The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-05
in SPORTING CIRCLES.
Crocker Surprised Read in the Pool
Tournament.
STEWART BEATS MURRAY.
The Moran-Avery Fight "OT" for the
Present - Decisions OF the National
Trotting ssociation-General Athletic
Gossip from All Around.

There was a big surprise In the pool
when Read and Crocker came together.
The former had been putting up rafting
game since the opening of the tournament
and Crocker had not been showing his
usually good work. 1t looked like a cinch
for Read. His supporters were willing to
give odds on him but there was no Crocker
money in the crowd and the many offers
came to the game what Transformation
there was. Read had underrated his man
and Crocker had just enough confidence
in himself and nerve to back it up to go in
and play the best game that has been put
up since the tournament opened.
lie Played a safety game from the
start, never giving Read an opportunity
To get start, and five times Crocker ran
pool without allowing Read single
chance TO score. He played a slow, delib
crate game throughout, and one that the
crowd was not backward in appreciating.
Ii was splendid exhibition of playing on
the part Of both men, and a splendid vic
tory for Croker. The score:
Srockeri z, o,1,i,i,iILII,LiLo,IL.i-il.
There is very little to say about the
match between Stewart and Murray. The
latter, as in his previous games, showed
that he knows very little about pool and
the champion had the customary walk
over. The score was as follows:
siaTSgt.:. SalTag 80. ddgqddL-n
The game to- night will be great one
unless something unforeseen happens. IL
will be between Woodward and thinner
tl.., I'D fsr s,1.
between whom there is no love lost.
There is a bitter rivalry between them
and when they get at it tonight there is
liable to be some fun and lively betting
The much-talked of fight to finish be-
tween "Chappie" Moran, the English
bantam, and Eddie Avery of Williams
night as was intended. Moran positively
refused to fight unless the purse of $500,
of which s75 was to go to the loser, was
put up at p. m, the time of weighing in.
The managers of the fight were prepared
to deposit only 500, and Moran refused to
fight. The general impression is that the
young Englishman is afraid to meet
Avery.
Among the decisions handed down by
the board of review of the National Trot-
ting Association yesterday were these:
The application Of f. o. White of Bos-
ton, for the reinstatement of himself and
the bay gelding Billy, was denied.
w. A. Butler Of Stow, Mass, and the
black gelding Frank b, were ordered sus-
pended until certain unlawful winnings
are returned.
Oscar Guyette of Burlington, VT, and
the black gelding General Grant were
temporarily suspended.
o. Mathien of Boston and G. p. Ieclerc
OF Sherbrooke, Can, were suspended until
the unlawful winnings of the b. K Edge
wood are returned
The application Of s. p. Huntress of
South Berwick, Me-, for reinstatement
was denied.
w. III. Edmonds and Ira W. Davis of
Webster, Mass, L. w. Dillon and h.
Forshner of North Attleboro Mass, and
the br. x. w. IL. (pacer) formerly Cole
man, alias Ned Coleman, were temporarily
suspended.
A. mass meeting was held at Old
Orchard, Me-, last night to take action
with view to inducing the new Maine
Mile Track Association to locate its pro-
tended by about $50 citizens of Old Orch
ard, Biddeford and Saco.
III Is thought that from $4,000 to S16,-
GOO can be raised in stock subscriptions IL
the track Is located there. Committees
were appointed to procure plans of the
proposed site, and compile such informa-
tion as will be of interest TO the associa-
tion, TO solicit subscriptions, and one to
call upon the officials of the Boston and
Maine to ask their aid in the project.
The expression of the meeting was
unanimously in favor of kite-sbaped