The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-19
THE SPORTING NEWS,
Games Scheduled for the Providence
Grays to Play This Week.
CATTANACH TO MEET QUINN.
Herrick Matched Against . Big Armenian.
Baseball Mt Brown : A Meeting NJ
Phenix In tho Interest OF . state
League Ciub-Current Sporting Gossip.


The Grays are playing the Burkes OF
Lowell at Adelaide Park this afternoon.
That they should come out victorious
there is not the least question. The
Burkes are one of the strongest semi-pro-
fessonal teams In Massachusetts and
their team to-day is made up OF the
strongest players available. Tomorrow
the Grays will play the Flushings OF New
York city aud on Thursday the famous
colored team. the Gorhams OF New York
will be their opponents.
On Friday and Saturday will co me the
star attraction of the week, when the
Providence men will measure bats with
the New Haven team, with whom they
broke even in the series last week. Be
tween now and then both teams will be
getting into better working order and
may be depended on to put up couple OF
games well worth seeing.
Brown Freshman. 16; Silver Stars. 4.
The Brown Freshmen team played
walk-away game yesterday with an anna
teur team OF Providence called the Silver
Stars. From the beginning to the end 1t
was easily seen that the Freshmen had
victim. The Stars could not find the ball
to amount to anything. Whites work In
the box rather upset them. The team
work Of the Freshmen was exceptionally
good, although there are yet places that
show signs OF weakness.
Slocum, O'Donnell and Ludwig played
excellently, showing that they under
stood themselves and were playing to
win. The stars did some excellent work
also. The main difficulty was in not be-
ing able to hit the ball, and when they
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The score by innings:
sSer slSgn Stars. srrnman.... %
The Varsity team did some exceedingly
fine practicing yesterday afternoon, pre-
paratory to nesting the Stonebams
day.
The games scheduled so far are as fol-
lows: April 81, Harvard Freshmen, at
Cambridge; April 80, New Bedford High
School, at New Bedford; May 5, Woon-
socket High School, at Woon socket; May
%, Worcester Academy, at Worcest er;
June 4, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
at Worcester.
Notice to Amateurs.
The NEWS wishes to encourage baseball
among the amateurs OF the State, and with
this end in view will publish from day
to day items of interest to the younger
players OF the State. Managers and cap
tans of amateur teams will confer
favor sending challenges, results OF
games and the makeup of their teams to
the NEWS. Address all such communi-
cations to the Sporting Editor, Provi-
deuce News, City"
Hugh G. Lee has assumed the manage
ment of the Stars OF Pawtucket, the
strongest amateur team In the State. The
State.
For Valley Team.
A meeting Of persons interested in base
ball was held at Phenix last night when
| IL was voted to organize "A club for the
coming season. All persons interested in
| the organization OF club to represent
the Pawtuxet Valley may become men,
bers Of the association by the payment OF
81 which also entities them to admission
| to all games played at the Park.
A team in the Pawtuxet Valley has
| population of 5000 people to draw from
| for support and it is earnestly hoped that
enough interest will be aroused and sufii-
cient money raised during the present
week to insure State league club of the
| best players for the coming season.
Cattanach will wrestIe Friday Night.
John Cattanach of Pawtucket, cham
pion wrestler of New ENGLAND, is to
Montreal on Friday night for 800 a side,
the gate" and the championship OF
| Canada.
Herrick to wrcstle . Mig Armenian.
George Herrick of this city was last
night matched TO wrestle an Armenian Of
| this city, with an unpronouncabie name,
| for $50 side. The Armenian stands =
| feet q inches in his stockings and is built
| in proportion to his height. The con est
| viii he decided at the Metropole Club
about the middle OF next month.
Brookiyns. II; Philadclphias. Z.
PHILADELPHIA, April 19.-Brooklyns
punched 10 hits In the hfth and sixth
yesterday, which with two errors by
Clements and two bases on balls, yielded
10 runs. The Phillies batted safely often
enough, but their hits were too widely
separated. Attendance 2550.
The summary:
Brooklyns. Ill
Philadelphia. 2 o o % % "a
Base hits Philapclphias, Is. Brooklyns, q