The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-29
SPORTING NOTES.

SPORTING NOTES.
Sportsmen will be glad to hear that
hunting promises to be good in all
parts Of the state this fall and winter.
The summer has been favorable for
the rearing of young birds and quail
and partridges are particularly numer-
Gus, many more being seen now than
during the fall months of several pre-
ceding years. Wild turkeys are also
in evidence and prospects are bright
for a successful autumns hunting
among gunners who regard turkey
hunting as their favorite sport. Farm
ers report the birds have come down
into the valley in large numbers to feed
on the wild grapes of which there is a
big crop this year. Pheasants are also
doing their share in the grape eating
ana now appear quite tame, allowing
persons to approach close to their feed
ing places before rising. Squirrels in
some sections are not very plentiful,
but in the heavily wooded hickory and
chestnut districts reports indicate good
shooting and many young auimals.
Rabbit season will not open for about
two months, but already farmers dogs
are in the field and underbrush hunt
ing for the little animals. During the
harvest season just past hundreds Of
rabbits met death in the fields by the
sharp knives of the reaDing and now
ing machines, and those in q position
to know, say that for years there Rave
not been seen so many young rabbits
in the country districts. A good report
has been received from other counties
to the effect that the Dummies" will
be good marks for sportsmen this fall.
Not much is known of the big game
prospect and very little about the
abundance of cur-bearing animals
Both varieties abound in most cases
only in the absence of man arI far
from any habitations. The distance of
their haunts from the paths of human
lty makes it difficult to get a thorough
knowledge of their numbers. These
animals are, despite reports to the con-
trary, becoming scarcer every year, a1d
Will continue to do so as long as game
laws are not rigidly enforced or more
stringent laws adopted.
Coach Woodruff and Captain Out
land. of the University of Pennsylvania
team, have chosen the men who are to
he taken to the training quarters in
the dormitories. They are as follows:
Overiield, Hare, McCracken, Carnett,
Hedges, Folwell, Harrison, Gardiner,
Mcmahon, Walker, Ruegenburg. De
Silver. Shower and Goodman. Good
man is still recuperating. but is eX-
pected to join the squad some time
next week. Coach Woodruff and Cap
tain Outland express themselves as en-
tirely satisfied with the playing of their
team. In fact the score of the first
half was larger than they had anticl-
pated the score for the entire game
would be.
Mr., Cunningham, of Louisville. is pri.
marily a mental athlete. He has
CLEANED shekels from base ball for the
last twelve years, though his arm isn't
worth siXty-eight cents at a liberal
estimate. But his Uranium does the
work, and does il hetter than the great
majority of $4,000 arms. His victims
wonder how he wins. and loudly de-
claim on the lack Of speed and scanty
repertoire of curves. But Cunningham
wins 20 per cent, Of his games, with a
fag-ended team behind him. His last
nine performances have all been tri-
umphant, and Boston and Baltimore
figure on his roll of recent Victims
New York Journal. Cunningham sew
eral years ago twirled the sphere for
the Scranton club.
A chance to see a crack-a- jack game
of base ball will be given to the lovers
of the national game. at Athletic park
on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, be-
tween a club made up of professional
players from different leagues, who are
now at home. and the Eurekas. the
county champions, of the North End
Most of the professional players are
from championship clubs and are salts
fled they can down the local champs"
On the other hand the Champs" are
sure they can cut a large, juicy chunk
out of the "profs" The game will no
doubt be the best seen here this sea-
son, and should draw a large crowd of
starved and hungry enthusiasts.
Tom Linton, the Welsh rider, who
failed to accomplish anything great In
the way of middle-dstance racing in
this country, and who sailed for France
a week or so ago, has been matched
to ride a 50-kilometre paced race in
Paris, with the French crack, Bon
hours
A team from the Scranton Country
club will go to BinEhamton Friday and
play golf against team from the
Binghamton club. The following are
the players chosen: Messrs. j. II.
Brooks, T. H. Watkins, Fuller, Walker,
Huntington and Frey.
There is a proposition being discussed
to organize a foot ball league composed
OF teams of this and Luzerne counties.