The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-14
DIAMOND DUST.
Two games this afternoon.

Two games this afternoon.
The first game will be called at 2.15
o'clock.
There was a party of travelling men in
the grand stand and they were roofing for
Buffalo.
A man named Franklin, a cousin of AL
derman Franklin, the owner Of the
Bsons, saw the game
Boyd threw from the plate to second
and caught Gi3boy mapping 1t was in
the tenth inning with two out
Eagan sgnalized his temperance in
the game by hitting at a 400 clip. He
got the glad hand when he first came to
bat.
"Dick' Brown made his debut as a
Western league star at Columbus the
leaders, on Sunday, and held the Grand
Rapids aggregation down to six hits.
Morse and Gunson will be the battery
in the first game and Harper and Boyd in
the second. Farmer" Brown and Soud-
ers will be in the points for the Btsons.
Mcguire had two strikes called on him
on attempted bunts, Beard yelled open
the gates" and Mcguire lined it out TO
left center and brought in the winning
run.
There will not be another extra inning
game this season in which the outlield
doesn't get a put-out and few or none
where the outfleld gets but one chance IN
nine innings.
Portsmouth, o., has a nine of brothers,
and they call themselves the Polar Bears.
They are named Dodds and range from
| II to 36 years of age. Frank the young
est, Is the pitcher.
| Herman Long is playing the greatest
| short field in the country, and this is all
the more remarkable for the reason that
he is doing 1t with his right hand in ter
rible shape.-Pittsturg News.
John NJ. Ward takes especial delight in
| the fact that he was the first to bring
''Scrappy" Joyce into prominence. Ward
| signed Joyce in 1880 to play third base
for the Brooklyn Players league team.
| With two out in the fifth and Grey on
| second and Field on first, Boyd snapped
| the ball to Massey who touched Field out.
| Swartwood didn't see 1t thai way, how
ever, and the result was that Wise made
a two-baser and two runs came in.
| Young Seymour. of New York, is at
tracing a great deal of attention and
seems to be the coming left-hander An
| son has to tabled him. Seymour is not
20 years old, but is feet tall and has
muscles of iron knit.
| Negotiations with John L. Sullivan to
| umpire Saturdays game are still pend
ing. The question of receipts has been
settled with Rochester but John l.. is
holding out for guarantee of $500 in
case of rain and Manager Griffin is not
disposed to give that sum.
| Walters was the second man up in the
second inning and singled. When Beard
nit fly to Gilboy, Walters thought two
were out. He was nearly to third when
the fly was caught and cut across the
diamond for first base, but was out by a
dozen feet. He would have been declared
out for skipping second.
| Bobby Matthews, the old Baltimore and
Philadelphia pitcher, is in a Baltimore
hospital suffering from mental trouble
For many years Bobby" was the star oil
lpitchers in professional base ball. He be.
gan pitching in the early sixties, and last.
ed until about 1882 when he retired and
took to umpiring. Bad health drove him
from base ball altogether few years
back.
A neat trick was worked In the sew.
enth on Clymer who went from first (
third on Grey's single to right. Maguirt
got the throw-in and Wellner who hat
been backing up motioned Mcguire for the
ball. After receiving it he touched ely
mer who had ran over the bag, ant
called TO Swartwood who saw it and de
clared Clymer cut. Clymer thought tn,
Buffalo coacher had touched him on tht
back.
When Childs, of the Clevelands, wa.
playing second base in Syracuse, AnsoT
saw him play one day. Somebody begged
the Chicago captain to secure the "Al
derman," but Anse couldn't see the wis
dom of such a move, declaring tina
Childs wasn't built like a bail player
The fat second baseman is playing a won
derful game this year. and especial!
against the Chicagos.
The Sporting News says It has autheli
tic information that Lush's salary of $50
is paid to him as follows: 500 a month b,
the Toronto club and 500 a month by tn
Washington club. Still he's not a farm
hand. 1t now behooves Irwin to do some
thing besides make denials of something
that The Tribune was the first Easter
league paper to discover and pubish-tha
Toronto was nothing more or less than
Washington nursery.
The reported transfer OF Shortstop AL
Wagner to the Washington club onl,
serves to strengthen the nov general i'm
preston that the Toronto club is but
farm of the senatorial organization. If |
should be found possible to prove thi
charge the Canadian club will find itsel
subject to a heavy fine, and may possibl,
have all the games which 1t has woi
thrown out, and besides be compelled T.
give up Lush, Norton and Smith, who ar
supposed to have been borrowed from
shington.-Pittsburg News.
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