The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-19
Pair ENTHUSIAST |
: : = IN MAPLE CITY


w. A. suydam, Prominent Homes
: dale Citizen and an Ardent Sup
/: porter Of the Tigers, Says Our
{ "Pets, Are Better versed in the
/: Game and Superior Players to
/. Honesdale, Though They Couldn't
/: Hit Hessling-He Made Other Ill
y advised Comments - More Echoes
of the Game.
We offer Misunderstanding thanks
that among the several thousand per-
; sons in and about Honesdale we find
one man who has the manly courage
to express an honest opinion Oh the
= ,Carbondale Crescents.
This one man, this bright and refresh
: ing exception, is w. T.. Suydam. one
of the foremost citizens Of Honesdale
and an ardent supporter of the Maple
city team. Mr.. Suydam's honesty and
fairness are exhibited in his frank
statement that our pets" are super
ior team, "that they are admittedly
better than ours, and could have won,
should have won, could they have
solved Hessings delivery This, Hess
ling's delivery. seems to be the text or
Mi. Suydams effort; an analysis, even
q cursory reading, would convince one
that he is worshipping at the feet or
his base ball idol-"Benny" HesslinS.
But that is all right; no one will CEN
sure him for that Benny is worth a
fair amount of worshipping; we would
do the same, perhaps, If we were he.
Mr.. Suydam also groans about The
Tribrnes story of the game, but we
will forgive him for that and feel flat
tered over the attention he gives us.
When Il man is jumped upon and
brings the critics his way, he can rest
assured he has said something worth
saying. We give Mr.. Suydam's letter,
and will discuss it later. 1t reads:
Correspondence of The Citizen.
Messrs. Editors: A man plays cards for
money with boy-a mnor-loses and
squeals. What do honest sports think
of him: cannot believe the Carbondale
players endorse the ''crybaby' article III
the Scranton Tribune of Monday! Car
bondale "rooters' display a poor quality
of loyalty" if they stand for such
puerile wall MIR. OMalley's! Their
team is admittedly better than ours, aud
would have won, should have won, could
they have solved ltessiings delivery.
With bases covered, and none out their
'icrce luck" prevented score. Say.
isn't that manly, to withhold credit from
an eighteen year-old boy? AS for Miller.
he was probably as much entitled to
represent lIoncsdale as were three or
four of the alleged Carbondale ball tossers
to masquerade as Crcscents! lie has
played with our local team several times,
and to whoever Miller said as claimed
81 don't know a soul in town." he must
have held his interlocutor very cheap
(about thirty cents WORTH. as the man
has been coming here for years and
knows scores of ''souls" in town! No one
representing the Honesdale club sent
any batting order to Carbondales man.
agement. AS for Umpire Spencer-I Of
fer Mr.. O'Malley 800 if he proves his cow
ardly innuendo. | would not insult the
man by asking if he had money on the
game! Another incorrect statement! NC
Andrew easily had the honors Of pitch
ing" Listen to Mr. OMailey's proof of
this-in his resume of the game-"Bases
on balls-off Hesslings, 1: off NcAndrew,
2. Hit by pitcher-NIcAndrew, A. by Hess
ling. I. Struck out-by McAndrew 8; by
Hessling, g." In the name of honesty,
and by the record. which pitcher "had
the honors?' The Carbondale team is
made up of a fine lot of men-gentlemanly
sport-all good players. and should have
won, being heavier, older. and better |
versed in the game, and had Benny
Hesslng been born in Carbondale instead |
of Honesdale. an overwhelming victory
would have been theirs.
The moral of The Tribune article which |
] do not believe is endorsed by Umpire !
Burke, or the Crcsccnts, is twofold-whcn |
you fish for suckers use tackle for the |
eamey trout-and second. poor losers |
should stay at home and play "old maid"
w. +. Suydam.
In answer to begin with, we beg to
advise Mr.. Suydam that another such
effort on his part to tlguratively sit
upon The Tribune man will surely re-
suit in a decided loss to the silk indus
try of the country; nervous prostra-
tion is likely to follow another such |
expense of nervous energy in harpoon-
ing and tagging us.
Now as to his II cannot believe the |
Carbondale players endorse the cry
baby article in The Scranton Tribune |
of Monday" we refer him to Manager |
Tappan Of the Crcscents, who after |
reading Mr.. Suydam's article yesterday |
said: you can say for me and for |
every member of the Crescents that
we heartily approve of The Tribune's |
treatment of the game and besides, |
there were grievances that your paper |
didn't speak of that we state and could |
prove it we believed there would be |
any redress to be given u.s." Captain |
Gallaghy endorsed what Manager Tap |
pan said, while Umpire Burke's opin- |
ION OF Umpire Spencer's judgment of |