The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-01
EASY FOR THE MINERS.
Won Both danes, Though the Barons
We're a Little Obstinate in the
First at Wilkes.Barre.

A base on balls, a wild pitch, and
single was what gave Wilkes-B Barre its
only run in the morning game. -Four
singles and a three-baser was all that
fell to the portion of the Barons off
Harper's pitching and that very large
ly explains why they were shut out in
all but one inning. While Sheehan was
hit for eleven singles he kept them dis
tributed so that when the contest end
ed the Miners had won by only the
close margin of to l.
1t was circus day in Wilkes Barre
and that attraction together with its
street parade thronged the Alligator
city streets in the morning but there
We're only 1884 paid admissions at the
game. OF these, possibly two hundred
cast their sympathies with the Miner
team, ct least that appeared to be
the right figure judging from the vol
ume of their roofing.
HITS WERE SCATTERED.
At no time before the game ended did
the Miners have 1t safe, for Sheehan
was stingy in parceling out his hits,
with or without men on bases. Wilkes
Barre was first at bat. 1t was the
third inning when the Miners made
their first two runs on Gunson's single,
Harper's life, Meaneys single, which
scored Gunson, Meaney's steal, O'Bri-
ems life and Boards single.
In the fourth the Barons tailed their
only run on a walk to Goeckel wild
pitch and Odwell's single.
The Miners got their final run in
the sixth. Massey singled and went to
second on a similar offense by Bonner,
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Smith. Mcguire sacrificed and the two
runners got each base. Massey came
in on Gunscn's slow grounder to Cd
we'll which retired Gunson at first.
Harper fouled out to Diggins.
The Barons made close attempts to
win out in the eighth and ninth. With
two out in the eighth Goeckel hit to
center for q base and O'Brien muffed
Belts fly after a long run back of sec
ond Goeckel went to third on the er-
ror but Belts was forced by Odwell.
In the ninth Mlls got walk and reach
ed second on Diggins' out from Gunson
TO Massey on a dropped third strike.
Smith flew out to O'Brien. Gonding
was sent to bat in place of Powell and
drew four balls which put two run
ners on the circuit. l.. Smith was bat
ted in place of Sheehan but the best
he could do was TO drive a grounder
at Harper which the latter handled
successfully and fielded the runner out
at first.
MINERS FIELDING.
1t was Gpnson's first game for over
three weeks, since his thumb was
sprained by a foul tip in one of the
games with Providence. He backed
We'll for Harper and tagged Odwell, the
first runner who tried to purloin sec
ord. so neatly in the second inning that
no further attempts Were made In that
direction. The Miners three errors cost
nothing. Boards was on u muffed fly
b in short left-eenter, Massey fumbled a
slow grounder and O'Brien muffed a
ny after he had made hard run for IL
toward second, Nearly all the infield
work fell on Beard who accepted nine
OF his ten chances.
Odwell and Mills were kept busy IN
the Baron infield. They accepted II
chances between them. The former ,
playing was particularly good. Neither
team had much opportunity for star
Individual plays.
The score