The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-28
World Of Sport.
SCRANTON LOST The Came
Cuban Giants Won by the Score OF
~ to Z.
THERE MAS REASON FOX 1T
or MeDcrinott's Players Only Two Out
ficlders ard Onc lnficlder We're in
Re ulaf positiOn-Stemmcll
t,l.ncd q Good Game.
THERE MAS REASON FOX II

Manager McDermott'S team oi OUT
iielders onened the practice season IN
Scranton by game with the dusky
cuban Giants at Athletic park yester-
day afternoon. When it was all over
the Giants had won by score oi l. 10
: and a large and thoughtless portion
of the 200 persons present were ready
To leave the grounds with the deep
rooted opinion that Scranton is prom
isins candidate for the tail of the East
-rn league procession. such an opin-
ion. however. belongs only to the pessi-
IniStice class.
Scranton lost-thats certain, but the
team which did the losing was of the
. emergency sort. Ward being the only
intielder who was in his regular posi-
tion. Hess. catcher, filled a gap IN
left field, With such a conglomerated
assignment of players to strange posi-
tions It was no wonder that Scranton
made twelve ripe and juicy errors at
the most critical periods. This en-
plains why the Cubans We're able 10
pull i'm twelve runs on eight hits for
thirteen bases. They made but four err
rors. and McDermott's men made nine
hits for fifteen bases. These facts suf-
ihiently explain the result.
Two pleasing facts We're presented:
Chiles can hit like a hitter from Hitter
Vile, and Stemmell can pitch like
pitcher from the place where pitchers
grow. ChileS smashed out two doubles
and triple, the long and terrific kind
of cannonades that tempts the genuine
bleacher when a game is close, to play
leap-frog with himself. Stemmell.
with all manner of hair-raising errors
behind him. refused the ebony hued
men even a solitary hit for five innings.
sTEMMELL WEAKENED.
In the seventh he weakened. after
chances to retire the side had been
missed. and permitted four hits for
five bases and walked two men to first
Two hits had been made off him in the
sixth and he was touched UP twice in
the eighth. All this was nevertheless
"A very creditable performance. when is
appreciated the fact that he was put in
tn twirl the initial practice game before
an audience which was ready to fall
over itself in JOY or sorrow, according
to whether IL was pleased or not. Stem
nell will do.
When the game began at $50 o'clock
each set of bleachers was practically
filled. as was the old part of the grand
stand. Among the spectators In the
latter We're not few of the social ele-
nlent from the hill.
Larry Ketrick, the local base ball en-
cyclopedia. and prosperous relic of
the good old days of the Indians. was
umpire. Larry was the recipient of
the usual vocal bouquets that are
thrust upon the men who do their best
TO fairly adjudicate a base ball scrap.
He did his work well and paid little
heed to the mild suggestions of either
spectators or players. faculty he ac-
quired In the palmy days when he was
paid to take abuse. cabbages, etc, in
the Eastern league circuit.
Francisco GeneralissimO Ward, who
is captaining the team, was the first
man up His wide and varied expert
ence probably makes him proof against
the "tumultuOus" applause which
greeted him, for he kept his eyesight
and walked to first. Patricius Meaney.
also Il parsonage of Importance. repute
and popularity, was given IA regal
greeting, which he did not deign to ac-
knowledge, but followed Senator
Ward'S example and ambled to first.
CHILES MADE A DOUBLE.
Meanwhile. Chiles had raped out
double and scored Ward and reached
third on Grants mutf of the throw to
stop him at second Chiles came i'm on
3radley'S out at first. In the second a
base on balls to Stemmell and Wards
double netted a run.
The Giants scored i'm the third on a
base on balls to Robinson, Rafferty's
poor thrOw to stOn his steal to second
and Bradley's failure to get i'm front of
the ball The visitors made another i'm
the sixth on triple and a single
With the score 3 to 2 in our favor two
runs were made in the seventh on Hess
single Chiles' triple, base on balls to
Pagan, his stolen base and a double by
Bradley. The tallies were by Hess and
Eagan. Chiles having been forced by
Meaney at the plate.
ScTdTltOIi : fTad III t1TUt WtIg tIaJrTTT TJu
IN the last of the seventh by Grant $
double. an error each by Eagan and
Chiles, Robinson's hit. Fry's hit. bases
on balls to White and Patterson. an
other error by Eagan, Jackson's stolen
base and Rafferty's error and Grant S
hit. All this resulted in eight runs and
nut the Giants five to the good They
added two more in the eighth on
Wards error RobinsOn's' force hit a
hit by White and Patterson's triple.
With two out in the ninth Eagan
singled. Meaney and Bradley got bases
'nn balls and Flack singled. Eagan and
Meaney scored. but Flack was stopped
at second on assists from left and
short.
NOT ENTITLED TO THEM.
The visitors runs in each inning. ey-
ceptlng the one in the sixth, were made