The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-08
BY ONE RUN.
Providence Won in the Tenth...Murray
Put Ont Of the Game...Ward
and Dixon Fined.

Providence defeated Scranton by one
run III lO.inning game yesterday.
For eight innings. during which Scran-
ton had scored four runs, Giilon had thu.
Grays completely at his mercy, giving
them but four hits, and he was support
ed in magnificent style. But in the
ninth there carne tripiet of errorless
but unfortunate plays by Lath-
sm. Ward and Eagan which per-
united six hits and gave the
four earned runs which tied the
score. The Grays got the winning
run In the tenth Oh a base on balls.
sacrifice and Lyons single which was
hit at Latham with too much speed to
be fielded.
Meanwhile the sarIse had been given
m added liveliness by the fining Of
Ward IS and Dixon $40 and the settling
OF the highest penalty allowed, $40 on
Manager Murray who was put out OF
the game.
The Murray episode occurred in the
tenth inning when, after two strikes
had been called on him, he stood on the
plate and began to kick. Gaffney
called play" but Murray didn't move.
Gillon delivered slow. straight one
which hit Murray in the back as he
clung to his position on the plate Gaff-
fey declared him out and Murray con-
tinued to object and refused to go to the
bench. Gaffney then added $40 to the
$40 already imposed and called an Of
ficer to see that Murray retired to the
bench. After a del&y of perhaps five
minutes the game proceeded.
FAST FIELD WORK.
From start to finish the argument was
replete with brilliant infeld plays ON
either side. double plays by Scranton
and close decisions, which early I'm the
game seemed to favor the visitors
Hodson was pitching good ball. but Gil
Ion was doing better. Scranton had
earned all the four runs, so II was a
great disappointment to the crowd
when the tide turned In the Grays' fav-
or at the end.
Mcguire. Ward and Hutchinson
shouldered the bulk OF the work behind
Gillon and did 1t fast. sure and bril-
liant. Hutchinson's one pardonable er-
ror being in the eighth when 1t didn't
cost anything. Eagan's error. too. was
not at all costly. The same is true OF
the tWo TroNlueIce errors WnlCh hau
no bearing whatsoever on the result
Even with all the circumstances
mentioned and which made 1t possible
for the Grays to win by q run, the score
would certainly have been a tie and
Scranton would have had a chance to
win IL Gaffney in the third inning had
seen Bassett hold Gillon at third which
delayed him just enough to be put out
at the plate. 1t was the kick over Bas-
sett's trick which caused the placing
OF a IS fine on Ward. Gillon was try
ing TO score from second on Latham's
clean hit to right field and would have
reached the plate with at least ten feet
to spare If Bassett hadn't blocked him.
could do nothing but declare Gillon out
on the return of the ball from Murray
to Drauby to Dixon.
ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD.
About 1000 spectators. large num-
Der, considering the cold and threaten
ing weather were present. They did
their share toward trying to defeat
the visitors by keeping up an incessant
and deafening noise throughout the
.enth inning.
While Ccrbett's eebagger which,
following like oifense by Eagan in the
second innig. brought In one run, he
failed to get hit out Of three other
times at bat when even a slobbery sim