The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-22
ARCHIBALD HOT STUFF.
The Bright Men of the White Oak
Bump the Carbondale Press Club.
Eruption of the Mt. Pelee Of That
borough.

BUMP IHe SdTUOuudlC 1iCSo SiuS'
= ERUPTION of the Mt. Pelee of That
Z Borough.
X AT last the Carbondale Press club has
.sot its bumps!
n The trouncing 1t deserved for arous-
sing enthusiasm over amateur base ball
ITO its highest pitch in the history OF
-yCarbondale arrived on Saturday, and
ivia Archibald, the home of all the wise
Emen.
q The mendacious trio of writers who
scompOse the. Press club were lassoed,
corralled and then put on the rack,
where the kicks and the gaff were given
ithem as only Archbaldians can admin
lister such punishment Twas an awful
rastigation. and the wonder of it all Is
'that the peerless editorial staff of the
Archibald Citizen is not today suffering
from nervous exhaustion. Twas
rnoble effort, and the work of the Elbert
yHubbards of Archibald deserves the
gwarmest commendation from this COM
munity. Twas nothing less than pub
%lir service. and twas done so we'll Like
sAlphonse to his dear CASTOR, the peo-
pie hereabouts will be under an ever
Ilasting debt of gratitude to the heroic
staff of the Citizen. Not in long time
Were such fearlessness and ability ex-
Epressed ih the power of the press. Lest
we forget the debt of gratitude we owe
1.-The Archibald newspaper men. and lest
I'VE lose sight of their unapproachable
gability to handle Il ball game story and
to harpoon us-we Of the Press club
we reprint the hot stuff that belched
forth from the Mt. Feloe OF the Citl-
szen's plant on Saturday. whrn in its
r,F 1,r 1,,,n
ton on Tuesday it sent such scalding
stuff as this down over our backs until
we werc figuratively, burned to Il crisp.
t Nov, wouldn't this roast you:
E. How very beautifully the Carbon
dale bettors were sandbagged by the
wind -jammers' of the Press club. Let
Tus figure Il little and see. Carbondale
dropped $500 at Honesdale. $400 at Lake
Jodorc and $4,000 at Scranton. Total,
$4,000. What shall we balance this
with? All. yes: we almost forgot. There
is. the comforting assurance that the
Crescents are still the Pets of the Car
fbondale Press club. Carbondale is get
ting full value for its good money, isn't
it?"
Here's more nattery:
b Here are some samples of the base
ball literature of the Carbondae Press |
club: Thugs, 'Thugtown.' White Oak
lers. 'Frogtown,' 'Pot-Holers, Johnny
SDoughers Town 'Culm Pliers Arch !
bald boys can pay their board now.'
Had Pittston lost, the sheriff would be |
busy in Archbald' and so on. And they |
think this is sportsmanlike and funny! |
Is 1t any wonder that Archibald won?" |
tIf C1rhOnl11n didn't ha
out-of-town players in its team as
Archibald had we would not mind the |
attempt of the Leader and the Repub-
lican TO rob us of the victory
Inquirer, Carbondale--No it is not |
true that the Press club did it pur-
posely."
Here's hot one:
"One swallow doesn't make a sum-
mer; neither does the bluffing of three
men'make a base ball team"
Another swipe:
THE base ball man of the Carbon
dale Leader was at the game. but he
evidently would not see it. There is no
one so blind as he who will not see'"
idlks, aWIully, 1Or dis, said Chuck
Connors, when he chewed on this lump
of Archibald taffy:
THE Tribune gave us IA half-decent
account of the game. 1t wasn't entirely
fair to either team. We never thought
that Mart was wholly bad
Here's how the funny man, or rather
the leading funny man. for they are all
funny on the Citizen, addressed
marked copy to The Tribune man:
MI. NJ. T. mot empty, please) OMal-
ley, Mendacity Specialist, PhorCe Eater
pand Pheemail Phacinator, Carbondale,
Pa" care Shay's express or the Car
!bondaie Press club"
Here's the Johnny Dougher "bukay"
that the Citizen throws at Manager
,Tappan:
, Before we say more about the game,
let US give IA few words of praise to
Manager Tappan, of the Carbondale
team He was always gentlemanly in
his relations with the manager and the
players of the Archibald team. He took
no stock in the stuff that filled the
Harbondale newspapers He enjoyed
the sport and he wished to see 1t played
fairly. His wish. and the wish of other
proper sportsmen, too, must have been .
satisfied by Tuesdays game"
And they are stll "Our Pets!" Ii