The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-13
PRESS CLUBS COLORS
ARE STILL FLYING
They Emerge from the Games with
the Printers with the Score Tie,
14-14-A Day Of Fun and Glory
Divided-some Prizes Awarded.

The matinee scheduled for sandys
field yesterday afternoon took place as
advertised. Commodore. Grant, of the
Carbondale Press club, had his laddies
brave and true at their posts, and but
for their good-heartedness they would
have beaten their opponents. the Print
ers.
The score was 14-14 at the end of six
and one-half innings. The game at this
stage was called by Umpire M. II.
Neary at the request Of the Printers.
who wanted another game, not so much
for the game, but because Benjamin
Adonis Parry desired a few more
dozen smiles from the fair ones who
filled the grandstand.
There were. million. more or less. at
the, game, and before the six and half
innings were over. Sandys field sagged
about three feet. After the next game,
there will be no bluff: the West Side
people can take the shortcut from the
Delaware and Hudson depot. instead of
going around.
Two umpires were necessary Stephen
Nealon and NJ. Il. Neary offciated.
Both were as good kidders as the Press
club members themselves: in fact the
latter were a little envious of the
jokers the two umpires developed into;
they were afraid of losing their laurels.
Nealon was quite too funny, and after
being fined he was put out and made
to sit in front of Maxwell Shepherd,
while the latter gave solos through the
megaphone as he alone can. This was
punishment enough for any joker such
as Eo.
Neary came near being made to keep
track of BENJAMIN Adonis Parry's err
rors for his joking This was the wOl's t
punishment that the Press club in it's
righteous Indignation could mete out to
him. AS it was. Neary had to go home
by way of Fallbrook.
The features of the Press clubs work
We're ping-pong stops of j. Normandy
Chimes Gelder on first: the smiles of
j. Wellington Grant. in his Crescents'
cap, on second. and the sacrifice hit
ting of Martin Theophilus O'Malley. He
sacrificed all the bases in sight by con-
Meeting with the ball at the wrong
time
Other features We're the presentation
)f bouquets to Wellington from his
Archibald friends, to Normandy from
Billy Miller. and to Martin Theophilus
from Nick Spencer. of Honesdale
A howl of dismay went up to the blue
Sky by way of the balmy. air. when
Normandy Chimes Gelder's garter broke
upon his attempt to make one-handetl
catch of a ball thrown with cannon ball
velocity from the intield.
One of the Leaders female force was
chewing on a piece of sod. thinking 1t
was her wad of gum. when Benjamin
AdOnis Parry made his third long hit
of the day. For all his cross looks in
the composing room he was forgiven,
and the fair compositors all smiled.
John Wellington Grant was inhaling
air filed with inspirations for an Arch
bald write-up. when grass-cutter
went by his route too far center We'll
lington folded his arms when the ball
passed without speaking, and then and
there resolved to smack the elusive
spheroid on the tip of its diamaterical
notch when next he went to the plate
with bat. smile and form. That resolu-
tion of his was plainly discernible when
he ambled to the saucer. With moth
ing-tO-arbitrate air he made the con-
nection and scored a run after con-
sumlng ten minutes time completing
the circle.
One fair. curly-haired and rosy cheek
DaEe OF sweet four or therea bouts. was
kept busy laughing at the antics of the
Press club batters. who stepped to the
plate AS if they We're due to pay for
two plates of ice cream and pair of
rubber boots for Honesdale maiden.
An anarchist of the wild and woolly
order appeared upon the scene at a
most interesting part of the game. He
took his scat on Il Shanty Hill corner
stone midst Il bovy of female ladies,
and in his own homely way invited