The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-26
SCRANTON PLAYERS
RETURN HOME
All Of Them, the Pitchers Excepted, 10
Good Condition.
ARE NOT DISCOURAGED BY DEFEAT
Team Was Crippled by DaIy's Injury
and n Lack of Available Pitchers.
Bonner shows Marked Improves
ment--PIayed Wyoming Seminary
Saturday Afternoon and Defeated
Them Eight to Nothing--Uther
Base Ball News.


cepted-in the best of condition, Man
ager Griffin and his pack of base ball
experts reached home Saturday after
noon and after showing a hurried lunch
beneath their Wristbands, proceeded
to Athletic park, where they served
up nine goose eggs to the Wyoming
seminary team.
The men were somewhat bronzed by
the changes of cold and heat exper-
iences on the exhibition trip, and ap-
peared in fine fettle. Their defeats did
not dispirit them, because they knew
they Jared no better and no worse
than other clubs exhibiting in the At
lantic league, and were conscious of
the fact that the result could hardly
have been otherwise considering the
injured pitchers, and what it is to
stack up against home umpires. Morse,
Wellner. Yerkes and Meaney, the
whole pitching staff, and Right Field
er DAILY were incapacitated during a
part or a whole of the trip.
Pitcher Harper reached here Satur-
day fortunately, and he, GillOn and
Morse being available holds out en-
couragement in the opening champion
ship games beginning Thursday The
Then there are Meaney, Wellner, Fall
lon and Yerkcs, two of whom may be
picked to join Harper, Gilon and Morse
on the regular pitching staff.
BONNER HAS IMPROVED.
Frank Bonner, the second baseman,
who left the team a week ago, after
a long period of inactivity, lack Of
training and in as poor physical condi-
tion as any player, returns with the
evidences of marked Improvement. The
weeks work did much for him, and
has put him I'm almost as good form as
any of his mates. He showed that in
Saturdays game. DAILY, on account OF
his knee, and some of the pitchers
are not in such shape as Manager
Griffin would like to have them, but
he is satisfied that all hands will be
all right by Thursday.
AL Buckenberger, the Toronto mana =
ger the Providence and Scranton
are the strongest teams in the league.
BuCkenberger is of course modest and
does not mention his own team, but
he says, according to the Syracuse
Evening News:
Il think the Providence team the
strongest in the league. 1t is made up
of old, reliable players, who know all
the points of the game, and while Can
avan will not be with the team this
year they will not be greatly weak
ened. Next to Providence 1 should say
Scranton is the strongest. They will
he big Improvement over last years
team. Beard will be a valuable addi-
tion to the team
What do you thing Of the Buffalo
team"
Il cannot see where it comes in. 1t
certainly has not been strengthened.
There are a number of unknown men
on the teams roster, and how they will
show up is a matter that time alone
will tell.
Rochester has not been strengthened
in my opinion. Springfield is making
number of experiments. Wilkes
Barre is not gilt edge, and Toronto is
an unknown quantity thus far. be
lieve Providence and Scranton will be
in the race at the finsh.'
Where do you think the Stars will
finlst?"
Syracuse has the best team ever
made IN in this city. 1t will have
something to say about where the pen
nant will float in the year 1898. / am
not going to make any boasts, neither
will 1 make any predictions. We are
prepared to saw a yard fun of wood,
and We are going to do it,"
The score of Saturdays game with
the seminary team sufficiently explains
the result of to nothing. The two
pitchers, Gillon and Fallon, performed
the bulk of the work for the profess
sonals, their effectiveness giving the
men behind them but thirteen chances
in addition to the putouts. Score: