The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-11
PUNCHED THEIR HITS.
Brownies Landed on Wellner in Two
Innings. and That's How They
Won the Game.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.


Rochester. June 1O.-sandy Griffins
eX-Rochesters and those other players
who compose the present excellent
Scranton team We're beaten at River
side park this afternoon through better
punching hits in the second and fourth
innings and because Rochester landed
on the ball in those innings principally
for two baggers, a hit. with a home
run and a three bagger, and few
singles as the exceptions.
The Scranton team was warmly well
coined here because of it's ex-Brownies
who are playing as good games today
evidently as they did when they rep
resented the only real city in the cir
cult. Frankly Boyd behind the bat and
Ollie Beard at short looked out of place
in Scranton uniforms at these points,
while Jack O'Brien in center field has
been away long enough to look at home
in the Miners garb.
Boyd caught in fine style and made
1t such dangerous task to steal bases
that none of the Brownies succeeded
in passing through the ordeal which
Frank Shannon tried but found
it so much of a task that no one else
tried seriously to solve it. ORrien
purloined one on Frary by the latter
hesitating before throwing. lie made
an excellent throw when he did send
the ball out, but O'Brien got between
the sphere and Frank Shannon.
Frary was as strong as Boyd ever
was behind the bat yesterday and
was good for a two-bagger. Frary
played an exceptionally good game and
is fast getting fit.
MINERS HITS SCATTERED.
Ollie Beard was fast and sure at
short except in a play in the sixth
when he dropped a ball Bonner sent
him to head off Daley. O'Brlen sig
nalized his first time at bat by making
two-bagger but was unable to find
McFarlan after that. The Rochester
pitcher kept the hits well scattered
Rochester did no hitting except in the
second and fourth, but in those in
nings dealt mainly in two baggers and
that is how Scranton came to be beat
en-.
The visitors scored in the opening in
ming on O'Brien's two Dagger and
Meaney's single, and in the third on
Wellner's single, one by Eagan,
O'Brien's sacrifice and Boards single.
Wellner and Eagan scoring. In the
fourth Bonner doubled, but would not
have scored had not Dooley thrown
wild to third to complete a double.
In the fifth O'Brien got first, stole
second, went to third on a very excus-
able error of Mulvey's on Boards hit,
and Meaney's single scored Jack. In
the seventh Meaney singled and was
followed up by one by Massey and
scored on one by Mcguire.
The grounds were rather muddy and
slow on ground balls especially, but
Mulvey played a sensational third base,
his stops being electrifying, and his err
ror was decidedly eXcusable frankie
Shannon at short was in fine fettle and
the outfielders swife and sure.
Mcguire was the weakest point of the
Scranton team and the outfield was
fast. Keefe's umpiring was satisfac-
tory.
BY Associated Press.
Rochester N. Y. June lO.-The home
team punched hits in the second and
fourth innings of today's game and the
runs scored then gave them a lead which
Scranton could not overcome. Scranton
hit the ball often enough, but could not
bunch hits. Score: