The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-28
Makeup Of the League Clubs for
the Season of 1892.
WHERE FAv0RITES WILL PLAY.
Athletic Tournament Of tho Olneyville
Temperance Cadets To-Night-What
is on tho Sporting Slate for This
wednesday Evenings Enter
tainment mt the Metropole.

birth Of the national game.
The material has been so evenly divided
up that il is hard TO say which team will
land on top, but Boston, which was the
main power in the Louisville conference,
has captured such number of stars that
its chances are Of the best. There Will be
10 child's play, however, if the Hub team
wants to win the majority of games, and
the fun will be fast and furious.
Boston will be represented on the
diamond by the following famous ball
tossers Catchers, Kelly, Camel, Bennett;
pitchers, Clarkson, Nichols, Staley,
Stivetts: infield, Tucker. Quinn, Long,
Nash; outfield, Stovey,. Duffy and Nc
| Carthy Low will remain on the team as
an all-round man.
The New York Giants will comprise
Rusie, John Ewing, King and Taylor,
pitchers: Boyle and Moran, catchers (;
Buck Ewing, first base; Bassett, second
base Lyons, third base; shorty" ful'
Ter, short stop Kourke, leit hsld "ored
centre field Tiernan, right field, and
Welch, Sharrott and Van Zant as reserve
players.
presented on the diamond by the follow
| ing named Haddock. Buflinton, Lovett
and Foutz, pitchers; Tom DAILY, Con Daiy
| and Kinslow, catchers Brouthers, nrst
base John NJ. Ward, second base; Cor
coran, short stop: Joyce. third base Col
! lns. left field: Griffin, centre field; Hardy
Richardson, right field.
philadelphia may have this nine: Wey-
hing, Esper and Thornton, pitchers Gle
ments. Bill Brown and Cross, catchers ;
Connor. first base Hallman, second base !;
| Allen, short stop: Hamilton, left held !
Tom Brown, centre field Thornton, right
field Reilly, extra man. The third base
man for the Quaker City can't be named.
Won der Horst's rejuvenated Orioles
will make their bid for Baltlmore's Iavor
| in this order Mcmahon, Healey, Cobb
and Terry, pitchers Robinson and Hess,
catchers Whistler, first base; Pickett,
second base; Shindle, short stop; GiloeIt,
third base Browning, left field; Welch,
centre field /; Van Haltren, right HELD
| McGraw, extra man.
Washington will support this strong
team: Knell, Foreman and Dolan, pitch
ers; Millgan and Mcclure, catchers
Larkin, first base; Danny Richardson.
second base: Denny, third base; Radford,
short stop; Wood. left field; Hoy, centre
field; Duffee, right field; Dowd, extra
| man.
| The Pittsburg team will be Calvin,
Baldwin, Ehret and Killeen, pitchers
| Miller and Mack, catchers; Beckley. first
| base; Bierbauer, second base; Farrell,
| third base Shugart, short stop; Hapion,
left field Swartwood, right field Maui,
extra man, and centre fielder to be Sc
cured.
Cleveland will have Davis, Viau,
Young and Gruber. pitchers Doyle, Zim-
mer and O'Connor, catchers; Virtue, first
| base (; Childs, second base Tebeau, third
base Mexican. short stop McAleer, left
field; Davis, centre field Burkett, right
field.
Cincinnati will have Rhines and Null
lane, pitchers; Murphy and Harrington,
catchers; Comiskcy, first base; McPhee,
second base; Latham, third base; Smith,
short stop: O'Neil, left field; Holiday,
centre field Hallan. right field.
Chicago will have Hutchinson, Vickery
and Gumbert, pitchers; kittrid ge and
| Schriver, catchers Anson, first base
| Pfeffer, second base Burns, third base
| Cooney, short stop Dahlen, right field ;
| RYAN. centre field (: left fielder not selected.
Louisville will have Fitzgerald, Meakin
and Hart, pitchers; Grim and Cahill,
| catchers; Raylor, first base. Canavan,
second base; kuehne, third base Jen-
Weaver, centre field right fielder not yet
selected.
ST. Louis viii have Gleason and Bretin-
stein, pitchers Buckley, catcher Stearns,
first base; Crooks, second base; Glass
| cock, short stop Brodie, centre field:
President Won der Abe has not selected
the rest of his team.
The Olneyville Temperance Cadets will
make merry tonight and the cause of
| their merriment will be a set-to between
several of the local young men who de-
light to don the mittens and ascertain
which is the better at the swing, stop and
getaway game.
John A. Sullivan, the welterweight, who
defeated Jimmy Scally at the Rhode ISL
and Club and would have attempted to do
the same thing for Eddie Conley of Bos-
ton but for the interference of the powers
that be" seems to be playing in hard luck
all around. When he found that it was
impossible to meet Conley at the Rhode
Island Club, Sullivan started West, where
he had contest with heavyweight Daniel
j. Bailiff of Munice, Ind, who agreed to
put him out in five rounds or make Sulli
van present of $500. The set-to was to
have taken place next Friday, but it has
been declared off because Bailiff says he
is sick.
Three important battles with gloves are
scheduled for tomorrow night. They
are Bowen and Gibbons, Cardiff and Nc
Auliffe, Hall and Doyle. OF these, the
meeting between lightweights Andy
Bowen and Austin Gibbons at New Or
leans is the most important.
At the California Athletic Club Joe Nc
Auliffe, the mission Boy" and Patsey
Cardiff are booked TO appear for 81, 500
purse McAulifle is looked upon as sure
winner.
At Dubuque, Ia, jim Hall, the
Australian middleweight, will attempt to
stop Con Doyle, a clever middleweight Of
the West in four rounds.
Billy Meyer declares that he will not paw
any attention to Jack McAuliffe's chal.
lenge until the latter pays him some of
the forfeit he owes him.
The glove contest between Johnny Van
Heest and George Levigne, which was to
take place at the California club in few
weeks is on.
Tom O'Rourke hacker Of George Dixon
has sent word TO the backer Of Tom Cal
laghan. the Irish Lad" who recently
challenged Dixon, that the colored lad
will fight Callaghan for = 900 side and n
5000 purse, or he will fight him six
rounds for 81 900 side. the winner TO
take 15 per cent. OF the gate receipts.
Bobby Burns is back In Providence
again and telling bis friends how IL hap
pened that he didn't get decision over