The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-28
MINERSCOULDN'T CONNECT
Had Seven Chances 10 Win Yesterdays
Game, but were Unequal 10
the Task.

The Miners inability to bat when an
outiield fly or hit would have resulted
in a run. accounts for the Toronto
farmers victory over Griffin's men yes
terday. Inning after inning saw Gillon
bowl Irwins agriculturists over like
ten-pins. In only four innings were
they on the circuit, but in three of
those innings they scored one run per
inning and managed to get the tally
necessary to win.
A phenomenal play by Smith with
one out and following Massey's triple
in the eighth robbed the Miners of the
tieing run.
There was only one inning in the
whole game in which the Miners had
no chance 20 score. That was in the
second, when they were retired one
two-three. In each of four innings
after the first, a hit was made; in two
innings there were bases on balls, and
in one inning there was hit and a
base on balls, but never could Grifiin's
men rise to the emergency and profit
by the chances offered them. In no
other game could the ability of the
Toronto team be better shown. They
had four chances to score in as many
innings, and in three innings they tai
lied one run per inning.
NO FAULT OF GILLONS.
At the gait Gillon was pitching, the
Miners should have won in a canter.
Only four hits were made off him and
one was a Texas league scratch over
first, which netted two bases and
brought in the winning run in the
eighth inning.
Manager Irwin had objected to the
work of Umpire Pop" Smith and so
Boyd and Staley were selected to ad-
judicate the game. They did it re-
markably well. There We're only three
kicks and. strangely enough, one was
against Staley by his own team for de-
claring Smith out at first, and the
other was against Boyd for calling
strikes on Walters.
Toronto began the run-getting in the
opening half of the first inning, when,
with one out, White hit for two bases
and scored on Bonner's miss of Nc
Cams grounder
In. the Scranton half Walters hit a
lotf one over first for two bases and
sullivan was hit by a pitched ball,
They were sacrificed a base each by
Bonner and came home on Massey's
grounder between short and third.
Up to the finish, after the second in
ming, the small crowd of cranks were
hopeful. In the third inning, with one
out, Sullivan singled, Bonner flew out,
and Massey walked, but Eagan flew
out to center. Griffin opened the fourth
with a double but Gunson, Mcguire
and Gillon went down in sequence.
With two out in the fifth, Bonner
walked and Massey flew out to center.
In the sixth. with one out, Griffin
walked, but was tagged in an attempt
to steal after Gunson had gone out to
White. Walters made a single and
steal in the eighth with two out, but
Sullivan was retired on an outfeld fly.
THE STAR PLAY.
The greatest disappointment of the
game and the best play developed in
the last of the eighth after Toronto
had got a lead of one and the Miners
were straining every nerve to win out
With one out Massey hit one of his old
state leaguers to the fence at left
center and made three bases on it
Eagan smashed one at terrific speed
down the left line, just inside third
base. Smith stopped ii with one hand
after slide on his knees, and almost
succeeded in touching Massey out
Smith then regained his feet and shot
the ball to first in time to catch sucf
speedy one as Eagan. 1t was clearly
one of the star plays of the year II
Scranton and earned from the GROVE
the applause It deserved. Griffin, tn,
next one up, hit a fly to Freeman.
A piece of hard luck fell to the Miners
in the ninth. With one out, Maguir,
singled, but Gillon forced Mcguire a
second and Taylor got the ball TO Nc
Gam in time TO double Gillon and enc
the game.
Toronto's second run was made in tn
seventh inning. McHale walked an,
went TO second and then to third oi
two infield outs and scored on a singl
by Wagner, who was forced at second
In the eighth Norton famed an,
Cesev reached second on a single an,