The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-12
LOOSELY PLAYED GAME.
ScrantOus Win Over Sprinsficld-It Wa
Not q VaIorOus Performance.

1t required but two innings I'm yestcr-
days game with Springfield to convince
McDermott's employees that they had
banquet in store. They. took advan-
tage of it and in four innings fed their
appetites on twenty runs, ten OF
which were presented in the fourth
inning
Herr had meanwhile held Springfield
down to five wee singles, and the visit
ors had scored two runs on Chiles' miss
of fly when two were out. Herr had
won the game so in the fifth Stemmell,
who had not had trial In an Eastern
league game. was put in the box 10
show his PAGES. While he was doing
1t he was touched up for fifteen hits for
.wenty bases which with his wildness
in the fifth gave the enemy eleven of
their thirteen tallies. Stemmelrs elon-
gated self was plainly suffering from
the fiutters. He had all kinds of speed
and twisters and shoots up his sleeve
but while dishing them out he kept the
ball away from the plate. The result
was thar when he sent the third and
straight ones over, the ball was damned
away into the clouds or somewhere and
the Ponies cavOrted in with their runs.
Stemmell is capable of good work but
he will show il to better advantage
away from home: his nerves bothered
him yesterday.
HOW NOT TO PLAY.
The Springfields gave a splendid ex-
hibition of how not to play the great
American pastime, as their dozen er-
rors will testify. Whether 1t was be-
cause Of their Sunday jump to Roches-
ter and return or their defeat In that
city Is not known. but their playing
was very rocky anyhow.
Hess played first, Chiles going to
right and Meaney to center. Flack
was not slated for the game. but Eagan
became slightly i'll after two innings
had been played and was succeeded
by Flack. The arrangement does not
improve the outfeld as far as fielding
Is concerned, although 1t does give a
greater hitting strength and makes the
infeld better.
= For four innings Herr permitted the
Ponies only five scattered hits Their
two runs In the second We're made on
Chiles' muff of Leahy's fly, when two
were out and two We're on bases. Herr
did not show unusual speed. but he sent
over a few of the fast one for which he
Is noted. His control was good. AL
together his arm appeared better than
an ordinary arm and gave evidence of
verifying The Tribunes prediction that
fective twirers in the league within a
few weeks, as soon as the warm
weather loosens his big arm.
Scranton opened the matinee by
touching Hawley for three singles in
the first inning, which, with a base on
balls and Easton's muff, netted four
runs. In the second single and two
more errors accounted for two tallies.
Springfield made two on ChileS' mutt
after two We're out and when two We're
on bases. The next two innings showed
up blank for the visitors, but Flack $
single, triple by Hess. Meaney's and
Rafferty's singles end Herr's double
earned three for Scranton in the third
and two that were presents We're OBJ
tained on two errors by Coogan and one
by Shannon. Scranton's ten in the
fourth We're all unearned They were
made on five bases on balls. two singles
double and five errors.
FIVE UNEARNED RUNS.
Stemmell had walked three to first
there were tow out and as many or
bases, when he was hit for double a
triple and single for five unearned runs
In the fifth.
Scranton scored in each remaining
inning, the eighth excepted, but only
In the sixth and ninth were the runs
earned. Springfield earned one run
each in the seventh and NINTH and In