The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-29
BALTIMORE GOT
A BIG SURPRISE
SCraut0n's Scrub Base Ball Team Was
Not Very Easy.
UP AGAINST "TOMMY" JOHNSON
The Fat Round TWirler Dished Out n
Few of His Reserve Stock OfChOice
CurVes..3,5OO Persons Saw the
Orioles Win by Two Kuns..O'Neii,
Signed by Scranton.

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wan grande affaire" yesterday. 1T
makes no difference, anyhow. from the
standpoint of the real crank, VINO
looked at the thing from solely base
ball point of view. The Orioles won by
the score of 4-2. but they had To do
some lively humping To save their
regulations.
Ordinarily, base ball game is that
aud nothing else. but yesterday 1t was
different. II was Il sort of big circus,
4 big crowd. Il division of gate re-
cripts among the players. presenta-
tinn Of bouquets and Il costly scarf pin
tn- pin was given to 'Hughey. "i
ru,iSe- ana banuuetting AFFAIR at
Ayoca as a wind-up i'm the evening.
The wind-up was ON "Hughey's' ac-
count also But in all the hurley bur
Icy of everything Baltimorean, some
thing of the honors fell tn the lot of
"Tuinmy" Johnson, Scranton. and the
team Of picked professionals who camp
during the winter in these particular
woods
There were nearly $500 persons at
the game and these included nearly
l,5UJ~ from Moosic, Avoca and other
nearby localities. These admirers of
the great shortstop began arriving in
tn. city about | o'clock. They includ-
ed meu. women and children. and they
didn't stop to shop talk or drink until
they reached the park gates. Ten eX-
ira trolley ears were sent down the
valley To bring the crowd up. but the
ten ears We're wholly inadequate to ac-
"umm"date the traffic. Every ear that
arrived from AVoca and vicinity bore a
very striking resemblance to u barrel
nf brown sugar in hot summer Only
the trolley poles were visible: the pas
-"ngers, many of them. seemed to be
hanging on by teeth and eyelashes.
GREAT BLEACHER CROWD.
The gates at the park We're opened
al 80 O'Clock, and within an hour
each set of bleachers was full and the
srand stand was nearly so. and before
play was called the crowd had spread
itself over the inside fences, up to the
left foul line and along the main fence
on the right field side.
Those who came early saw what was
really the best playing of the afternoon
the warming up of the Orioles. Even
in National league cities when Balti-
more is on the card the audience gath
ers early to see the champions practice.
so II was not surprising that Scranton
crowd of spectators should go wild
over 1t. The dashing, fitting. fast and
veritible acrobatic style of play occa-
stoned almost a continuous sound of
applause. During the twenty-five min
uteS of practice not man of the whole
nine was inactive or silent. To the less
Informed student of the game 1t was a
skip and dash of players and ball, per-
formed so rapidly that it was difficult
To separate the combination.
So it was in the game. but with the
marked addition of the whole team
playing as one man, each encouraging
the other, never the semblance of hesi-
tation or a misplay. 1t was all very
We'll illustrated why the three-time
champions are invincble. They infus-
ed too a little of that kicking faculty
That has helped make them famous,
hut stopped it after they got lead of
two runs in the fifth inning. With
Robinson to "jolly" the umpire, the in
field, with the exception of Reitz to
chime in with concerted kick and the
outfeld ever ready to take a hand. it
is no wonder Baltimore gets little as
sistance in that particular. But the
audience rather liked it, Umpire Ket-
rick was able to return a compliment
or two and the Scranton players didn't
care.
JOHNSON WAS PITCHING.
Meanwhile Tommy" Johnson was
pitching brilliant ball. Eight hits We're
made off him, but two in the first in
ming. when a run came in, We're the
scratchiest kind of fungo scratches.
one was hit at Johnson too hard to
be handled and one was fielded clean
~ by Dean but went too slowly to
first. Four Were all the Orioles de-
served. Corbett, who returned from
Scranton to Baltimore q month before
the close of the Eastern league season,
gave evidence of having recovered his
Nerve and control. He gave six hits.
Three more would have been charged
up against him but for two running
catches by Brodie and one by Keeler
that would have caused some OF the
best Eastern league fielders to turn
black with envy. Brodie showed his
ability to judge and get under long
flies by catching them in practice with
his hands behind his back while run
ming in the same direction as that OF
the ball.
Johnson was seriously handicapped
by having behind him u team out of
which only three, himself. Griffin and
Ward, had ever played together. How
ever, the game they all played was
much better than could have been
hoped for. Jimmy" Dean. in short
his two errors was on a difficult chance
and the other was not the easiest in
the world. or his four accepted chances
two would have done credit to the
only "Iuehey" and i'm addition he
blocked u speedy grOlinder back of sec
ond.
O'Neill. the Minooka lad. after the
game. was signed by Scranton for next
season. That fact sufficiently explains
whether his work was good or not
Considering his limited experience he
did better work than could have been
expected of him. Barring his slowness
in throwing to bases there was nothing
10 criticise. but there was enough alert
hess and ginger In his style to indi-
cate that he will prove good back
stop.
To pass comment on any one of the
champions would include all of them,
though Jennings and Robinson had the
greater opportunity to work.
THAT SCARF PIN.
The scarf pin presented to Jennings
was an opal set I'm diamonds. and was
handed him by Umpire Kettrick when
he came to bat in the first inning.
The event broke up the game for about
two minutes, during which the players
gathered about the shortstop and I'm
pire kettrick made the announcement
that the article had been presented to
MIR. Jennings by his admirers in
Moosic and Avoca." Then the game
proceeded and Jennings showed his ap-
probation by scratching two se
fungo to short left. Shafer and Dean
each got a bouquet and Corbett found
awaiting him at the hotel box of
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