The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-30
susouehanna, 10; Crescents, A.

Susquehanna, 10; Crescents, a.
This is the tale Of yesterdays game
In the town of the hills north Of u.s. 1,
was q game that was not creditable tc
Susuuehanna, while 1.-The Pets'-well
they had an off day; day very much
off. Honestly, ye admiring and loya
'rooters, they played sloppy ball
s-l-o-p-p-y. They must have beer
afraid OF the natives, or possibly the
creek-no, the Susquehanna, Whitney
called it--for it was quite high yester-
day..
Well, anyhow, as "Chuck" Connors
would say, the day was fierce for err
rors, whatever caused 1t, and we paid
the price defeat. However, there's
consolation in the fact that 1t was only
the first actual defeat-buncoes not
counted-that we have suffered in ten
games. There's day next week when
we'll have another go at Susquehanna,
and on a diamond that it not like the
.camel-back railway at Atlantic City.
We expect that then the story will be
of a different kind.
AS mentioned before, the game was
awful; the balloon went up early in
the game and never came down.
This applies to both sides. though
Susquehanna's errors were not so
costly as ours. Some Of our errors,
bad throws, for example, let in two
runs more than once, when the rum
ner should have been retired, the runs
choked off and the succeeding batter
prevented from scoring.
The detailed score tells the story
more effectively than a column of ex-
PLANTATION. There was not an earned
run on either side, all the ten runs by
Susquehanna and the four we got were
the price OF errors. Any crank can
figure out what a brilliant CO game
both teams must have played.
Owney McAndrew pitched almost as
good game as O'Gara, despite the
severe cold from which he was suffer-
ing, which took from him Mis- wonted
energy and ginger. The shade Of diff
ference in favor of O'Gara can be seen
in the following comparison of their
records for the afternoon: Hits-Off
O'Gara, IL; strike outs, 1; hits, off
McAndrew, 9; strike outs, 1. Mean
drew gave bases on balls and hit one
player, while O'Gara gave 2 bases on
balls.
that came to bat on Carbondale's side
hit O'Gara, with the exception of three.
They hit the ball hard, too; they went
in the air mostly, away out in deep
center, but We're bagged by the Sus-
quehanna fielders, who were onto the
rolls and curves and pitfalls and gull
leys of the Susquehanna outfield, and
could cover the ground without dan
ger of stumbling. Our hits, when we
did make safe ones, came when there
were no men on bases. When men
were on bases the hard slammed balls
were captured. Emmett and Cuff and
McHale pounded the ball to the eX-
treme outfleld, but they dropped into
nets.
Emmett made a superb one-handed
catch of fly in deep center, after a
run backward and upon a knoll.
Roster made some splendid throws
to home plate, which, however, were
lost. Hart made one peach of a catch
in right, while Gallaghy's lightning
dandy double play.
Taylor, of Susquehanna is one great
ball player; as fielder, hitter or base
runner, he is it. His home is in Chi
cago, and he is a member of college
team.
Schmaltz, while unquestionably a
fine player, did not shine in yesterdays
game. Pethick, at short, played gilt
edge, while Topping, Wright and
Keefe, the outflelders, won good deal
of glory.
The detailed score: