The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-09
CANUCKS WERE FAST.
But Good Miner Fielding Kest the Visi.
tors Down TO Five Runs.
Morse Retired.

The Torontos yesterday inaugurated
their visit in town by winning the first
of the series with the Miners. Put
'em on the bases and they'll do the
rest" remarked Manager Irwin before
the game, during which the truth of
tie comment was illustrated There
was no holding them down when they
got on the circuit.
Two-base hits were stretched into
triplets and singles into doubles with
an alacrity tina. startled the crowd.
With it all. the Miners played good
ball. hetter ball in the field than was
played by the Canucks, but it did not
offset the speedy base running ami
timely hitting of the Canucks.
Pop Morse in five and half innings
gave II hits for 10 bases and the score
was So in Toronto's favor when he was
summoned to the bench and Wellner
sent into the box to save the game.
Wellner gave but one hit, a double, In
two and half innings, but the Miners
were meanwhile unable to bat the
game out.
Meaney and O'Brien made the poor.
est and best plays of the game, though
Beard, Mcguire and Massey contrib
uted to the good work Excepting
Freeman's throw to third base in the
seventh the Canucks' field work was
not Of unusual brilliancy.
CLOSE FROM THE START.
In the first inning, after O'Brien
walked, Walters. Beard and Meaney
were disposed Of on a sacrifice and two
lilies. With one out the Canucks made
a bold bid for run. White hit a fly
TO left center. In running for it Meaney
stumbled and when the ball had been
fielded White was on third. McGann
flew out to O'Brien. White tied the
score on the out, but O'Brien made an
elegant throw to the plate, Gunson
catching the ball on a bound and put
ting White out by a yard.
Bonner's single and Smiths error on
Massey's grounder was followed by a
force bunt by Mcguire and easy out
field flies by Gunson and Morse Toron-
to's single and force hit were followed
by double play by Morse, Beard and
Massey.
Smith fumbled O'Brien's grounder in
the third, Walters sacrificed and Beard
singled O'Brien home. Meaney's force
hit and Bonner's grounder to Norton
retired the side. In the Canadians
half. with one out Taylor tripled to
left center and scored on Norton's fly
to Walters. O'Brien made a bad mis-
judgment of Lush's triple to right
White singled Lush in and went to sec
ond on Meaney's tumble of the hit
McGann singled to Beard. Morse had
retarded the progress of the ball and
White attempted to score from second
but was out at the plate. Score, 1-2.
In the fourth Norton assisted Mas
sey and Mcguire out at first. Gunson
singled over third, but Morse hit to the
pitcher and was retired by the same
method as the first two had been. Nc.
Hale opened with a two-baser for the
Canrcks, but was held on the base.
while the next three up went out.
MINERS LAST RUN.
O'Brien was given pass in the fifth
but was tagged at second Walter.
hit to right for two bases and scored
on Boards single. Meaney flew out tC
left and Bonner hit an easy groundel
10 Taylor. In the Toronto half, will
one out and following Norton's fungC
over third, she latter was forced bN
Lush, who scored on Whites two-b -basel
to left. McGann was put out at first
Score, 2-3 There would have been an
other run but for Meaney's brillian
catch Of Taylor's fly at the opening O.
tho inning. Meaney caught II in hi
init on the line while on a dead rui
and just as SwaVtwood called the bal
fair.
1t was one"two-three with the Miner
in their half of the sixth. Then IL wa
that Morse gave three hits and tw,
runs and was sent to the stable. Their
was one out when Colonel Welluer un
wound himself and began to crossfire
Only one Torontolan got peep OF tn
bases thereafter The side was retire.
In the sixth oil an easy fly 10 Bonne
and a force hit TO second. Score, 2-5.
It's hard TO figure how three singles
good old fashioned to-the-outfieid sin
gies, in one inning won't make a rur
but that's what happened in the sew
enrh. Wellner hit safely to right an
was forced by O'fsrien. Walters single
10 right field also. but O'Brien tried
base too many and was out a. third o
Fresman's good throw Meaney single