
| of his deliveries Saturday were under
hand throws--a way down throw which
seems to get the ball rising at the rate
of mile a minute as it goes by the
batsman at a slow horizontal flight.
1t was on account of this slow ball that
ne is charged with hitting six batsmen
today. 1t wasn't his wildness; the
Springfield men purposely got in front
of them.
Henry Ginter. Springfelds jolly
Dutchman twirler. whom Scranton
knocked out of Saturdays game in the
fifth inning. has pitched but four inn
ngs this year That was in a recent
practice game. Hawley, the man who
replaced Gruber, is a big, hulky man
from Oberlin college. who twirled last
year In the Iron and OIL league. He is
yet little raw and wild, and uses near
ly all the time moderate high speed.
1t does not seem that he will be a puzzle
except by his strange and awkward
delivery.
MEANEY'S PREDICTION.
Pat Meaney isn't given to talking
but he said today in quiet and con-
scientious talk with McDermott that
Scranton with her four good pitchers
and possibly the untried Stemmell, and
with the ample heavy hitting material
for the outfield can surely land in the
first division near the top If the gaps a,
third, short and first are filled with
competent men. That's good deal fol
the sober and long-headed Meaney tC
say. but The Tribune agrees with him
All the Scranton players seem tc
think Providence the hardest nut tc
crack this year. but there is a genera
impression among them. and in Spring.
field, that Providence is weak in Its
pitching department.
The 1895 pennant. which will fly from
the Springfield flagstaff every peasan
day this season. is really an ordinar,
thing. 1t cost maybe $40, not over that I
which makes huge joke out of tn,
clause In the League constitution which
reads that the championship pennan
or trophy shall not cost more than $50.
The 1895 trophy certainly is worth near
er 50 cents than $50. It's body color Il
white and 1t bears the Inscription
champions. 1895" in red letters. Tn
ilagstff is ON ton of the grandstand.
good location, for there the players cal
always see II. and draw encouragement
from 1t. while the Springfield audiences
which always share their applause witt
the visiting teams. will never see TIL
emblem while the home club is playin
rockey. In choosing the location for tn
Flagstaff Manager Burns was foxy.
Ladies are admitted free to tn
grounds here every day. excepting hol
idays. Maybe this policy prevails Il
.. Springfield because OF the excellen
quality of the audiences. Springfield
claims about 10000 population. anon
| whom the foreign-born element will no
exceed. three or four per cent. Tn
city Is one of homes and comfort an
has an evident prosperity and genera
culture of long standing, and it is t
this prevailing element that the bas
ball association is obliged to cater. s
, in making every day a ladies' da
: here the management does not incur tn
risk of attracting an undesira BILE dead
!, head patronage as might be the cas-
under similar circumstances in roughel
; newer and more heterogeneous cities.