The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-12
TORONTO'S HOODOO.
Is Undiscovered and the Canucks Lose
Their Ninth Game...A Battle
OF the Pitchers.

The Toronto hoodoo remains undis-
covered. The Canadians yesterday lost
to Scranton their ninth game out OF
ten played, but the hoodoo had nothing
to do with it. 1t was a pitchers argu-
ment and a game of errors in which
the two clubs split on even terms as
far as the pitching was concerned,
Scranton getting a shade the better of
the field work and so winning by the
score Of to 4.
Tommy" Gillon was on the rubber
for the Miners and Williams pitched
for the Canucks. Gilon was getting
far and away the best of the pitching
up to the eighth inning. Up to then
only two hits had been made off him
and the home team felt safe with the
score to 1. But in tine Eighth with
one out and a runner on first by hit,
a single was scratched through Gil
Ions interference with the ball and he
permitted the bases to fill by a mis-
play which cost three runs. The bases
We're full again before the Canucks
We're retired with the score only "a
against them. In only that inning was
there any cause for criticising the
Miners playing.
SOME GOOD PLAYS.
About a thousand spectators We're on
the grounds,They had little or no cause
to get nervous after the second and up
TO the eighth when the visitors missed
their chance 20 win out and Massey
closed that inning with a hair-raising
catch of a high foul near the bleacher
fence. A running catch each by Eagan
and O'Brien and fast one-hand pick
up and assist by Mcguire We're among
the star individual plays. Bonner and
Beard had fourteen chances between
them with only one error by Bonner
and which did not prove costly.
Manager Griffin for the second time
this season sent his men first into the
field. For two innings only one player
on each side reached first, Lush on
base on balls and Massey on Wagners
bad throw to first.
In the third inning with Boyd out
Gillon made the first hit of the game
and went to third on McHales tumble
in center of O'Brien's hard drive, the
latter reaching second. A passed ball
scored Gillon and advanced OBrien to
third, Bonner got walk and stole
second and on the throw to catch him,
O'Brien slid home. DAILY grounded out
TO first and Beard flew out. In the To-
rOnto half Taylor was hit by a pitched
ball, but was forced by Williams who
stole second, Bonner missing Boyd's
good throw. Williams advanced to
third on an outfield fly. White was hit
by a pitched ball and stole second.
With two on bases McGann, one OF the
two best batters on the team, hit a
bouncer to Gillon and was retired al
first.
MINERS GET TWO MORE.
Infeld assists prevented a Canadian
reaching first in the fourth, but Scran-
ton was more fortunate Eagan hit tC
left center for two bases and came
home on Taylors miss of Massey.
gruunder, the latter going to second
on the play to catch Peter at the plat
and to third on Caseys wild return OF
the ball to second. Mcguire was nippet
at first. Massey scored on Boyd's lif,
and Gillon fouled out. Score 40.
The Cannucks fell down in the fiftl
on liner to Beard and two infield as
ssts, one of which was Mcguire
lightning pickup and throw whicl
nipped the runner with only an incl
TO spare In the Scranton half an,
with, two out DAILY singled but Beard
fly retired the side.
The first Toronto run was made Il
the sixth. With one out White single,
and went to third on McGann's two
baser. McHale got a walk and on tn
fourth bad ball Boyd snapped the bal
10 Beard at second, where Mccain
was caught mapping off the has
On McHale's steal, White cam
home, Beard making poor re
turn of the ball Casey was retired a
first, Eagan, Massey and Maguir
went down one-two-three in Scran
toms half Score, Al,
;eFor the. fourth time three connuck