The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-19
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SIS Marion street.
Scranton, Pa, May 15
Some Of the fans are little puzzled over
the scarcity of earned runs and the COR
rect way to determine them. The rule of
1897, Sec. (No. 59) admits of no misun-
derstanding; 1t simply means that no runs
are earned off the pitching when not sole
ly made by base hits. This Is the rule:
"An earned run shall be scored every time
the player reaches the home base BY THE
AID OF BASE-HITS ONLY before ChanC-
es have been offered to retire the side"
For example a batsman reaches first on
single and steals second or Is advanced
base on an outfield fly and then scores on
a hit The run is not earned. The phrase
before chances have been offered to re-
tire the side' might be thus illustrated:
The first two batsmen are put out. No.
reaches first on an error. Several runs
are batted in. No one of them can be
earned because No. 8 reached first on an
error with two out and the side in the
field missed "a "chance to retire the side"
President Young recently announced that
scorers should use common serse" in de-
termining earned runs. So it is common
practice and quite correct to designate as
earned a run made on a hit, a steal and
two-bagger, provided 1t Is plain that tho
runner would have scored from first base
on the two-base hit. An outfield fly which
advances a runner a base Is also ignored
unless the run would have been made on
the hitting which follows and without the
aid of the outfeld fiy.-LSporting Edtor.1
1t IS beyond question that Buck has
two jewels in Malarkey and Lampe.-Syr-
acuse Standard. He certainly has
"Jewer' In Lampe. He's the individual
who dropped his bat when he thought he
had three strikes called on him in game
at Scranton. Discovering his error he
a,,I 10 vit,a nj
the ball as It came over the plate. The
bali took the bark off Boyds fingers. Um-
pire Kennedy allowed Lampe another
chance at the ball. When Lszotte asked
Lampe why he used the broom and en-
dangered the lives of every living thing
back of the plate the "jewer' answered:
"Why, it was the first thing 1 could lay
my hands on" Lampe has tacks.
The three SIS of the Eastern league
Scranton, Syracuse and Springheld-are
likely to give the balance of the teams a.
good run for their muney.-Wilkes-Barr
Record. We don't know about the other
two, but just keep your eye on the second
S named.-Syracuse Courier Possibly the
Courier man didn't hear of the three
games played by the second s In Scranton.
One can keep pretty well posted on the
three SIS by watching the percentage rec
ord.
At Springfield again today.
Watch for developments when Provi-
dence begins to win,
Tomorrow the Miners will return home
and begin a three-day engagement with
Providence.
Umpire Mcnamara, of the Atlantic
league. has resigned, and Weldman will
take his place.
Scranton can lose today and return home
with but two games sost out OF five played
while on the trip.
The Miners had six stolen bases yes
terday and the Ponies five: Eagan had
three to his credit and led his mates in
AL kinds of play.
Springfield Will be here next Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. Then begins
the series Of five games between Wilkes
Barre and Scranton.
Harper Is pitching good game and then
a poor one with surprising regularity. Gill
lon will go into the box today at Springfield
which means that Harper or Morse, prob
ably the latter, will pitch the opening
game here tomorrow.
After Mondays game at Chicago Man
ager Arson decided to "bench' Fred Pfef-
fer and put Young Connors on second.
Pfeffers errors in Mondays game were
too much for the old man.
Concerning the benching Of Shearon,
right fielder of the Stars, the Syracuse
Standard says that Pat Powers has been
notified that # any other club in tho
league wants Shearon he is to be had for
the asking,
THAT slow drop ball of Mercers is
one of the toughest number l ever nibbled
| after, and 1t has given me many a stitch
i'm the back reaching for It, Old Adonis
Terry, of the Colts, has drop that has
tripped me up on more than one occa-
sion" observed Pat Donovan.
Bowerman, who caught for Scranton as
Baltimore farmer for a short period last
season, is now helping to hold down the
Oriole bench. While practicing recently
he discovered curve and peculiar de-
| livery which puzzled the batsmen. 1t has
| set Hanlon to thinking and now the lanky
| catcher may be developed into a pitching
curiosity.