The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-11
the CRESCENTS
: MEET DEFEAT
The Hard Hitting South siders, of
slocum Hollow, Win an Exciting
Contest


Contest.
The day was cool, dark and dreary;
It rained, and the wind was never
weary:
But the crnnks on the battle-ground all
did meet,
And watched their "pets" 60 down In
defeat. -Shortfellow'
The above extract relates. In as rev
words as possible, yesterdays weather
conditions and, incidentally, that the
Crescent base ball team, our crack Or
Eanization, met defeat at the hands OF
a clever nine from the South Side OF
Scranton, by a score of 10 The VIC
tors are not our superlors by any
means, but in game characterized by
loose playing and ragged fielding they
happened by chance to score one run to
the good. The numerous errors in the
appended score given below Is due,
probably, to the slippery condition OF
the ball; nevertheless, n far better ex-
hibition of the national pastime was
expected by the 5000 spectators pres
ent.
The "Thugtown" contingent, who
have not yet recovered from their
crushing defeat by the Crescents on
Wednesday last, were there and cheered
loudly for the visitors. They occupied
"a way back and sit down" position;
that Is, the southern end of the field
nearest No. 8 hill They were we'll
Gagged by the ground policeman, how
ever, and did no material damage. or
course, the "knoekers" were also pres
ent and, as usual, rooted for the op-
ponents.
The home team appeared for the first
time in their new uniforms and, al
though they did not win, made de-
cided hit with the crowd, as, far as the
outfit went. They are a light grey,
with blue belt, and the word Crescent"
across the breast in the same color.
Their stockings and jerseys are white.
with stripes of blue. The caps are the
same material as the suits. with the
letter c on the front They are the
very best material sold by Spaulding.
and were received through their local
agent, Joseph Gilhool.
Well, to return to the game. The
Crescents took the field and did not re-
tire the required three men until their
opponents had scored two runs, as a
result of McAndrew hitting two men
anu dH error ny Gull. III tIle SfeSCeHtS
half they were retired without run.
In the second, both sides were blanked.
The third brought three scores for
Scranton, all gifts through errors, and
one hit by Boland. The Crescents We're
blanked until the fifth. when Lotus,
who ran for McAndrew, scored by
stealing second and coming home on a
wild pitch.
In the seventh the local team got
their eye on the sphere and hits by
Murray, Cuff. Emmett and McHale
tailed five runs, making the score 6-5
in our favor. The opponents We're
blanked time after time until the
eighth, when Dyer scored as result
of a neat steal of second, followed by
a hit of Boland's.
The score was then even up, and
things started to get interesting. In
their half of the ninth, Harrison scored.
Lotus was blocked in throwing by
Moon. who was batting. Crane then
scored on single by Mcdonald.
In Carbondale's half, Emmett got to
first on an error and made his way to
third on a passed ball. But Harte,
Gallaghy and yMcHale We're not equal
to the occasion and the side was re-
tired. The score:
The score.