The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-09
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marked one of the Harrisbur;
players, Thursday afternoon, as
he saw Kervin warming up. There's
the first left-hander we've gone up
against this year" AS it proved, he
was only too true a prophet and Burn
hams young southpaw let the team
down with one hit. Friday the Lagis-
lators met another left-hander in Mil
lgan and he was as great a puzzle as
Kervin. The Harrisburg batting order
is led by three left-handed battcrs.
Shannon, Battam and Byers, and afte"
few Intellectual efforts to hit Kcr-
win, Thursday, Shannon and Battlm
switched around and tried their luck
batting right-handed.
In recent game with Providence,
Bill Massey. the old Scranton favorite,
now playing with Hartford, put ball
over the center field fence at Hartford,
for the second time in the city's base
ball history and the first time since
1897.
In a recent Eastern league game,
Odwell, the Montreal center who for
merly played with Wilkes Barre, ac-
cepted without an error eleven chances.
No game was played at Wilkes Barre
yesterday between Reading and the
Barons, and Manager Clymer watched
the game in this city from the grand
stand. Yesterdays game was post
poned and two games will be played
today.
Catcher John O'Neil who last year
caught for Scranton, has been released
to the Utica team in the New York
State league by Syracuse, and has
created favorable comment throughout
the circuit by his excellent backstop
work.
Leidy and Klopf, of the disbanded
Newark team, are playing with the
Troy team in the New York State
league, as is also Kennedy, late of the
Athletics.
Kern, the young pitcher released by
Dan Shannon from his Buffalo Ameri-
can League team, has been signed by
Manager McAleer for his team in
Cleveland in the same league.
Nichols the little fellow who former
ly caught for the Springfield Eastern
League team, is doing remarkably we'll
at Chicago and is surprising everybody
by his ability to hold Garvins terrific
speed, and in his accurate throwing to
bases.
Another base ball star has waned in
the person of Cy Seymour. The New
York twirler who was last year touted
as one of the best pitchers in the Ma
tional League has been farmed to the
Worcester Eastern League team. Cy's
fatal wildness this year has caused his
banishment from the big league, and
1T is hoped that a season in slower
company will tend to bring the young
pitcher down to earth again. Seymour
has terrific Snna6 and pypallant
but lacks that great requisite to a sue
cessful pitcher, control, and this it is
that has proved his downfall. The
seymour ascensions" We're famous
throughout the league, and there was
rarely game even if Cy was in his
best form in which he did not go up in
the air, for time at least.
President Freedman, of New York
has at last hardened to the demands of
the public and made an effort to
strengthen the Giants. Thursday Out
fielder Elmer Smith was purchased
from Cincinnati and Pitcher Cogan
from Chicago. Smith is a splendid
fielder and terrific hitter but the Gin
cinnati team has a very fast outtield
without him, and was willing to dis
pose of him to New York for a neat
little sum. Smith will probably be
played in right field, and Winnie Mer-
Ger, who has been playing there,
brought in and given his regular turn
in the box. In Selbach, Smith and
Van Haltren New York will then have
one of the best outfields in the league,
and their pitching department,
strengthened by Mercer and Cogan will
also make very respectable showing.
Cogan last year pitched for Newark in
circuit then abundant in splendid
twirlers, was recognized as one of the
very best. He was later sold to Chi
cago but through the large number of
twirlers carried by the team was never
given thorough trial. In Doheny,
Carrick, Cogan, Hawley and Mercer.
the Giants will now be able to give a
strong argument to any of them.
Things are beginning to look gloomy
for Philadelphia. The absence from
the game of Lajoie deprives the team
OF their splendid fielding second base
man, and one of the heaviest hitters on
the team. Joe Dolan who is filling the
big Frenchman's position at second
fields the bag very well, but as a bats
man there is a deplorable difference
between him and Monsieur Napoleon
LaJoie's absence spreads a wet blanket
over the rest of the team too, and the
Phillies' chances of staying at the tor
aren't looking as bright as they did
two weeks ago. Pittsburg has now
struck its pace with vim and is play
ing herce, aggressive game that is
taking away the breath of the opposing
mines. The Boston team too has taken
a wonderful brace and is now play
ing the kind of ball which made the
Beaneaters famous. The infield is play
ing together well. and the men are bat
ting strongly the veteran Herman
Long, in particular pulling himself to.
gether and batting like whole legion
of fiends. Hamilton Stahl and Free.
man are playing we'll in the outfield
though Freeman is not batting up tc
his last seasons form. Behind the bat
the reliable Martin Bergen is missed
but Clarke and Sullivan are doing well
and the resurrected Clemens is batting
NO leather with something like the