SCRANTON FANS HAVE A PAINFUL SHOCK The nine from Mechanicsburg showed up that afternoon on time.

They were a husky-looking lot of young chaps, accustomed to hard toil in the mills, and with muscles that far outclassed the high-school boys.

But, as every one knows, it requires something more than mere brawn to win baseball games; often a club that seems to be weak develops an astonishing amount of skill with bat and ball, and easily walks off with the victory.
Mechanicsburg was "out for blood" from the very start.

They depended a great deal on their slugging abilities, and declared that no pitcher the Scranton players might offer could resist their terrific onslaught.
When the first inning was over at last it began to look as if their boast might be made good, for the score stood five to one.

Frazer was in the box for Scranton, Hugh not wishing to use his star pitcher unless it was absolutely necessary.