The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-24
AN ARCHIBALD DISCOVERY
Sunday Paper Correspondent Offend
ed Over Mean Things, He Declares,
The Tribune Said About Archibald
Base Ball Players--The Sporting
Editor Replies.

| And so the esteemed Archibald corre-
| spondent for a Sunday paper, who was
honored by being referred to in the
| columns OF the Carbondale department
of The Tribune q few weeks ago, thinks
| we took occasion to say some mean
things about the Archibald base ball
team" i5nl whether or not what we
said were mean things" depends upon
| the digestion and state of mind of the
| men at the other end of the line. Now,
| for our part, we have never felt that
| anybody ever said anything mean
| about us, even though that body be-
tlieyed he was whaclting disagreeable
| things at us. And not even what our
we'll meaning Archibald friend said
about us yesterday was interpreted
| other than being complimentary. The
| only one who thinks others say mean
! things about himself, or his friends, Is
! just the man who thinks meanly and
speaks meanly. without the weakest
| excuse. Frankly, we must say that we
were nattered with the attention given
us in the interesting half-column OF
our Archibald friend: and we trust that
| our head won't be turned by such adu-
| laton.
AS to the "callow cads" of Carbon
! dale, we confess we do not comprehend
| the apothecarys meaning. We have
never met any cads. whatever they
| may be. and therefore are ignorant as
| to the significance of the term. Char
| ity begins at home is a sacred truism
which is sometimes overlooked, even by
well-meaning persons from Archibald.
We would rise to remark again that
the man who talks about "cads" is the
| man who feels in his inner conscious
| ness something of the nature of such
creatures.
| Now, as to the base ball situation
we must turn to our sporting editor,
who, we must say, has nothing to do
with weather poems and such like.
| He tends strictly to sports, and what
| he has to say about the CurbondaIe
team, we cheerfully commend to our
| aggrieved Archibald friends
| Says the sporting editor:
Naturally. the town or hamlet OF
| Archibald is sore over its inability to
organize a team in that place strong
| enough to cope with Il representative
team from this part. First. Archibald
wanted to go up against our proposed
school team, but the old base ball
sports of that place agitated Il team to
combat with our Crescenrs. We never
| took water from team outside of this
city in the last few years; in fact. since
the great national game was intro
| duced and it is now too late in the
epoch of our history TO refuse to meet
any good team from any place, Brown
Hollow, Archibald Honesdale, etc.
| The Crescents are in the field as of
former years, looking for scalps. and it
will be case of serving meat in the
| meats turn We will have Il good
| team on the diamond this year, and the
| boys i'll blue. or whatever color uni
| form they intend adopting, are pre-
| pairing for any good team. They are
| willing to waive the word good" IL
| Archibald wants a game. The young
blood TO be introduced in the game this
year will swell the list of victories and
lessen the defeats, If there be any in
| the air. The manager is Il hustler. ana
| every man on his team must be q hust-
| ler in order to retain his position The
| season will soon be here. and as the
stars of the diamond in this section in
tend getting out early and staying late
in the race, that is, If other towns can
supply them with opponents.