The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-07
ARCHBALD'S sun SETS
ON DUfFYS FIELD

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(. ON DUFFYS FIELD
The Borough Two-Year-olds Sur
prised Themselves by Their Tricky
Playing, but owney McAndrew's
Pitching Was Too Much for Them
and "The Pets" Win Out by a
Score of 4-3, Notwithstanding the
strenuousness of the Archibald
Rooters-A Good Game.
If any of the knockers" or any
Archibald man desires to know now
Owney McAndrew-our Owney-can
pitch, let him ask any of the players
on the Archibald team. Nine OF them
yesterday had rubber bats or bats with
. holes in them when they tried to con-
meet with Owney's mystifers. and only
five of them could hit the ball safely.
That's why the score was TO IN
favor Of Carbondale, and that's why
the conceit was taken out or the Fot-
holers," and they were sent home, max.
ing disgusting faces as they swallowed
the bitter pill Of defeat. we aufnlt'
not to have sugar-coated the pill out
the "Pets" have been so busy, so very,
very b usy, winning games that Mana
ger Tappan overlooked this detail. we
beg the kind indulgence Of our town.
between the culm- dump friends for this
omission.
Despite the strenuousness of the
Archbaldians, their chief characters
tic-no thanks for this touch Of flattery
Z the game was a good one. JOHNNIE
Dougher, and he had on fresh bout-
oniere. said it was the best game that
the Crescents ever won, but as JOHNNIE
is a thorough Arachbaldian, we'll over
look his enthusiasm and say 1t was
good game; a snappy game; game
that was credit to the felders OF
the Archibald team, and to doughty
Dougher, their pitcher, a bright-haired
young man, 16 years old, the Archibald
people said, who when he becomes a
man, is likely to-is sure to-shlne IN
the base ball armament.
Dougher hats off to you. You had
better come to Carbondale, to base
ball atmosphere, where the climate will
agree with you and where you can
develop wonderfully, as you Will in
time; but slowly, we venture to re-
mark, if you persist in remaining in
the ancient borough.
We anticipate that Archbaldians will
have whole culm pile Of eXtravagant
claims about the superior work of their
team; but who would begrudge this
harmless diversion to the boroughites?
We can afford to be generous. We
won. That's glory enough for the
Pets" If the Archbaldians care to
pay their cash for special street cars
to come to Carbondale and wear out
their vocal cords, who cares? 1t won't
hurt us and it probably amused them.
This special car came through Car
bondale about $50 last night with a
band and an Archibald crowd, which is
the same thing for noise, and pla-
card with the score 5-4 in favor OF
Archibald. In their delirium, perhaps
they imagined they got two runs in
the last inning, which a man in Sala-
manca or even Honesdale, had as much
right to claim. But we will discuss
this later.
TO the game again. Archibald got
three runs, but none Of them We're
earned. Cuff apparently had an off day
at first base and one of his errors, a
muffed ball thrown by Flannery, at
second, let in three runs. The other
run was made on a long throw from
left by Roster, after fly catch on the
outer edge of the field. 1t was hard
chance. the ball reaching the home
plate few second too late.
On the other hand. Carbondale
earned two of it's runs, which would
leave the score 20. Murray also had
an off day and made errors, which
were costly.
The "Pets" found Dougher. They
batted him all over the lot; he struck
out only two men. but in our hitting
we did not keep them down and they
sailed into the hands of fielders. Nc
Donald, in left, had four good catches;
Boland, at third, made two wonderful
catches, and j. A. Gaughan, at center,
had two good captures. Here We're
eight flies, a good deal more than ordi-
nary work for felders.
But Owney-Our Owney! He showed
Dougher, though Dougher is good
one, how to pitch. He had nine strike
outs and gave only five hits. Dougher
struck out two men and gave Carbon
dale seven safe ones. Let Archibald
take this record and ponder over 1t;
twill do them good-perhaps. But one
shouldn't gamble on it.
Rosler, the pets" fearless fielder,
had another great day, making two
phenomenal catches, with lightning
returns of the game. His batting was
IT." too, for his two-bagger brought in
one of the four runs. Murray also
smashed the ball. having two hits,
bringing in the winning run by two
bagger in the eighth. Cuff had a two
Dagger and Emmett had one and Flan-
merry had another. Here were four two
baggers. Another chance for Archibald
! to compare pitching records.
y In the ninth inning, there was in
..tense excitement when two men got on
!. bases and with one out fly was
.iSnocked to Rosler. He captured it and
sailed it to third to catch runner. The
! ball got away from Murray, but Me-
= sAndrew was after 1t in the crowd and
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