The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-01
ANOTHER TALK
WITH HONESDALE

Sporting Editor Of the Tribune Has
Things to sey About the Maple
City Base Ball Writer'S Claims.
Amateurs Are Stirring Them
selves.
The T'ribunes sporting editor speak,
eth thus to Honesdale:
A number of years ago. the village
sixteen miles across the mountain and
known as Honesdale, on the Erie rail-
road map, was the scene of marble
tournament from which spectators
turned In disgust, remarkiug that such
amusement was for children only and
not for dignified Maple City residents.
They had been reading Of Carbondales 3
great base ball team and the record 1t
was making and deep down in the re-
cess of their nutterng hearts they
hoped and prayed that some day the
golden sun as 1t went to it's rest Tor
the night would see Honesdale happy
over winning base ball team. All
those years they have nursed the phan-
tom victory" and so enthused did they
become with base ball and Jealous or
Csrbondale's success on the diamond
that their one ambition in life was to
see a base bail team representing
llonestlale trounce Il similar aggrega-
tion from Carbondale. The sun is still
putting in its long hours daily, still
setting back to rest on a summer even
ing but 1t has yet to see Honesdalians
happy over the success of their team.
Year after year since the ambition
took root. Honesdale has plucked up
enough courage on several occasions
to have "A team try conclusions with
our leading mines, but always with the
same results.
Naturally they deny that such is the
case and one of the saluried writer's on
q paper published in that hamlet prints
a record of games between Honesdale
and Carhondale and very generously
allows us the wreath of victory for
two or four games and he gives Homes
dale the remainder. We advise him
to change his drops which is causing
him 10 read upside down.
And, now to the facts of several
games in that burSh between Carbon
dale and Donesdale teams. Mines III
this vicinity wanted to play IN Homes
dale so the pretty girls of that town
would admire them in their variety OF
uniforms. They realized that no at
tention would be paid to their chal-
lenges If they sent them under their
own title. but appreciated the fact that
Honesdalc's one ambition was to de-
feat Carbondale. 'Play as a team
from Carbondale." said one manager
of Il team in a town a few miles south
of here and other towns have been
sending teams over the mountain ever
since.
No. Honesdale you have never had
the distinguished honor of defeating Il
Carbondale team except on paper and
then you had to have the games too
one-sided to have anyone place reliance
on your writings or your claims.
We want to have our team fight it
out this year with a team from Maple
City either in one game or a series and
we guarantee a defeat such as Scran-
ton gave to us on Saturday last.
With the Amateurs.
While having base ball news on the
end of our pen we may mention that
this is going to be Il great season for
Carbondale. Judging from the number
of teams in the field.
The Centennial club will have Il
strong team in the field this season.
Last evening candidates reported on
Sandys field for practice. prefering to
play than to eat. An unusually large
number turned out and Il good natured
rivalry for positions is now on in earn
est. The following are trying for the
team: Catcher. Harry Robinson. \.
Sampson. Willis Wilson; pitcher. viii
Drum, Harry Wilson. w. Wilson. C. j.
Mahonoy; short stop. Boyd Oliver
David Maxwell: first base, Il. AeXan-
der. Robert Schoonover, c. j. Mahoney:
second base. -Alexander McCabe John
Wedeman. Charles Alexander. Herbert
IIisted, John William: third base. Will
liam philpot left field. John OL.eury,
Giles Presley: center field. Louis Lee,
David Maxwell: right field. Giles Nor
Gan. Boyd Oliver.
liOneSGale---tulle care!
Archbald--hewarc..
i'hc carpenters have also made
preparations for Il team and it is oX-
pected the Ontario &, Western and the
Delaware n Hudson hands will also
have representative mines on the dia-
monl.
Visitors from susquehanna.
JOHN j. M#Giutv, w. +. Walters. j. Krndrick,