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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-14
SCHLEY ONCE MORE


Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Again following in the wake OF
the sun you take another whack at Rear
Admiral Schey. Would it not be well to
spend some of your surplus energies in
patching up the Inconsistencies of your
navy bureaucrats? Secretary Longs
charges and insiauatiOns against Schey
make poor showing in view of the in
controvertible fact that all these things
were known by him before he recom-
mended Schley for promotion If they were
true what sort of disciplinarian was
he, that he did not court martial SChley?
Why does he not court martial him now?
Simply beC9 use to do so would be self
qualification. Are these charges-covert-
ly published. first in a German paper in
the west, from which the New York Sun
translated and gave 1t to the public-less
stultifying? Long says he is not perse-
cutting Schley. Let us see. Here is an
officer whose conduct in the Santiago
campaign has been commended first by
his superior officer (who had no love for
him because he had been jumped over
him). and second, by the secretary of
the navy who had recommended him for
promotion, and yet. following both OF
these acts, the latter sends to the senate
twas it TO prevent his confirmationD
fairy tale about this officers disobedience
VI OlutlS anu illloSOlluuNI
ally, which should have subjected him to
court martial and degradation II true;
and then follows this, later on, with
rehash of the same thing in what pur-
ports to be a private letter TO the presi-
dent which Is correctly given to the pub
lie through Il western German newspaper.
If this is not a stabbing i'm the back--a
thrust of the stilletto in the dark, one
may wonder what is 1t has all the
ugly look Of persecution.
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This fully justifes the claim made for
the Brooklyn that she fired more than
one-half of all the shots of heavy calibre
that took effect upon the Spanish ships.
The Brooklyn, Iowa and Texas were
armed with 12-inch guns and there were
two hits from l2-inch guns. II the Ore
gon and the Indiana be credited with one
fourth OF the S-inch hits, which Is all
that can possibly be given them, they
have a showing of two and half hits
each. Whilst II the Texas be given one
of the 12-inch hits and the Iowa one, and
q fair presumption based upon the prac-
tice OF her other batteries, would give
one at least to the Brooklyn In prefer
erce to either-we have the following
showing for the Iowa and Brooklyn, viz;
Iowa, lliA hits; Brooklyn, 22ia hits out
Of the forty, All Of which shows that n
Brooklyn did run away" "show her
heels TO the enemy" etc, she took all the
damage the enemy indicted and gave
back more than all the other ships Of the
fleet combined, and this under the per-
sonal command of this Teprehensible, dis
ohedient and incompetent Winfield Scott
Schley, Fortunately these facts Will
make history not the puerie stun the
Sun Is exploiting. Respectfully,
IF, l.. Hitchcock
Scranton, Nov, 12.
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1t thus appears that there were exact
ly forty hits by the heavy battery guns.
OF this number the Brooklyn must be
credited with twenty, which is the num-
ber of flve-inch calibre, as she was the
only ship armed with n flve-inch battery.
There were eight four-inch hits, and
these must he credited to the Iowa for
the same reason. There were ten hits
by eight-inch guns. The Brooklyn, Iowa,
Indiana and oregon were all armed with
cight-inch guns. 1t is fair to assume
that the Brooklyn made at least her
share of the eleht-inch hits, viz, one
fourth, as each of the four ships named
had exactly the same number OF eight
inch gurs.
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Now word about the work of the sew
eral ships during the action at Santiago
1t is insinuated, il not alleged, by the
detractors of Schley, that he tried TO
get out of the fight, to run away;
Showed his heels to the enemy" etc.
Now it appears from the official reports
of the navy department that seven-tenths
of all the shots that hit the Spanish
ships We're fired from the Brooklyn and
Iowa. There were six American ships in
the fight, viz, the Brooklyn, Oregon,
Iowa, Indiana, Texas and Gloucestep. The
report of Captain Crowninshield of the
navy department, showing diagrams of
the hulls of the enemy's vessels with
every hit marked, and a table showing
the hits of each of our ships Is pub
lishcd in the New York Times of April
%, 1899 OF these hits. the calibres show
that more than five of the even-tenths
were fired from the guns of the Brooklyn.
This gives oEe-half Of all the hits of the
shots of calihre of 4-inch and upwards
10 the Brooklyn Indeed, it appears that
her 5-inCh battery did by far the most
effective work of all. The Maria Teresa
was hit five times; the Oquendo FIVE
times; the Nizcaya six times and the
Colon four times, with 5-inch proiectiles;
the latter four shots were all the hits
that the Colon received. The following
is the total of the hits of our projectiles.
1. C., those Of calibre sufficient TO damage
the ships:
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Surcharge


The commissioners say that the con-
tract for this work was let to this firm
because their bid was the lowest sent
in; that the work was properly done
and that the entire sum of $3.50 was
paid out accordingly.
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The Solid South Ouaking.

"a ANY OF The best people
vi of the southern states, men
4 "A of intelligence, enterprise
nl nj
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totes
Baseball Notes,

IL. S.-B wins.
James steinberG.-Meeki signed q contract last
Thursday.
the Murray Hi baseball Club
p1 e; ]. With NTH the Nv 4 v! York. Il in i 4 Sin'' Richardson
for him. 2. Three Ivy Brooklyn and Ave by Boston.
LEXINGTON. Va. April l7.-washington and Lee
College by q score of s to%.
James A. Hart, President Of the Chicago Club. ia
It that tho masnateS are still sc{hemins, N""o' LAS
Yesterdays game at Washington Park began at
$3.50 o'clock; 1o;day's contest will start at the same
4 O'Clock.
Centre Fielder Jone, of the Brooklyns consulted a
physician YESTERDAY about his ankle. and was told to
keep OH resting. He may play in the game at Bos.
ton tomorrow.
The condition Of the street outside the main en-.
trance to Washington Park warrants the uso of a
sprinkler each day. The dust WAS so thick yester.
day that there were many complaints.
torr drner h"sneS rePvt ,a % 70 Mnna.er han!oh yes;
my Uniform is ready" E.thsr Hughes Or %animAy
and McFarlan are both ready.
The Brooklyn and r fillmore Clubs have sent let
Of Tim f Hnsst to the ipuI league asa.n Umpire nT5 1es sta aPpG Msnaser
selee and Capt. Duffy Of the Bostons are also ANXIOUS
and Hanlon said yesterday that Hurst should not
have been left ont.
Hanlon says that Nichols of the Bostons is the
working in the League Tor ten years" said the
Brooklyn manager yesterday. and Ia just as etfec-
tive as he ever was. He has no changed his delivery
a bit. has the same old. speed and control. and pos.
sesscs a great head Without Nichols the bostons
might have a hard road to travel. as they haven't a
very powerful pitching corps.
The promoters of the Greater New York Amateur
League held a meeting last night at the residence Of
A. II. Fry. 20 Linden street. brooklyn. A perIna-
nent organization was enected and the following of.
ncers CHOSEN: President. c. E. Vail; Secretary, A. Z.
K!mball; Treasurer. r. hellawell. Commuters on
schedule and constitution were appointed. It was
decided to begin the season on Decoration bay
with morning and afternoon games. A. II. Fry
and A. E. KIinball were appointed q to
wait on Capt. Mcnamara Of Prospect Park to secure
the necessary permits for grounds. The six clubs
composing the league are: PHI Alpha Kappa, Nor
wy,ch. Franklin. Ia, elsior. Halcyon AID Cleveland.
cations were not acted on. The league adjourned to
meet at 100 Monroe street on April 2d. when u sched.
ule will be adopted and all final details will be ar
ranged.
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wnliams,s Prospects a. Baseball.

WILLIAMsTowS. April 1.-THE work OF the
Williams College baseball team has been
greatly retarded by the exceptionally bad
weather this spring. and only little outdoor
exercise has been possible. A practice game
with Blackinton was played on Saturday. and
the result was very encouraging. Williams
won easily. and the men showed up we'll. The
squad has been reduced to the men who will
probably play either regularly or as substi-
tutes. There are three good pitchers--Jansen,
30; Plunkett. 1900. and Bent. sol. Both
Jansen and Plunkett we're members Of last
years team. but Bent has lone only a little
pitching until this year. He has suddenly
come to the front. however. and is doing good
work. Edwards. 1900. and Ranger. 1902. are
the most promising catchers. Risley. 1900.
who covered first base last year. will again play
that position:
played formerly at Georgetown. but came to
Williams and was barred for one year by the in;
tercollegiate rule. Russell. 100. who played
be shortstop. while Lydecker. 1904. the old
Hetiernan,, 1902. and jeffrey. 1902. are the
most promising Of the other candidates for in
iisidePF "S who play S"1t on last h"1G ye "a Tn team EniS 1Hs,
candidates for the other two places in the field
are Sargent, 30; Street, 1901. and Hefernan.
Fourteen men are, at the training table.
Coach CANCEL is working hard with the men.
team, than that of last year. The complete
schedule follows:
April ls, Wesleyan, at Middletown; 10. Yale. at
New Haven; -. Backinton. 20. Syracuse. and ~,
Harvard. at williamsburg: May 3. Amherst. at Am
herst; Il, Wesleyan. at Middleown; IL and Is, Dart.
mouth, at Hanover; III, Harvard. at Cambridge; II.
Holy Gross. At Worcester; 30, Wesleyan. "a. Holy
Cross, -. st. Johns Academy. 80, Amherst, and 81,
Wesleyan. all at WILLIAMSBURG: June 3, Onion. at
Schenectady; . and 10. Dartmouth. II, Union, ~,
Amherst, and 20, Alumni, all at WilliRmstown; "a,
Holyoke A. A. at Holyokc: ~. Amherst. at Amherst.
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Work on the New Cup Defender Columbia.

Work on the New Cup Defender Columbia.
Late information from Bristol shows that the
work on the plating Of the new cup defender
Columbia is SO far advanced that moro work.
men have been engaged to complete the in
terror fittings and bulkheads. The yacht will
have two wooden bulkheads below decks, for
ward and aft, and 1t is on these that the extra
workmen have been started. Up to Saturday
night there were twepty-four plates in posi-
ton. and the greater part OF these are riveted
in place. Many OF the smaller pieces Of metal
that will be used for braces. deck strinGers.
&C.. have been carted into the south shop dur
ing the past week. where they will be used as
rapidly as the construction Of the boat will
permit.
The Defender is lying dismantled in the slip
near the south shop. She has been reftted
with a number Of hunks and a stateroom has
been arranged for Capt. Rhodes, who will be
the sailing master Of the champion OF 1905
during the tuning up OF the new boat. Tho
crew OF the Defender will sleep on board and
render the expense OF an additional steamer as
for the Colum bia were expected at Bristol yes
terday and will live on the Defender until the
new yacht is completed. The Defender is u
be fitted out at. once. and 1t is stated that she
will be equipped with some new headRear.
AT the Madison avenue home OF the New
YORK Yacht Club yesterday afternoon II was
learned that the Columbia you'd be launched
will be completely rugged before she leaves
Bristol. Her irst appearance in these waters
VIII probably be In the annual regatta Of the
New York Yacht Club. on June ~.
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BROOKLYNS PLAY FINELY.
DUNE,S PITCHING ALMOST SHUTS THE
CHAMPIONS OUT

He Also Makes n Timely Hit That Helps
His Team to Win-BaItimores Defeat
tho New Yorka with Ease-PhiladelphiR
Takes Three Straight from Washington.
The Brooklyns played a fast game Of ball
against the Bostons yesterday and captured
their first victory Of the season. At Baltimore
the New Yorks we're again easily disposed OF
through their weakness at the bat and poor
pitching. The Philadelphia won their third
straight game from the Washingtons. and lead
the race on even terms with Baltimore and st.
Louis. all three having q clean record so far.
The Louisvillcs applied q thorough coat Of
w%hitewash TO the Chicagos, and the Cincin-
natis pulled out in a close game with the Pitts
burgs. The results:
Brooklyn. 4; Boston. l..
Baltimore. 8; New York. 4.
Philadelphia, IL; Washington, I.
Louisville. 8; Chicago. o.
Cincinnati, 8; Pittsburg, I.
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Other Games.
AT ~LANCAsTER.

Lancaster. .......2 o 1 o 1 o 8 o Is IS 1
Montreal .........1 o o o o l o O o. So
Ba teries-schmidt and wente: Dugglesby. Felix
and Moran.
AT OHIO FIELD.
n. Y. U......o q O 3 g 8 o 1 Id IL 7
Fanwood A. 40 2 4 o o o. I 10
Batteries-Halford end Craft; Ellis and Brown.
At KESsISGror. LII.
Kensington Ath.2 . I o 2 o s-25 20 s
St. Francis Col % IL o 0 l o o o-i2 IL s
Ratteries-B, wederholt and Middlekoop; W. Quad
and e. Wederholdt; Dolmire and Karnowskie.
AT PRINCETON.
Princeton ssn'rs6 o I 2 8 IA IL 1
Princeton Prep. : 2 o o 8 3 1 1-ls 4 I
Batteries Hanlon and Thomas; Wells and
Graham.
AT NEWARK.
Newark ....o",..o o o 49, 0 o l % 8 q
Batteries-McP artlin. Cogswell and Roach: Reis.
ling aud Menhoch' Crate and Boyd.
AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Pennsylvania. - O o o O / O o % 7
Batteries Pinkerton and Halle; Flayell. Shape and
Sheriff..
At Berkeley oval-BArnard School. a.; Columbia
Grammar School. IL.
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miscellaneous.
D -I.P.A-N.S, 10 for 5 cents at druggists. They ban
III ish pain and prolong life. One gives relief.
How Courtney Hopes to Pick Cornell'S
Freshman Crew.

ITHACA. April 17.-Coach Courtney has the
candidates for the Cornell freshman crew we'll
in hand. and. though the material is very light.
he Is confident OF n fast eight for the juno
races. One Of the incidents OF the training Of
crews in which Courtney takes special delight
is the scraps" on the water between rival
combinations OF the freshmen. and TO-DAY he
Above two of the Fights to fight it out over a
stretch OF about a quarter Of a mile, Coward
and h!ahie. two OF the sophomore
took care. OF the two crews. Coward : eight
won out in three successive races. IL was
made up as follows: McLeAry, bow klrkpatrlck.
Nichols. z, and Flowers, stroke. THIS comb
nation is rowing in good form. and thus far
has the lead among the freshmen. Coacn
races whenever the condition OF the water VIII
permit. and in this way and BY, constantly
altering the makeup OF the boats he hopes %
pick this years freshman eight.
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Baseball Games To-Day.


NATIONAL LEAGUE AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
New York at baltimore; Boston at Brooklyn;
Philadelphia at Washington; Cleveland at st. Louis;
Chicago at Louisville; Plttsburg at Cincinnati.
OTHER GAMEs.
Fredericksburg VS.. Harvard. at Fredericksburg Va.
University of Virginia We. University OF Pennsyl.
yAniR, at LynchburR. Va.
Wesleyan vS. Williams, at Middletown.
Chicago University va. University Of Michigan, at
Chicago,
81, Johns College VS.. Western Maryland College, at
Westminster.
Dickinson vs.. PsnnsylvAniA State College. at Car.
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Brooklyn VS.. Now York in Baseball.

To THE EDITOR OF The sUs-Str Your a..
count in yesterdays SUS Of tho Brooklyn Bost n
game OF saturday was excellent. You surely graft
ned the desires OF a very lar e number OF your read,
ers In giving space to such an extended a count u
the game, u game which was In every respect a mag,
nihcent one and worthy Of all that could be sara
about II.
Brooklyn is certainly to be congratulated on hsv'
ing such n RIAud team. 81.
TOO bad that We OF tho metropolitan city should
he doomed TO another year of disappointment IN
our team.
What have the patrons Of the Polo Grounds done
TO deserve this treatment? Until "a more liberal
management taxes the reins in hands ] suppose va
will have to bear 1t.
1t does not require much eIperiencein the gamet
say where people who enjoy seeing baseball played
as II should he will go. J. X. DELAsT.
81 WEST SIXTEENTH STREET. April II.
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Slated for Baker in the ninth inning.

Slated for Baker in the ninth inning.
Washington. ...........1 o o o o o o ? l. 4
Philadelphia. .........2 3 o o o o 1 Q Ill
First base on rrors-washington, 3: Philadelphia,
2. Left on bases-washIngton, q, Philadelphia, Z,
Struck out-By Dineen. 2: by Baker, l: by Piatt: 8.
i Mans s s,ts1Dsy II I pnetn' si h1em hSss aa13ie; MS'
Thomas. .pelehanty. Lajoie. Flick. Double play.
~pitch-Dineen. umpires-Hunt and Connolly. Time.
II hour and 81 minutes.
LOUISVILLE. 8; CHICAGO. O.
LouIsvILLE. April 17.-Magee was effective to-day
and Burns's men could not score. Phyle was hit
hard in the fourth and received bad support in the
third inning. Ryan. Ritchey. and ClinRman played
hard. two OF his best drives being taken after hard
rnnh. Tho SCORE
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C%INCINNATI. 8; PITlsprRo. I

IOTdIb. ...,H III IU q
Slated for Dammann in the fifth inning.
Pittsburg. ........,.....o 1 2 o 2 1 o o II
Cincinnati. ,..,.........o 2 o u 3 o u 3 ...-S
Two.base hits-Schriver. Steinfelt. Three.base hits
Williams, Lever, Setback. McCreery. Home runs
Smith, Mccarthy. Stolen bases-Selbach 90, Clark,
Corcoran. sacrifice its-williams, Corcoran. Struck
ont-By Phillips, !: by Hotter. /. FRS. base on balls
of mmEn ]: off Hotter. .: OF Lever, 2: of
Phillips, 2. Left on bases-Clncinnati. 8; Pittsburg,
!. Attendance-2.so 500. Time-2 hours and 10 min.
utes. Ump~ires-Swartwood and Warner.
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There Is No Excuse for 1t.

The idea that many advertisers have Of keeping up
an expense simply 10 keep their names before tho
readers NJ sO'Called Real Estate mediums when
Aatstactory results are not realized is purely senti.
mental. Remember this. and also THE Sun. when
placing your orders again. The Real Estate Board
of Brokers ute THE Sun for it's reliable news matter
a. well a. the columns for adyertEinG.-Ldv
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First base on e~rrors-Chicago /; Louisville, 2. Left
on bs~ses-ChicaGo. 5: Louisville. 4. First base on
bslls-on Magce. .; of Phyle. 8. Struck out-By
Magec. |. Two-base hits Clingman. Powers. Sac.
Chance, wolverton; Double play .Ritchey. Decker
and Powers. Umpires-Burns and Smith. Time-l
hour and 40 minutes. Attendance-2, 900.
CINCINNATI. 6; PITlsBrRG. 7.
CIScINNATI. April 1.-THE Reds won their first
game to-day. Hotter. who started in to pitch for
Pttsbur9, wrenched his arm N q collision with Nc.
Bride in the third inning and Lever replaced him.
NINA was knocked out of the box In the fifth
and Phillips relieved HIM. Phillips did fairly we'll.
but Lever allowed the Reds to bunch their hits.
Three of tn. tIttsburgs were thrown out at the plate
on outield hits. The score:
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Two,basc hit-Bercen. Sacrifice h,ts-Dunn. Long.
Stolen asrs-Dshl McGann. DAILY. Smith. First
base on errormrBrooklyn. First base on hallS-nn
Dunn, I; OIL Willis. .. Struck out-By willis. l. Hit
by pitcher-By Willis. /. Left IN bas.s-Brooklyn.
2; Boston,, I, double plays-Dahlen. DAILY and Ne;
Gam; Collins, Lowe and Tenney; Long. Lowe and
Tenney; Stahl and Tenney, Iimc-l hour and 81
minutes. U~mpire-GaHney. Assistant Umpirc-An.
lreMA. Attendance nNM.
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PHILADELPHIA. April 1.-THE Philsdelphias made
II three straight from the Senators this afternoon.
safely nine times. Baker. who succeeded him. kept
the locals guessing unit the last two innings, when
were made of Piatt, scattered through as many
innings, Attendance. 2. Sb2, The score:
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BALTIMORE, Apri! l7.-Thnrc was .jubilance
at Oriole Park this afternoon. For the second
McGraw's guidance. sent the New Works to the
sand hill. The score was y to |, and the game
was played III the presence of a crowd hardly
satisfactory rom a financial point Of view. The
New Works. as on the day before. labored
makeup OF the team. being OF the crazy quilt
order. caused by the, shifting abou, Of the
players, on the other hand the, Orioles
played the game like veterans. Colcolough and
Nops were in the points, and the latter had
rather the best OF the argument. in that he
kept, the hits Of the opposing batters scattered.
Coke, on the other hand. practically lost tho
game for his team in the very first inning,
when he hobby horsed the sphere from the
plate and sent the, first three men to first base
on balls, This he followed M by hitting
Brodie, and one run was forced in. O'Brien,
who went out on a fly TO Warner. was followed
at the bat by big Lachanee: The latter sent a
burner TO Wilson. who did the Juggler act, and,
as a consequence Of his loss of equilibrium, W
runs cEiSssed the plate. Sharp work on the
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part Of the Orioles prevented the visitors from
scoring excepting In the third inning. The

Two.base hit-sheckard Brodie. Three;base hit
Jachhnce. Sacrifice hits-Robinson. Lachance.
stolen bases-Magoon, McGraw ~. Double plays
Grady. and Davis, McGraw aud Lachance; Hartman
and Wilson. First base on errors-Baltimore First
base on balls-Oh Colcolough. .; on Nops, 1. Hit by
pitched bsll-By Colcolough. l. Struck out-By
Nops, 3. Passed ball-Robinson Time hours.
Umpires-Emalie aud Belts. Attendance. 5pb.
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The Nigilant Bicycl. Club, which last year
was the originator OF several novelties In the
way OF CLUB runs, and established q new and
known as the " Vigilant Course" has come TO
the front again. this time with a hare and
hound feature In connection with a regular
is Tor the members to proceed easily toward
the, place selected for dinner. ana when
men who have volunteered to be "hares." Civ
ing a short time allowance to them, while the
lowed as many members as want to be
"honnds" and take part IL the faye-mile race
start after the 'hares,"' II the "hares", are
OF the hounds" but II not caught the 'hares"
dine at the expense OF the cub as honored
guests.
President Hall OF the intercollegiate Bicycle
Racing Association OF America announced yes
terday thatthen rst ann al meet OF the Organiz-
alton will Oe held on June3. committee OF del
egates from Yale and Columbia 10 now consider