The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-14
BASE BALL CHAT.

Reading today.
The boys will be gone for eleven games.
With the exception OF Knox, not man on the
the team could bat Saturday.
Manager Durham says he will be content if
Scranton takes hall OF their games on this trip.
Young Smoot played clever game in the Al.
eItown right field and showed up strongly at
the bat
Gallagher, one Of the pitchers last year with
Newport in the New England league, has been
signed. lie is a clever twirler, good fielder and
hard leit'handed hitter. lie reported yester.
day and will be taken along on the trim Leyh
will not accompany the team.
In Saturdays second game at Wilkes Barre with
Elmira, Manager.Captain Mercy" Clymer Nas
the genuine article at the bat. lie sampled Nc.
nougalls curves tor home lun, three .bagger
and twoht ggCr Young Burns lined out horne
run and two singles
The Delehanty boys, with Allentown, do not
bear any striking resemblance to their brother
Ed, the Philadelphia FIRST bascman and champion
GatsHan of the National league The latter is
much bigger man than any one of the trio.
Joe DeeEanty in his first appearance at the
plate, however, reminded Kennedy forcibly of
his big brother by viciously pushing out ter
rife two.base hit.
Manager Sharsig, of Allentown, is indulging in
considerable kicking over Phelans umpiring in
that awful 1913 game at Elmira, and the Chron.
iclc and News has the following to say about it (:
manager Sharsg writes to frenl in this
city that Umpire Phelan gave Allentown sucn a
lad deal early in yesterdays game that the To-
Gals simply threw up their hands After that
they didn't care how high the score ran Phelan
is home umpire and Mr.. Sharsig saws he
sipmly wouldn't give Allentown a chance to win.
protest has been filed against Phelan umpirng
any more games" The respected Chronicle and
News sang different tune when in Scranton's
game at Allentown poor pirate" O'Brien was
- H. a 49,
simply because he tried to restrain him from
robbing the Scranton players of the game.
The Scranton management has made a good
move by signing another fielder, who will report
for work today at Reading. The new man is
Hub Knoll who with enc or two other men
constituted the bright spots last years team
Knoll is a great favorite in the city and is one
OF the fastest little players in the business He
vas last year recognized as the crackeTjack cen.
ter fielder of the Atlantic league and when the
ScraT ton team disbanded was Immediately signed
by Buffalo Of the Western league, where he in.
shed the season. lie Mid rot do so well in this
league at the bat but felded finely and ran the
bases we'll However ~ ifty.fouT games he hit
.27j ard stole nineteen bases, batting ahead OF
such men as Halnan, billiard, who was draft
cd by st. Louis; ClymCr, now with Wilkes. Barre
and Grenrninger, Of Buffalo. lie helded magniA.
Gently and came in third among thirty.eight aeld.
ers, with an average of .a59, So far this season
ne Nas played wen al hunalo, hut Eddie Burke,
the famous Ontfcldcr has been signed for left
field, Jake Gettman last year with Washington,
is in center field, and "Jocko' Halligan, the
heavy hitting outhclder last year with Wilkes
Barre will be in right field Jack shearon, tn,
old Buffalo Eastern league ortheder, was an.
other candidate for an out garden but despite
his great batting ability was let go. Manager
Burnham has not yet decided just where he
will play KDoll, but it will probably be in left
held