The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-26
The World Of Sport.

I ner. Wolverton. Burkett and other
sluggers of the old-time type standing
at the top of the list 1t begins to look
| as though the era of the exponents of
| the new school of batting were begin
; ming to fall behind in the procession.
| Willie Kule, however, still manages to
| hold up his end. and wee Willie is be-
coming somewhat of u slugger himself
and long home run smashcs and two
and three-base smashes are far more
of an occurrence with him than they
were in the days when his clever bunt-
ing and work the pitcher game kept
him in the lead of the National league
hitters.
skopec. the left-handed youngster
who twirls for the Chicago White
Stockings. leads the team at the bat
with an average of 1888, which. strange
to say, is the same as the figures oppo-
site the name of "Topsy" Hartsel, who
leads the Chicago National leaguers.
Hartman and Mcfarland. with .Sl5 and
.i07. are the only other White Stocks
| above the 900 mark, and Green's .329
makes him the only other Orphan
above the triple century mark.
The record batting of the year oc-
the second game of double header
with Worcester, the home team scored
twenty-seven runs and thirty hits in
six innings. They batted Griffin and
Magee out of the box and Zeke Wrig-
ley had to come in from second base
and essay his luck in the box. Roches
ter also won the first game, fourteen
hits in eight innings, and this, there
fore, gave total of forty-four hits for
fourteen innings.
Shortstop Bean led with the bat. get
ting three safe ones out of four times
up in the first game, and in the second
making six hits in six times at bat.
Eight of his smashes were singles and
one double. Billy Lush caught three
safe ones in three times up in this
same awful game. His drives were a
single. double and triple. Greminger.
Barclay and O'Hagan each got four
hits. the collection including a three
bagger and two doubles. and Grey got
three safcties. Conn was only up once,
but then drove out a single, while
Smith and Mattern each got two safe
ties and Dixon landed one.
There is joy in Philadelphia over the
signing of Hughey Jennings to cover
first base, and there is no doubt that
that move has greatly strengthened
the team. Hughey has been assigned
first base as his special pasture ground,
and Delehanty is delighted to again
find himself in left field, where he dis
places little Slasle. The latter's bat
ting has been light, and it is therefore
likely that he will be soon allowed to
enter other fields. His fielding has
been highly satisfactory, however, and
some of the catches he has made are
among the most spectacular ever seen
on a base ball ground Against pitch
ers atrifle less speedy the little fellow
ought to prove a winner, and he would
materially strengthen a number of
American league teams.
News, first baseman of the Chester
club, has been sold to the Columbus,
O., team. He has a great record this
season, having made seventy-eight
hits in thirty-four games, numbering
nineteen home runs in his collection of
safeties. He is well remembered in
this city. having played here last sea-
son with Allentown. News is the
heavily built individual who sent the
ball over the center field fence in a
Saturday afternoon game here by one
of the longest drives ever soon on the
local grounds.
Ralph Seybold. who has been on the
Athletics bench during the greater
part of the season, replaced Gcier, in
right field, Monday, at Philadelphia,
and celebrated the occasion by driving
out a home run and three bagger. The
Quaker City fans have loudly and per-
sistently demanded this move and the
big fellows work Monday appeared to
justify the assertion which has been
made that his presence would greatly
strengthen the team. There is no
doubt that the eX-Richmond player is
a natural batsman, and for u heavy
man he is swift fielder