The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

summary OF tne "Hhcs-hhfre-
Scranton Series.
The Miners were film -flammed into
tie with Syracuse in second place yes
terday thanks to the easy conscience
OF the Wilkes Barre management.
While the Scranton players were dress
ing for the game In Wilkes Barre,
Manager Powell came in person to the
Iuzerne house where the Scranton club
was stopping and announced that the
grounds were too wet for playing. That
was at 2-30 o'clock. AT 12.45 o'clock in
response to telephone message from
Scranton, Manager Griffin was told
that the weather was favorable and
that there would be a game.
The point, however, is that the only
rain experienced in Wilkes Barre was
a shower about IL o'clock which was
followed by bright and clearing wealth.
er and In no sense were the grounds or
weather unfit for playing. The Wilkes
Barre people resorted to a very lame
ruse to avoid a trouncing which was as
good as administered when the Miners
entered the town. Prospects of a slim
attendance of fans who have tired of
seeing Manager Powell's aggregation
of misf1ts succumb to superior team
was probably another reason for the
"wet grounds"
At 1920 O'Clock this morning the
Scranton and Wilkes Barre clubs left
here in a special sleeping car for the
north. The Miners will begin today at
Buffalo their campaign abroad, playing
three games there and at Toronto,
Rochester and Syracuse in the order
named before returning home on the
18th for three games each with Provi
dence and Springfield.
The club goes away with all the
players in good condition, excepting
Walters who will be left behind, and
with no excuses to offer, barring in
juries, if they fail to win less than half
their games on the trip. Massey and
Eagan had not entirely recovered from
their slight injuries received during the
games with Wilkes Barre, but both will
probably begin playing today. Meaney
accompanies the team as the extra out
fielder, and in case of accident to the
infeld O'Brien would be moved into the
diamond, though Boyd will play first
base today if Massey is unable to get
in the game.
The chief weakness of the club up to
a week ago, was it's pitchers, than
whom there are no four better in any
team in the league but who were han
dicapped by trivial physical complain aints,
sufficient to interfere with their best
work Morse had u lame ankle Harper
a strained tendon on his pitching ell
bow, Wellner a lame forearm and Gil
lon boil All these Irregularities have
been overcome and the Miner quartette
of twirlers left home ready to be pitted
q against the best the league affords.
1t is Wellner's turn to pitch today,
but Gillon will probably be selected as
he is better acquainted with the weak
nesses of the Bison batsmen and can
be better coached by Gunson or Boyd.
Harper is due to pitch the third Buffalo
game and Pop" Morse to open at To-
ronto on Saturday.
The penny-wise and pound foolish
idea has been put into play by the
Wilkes Barre management in the re-
lease yesterday of Second Baseman
Sam Mills and Pitchers Roach and l..
Smith. The release of the pitchers can
ferent. Excepting Odwell, no player
on the Wilkes-Barre team made a bet
ter impression than did Mills during the
recent series. He played equally as
well as the average second baseman
of the league and made two of the
hits that helped give his team the only
game won from Scranton. His release
was not at all fancied by his fellow
players according to the sentiments ex-
pressed by several of them in this city
last night.
ShCrtstop Mcmahon has recovered
from his illness and will accompany
the club on the trip. Pitcher Odwell,
who has been playing shortstop, will
be transformed to second base. He
will pitch an occasional game though
Keenan,, Coakley and Sheehan will do
the bulk of the box work
dispatch from Wilkes Barre last
night stated that McDade, an amateur
pitcher from Philadelphia, had been
signed by the Wilkes Barre club. He
is third baseman and not an anna.
teur. He played with Atlanta in 1896
and is said to be a good one. Charley
Smith has been playing poorly and pos
slply he is to be replaced by McDade.
The summary of the runs, hits and
errors of the five Wilkes -Barre-Scra
ton games is as follows:
-+..4 r. II. Il.
scranton ''..'.'...,........4 "a
Wilkes-Barre ............,.lS Il 10
l6 23 a
This shows that the Miners averaged
about runs, 13 hits and errors Der
game, and Wilkes-Barre runs, 8 hits
and errors.
Neither Abe Lezotte nor Jim Fields got
hit yesterday.
Syracuse has released Shearon to Roch.
ester and mas released Grove uncondi.
tionslly.
The most games lost by one club TO an,
other have been the five by Rochester to
Syracuse.
Pitcher Callahan, late of the Roehesters