The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-02
LUZERNE TEAM MONs
Issue Was in Doubt Until the Last
Scranton Batter Was Retired.
Brennan's Star Play.

Scranton's professional team
met defeat yesterday afternoon before
a big Labor day crowd, at the hands Of
the fast Luzerne team. The game was
gingery and exciting, and the issue in
doubt until the last Scranton batter
was retired in the ninth inning.
Griffin and Simmerman opposed each
other in the box. Each gave the same
number Of hits. Griffin struck out five
of the visitors. while the Luzernite
was unable to cause any of the locals
to fan. He was steady as a clock, how
ever, and did not give single base on
balls. Griffin only gave one, but this
resulted in run.
The features Of the game were the
swift fielding of Pughe, Brennan and
Cross. of the visitors, and the splendid
batting of Madenspacher. Of the locals.
The latter secured a double and three
singles, in five times up. The scoring
began early in the game. In the first
inning Luzerne gathered four unearned
runs. Fahy, the first man up, made
his base on Owens error, after sue
cessive chances had been given both
Owens and Wirth to retire him on easy
foul flies.
The following two batters were dis
posed Of and the side would have been
retired, had it not been for the mis-
plays on Fahy. AS it was, safe drives
were made by Dougherty, Brennan.
Robbins and Cross, and four runs re-
suited. Madenspacher opened for Scran-
ton by beating out an infleld hit, and
stealing second. Touhill took first
when Pughe juggled his drive, and
both men scored on Ferris out, and
Culkin's hit.
The locals took Il brace more of runs
in the third, Griffin's single, Maden-
spacher's double, and an error by Rob-
bins being productive of the tieing
tallies. Pughe singled in the fifth for
Wilkes-Bar and by excellent base
running stole second and third and
scored on an infield out. In the same
inning, singles by Griffin, Maden-
spacher and Frantz, and Touhilrs fly
to Cross. gave Scranton two more runs.
In the seventh, Luzerne won the
game. Dougherty's single, Wirth's
passed ball, and singles by Robbins
and Cross brought in two more tallies
Scranton made desperate attempt to
win in the ninth. Fahy's error gave
Wirth his base. Griffin tried hard to
advance him, but his long fly fell in the
glove of Cross.
Madenspacher came to the rescue
with safe smash for one base, but all
Frantz could do was to give Fahy an
easy fly. 1t was up to Touhll to win
the game. The University OF Michigan
player hadn't batted safely all day.
and fans concluded that he was Just
about due for hit. He caught one of
Simmerman's slow ones on the end Of
his bat, and the ball sailed far into left
field. Cross was after it like deer
however, and wound up the game by a
pretty catch.
Both Owens and Frantz, of the home
team, batted in the hardest kind of
luck. In the sixth inning. Pughe re-
tired Owens by making magnificent
jumping catch of his hot liner, and in
the seventh Brennan brought the spec
tators to their feet by a remarkable
catch of Frantz's long drive to right.
The third baseman had banged n
long, hard fly over the Luzerne mans
head, and 1t looked like a sure three
bagger make home run out Of 1t,
Heipie," an enthusiastic rooter yelled,
and just then the lanky Mr.. Brennan,
who had beeen doing a backward run
which would put to shame a Jesse
Burkett or Elmer Flick, sprang into the
air. grabbed the ball nonchalantly with
one hand, and trotted into the diamond
as complacently as though such plays
We're everyday occurrences with him.