The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-04
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Zimmerman Defeats Crocker in the
Pool Match, Hands Down.
WHO WILL PLAY STEWART NEXT?
Palo Alto Lowers His Record Quarter OF
asecond-Connor and Richardson Sign
With the AthIetics-Rusie Will Play
I'm Chicago Next Year.

Zimmerman was in fine form last night,
and the way he juggled his cue in the
match game with Croker at the
St.George Hotel billiard rooms
brought the latter to the conclusion that
he wasn't in it, In very few games he
was slow, but in the majority he was right
there from the start, and his average OF
eight balls for the twenty-five games
shows that he must have done something
in the way of playing Crocker played
well, too, but it wasn't well enough to
even give Zimmerman a good rub The
score:
zimmerman-3. la 8, 10, 9. 9, Is, Is. 4, 10, g.
lS, g. 0, H. z. 3. 2Si57 = ''' y o. . . y
Tom Landy, the veteran sprinter, was
referee.
There hasn't been so much interest in
pool for years as there is at present, and
there is promise of plenty of good sport in
this direction from now until spring. The
way the recent tournament and matches
have been patroniZed is evident that there
is enough interest in the game here if the
people are only given the genuine article.
The advent of Stewart, who won
has decided 10 make Providence his
home has given an impetus to pool play
ing, both among those who play them
selves and those who like TO see others
manipulate the cue. He has been in
stalled as head of the billiard rooms at
the st. George Hotel and promises to fur
nish lots of amusement for the boys dur
ing the coming winter. His challenge TO
play anybody in the State for any amount
and give them % in 200 balls. it still open,
and IL Is expected that a match may re-
suit from il in a few days. His challenge
TO play for the New England champion
ship may also be accepted within the next
week, as Landy of Boston is negotiating
with him for match for 500 a side and
the gate" the game to be continuous
pool of 500 ball. which will require two
nights TO complete.
A special meeting of the Metropole Ath-
letic Association will be held at the club
house on Aborn street this evening, when
business of importance will be transacted
The meeting will be open to members of
the association only. Among other bust
ness TO be attended to will be certain
amendments to the constitution and by
laws and the appointing of two or three
extra committees, and some changes will
also be made in the present committees. A
special effort will be made by the club dur
"
still more in amateur athletes and with
this end in view indoor athletic meetings
will be held at intervals during the win
ter. Some of these will be public and
others will be for members only.
Gov. Stanford's Electioneer stallion.
Palo Alto, trotted mile at Stockton, Cal /,
yesterday, In 20J16, coming within "A quar-
ter of second of the worlds stallion
ArI hnlI hN 4. a,
own record quarter of a second. He
made two breaks or would have broken the
record. He went TO the quarter i'm ~
seconds, TO the half in 1:04, three-quarters,
1865.
Roger Connor and Danny Richardson,
who have been dickering with Manager
Barnie for the past two weeks came to an
understanding with the Wagner brothers
yesterday afternoon and will sign with
the Athletics to-day. They will receive in
the neighborhood of S4 600 apiece, with "a
large lump in advance.
Yesterday morning Manager Pfeffer OF
the new Chicago Association club signed
Amos Rusis for the season of 1892 at "A
salary reported TO be 5000. Pfeffer saws
he will not need Catcher Buckley Of New
York, as either Gunson or kittredge can
hold Rusie. Gunson has been catching
remarkably well for Kansas City for three
seasons. Ii $1,000 is the salary paid Rusie,
it is perhaps the largest ever paid bali
player.
Sam Morton, who is in Cincinnati work
ing i'm the interest of Pfeffer's club, has
signed Dan SteaIns, the Kansas City first
baseman, to play in Chicago next season
Wilmot has also been signed TO play in
the outdeld, and Browning will be signed
in a few days.
Zach Phelps, president of the American
Association, says that there will be ten
and perhaps twelve clubs in the circuit
next season. Brooklyn will be one of the
clubs in the East and the chances are that
it wont be a new club in the City of
Churches, as there is n grave possibility
that Byrne's Brooklyn League Club will
jump Phelps admits that there is talk
of this, but will not commit himself.
The Rhode Island Athletic Club has at
yet, heard nothing from Billy Madden in
regard to bringing his Irish champion,
Peter Maher here. Jim Hall the Austria
lian, offered TO box the Irish lad six
rounds, and IL was with view to bring
ing that event off here, that the II. l. \.
clubs management communicated with
Madden.
Morris Cronin, the club swinger with
Webber and Fields company, which is
playing here this week, will give 500 To
anyone who will successfully perform one
trick with either |, p 3, or clubs
which he does and which he select for any
one wishing 10 attempt the same Ernest
Hunold is about the only local man
spoken of as being a possible winner of
the $780, but he says that he has done with
the business for the present. and as he has
not handled the clubs for two years, would