The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-11

Good and Bad Ball. aud for Other
Reasons.
1t would require rare kind of tisur-
ing to explain just how Springfield won
saturdays game from scranton
Noughlin, the Springfield pitcher. was
batted out of the box in two and
half innings and his awkward success
sor. Hawley. was just as easy to solve.
Scranton made Is hits for u bases and
Springfield II hits for 10 bases; Johnson
made but pitching errors while Haw-
ley made 6.
But there are other scoring details
which throw light on the result. Fiji
teen ScrantOnians We're left on bases
against Ponies, and Scranton made
seven errors against Springtield's four.
The number left on bases shows that
McDermott's men failed to line 'er out
at the proper time. In addition.
Springfeld's errors We're not as costly
as ScrantOn's. Then there remains the
very important fact that in one inning
.Johnson's wildness made three runs
possible and throughout the game he
Hoped from good to bad pitching with
disastrous regularity.
The contest was witnessed by about
2.00e persons. an audience quite as
large as on the opening day. They had
their fun anyhow. for the game see
sawed from Springfield's to Scranton's
favor and vice-versa until the seventh
inning when the visitors took the lead
and kept it. Meanwhile there was just
enough kicking over ground rules and
just enough debate with the umpire to
satisfy the most turbulent crank. so the
crowd had excitement even though
Scranton did lose
THE ONE STAR PLAY.
Flack made the one star play of the
day by. his running catch of Leahy's
hy in the sixth. 1t was low hit ball
and Flack got it back of second and
toward left field. Hutchinson made
one error out of six chances but the
crowd has sized him up as a good play
er. While the tirst-base playing of
Chiles was weak he did as well as was
expected in that position. and the posi-
tion will continue to be one of the two
shaky spots on the team until a proper
man is found to play it, Rafferty, made
some good plays and some bad ones.
b The best infield work of either team
was performed by Shannon. the Spring
field shortstop. Scheffiers hitting was
feature, his triple, two doubles. single
and base on balls combined to assist in
procuring every Springfield run Gun
sons backstOpping could not have been
better.
First inning-Scranton missed a
> chance to score. miss that was later
repeated with surprising regularity.
With Ward out, Meaney had singled,
and, after Chiles flew out, reached third
on Coogan's muff of Hutchinson's fly.
Meaney was nipped at the plate while
Tying to come in on HutchinsOn's s
jteal. Springfield tailed three times
on single, steal, Rafferty's wild
throw to second, a triple. double and
Hutchinson'S error.
EAGAN FORCED OUT.
Second inning-With three on bases
on two singles and n bunt, Eagan was
forced at the plate, johnson fouled out,
and Ward flew out to Lynch. Spring
fleld was retired one-two-three.
Third inning-After Meaney had
g knocked one into the carriages in right
field field for homer and Chiles had
made triple, Coughlin was taken out
of the box, Hawley taking his place.
Three singles, one of Leahy's two er-
rors, a wild pitch and a blocked ball,
with the damage that had been done to
Coughlin, netted four runs. With two
out, Chiles muffed Hutchinsons assist
and the run came in on Scheffier's triple.
Score A.
Fourth inning-With two out Scran-
ton filled the bases on singles by Hutch
inson and Eagan and base on balls
to Flack but Mcguire forced Eagan at
third. Springfield got two on bases
on Eagan's error and Gunson's single,
but force hit and Rafferty's quick
throw to Mcguire after Leahy struck
out retired the side
Fifth inning-Scranton earned two