The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-22
IN The FIELD TO STAY.
Chicago Will Have an Association
Club, With Pfeffer as Captain.
PITCHER EDDIE DALEY DEAD.
Direct Beats Hal Pointer I'm Three Straight
Heats-Eugenc Hornbecker Wins from
Pat DaIy-Two More World Records
Broken ON the Track.

meeting Of the stockholders was held at
the Garden City last night, when officers
were elected
captain and manager, and have the choos-
ing Of the team. Jake Beckley is down to
play first base. Ryan, Wilmot and prob
ably Cooney may join the new team. All
these players have five-year contracts with
the Chicago League club, and litigation
is sure to follow.
President Williams said that all Of the
capital stock had been paid in, that every
cent was held by Chicagoans, and that
there would be no limit to the salary list.
The best club possible will be put in the
field.
The annual meeting of the American AS
osciation will be held in Chicago to-day.
The next athletic exhibition under the
direction of Prof. Walker of the Paw
tucket Sanitary Gymnasium will be held
on the evening of Nov. 18th, at Tenn
perance Hall, Pawtucket. All the best
known talent i'm the State will be there,
besides some well-known athletes from
Boston.
At meeting of Elmwood Lodge, X. of
p. last evening the Hunold trophy which
represents the baseball championship OF
the secret societies, was formally presented
to the lodge by the ball team. A banquet
and speeches followed. Among those who
spoke were Past Grand Chancellor Louis
Davis, Past Chancellors Bemis and Howe,
Chancellor Commander Brown and Ernest
Hunold who offered the cup as a cham
pionship trophy for the secret societies TO
contend for on the diamond.
Eddie Daley, the well-known ball
player of this city, died of quick consump-
tion at his home in Washington, ID. c.,
yesterday afternoon. He began his base
ball career with the amateur teams of this
city fifteen years ago, and since that time
has played on some of the best teams in
the country. He was a pitcher of more
than ordinary merit, but during the last
two years has played in the field the
greater part of the time, his work at the
bat being strong enough to warrant his
being taken out of the box. The past sea
son he opened with the Louisville club,
but was sold to the Washingtons. His
parents live in this city, but his home was
in Washington with his wife's parents.
In the match race for 81, 900 at Nashville,
Tenn, yesterday, Direct beat Hal Pointer
i'm three straight heats. Thousands of
dollars were lost on Hal Pointer. The
time of the second heat was the best ever
made in race in harness, lowering Poin-
ters record half a second.
The first heat was won in g 10. In the
second it was believed that Direct could
had gone in 2.0s had Pointer pressed him
more closely, but as il was he made IL in
2.094. The third was in 2.11. Before the
race IL was 500 TO $50 on Pointer
Williams College played the Fordhams
yesterday instead of Brown, as scheduled.
Williams played strong game, winning
easily by score of 40 too.
The Yale Princeton football game will
he played on Manhattan field on Thanks
giving day.
The Metropolis will play off the Ameri-
can cup tie game of last Saturday at Yale
River on the 3lst.
Two more world records were broken on
the Stockton (Cal.) track yesterday. A
Palo Alto yearling, Belle Bird, driven by
Marvin, lowered her record of 2:27Sl to
2:26A. Marvin then drove Arion, by Elec-
tioneer, against his record of 2;l59{, and
made the mile without skip, finishing
strong in 2:l41S.
Orrin Hickok said "That is the horse
that will make two-minute work if any
horse ever does"
Palo Alto went against his record of
2:l2A and lowered il to 2l14. Some
watches made il 2 IL, and two timers were
only a shade over 2:ll.
The match between the well-known bill
lard experts, Schaefer and Slosson, on the
10Th inst, promises to be the most closely
contested of the many matches which
have been contested by them. Both men
are in fine form and doing exceedingly
clever work. Schaefer has been practic-
ing with William Cation, of Chicago, a
billiard player, and rolling up some high
figures. In practice games with Cation,
Tuesday, he made l0i, l62. 234 and an
average of 69%. Slosson did not do SO well
i'm his practice with lIalsey The "Wiz-
Zard I" first met Slosson in indianapolis in
1873 and since that time they have met i'm
thirty-one other matches and tourna-
ments with varying success, each having
won sixteen games to date. The last
match, cushion carroms, was played in
the Madison Street Theater, Chicago. dur
ing tournament extending from Nov. ;
TO 22 last year. and was won by Jacob
Schaefer. Considerable money will in all
probability change hands on the result, as
both players are square and more evenly
matched than any other two billiardists
known.
The match games between Reed and
Barker in the late checker contest have
appeared in a neat little book.
Pat Killen. the noted heavy weight
champion of the Northwest, died last night
at Chicago of erysipelas. Killen, fort
night ago, defeated Bob Ferguson in
sanguinary ring encounter and had not
been a well man since.
Eugene Hornbecker of New York, and
Pat DAILY of Brooklyn. met at n sporting
resort on the outskirts of Brooklyn last
night. They weighed IFS pounds each. IL
was for n purse Of $3.50 with small gloves.
Hornbecker had the best Of It. At the end
of the ninth Days second threw up the
sponge and Hornbecker got the decision.
Peter Maher. the alleged =" Irish cham
pion." isn't pugilistic wonder, IL his
showing with Jack Davis before the Arion
club at Philadelphia last night Is TO be
taken as criterion OF his skill They fought
four rounds, and, although Maher had the
best OF il throughout, Davis had no trouble
in landing on him at any stage.
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