Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-12
NED CRANE WAS
A GREAT PITCHER,
During the Very Early Days OF
The Game Of Baseball.
INCIDENTS I'M HIS CAREER.
Oue Who Knew Him Well Tells OF
How He TwlrIed Against Great
Players.

Writing OF Ned Crane, | VIII refer to
,ounle OF Instances wherein the big. good
ratured fellow turned down Uncle
PANEL shannon, writes Wilkesbarre
man TO the Sporting News. On satur.
Jay June %, 1896, Uncle Daniel arranged
with Toronto Tor double bill, owing TO
a rain on the previous days. Campbell
was pltted against Ned Crane that day
in the first game ana at the close OF the
drst half OF the fifth inning Wilkesbarre
Mad a lead by a score OF ) 10 0, and only
iv,o or three hits charged against him.
Mo Crane started off their NTH with q
singe his second one In the game, and
Inc Canadians made two scores, while In
he sixth they worked two more men
over the plate and Crane died on one OF
he bases after having made another sin
The seventh inning was a blank and
tina eighth came on apaCe. Campbell
was hit freel yad the Canadians man.
aged to score only two men and there
we're two out and two ON bases when
crane was up again. Tim Shinnick fol-
lowed Crane and during the game mad
zone out on each time up by weak iniield
6its Campbell realized that a hit from
crane would tie the game, II not accom-
pllsh something worse, and although sew
rral bleacherites called out for him TO
Give Crane four wide ones he disregarded
their clamOr and put II over" for the
husky twirler. Crane drove the ball on a
line for the centerlield bank, on which
he ought TO have made third and fleet
man could have scored, but Ned was
winded AZ second and actually sat down
ON te bag He had evened up the score
and how he did enjoy IL. From his po-
sitlOn on to bag he gave the bleacher-
ties a lot of joshing. and In a moment
rim shinnick hit down TO Shannon at
second and was thrown out. Toronto
won out in their ninth, to S. Crane
practically won his own game, for he
batted In i've runs.
4 month later--or, to be accurate, OH
Inly rs is95--the Barons again encoun-
tered Crane and his bat. | happened TO
accompany the team and saw Crane
urn the trick. Tom Coakle yhad but re-
Gently Joined the Wllkesbarre team, COM
ing on from Plttsburg on q special con-
tract at $500 per month. The game was
played at Toronto on the. pretty grounds
across the Don on a Friday afternoon.
Crane pitched splendid bah against the
Barons and yet never deserved to win
his game. Abe Lezotte made homo
MIN drive that rolled nearly mile,
which was helded In by Charley Pop"
smith who played right field. The
groInd Was a uaip a,i' aiin n ont t his
il lu','" ssoc u' and fell a,rain at third
knees a. s,.on ,he ' hail ,Yida A. ths nIate
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