The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-19
ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
BASE BALL NOTES.

John keenan, recently released by
Wilkes Barre, on Saturday accepted the
terms with Howard j. Earl, MhU is man
aging the Utica team in the New York
league, and has joined the team. lie will
receive splendid salary without reser-
vation at the end of the season.
lie wouldn't be a bad idea for Ned Han
lon, manger of the Baltimores, to give u
man once in a while, whom he releases,
good word. lie rever has anything de-
cent to say about anyone but himself.
He wants all the praise, and II 1t were
not Tor the sporting editors of the coun-
try booming HanloE no one would know
that such Il man existed. He has thrown
d shot at Billy Hotter who formerly
twrled for Buffalo, calling him a record
player etc. Hoffer won the pennant for
MIN two years ago and put up some Of
the most remarkable batting ad tielding
OG any pitcher who ever tWiT!ed a Dall
lianlon cannot ste anything III the past
however, and his roast on the eX-Eison is
as follows Record players are not
sought for by managers of teams" Ac-
coTding to a Baltimore player HOffer, the
pitcher, is such an individual and that
Hanlon released him on this account
"lioffer led the pitchers for two seasons,
said the play er in question to the Cincia-
natl CONNIE ercial-Tribunes representa-
tive. land he tried to keel up that re-
cord. That caused his downfall In or
der to save his record he would hit bats
| men and send them to first on balls. Th3
result was that he lest many of his
games, but he did not seem to mind that
so long as he could show good record.
| There is nothing wrong with his pitching
| arm, and ii he will only get that record
| idea out Of his head he will pitch winning
| ball, and no mistake about it.'-Buffdlo
| Enquirer.
THE tricks that were turned on the
| diamond by Mike Kelly, Yunk Robinson
and that class of tricksters a dozen years
| ago would never pass muster in these
| days, and when you turn back a page in
| base ball history and recall the lodges
worked by l<el, Robbie ana Comiskey,
| you wonder how they ever managed 10
| get away with their sub-rosa schemes,
says Earl Wagner. AT Sportsman S
park in ST. Louis during the season of SO
| Long John Reilly, then the first baseman
of the Cincinnati Reds, drove a bounding
| ball past Robinson and into the right
| field bleachers. The ball was lost to the
| sight of the spectators in the stand and
| to John Kelly, who was umpiring
Hughey Nichols sprinted to deep right
field on a bluff chase Of the sphere. The
| crowd, as well as John Kelly thought
the ball was on the field instead OF
which 1t was in the right field bleachers
| The ball was watching Reilly tear around
the sacks. Robbie ran along near tho
beachers and yelled: Throw out that
ball on the quiet; be quick, before the um,
pire gets next One slick bleacher i'm.
mediately took Robbes cue and tossed
the ball at Robbie's feet. Then Nichols
turned and made bluff throw, ant
Robbie shot the ball to Doc Bushong il
time to nail Reilly at the home rubber
Such bare faced trick seems impossible
but 1t actually happened, as ! can prove
| by Charley Comiskey. 1t seems TO ms
that the patrons Of the game. the player,
and the umpires watch the game cose'
than they did in the days when Kel. Rob
bic and Comiskey were in their flower"