The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-11
GOOD BALL PLAYING.
This Article Is What the Crescent
Team Is Furnishing These Days.
Only One Defeat, but This Was
Redeemed in Sundays Trouncing
to Scranton Team.

In the Crescent base ball team, Car
bondale is fittngly represented in
amateur base ball, and the reputation
which this city has in this valley is
being we'll sustained by this organiza-
ton.
Carbondale has always been super
ior to Scranton in amateur base ball
and even the most partisan enthuS-
lasts in the Electric City We're will
ing to concede this. The most recent
Acknowledgement comes from Jerome
Barrett, the base ball writer for the
Truth, who, in his report of the game
at Lodore on July 4, says: AN add-
tional cause for delight was the fact
that yesterday was the first time that
a Scranton team emerged victorious
in a base ball game with a Carbon
dale team" This triumph was short
lived and the ripening hopes of the
Scranton enthusiasts for a continual
tion of the fruits of victory suffered
whitening blight by the actually
mean act of the CresCentS on Sunday
in trounCing the team that came up
from the Electric City to add to the
achievements at Lake Lodore on the
Fourth. The Truths base bail writer
said it was the magnificent pitching
of Griffin that did the trick at Lake
Lodore, but on Sunday it was the
ma gnilicent hitting of the curves of
| this same Griffin, the magnificent
| pitcher that won the game for Car
bondale. Griffin's pitching might have
been like unto bullets emanating
| from fort so terrific was speed" 4"
according to brother Barrett, but this
bullet business was as easy for the
| Carbondale sluggors IS picking out a
Wilkes Barre man in a crowd on
show day. Before the fourth inning
was over, it was skies" and "sevens"
with Griffin and he had to be taken
out of the box. Sundays victory,
therefore, emphasizes the strength of
| the cresccnts and twill serve as a
cheCk-rein on the ovcr-enthusiastic
candidates for base ball honors from
the town down the valley.
The Crescents, as stated before, have
lost only one game this year, and
this is the one that the misguided
youths from Scranton took by chance:
and it win be only self-appreciation
for the members to proclaim that they
| purpose to keep the number of defeats
just where it is.
Manager Fox has not decided what
! team will be here on Sunday as he
has been flooded with challenges from
Scranton, from managers who are
eager to see and learn how the game
should be played, which it is in Car
| bondale. The most favorable will be
accepted, and due announcement will
be made through the papers.
Smith, the pitcher of the Crescents,
is developing into a clever twirler, and
appears to be improving with each
game. Cuff and Hadgins have estab-
| lished regulations and in the three
| Carbondale is well supplied with pit
chers, players that are hardest to Sc
cure. The personnel of the team is:
| tatchers, Moran and LOTUS; pitchers,
Smith Cuff McAndrews, Hadgins, Kel-
leher; inhelders, Pidgeon, Rogan, Nc
| Hale, Murray; outiielders, Monahan,
Emmet, Hall Gordon.
In order to meet the expenses of
the visiting club, a charge of ten cents
will be placed on the bleacher seats.
| This nominal sum will be gladly paid,
| II is expected, by those interested in
the game, particularly when the splen-
! did article of ball that is being pro-
Nided is considered. Games will be
called at p. m. sharp, hereafter.
The members of the Crescents are
requested to assemble at Alumni park
on Friday afternoon for practice.