The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-10
WELLNER A SURPRISE.
Was Sprung on the BisOns Saturday
After a Bad Start, He Pitched
Good Ball.

over six feet of a big pitching secret
was sprung on the Bisons Saturday at
Athletic park with the result tina,
Scranton won the final game of the
series. 1t was Wellner, the ex-TeXas
Lacquer, built on the Rusie plan, who
was trotted out by Manager SANDY"
Ever since the second day Of the praC-
tice trip he has been laid up with a
badly split pitching hand, but the
wound healed just in time to allow
him to take a fall out of Buffalo.
The big fellow showed a terrific speed
and lots of courage although he be-
gan pitching with a tendency to put
the ball anywhere but over the plate.
In the first inning he gave three bases
on balls, which, with two errors, a
sacrifice and All Outtield fly, gave the
BisOns two unearned runs. They
earned one in the seccad ON double
and a triple with two out, bIt there
after the canal men from Erie county
We're never in the hunt. One hit was
all that the big four, Gilboy, Wise,
Fields and Gremminger, could develop
and even the coaching of the exquisite
Mercy" Clymer had no effect on
Scranton's thick skinned Texan.
BROWN, TOO. WAS WILD.
Brown, the roley-boley, puff-ban was
in the box for Buffalo ana was at in
tervals as wild as Wellner had been
in the early part of the game, but
Scranton was able to sprinkle i'm an
occasional hit with the fat boys wild
ness, and so won the game by the
score ct G to 3.
a n art nj it,
10 score, but failed through some fast
work by Bonner and Maguira Of the
Miner team, and Wise and Gilboy for
the Rsons. Gilboy made the sensation
al play of the day. With one out and
Eagan on first, Massey hit a fast, high
driver toward the left field corner and
il seemed good for a homer. After first
misjudging the fight Of the ball, Gill
boy got under 1t and made a one hand
catch. l2agan was tearing gravel for
home at the time between second and
third. After Gllboy's unexpected play,
Fagan Yan back to first, burt was de-
clared out for skipping second. That
retired the side and made Gilboy's )
catch doubly fortunate,
Manager SANDY" cid not have an
over-abundance of confidence in the
black rabbit with lame left hind leg
and which was sent to him from May
field Friday night by an unknown
friend, SO he sent the home team to the
field at the beginning Cf the game for
the first .ime this year. This scheme
and the presence Of Brer Rabbit was
a combination, together with Wellner's
pitching, that the BisOrs couldn't over
cGmr.
VISITORS BEGIN TO SCORE.
The visitors started the entertain
fnent with base on balls which, with
ROnner's error, a sacrifice hit and a
base ON balls, filled the bases. 4 third
base on balls TO Fields forced In a
run, and an outfleld fly developed tho
second tally, The flnal Buffalo run
came In the second with two out.
Cl 'mer bit for two bases ana was
tripled to the plate by Grey.
For seven innings the BisOns were
goose legged, although in only two in
nihgs did they 60 down one-two three
In the fourth with two out Brow n
made a hit and was nipped at the
plate on Maguiras miss of CIymer's
grounder. In the sixth with one out
'Wellner gave two bases on balls in
quick succession, but a force hit and q
pcr fly TO Massey retired the side
With one out in the eighth, Fields
single ard Sullivan's double put run
nsrs on third ar1 second. Urquhart
famed but the bases filled when Brown
was hit with a pitched bail. ClymerI
fly 10 DAILY endel the inning. In hCth
the seventh and ninth the first Bison
up led off with single but only three
others were at bat in each of Those
innings.
With the score 80 against them the
Miners tied the tally In the last OF
the second
PITCHING ERRORS.
Beard singled, Eagan was hit by a
pitched ball. Massey flew out to cen
ter and the bases filled on a walk tC
Mcguire. A run was forced In on 6
base on balls TO Boyd and with the
bases full Wellner made a lucky single
which brought in the two tying runs
The ball was hit between second ant
thitt and to where either sullivan VI