The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-18
AMATEUR BALL NOTES.
Dunmore NOnpareiis and TAYLOR Reds
to PLAY at Dunmore Today.

What promises to be an interesting
game of ball will take place this after
noon on No. grounds. Dunmore, be-
tween the Nonpareils of Dunmore and
the Taylor Reds. The teams are among
the best in the amateur class and each
is confident of winning. The Nonpa-
reils will be made up as follows: John
Mcdonnell, catcher; Thomas Thornton,
pitcher; Thomas Payton, shortstop;
James Tighe first base; John Ruane.
second base; Thomas Regan, third
base; James McGill, left field; Peter
O'Ioro, center field: Richard Logan,
right field.
The Nonpareils will play the West
Side Athletics tomorrow afternoon on
No. grounds. The game will start at
8 o'clock sharp.
The Lilies on Sunday defeated the
Actives by score Of II to s.
The Walnut Street Stars will play
the Mayflowers on Balla Head grounds
May %, at 10 a. m.
The Sliders accept the challenge of
the Columbias for Thursday, May 20,
at 4 o'clock. L. A. Tropp, captain.
The Lackawannas challenge the Mi
nooka grounds. Answer in The Trib-
une. Al Carr, manager.
The Merry Boys challenge the Flow
erbuds to a game at the corner of c.
dar avenue and Brook street on May 20.
Answer in The Tribune.
The Mayflowers challenge the Carbon
Street Senators for game on the Elec-
trio Light grounds May 23, at 2 p. m.
Answer through The Tribune. Joseph
Moran, manager.
The Old Sports, OF Olyphant, chal-
lenge the Young Americans, of the
same place, to game on Jones' ground
May %. Answer through The Tribune.
d. Madden, captain.
The Neversqueal, jrs., of Birney ave-
nue., challenge the Walnut Street Stars
for a game on Simpson factory grounds
May % at 10 o'clock. Answer in The
ger.
The Young Brownies of the South
Side challenge the Young Harmonies to
a game on the Cow hill" grounds Sat-
urday afternoon. Answer through The
Tribune. f. Weirick, manager; c.
BergEauser captain.
The Lincoln Base Ball club of Avoca
challenge the Taylor Grays, or the
Reds to a game on the AVOca grounds
On Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock; first
come first served. Answer in The Tri-
bune or address the manager, John d.
Davis, AvoCa; George Newlin, captain.
The Lilies challenge any club in the
city under 16 years OF age Ia a game
on Dutch Hollow grounds, May 90, at
10 a. m, the South Washington avenue
Stars. Jolly Nine, Defenders and Wal
nut Street Stars preferred. NJ. Troy,
manager. Answer in Tribune.
The clerks of O'Connell's cash store
challenge the clerks of 1.-The Leader
! to a game May % on any grounds. The
OConnell team is composed of the fol-
| lowing: II. Mcclure, l.. Bellies. Will
| lam McGarrah, A. Lahey, f. O'Connell,
| +. A. O'Connell. Il, Hawley, manager.
Answer through The Tribune.
The Walnut Street Stars accept the
challenge of the West Side Stars, pro-
viding they do not have any of the De-
! tenders players in their club. The
| Walnut Street Stars have decided not
| to play any club that has any of that
clubs players i'm it. If satisfactory an
swer in The Tribune. n. Golden, cap
| tain; C. ]. Woodring, manager.
Sporting editor Of The Tribune: The
| West Side Stars did not defeat the
| Sliders. We were TO play five innings
but It the ending Of the fourth it start
ed to rain so hard that we could not
| finish the game. The score stood then
IL to 8 in favor of the West Side Stars.
| The Stars would not play unless we
would let the West Side Browns bat.
terry pitch for them. We had our own.
Eugene Tropp captain.
The Mayfield base ball team win
open the season at Alumni park tomor-
row with HickoTies, of Jermyn, as OPP
ponents. The teams seem to be evenly
matched and as there is a great deal
of friendly rivalry, an exciting game
is promised. The personnel of the
Mayflelds is as follows: Meehan, c,;