The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-14
THE SEASONS FIRST Game
ScrantOn's Professionals Defeat the
Lively Y. N. {. A. Team.
SIX HUNDRED WE'RE PRESENT
Tho Amateurs Used Two OF the Pro.
fcssional Pitchers - Grounds Were
Not In the Best of Condition.
Seven Innings Played.

McDermott allowed his coal beavers
to disportsthemselves for seven innings
yesterday afternoon with several of the
Young Mems Christian association
youths whose prOwess last year made
all the amateurs who went against
them bite the dust The professionals
won by score OF Z to 4. But that
wasn't the only joyful part of 1t; the
coal beavers showed themselves to be
candidates for places on a team that
will give "a good account Of itself later
on. and about 600 persons saw the con-
test.
The attendance figure Is important.
as Il gives u line on the revived inter-
est in the game and in the enterprise
Of the young men whose pluck Is going
to give real. live baseball to a long
suffering people. Toward the close of
last season 1t was good average day
when 500 of the faithful dared go to
the grounds and run the risk of seeing
Barnie's menagerie run loose. But II
600 persons will 60 to see a humble and
mixed up practice game before the ex-
hibition season has opened there are
some reasons for saying that the pluck
of H. =. Simpson. the Brooks brothers
and w. G. Parke is appreciated and
that the game will be raised from the
depths Of last season.
GROUNDS IN BAD SHAPE.
Neither the grounds nor the condi-
ton of the men was such as to warrant
any trustworthy criticism of the play
ers. The space back of the plate was
much like a dry country road after
spell of wet weather; the base lines
were not marked; the diamond was
uneven, and the Outfield resembled a
mountainous stretch of country. The
crowd. however, appreciated the fact
that the game was hastily arranged
and judged 1t accordingly
For the professionals Mullarkey and
Cronin pitched five and two innings re-
spectively. Mullarkey permitted only
one hit, and struck out two men. but
he was as wild as an unframed Zulu
warrior and made five gifts Of first on
balls. CrOnin hurried them over In
the sixth but In the last inning pur-
posely gave the amateurs juicy as
sortment Of lobbs which the youngsters
hit for two 2-baggers and out of which
Stemmell. who was pitching for them.
selected one to his liking and pushed
II into left territory for three stations.
Gets twirled five innings against his
colleagues. and Stemmell two innings.
Gets has the advantage Of possessing
long hair. a long body and a long pull
out-in Waterloo. Ind. where his father
is postmaster In the box he works
on the jack-knife and telescope prin-
ciple. and he did 1t WELL considering
that he has done no training whatever.
He permitted seven hits for nine bases,
gave two bases on balls and hit bats
man. Stemmell in two innings faced
only six Scranton men and kept the
ball back of the base lines excepting a
fiy-out to Eagan. He Is built like
pair OF scissors. can run like the mis-
chief and may contain some hitting
ability II his three-bagger In the sew
enth Is any evidence. His work was
the best Of the quartette.
THE RUN-GETTING.
An elaborate story of the combat is
Of little value this early. The Young
Mems Christian association scored
first. In the second inning Tom Brooks
and Williams walked to first, and each
advanced bag on wild pitch. Moore
forced Brooks at the plate and Will
liams cantered in on McAndreW's out
to Eagan.
Scranton made two runs and put one
on velvet in the third. With two out
Eagan walked to first and began MAX
ing the circuit with Chiles on the lat
ter's hot grounder which made q hole
through Tom Brooks at second. Reese
fielded the ball to Gets who threw 1t
wild In his attempt to stop Eagan at the
plate. The ball was lost in the crowd
and Eagan and Chiles scored
Herr's double and stolen base and
CrOnin's out at first scored one in the
fourth. In the fifth McAndrews missed
Eagan's fly and the latter reached Sec
ond. Chiles was given four wide ones.
Hess made lively single to right
which scored Eagan Hess stole and
got to third on Herr's out at first which
scored Chiles.. CrOnin singled and
Herr came home. Cronin stole second,
reached third on Sweeney's single and
scored on Mullarkey's hit. This gave
the professionals their total of seven.
The Young Men made three of their
four tallies In the seventh. Williams
got four wide ones. Barrett was
thrown out at first. McAndrew made
double, scoring Williams, and came
In on the triple of the long haired
Stemmell. Malott famed The latter
scored on Sweeney's grounder. John
Brooks made double and Reese was
thrown out while trying to steal home.
SCRANTON.
ABB. X. f. P.O. A, II.