The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-30
SCRANTON WON AGAIN.
Defeated Allentown in a One Sided
Game by Score Of 11-7-Mil-
ligan Did Our Twirling.

Scranton took Its fourth straight
game from Allentown yesterday in a
dull, listless contest, frightened by
only a few features. Among these lat"
ter however, was the batting Of Pitcher
Milligan. In the hard-hitting south
paws four turns at the bat he landed
on Boyles curves for a single and two
doubles. Jack O'Brien also batted we'll
for Scranton, clouting out a double and
two singles. At the end Of the ninth
inning the score stood III, Allentown
being outclassed from the first.
Today we meet a foeman worthy OF
our steel At $50 o'clock this morning
the team and large number Of local
enthusiasts will leave for Wilkes-Barre
via the Jersey Central, and there
battle for supremacy with Billy Cly-
mer and his band OF arlstocratic
Barons. A rugged lad by the name of
Kennedy will twirl for Scranton, and
on the teams return in the afternoon,
Kervin will do the pitching In this city.
city.
Yesterdays game was begun with a
rush. After Jim Delehanty had gone
out to Kervin, who was playing center
field in the place OF Knox, who sup
planted Mcintyre at first on account of
the latter's hand being hurt Monday,
Henry singled. Tom Delehanty forced
the big centerfelder at second, and Joe
Delehanty cracked out hot one. News
came to the bat and hit a beauty to
left field, on which the Delehantys
scored.
Scranton, however, showed UP strong
ly also. Hub Knoll drew a base on
balls. Jack O'Brien singled, "Old Boy"
Sheff made first on an error OF Kuhn,
which scored Hub. and then becoming
festive, stole second. KnoI's out and
Kervin's single scored both.
Milligan singled in the second, Knoll
sent a beautiful three-bagger to right
and Jack OBrien and Shefier doubled.
netting three more. In the third,
Doherty opened with a hit, Pirate
O'Brien's out at nrst advanced him to
second and Toft's single scored him
The catcher came in on Milligan's
double to the right field fence.
Boyle, then took a brace and for the
next three innings didn't give hit.
In the seventh, however, Burnham's $
men decided to make the game sure.
Doherty, the first man up, received a
base on balls. Pirate O'Brien mag
u,
and Toft electrified the crowd by max
ing another hit, a hot drive to right
field. Milligan stepped to the bat and
Boyle who had famed him out In his
last previous appearance, smiled tri-
umphantly. described a parabola with
his right les and sent In a real nice
one. He got two strikes on his OPP
ponent. and his smile grew almost Is
expansive as that worn by his col
league, Stimmel, who was getting in
hot water all through the game by
loanng around the coaching lire when
O'Brien was doing his coaching act.
Well 1t proved that Boyles smile
was little previous, as Mllisan
banged out another two-baser, ana Toft
scored the second run of the inning
Mllligan was run down between second
and third on Knors force The little
centernelder stole second and scored on
Jack O'Brien's third safe one.
Allentown, after the first inning, took
1. rest and did not score until the sixth
when Joe Delehanty's third single
News force hit, Doherty's error and
Vests out brought in two more. Ir
the seventh, Boyles hit. errors BY
Pirate OBrien and Toft, and outs by
Henry and Tom Delehanty brought ir
last run came in on McManus' force
hit, OF West, who had made nrst or
Knolrs excusable mum OF his ny, ant
Kuhn's beautiful two-basger to deer
left, the second hit he has made In