The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-12

~ HE second week of the Atlantic
league season now draws to an
end and finds Scranton In the
lead with the excellent record
of seven victories and only two
defeats. Manager Burnham can well
feel proud of his mems work so far.
Today the boys play their last home
game, as they leave here Monday for
Reading. where they play two games,
after which they play at Philadelphia,
Newark, Jersey City and Allentown
in the order named, coming home on
May 26 to meet Allentown. They Will
remain at home then for long run
of games.
Burnham's team, taken from all
points of view, is a strong one Fer
grson, Knox and Shelter constitute a
hard-batting, fast-fielding, cleVer-base-
running trio Shelter being probably
the hardest and most reliable hitter
on the team.
Doherty, J. j. O'Brien, pirate
OBrien and Mcintyre constitute a
stone-wall infield, and every member
of ii is also a first-class batsman. NC
Intyre and Knox are both long dis
tance batsmen, and when they hit the
ball It generally means an extra base
drive pirate" OBrien captains the
team, and although his batting was
considered his weak point in the Ma
tional league, it certainly has not been
in this circuit He is a heady player,
and an exceedingly aggressive one.
and makes the liveliest leader of the
team on the field that has played in
Scranton since the days of "Dasher'
Troy. Doherty is playing a beautiful
game at third base, and handles the
hottest sort of drives with an ease
that will make him the crack third
baseman of the Atlantic league. j. j.
O'Brien has been hampered so far in
his work by a sore arm, but has new
crtheless acquitted himself well, and
has done very well with the stick, hav-
ing n knack of driving out Texas
leaguers, popping little f1ys which fall
Just where no one can catch them.
Mcintyre plays steady, careful game
at first and accepts nearly all of the
chances offered him.
Behind the bat the team is strong,
both Toft and Millerick playing the
backstop position in a steady, reliable
manner and both men being fair bats
men.
In the box Kennedy, Jameson, Milli-
gan, Kervin and Leyh make very for
midable aggregation of twirlers. Leyh
has only been given one chance to show
what he could do, that being at Allen
town, where he went in, in the last
inning. He did not have much pitch
ing to do, but in his one appearance
at the bat made the hit that drove in
two runs. Owing to Jamiesons being
laid off, on account of the latter's hav-
ing turned his ankle, Leyh will now
probably be given his turn in the box
regularly. Young Kennedy has shown
up very favorably in the box, and Ker-
vim has also done good work, the lat
, ter however, showing up so strongly
with the bat that many think it would
be a good idea to give him a regular
turn in the outfield, especially as he
has shown up very strongly in the few
games he has played in left garden.
Jameson has not rounded into form
yet, but when he does, will prove one
of the strongest pitchers in the league.
Milligan pitched his first game We'd
nesday against Wilkes-B Barre, and
though he was hit rather freely, was
as steady as a clock and had great
speed and sharp curves, striking out
six of the heavy-hitting Coal Barons.
The cold weather affected his arm, and
there is little doubt but that he, too,
as soon as the warm weather sets in,
will prove winner