The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-03
Base Ball.

II and captain of the Lafayette base
ball team of 30 is playing in the
outhcld for the Atlantic City team
There must be something cs-
sentially wrong in the makeup of that
Philadelphia American League team,
for no matter how hard the players
line out the ball it seems almost impos-
sible for them to corral game. on
Saturday last they made twenty three
hits against Baltimore, McGraw's men
having eight bngoes less. and yet
winning. And on Monday the Athle-
tics stacked up nineteen hits against
Washington; andyet could only tie the
game. And i'm Mondays game a large
per cent. of the drives We're for extra
bases at that. Lajoie and Scybold had
home runs, Cross a triple, and Cross
and Seybold two basers Billy Cough
lin of this city was in evidence at
the Washington third corner and
broke off a single, double and triple at
bat leading his team. MilliGan who
| pitched here last season. was in the
box short while for Philadelphia but
retired on account of the heat.
The peCularitieS of BASEBALL wcrc
never brought into fuller prominence
| than Sunday when the New York
| team second in the National League
| race and only few points behind
| Pittsburg played and We're defeated by
| the lloboken professionals. 4-3
was the score, Faulkner the Hoboken
| twirler completely mystifying the
Giants sluggers. Al Selbach who the
| day before made two singles and a
| brace of three bagGorS against Chicago
was completely mystifed, striking out
| five times
Dave Fultz is making good with the
| Athletics both in the field and at the
| hat and Is moreover running the bases
| well. His fellow Collegian on the team,
| Hayden, the University of Pcnnsyl-
| vania player has taken an awful slump
in both batting and fielding.
| Lu of Washington is reputed to be
| the hardest hitting pitcher in the Am
| crican league. If he can give young
| Miligan any points on the batting
| game he is good.
Pittsburg has bought Shortstop Louis
| Carr from the Schenectady team. Carr
| was loaned to Troy during the season
| by Schenectady and played remark
| ably strong game. In the absence OF
| Tommy Leach he may be played al
third base and Wagner chased back
to his place IN right field, despite the
fact that the large HOnuS has been
| playing as well at third as he plays
any position inside or outside of the
| diamond.
There was a great slugGing match
| at Albany Sunday between the home
team and Cortland, the opposing New
| York league nine. The Cortland play
| ers batted Pitcher Rudderham fol
| twenty-One runs and twenty-five hits
| He Is the pitcher who for many years
| was one of the Steadicst and sureSt
| twirlers in the Eastern league, but age
| is evidently beginning to tell on him
He was caught during the game by
| MilleriCk, who was one of Scranton's
baCkStops last season. Six of the
Cortlanders' hits We're home runs ant
| six two baggerS. Right Fielder Hill
led with the stick, bur was closely fol
| lowed by Pitcher Cooper. The fOrmel
was six times up and made a single
two doubles and two home runs. Coo
per had two homers and two doubles
Jimmy Dean. of this city, Is playins
second base for Cortland.
| This has been great year in pro
fessiOnal base ball for young player!
and the "phenoms" have been man!
and most successful ChriSty Mat
thewson, Of Factoryville, who seem!
to have caught his second wind anC
won three games for New York las
week, is the premier youngster, anC
Plank and Winters, the two Gettysburg
colegans twirling for the Phlladelphi;
and Boston American leaguers are
pair of others. Harper, of st. Louis
is pressing Matthewson hard for tn
pitching honor of the National League
and Croius is winning laurels in Bos
tons right field.
The many local friends Of Waite
Burnham, the very competent base bal
manager who gave Scranton such al
excellent team last season, will b.
glad to hear that the man who played
in such hard luck hero has now Sc
cured "A good berth. He is managin!
Brockton in the New England league
Young Winters. the Gettysburg col
legan, who is pitching for the BOstol
American league, won his fifth COnser
vative game yesterday, breaking Bal
timores winning streak