The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-02
Right From the Bat.

CCOTT, the tall Cincinnati twirler
~ seems to be one of the great
pitching finds of the season, and
the Cincinnati scrbes are loud in their
praises of Manager Aliens judgment
in bringing him to Cincinnati from In
dianapolis.
kellum, of Cincinnati, recently du-
olicated the feat of AmOle, of Buffalo,
in shutting a team out without hit
or run, by banking the Chicago
American league team.
John J. O'Brien, late of the Scranton
team, Pirate" O'Brien, as he was
known locally, has been made captain
and manager of the Oswego team. He
is playing second base on the team,
and in the games played so far has
made n very good impression. The
first move he made az manager was
to sign his namesake, John ]. O'Brien,
who played shortstop here.
Hughey Jennings has struck his
proper batting gait and is now crack
ing the sphere out in way which is
warming the cookies of his many
friends hearts. Jennings is fielding
his position superbly and runs the
bases and iniects ginger into the team
with the same energy that he did as
a Baltimore Oriole.
Billy Milligan, the good looking,
sturdily built young fellow who pitch
ed in this city up to the disorganiza-
ton of the Atlantic league, made his
temperance in a Buffalo uniform
Tuesday at Cleveland. In the first
seven innings he pitched, his oppo-
nents. the hard hitting Clevelands,
made one run, and in the eighth inning
rOllE6 CiX ho
Milligan going to pieces. At the bat
Milligan was very much in evidence
with a single and two-bagger to his
credit in three times up.
Jake Gettman is doing great work
with the stick at Buffalo, and it is
not improbable that next year will find
him back again in the big league.
Atherton, the big white haired fell
low who played second and third base
on Wilkes Barre's Eastern and At
lantic league teams not long since, has
been signed by Dan Shannon for his
Buffalo team, and is holding down the
second bag in great shape. In his first
appearance at the bat on the Buffalo
grounds he raped the ball over the
fence for a home run.
Hub Knoll is doing splendid work
in the Springfield center field, and is
batting fiercely. In two games with
Toronto, Wednesday. both of which
were taken by the Ponies, the little
ex-Scrantonian banged out a single,
double and home run. In the field he
participated in fine double play and
galloped around the bases like a deer.
Billy Clymer. since joining the To-
ronto team, has fielded well, but hasn't
batted up to the mark, and it is said
that both he and Second Baseman Tay-
lor are slated to be released, and two
men secured for their places who win
add batting strength to the team.
Donovan and Steelman one of the
winning batteries of last years Rich
mond team, are once more together
and make one of the crack batteries
of the Eastern league, playing on the
Hartford team. Big Pill Massey,
former Scranton idol, covers first base
for that team and IS pounding the
leather with terrific force this year.
Ricllert and Bransfield, of the Wor-
cester team, are two of the most
dreaded batters in the Eastern league.
and form a combination calculated TO
drive many a twirler to the woods.
Jack loft is bearing the brunt Of
the catching at Springfield and is do
ing splendid work.
"Adonis" Terry, the ex-Chicago
pitcher, is umpiring in the National
league, and so far has done very WELL
He is the twirler off whom Ed Dele
hanty, of Philadelphia, made his fam
Gus record of four home runs and
single in one game,
Jacklltz, last year with Montreal and
who caught for the Athletics this sea-
son, is now playing with Minneapolis
in the American league.
Zeigler, the young man who was
ranked as a star of the very first
magnitude at Philadelphia, and who
played a fine game in the Athletics
infeld this season, was given a trial
by Syracuse recently, and in his first
performance made six errors at short
Mr.. Zcigler is now playing Ia the New
York State league. In spite Of Zeigler's
awful work In that game, the Stars
managed to draw the game out to
thirteen innings, Springfield finally
winning out.
Pirate OBrien, of the late Scranton
team, is up TO his old tricks at Oswego.