The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-05
OUR PETS" TAKE TWO
! FROM SCRANTON LADS

They Trim Johnnie Gordon's Young
sters in Both GAMES, Thereby
cinching the Hold They Have in
the Crank's Favor-15- 8 Morning;
Cd Afternoon--Cresce Good
Batting and Fleming's Fine Pitch
ing.
TITS not the same team we had when
we done the Crescents UP few weeks
ago." said Johnnie Gordon, of Scran-
ton, as he frisked about third base,
while his team was practicing on Dur
fys field yesterday morning But its
all right; we expect to do thing or
two before we get through here to-
day."
1t might be said now that Johnnie
and his white and purple stockings
have gone home, that the team he took
back with him was neither the same
that accidentally defeated the Cres-
cents few weeks ago, nor the same
that he brought up Carbondale way on
the glorious Fourth, for it went back
crestfallen and home-sick, leaving be-
hind the scalps Of two victories that
hung on the Crescents' belts, and taxi
ing away nothing but pleasant thoughts
of the hospitality of Carbondale.
"Our pets" did nobly. They knocked
Johnnie Gordon's youngsters. the
scrappy youngsters from Slocum flats,
Silver hill, Minooka and the Notch,
higher than Gilroy's kite. They won
in the morning and they won in the
afternoon and they could win in the
night, only we haven't got at LaWson's
portable electric light business to light
up Duffy's field. Sir Richard Fleming
has no further reason to bury himself
in Archibald borough; he wants to move
up to Carbondale; the pitcher and ball
player that he is belongs in this atmos-
phere.
And "Owney" McAndrew, "our Own
ey," if he continues to win games, as
he has, we shall have to buy him
castle on the lakes of Killarney.
And the hard-htting, mercless slug
gers of "our pets!" What shall we
say of them? But what's the use in
trying. In the words Of our friend,
"Chuck" Connors, 1--WE are all in." We
confess that our ambitious pen fails us
in our purpose. With the multitude, we
keep aloof and eXclaim with them: 'By
the gods! But ye are great"
Honesdale, dear Honesdale! 'Twould
40 your heart good to see the national
game as "our pets" plays it. But don't
be alarmed. You are not doomed to
disappointment. On the contrary,
there's a treat in store for you. "Our
pets" will be over Honesdale way on
the 18th. Then, we'll then you shall
see, and your eyes shall be opened.
The first game, not SO interesting,
was won by the score of 1873. Awful,
isn't it? In the afternoon the game
was a corker,' Ga; one of the best of
the season.
The First Game.
The morning game could not be said
to be interesting; it was from the Cres-
cents standpoint, inasmuch as it gave
them splendid opportunities for fatten-
ing their batting averages, and Incl
dentally "our pets" loyal supporters
We're given abundant chances to make
Fourth of July hurrahs over the good
work of Carbondale sporting pride.
When you say the Crescents put on
their batting clothes, you're through
with the story of the game. Good field
ing? Yes, all that there was to be
done, which was not a great deal.
Fleming, of Archibald, White Oak
man by birth, but Carbondale ball
player at heart, was in as fine a mood
as Squire Gildea, when he deals out
his solemn-like Justice and he pitched
a game that was the most radical
baseball crank's fancy. 1t must have
been an accident that Fleming-Flem-
ing of the White Oak borough-was
born in Archibald, for he plays all the
world like a Carbondale player. But
whether or not 1t was fate that mis-
directed him to Archibald, he's good
enough ball player and good enough
from any standpoint, too, to belong to
carbondale.
Fleming-Fleming of Archibald
pitched what the crankiest Of the
cranks said was a great game. And
they told the truth, and without the
aid of cannon crackers to make it the |
more forcible. His was superb form
and in the team behind him he found a |
response that was sorely distressing to
Johnnie Gordon and his South Side |
Minooka and Leggett Creek youngs-
tiers. Nobody from any of these three
of the dozen suburban places that |