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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1896
Page
11
Providence edged Scranton by one run as late drama unfolded in the ninth. Rochester clinched third place while Springfield challenged Keenan, leaving the outcome in doubt.
Springfield faces Scranton Providence meets Wilkes Barre Hutte plays Toronto Rochester visits Syinaetige for league action with four pairings listed.
Millon pitched well but Scranton capitalized on errors to win. Key moments included Passert hit by Hitcher, misplayed grounders, and Basset scoring on a miscue. Dolan held Scranton to nine hits as Providence stranded nine but could not overcome the miscues.
Wilkes-Barre defeated Springfield as Keenan held the visitors to limited early runs. In the seventh inning Springfield rallied with four hits to surge ahead briefly, while Lezotte, recently sold to Pittsburgh, delivered two doubles and two singles in five at bats and drew strong applause for his hitting.
In a tense game the Buffalo Lions seized control in the second inning by pressuring Dunn until he left the mound. Toronto briefly surged with Gray in the eighth, but Buffalo held on as Kay and Urquhart paired a key battery with Dunn and Casey behind them. Attendance noted as 100.
Syracuse defeated Rochester 3 to 2 in a high energy early season game. Pitchers Haterles Callihan, Boyd, Whitehill and Ryan held Rochester to limited scoring as Syracuse notched runs in the first and late frames. Referee Nut officiated the contest at home plate.
Baltimore and Brooklyn played a lackluster game despite the home team needing one win to clinch the pennant. Doubs starred with both pitching and batting while Hemming and Noblinson were hit frequently as Brooklyn managed little offense. Umpire Huret officiated.
King and Farrell pitched for Washington while Carsey and Grady held Philadelphia to a late rally. Cross made a one handed stop and DeMontreville and Hallman delivered strong batting and fielding in a tight contest before 2,800 fans. Louisville and Pittsburgh games follow with line scores and umpires listed.
Scranton leads with eight wins in fifteen while Providence stays ahead in the standings. Lovett and Berger are projected to score today as Springfield hosts and Don Hrouthers anchors the Ponies for an expected uptick in attendance. The piece notes tensions over Polo Grounds etiquette and hints at European travel if Temple Cup ties favor Baltimore or Cincinnati.
The reader asks if a pitcher who starts pitching for two innings can return to the mound after playing shortstop for two innings. The answer: (1) Yes he may return to the box. (2) Yes, he can be taken out for another pitcher and reenter in the same inning.
The Stars of Green Ridge accept a challenge from the Nonpareils and will play on their grounds at 1 30. The Actives of South Side accept Defenders challenge for Sunday morning September 13 at 10 90 on Stars ground. Olyphant Browns challenge Minookas next Tuesday and the Harmonies of Scranton on Thursday.
Swick Crystal lists C H Bedder Wilson Hose company Peckville George Maxey Forest City George Led yard Forest City. Other persons desiring to accompany the Firemen's Union will advise Isadore Goodman immediately as accommodations are limited.
The Xaverian Brothers arrive at St Thomas College to combine business training with classics and sciences. Brother Angelus directs studies and pupils gain commercial accounts, book-keeping, typewriting, and Perrin shorthand. The program includes English through prose, composition, rhetoric, and literature.
A legal notice announces public sale by vendue at the Lackawanna County Courthouse Scranton on September 19 1896 at 10 00 am. It lists numerous parcels in Blakely Scranton Carbondale Abington and Taylor with descriptions including boundaries dimensions and improvements. Each lot is released from debt judgments with sale proceeds to satisfy court debts and costs.
Strathberry remains a 24 percent stand out in pacing lore while Dan T at 2.00 percent shows speed and may soon lead. Rumors name James A. Murphy as owner of Jo He, 2.085, and Albert F. 2104 may debut on the road. Seven thousand dollars was refused for the sensational two year old tupe, 217. Veteran pacer Joe Jefferson at 1T years old remains sound with notable speed. Ideal park’s foreign book reportedly loses 7000 on Hedwood at Newport with tickets cashed yesterday.
The Lackawanna County Women’s Christian Temperance Union held a session in Moosic at the Presbyterian church with over fifty delegates and large crowds at morning, afternoon, and evening meetings. President Mrs. C. D. Simpson led the event with committee reports and welcomes from Mrs. Alice Drake, while ministers offered brief remarks.
Jacob Samter, 76, died at his home 40 Mifflin avenue after several weeks of illness. Funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at the house with interment in Dunmore cemetery. Survived by his wife, three sons Samuel Isaac and Benjamin of Bamter Bros, Lackawanna avenue, and two daughters Mrs M Levy of St Louis and Mrs Potsdamer wife of Dr J B Potsdamer of Philadelphia.
Ex County Surveyor A B Dunning returned from Philadelphia after attending a meeting of the State Highways Committee of the Pennsylvania Division of the League of American Wheelmen. Attendees included Hibbard Worrell chairman and General Roy Stone and Professor John Hamilton who spoke on road building. The group discussed preparing a plan to submit to the next legislature for postage.
The Lackawanna county Firemen's Union held a meeting in the municipal building. The excursion netted about $150 and a ball will be held in Music Hall with city officials admitted free. A committee will seek Mayor Bailey’s attendance at the 1897 Johnstown convention and thirty rooms are reserved at Capitol Hotel.
St Johns society of Pine Brook secured Laurel Hill park for October 10, hosting the Scranton Diocesan union parade in Scranton. Grand Marshal Michael O Malley will lead a monster procession with nearly all diocesan societies and many invited detachments, followed by a St Johns picnic in the park.
A large horse on trial for the Century Company walked up four flights of stairs at the company hose house in the early hours, awakening permanent man Joseph Heipman. The animal, a fine specimen from Frank Cobb, later broke its fastenings and wandered downstairs before returning upstairs through an open doorway.
The Democratic manager who proposed keeping Tillman at work among Pennsylvania anthracite miners earns credit for cleverness. He notes miners have faced hard luck and will endure a stile change like Tillman.
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