The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-03
IT WAS PITIFUL.
Meancy Lacked Control and lIOrncr
Was roo Easy for ANY Use.

And when 1t was all over there was
no doubt about how 1t happened. In
plain language. and in what is termed
polite language In the base ball ver-
nacular we We're "wrottin." And we
didn't have pitcher who was In proper
shape to so through the manoeuvers
of dishing out deceptive shoots and
things. Johnson having pitched Mon
days game in Wilkes Barre and Har-
per being reserved for the barbecue
down there tomorrow. So Mcaney es-
sayed to do the twirling but lacked
control and was taken out in the third
inning, Horner replacing him.
Horner was just the kind Of pie the
Alligators We're looking for and when 1t
was all over they had touched him UP
'or "a hits for 81 bases. Meanwhile
nearly the whole Scranton team had
become afflicted with the flutters and
had rolled up eight luscious errors
which contributed lergely toward the
AlliEetors 22 runs, Scranton making &.
Before the game was played 1t was
forfeited to Wilkes Barre by the score
Of to q. This was on the decision of
Umpire Gaffney and was owing to the
absence Of any new balls with which
to begin the game. Then there re-
mains the question whether Wilkes
Barre should be credited with two vic
tories or one. Officially. they won two
games and so it will have to stand
until Galfncy's decision is reversed. 1t
all hinges ON the hour advertised for
starting. Manager Chapman claims he
was notified the game should have be-
gun at 3i5 O'Clock while the Scranton
management claims 4 o'clock as the
hour Gaffney decided with Wilkes
Barre
STARTING TIME DISPUTE.
IL, StDr, 1,:t Al
tion game but was the one scheduled for
Saturday afternoon and which was
postponed by rain, so Manager Chap
man contends. Scranton holds that the
game was the ore regularly scheduled
Tor yeserday. the claim being based on
the previous claim that o'clock and
not a.l5 was the hour for starting.
While 4 O'Clock is the official
hour for starting, according to
the association minute book. the UNI
pire's decision must stand for the pres
eEt though it Is bound to be reversed.
Howard Luckey. the young Avoca
boy, pitched for Wilkes Barre and his
efforts We're encourag ged by scores Of
Avocians who attended the game es-
recially to witness his maiden effort in
this region In professional company.
That Luckey has the makeup of
coming pitcher there is no doubt, but
inc ~ nltS OF MIN, bases on DallS ana
strike-out is not particularly cred
1t able performance under the very IA
vorable conditions under which he ap-
l,cared yesterday. The score indicates
that in Il less one-sided game Luckey
would not have Jared so well. though
II should be considered that he worked
under the disadvantage OF being on
dress parade before familiar audi
ence.
Scranton again presented crazy
quilt makeup. Through hitch in the
deal for SANDY" Griffin, the Wilkes
Barre outtielder and the failure OF
O'Brien to report from Rochester it was
necessary to begin the game with
Beatty" Williams on first, Ward in
center and johnson in right. A fur
thar change was made when Horner
entered the boz in the third, Ward
going from center to right in place Of
johnson, and Meaney going to center,
About $500 persons were present
when began the chewing match be-
tween Manager Chapman and Captain
Hutchinson over the absence Of new
balls and the hour for play. It was
only not to disappoint the audience that
Scranton consented to play other than
an exhibition game.
THINGS LOOKED ROSY.
Scranton went first to bat and things
looked rosy when Latham got four