The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-07
The World Of Sport.

have to become a minor Lacquer. He
seems as though the ex-Quaker will
would make a capital manager and
captain for an Eastern or Atlantic
League team and will probably sign in
that capacity.
John Berger has come out with the
assertion that he is again in the field
and is looking for the backstop posi-
tion on a minor league team. The
stout, good-natured catcher is well re-
membered here by his work on one of
Scranton's last Eastern League teams.
Last year he figured as an umpire but
with such disastrous results that he
has decided to don the mask and get
back into the game this year
Pitcher Goodwin has left Wilkes
Barre for Canada, and will play this
season on the Montreal Eastern
League team. Goodwin would have
preferred to again play with Wilkes
Barre, but Montreal would not give UP
it's claim on him.
Base ball is undoubtedly "a game
| full of chance and uncertain
ty," remarked the professor thought
| fully. Some wise man has made
| the remark which I know has
been quoted before this that the game
is not over until the last man is odt.
That is undoubtedly a true saving.
| Now. | remember a game between
Yale and Wesleyan, which occurred
when | was at the latter college. A
big crowd of us had accompanied tine
| team to New Haven, and the game
| played was one which would set the
heart of even a Cleveland base ball
rooter beating overtime. 1t was close
all the way through, and in the ninth
| inning the score stood SIS. They start
ed the tenth inning with our boys at
bat. We went at the Eli pitcher hard,
and as result there was a base on
balls, followed by a clever steal of
second. A crashing double to left was
next and the man on second came
home on it. Well. we had the game
cinched for sure then, in our minds,
and for a while the Yale boys faces
looked as blue as their colors. Well
our side was retired with the score
9-S, and Yale came to the bat The
first man up was All easy out, and
the crowd began to leave their seats.
The second batter went out and Wes-
leyan rooters yelled themselves hoarse.
"The next batter smashed the first
ball pitched and raised a high fly for
the pitcher to take. It looked like the
easiest sort of an out and our fielders
started to walk in. Well the ball be-
gan to descend and our pitcher stood
there with a complacent look on his
face, waiting for it, Well, the long
and short of the story is that he muf-
fled it, muftled 1t miserably, and the
ball striking the ground, bounced about
ten feet in the air. and the pitcher
short-stop and third baseman falling
all over each other in their efforts to
get the leather the runner reached
first
This dampened our enthusiasm q
bit, and the remnant of loyal Ellis
present began TO yell and shout en-
couragement in a way that made our
pitchers knees wobble. He looked at
the batter and his knees wobbled some
more. 1t was Case, the Yale captain
who was the only man that had faith
omed his delivery and already had two
home runs to his credit in the game.
He waited for nice one, and then
slammed ii to the farthest corner OF
left field. trotting around the bases for
his third home run, and chasing a run
in ahead Of him. 1t made the score
1919. and sent a crowd of the mosi
forlorn youngsters back to Wesleyan
that ever rooted for a ball nine"