The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-28

Inthe Game Yesterday at Lodore Be-
tween Carbondale and Archibald a
y Spectator Gets in Fielder Rosler's
Way and summarily Ends Game,
Which Was Not Archbald's by
Any Means, Up to That Time-aood
Game-score, e--e.
Archibald, 0; Crescents, s.
Lanky Patrick McDonald--6 feet plus
can own the pot hole and the White
Oak colliery in Archibald, If the giving
of them Is within the reach OF the ma
tives.
Mac, who, as stated before, Is so long
for this life tends college; his school
Il DAYS are being spent at Wesleyan. in
.5 Connecticut. and when he's not exoa-
waiting for Latin and Greek roots In the
Nutmeg state, he plays ball with the
boys from Johnnie Doughers town,
situated twixt the powder mill switch
and the Ridge.
Macs homecoming had been antici-
pated for weeks. His absence was the
one regret when little Willie Dougher
stepped into the box at Duffy's field
few weeks ago to swipe some of Owney
McAndrew's glory-"Our Owney" mind
you. When the game was gobbed up
like the very, very many that the Cres-
cents-still our "Pets"-captured this
summer, there were walls of regret IF
we had Mcdonald in the game" the
White Oak men groaned. wed show
you" Ever since then, Mcdonald has
been threatened on us. and less brave
hearted ones would have been afraid
to meet this mighty lad
Well, anyhow, as Bobby Gaylord
would say. Mac was in the game be-
tween the Crescents and the Archibald
team at the Delaware and Hudson con-
ductors picnic at Lake Lodore yester
day. Did Mac make good? Well, we
shall see. When he came to the bat In
the first inning the hot-air furnaces
from Archibald were given an extra
blast. You're the boy Now, We'll
show you," 'Here's home run for
you,' were the windy eXclamatiOns
that came from the Archbaldians. ac-
cent on the bald. But a home run did
nae cum. Mac popped fly that
dropped into the we'll that Billy En-
nett owns. This was hard luck,
thought the Archbaldians, accent on
the bald, if you please. The scorers
felt bad indeed they did, Mac, that you
were disappointed, but blame it onto
Billy Emmett.
A run was promised the next time at
bat: but worse and worse: he knocked
an easy one to Jimmie Murray. which
means that Mac didn't reach first.
Hard luck, not good ball playing, quoth |
the 'Baldians. Again Mac came to the |
bat. It's shame to tell it. He struck |
out, and Our Owney" did it. Once |
again, and Mac didn't make good;
Owney, "Our Owney," struck him out.
This striking out business was becom-
ing a regular thing. Everybody from |
Archibald was sick, and Macs reign as
an idol was in danger OF going to
pieces
But the eighth that was the inning,
the Archibald people will tell you. There
were three men on bases, two men We're
out, Carbondale was two runs to the
good, and the mighty Mac came to the
bat. He had couple of strikes and it
looked like the Crescents' game and
bad for Mac, when he picked out one
and laced it out into left field
The long fly did not augur we'll for
Macs chances of standing pat with his
Archibald admirers. 1t was sailing out
to Joe Rosler the peerless fielder of the
Pets" and Macs stock went down as
Roster made for the spheroid. If it
was caught, as it threatened to be.
what would poor Mac do? Here was
an opportunity to win the game, and IL
lost, Mac was lost with it.
Roster friSked after the ball. like the
lambs in Bob AleXander's pasture, and
thought what shame it seemed to de-
stroy the idol. He was making for the
ball, which was one of the surest
chances of the day, for Rosler when he
saw knot of specta tors in his way.
When he neared them he shouted for a
clear path One of the crowd began to
dodge in front OF Roster.
Roster did his best to get around ,
his man, but the dodger, purposely or