The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-14
The SPORTING NEWS.
First Game Of the Season at Ade-
Iaide Park This Afternoon.
FALvEY AND FRAZIER TONIGHT.
Uhe Brown Freshmen Defeat the High
school Team-where Will h New
England Rowing Regatta be Held p
HenelHnger Leaves YaIs-Gossip.

For that portion of the city's population
who love sport this will be a great day
and night. By the time this is printed
there will be a bowling mob at Adelaide
Park to see the Providence Greys operate
with the Holy Cross College boys.
Baseball will boom to-day. The first
game Of the season at Adelaide Park will,
ere sunset, DO fully on. That same sun
may sink out of sight behind The western
hills, sulking and DISCONTINUED, or he may
set in a purple blaze OF glory. If the for
mer, then it is doughnuts to prunes that
Burnham's men have been trounced In
their first appearance On the diamond.
And II the latter it is an augury that the
laurel wreath OF victory rests on Wal
ter's brow.
beam on the Grays aud incidentally to
size up the aggregation that is expected
10 land the penant OF the Eastern League
In the city Of Roger Williams.
II we are victorious this afternoon 1t
will be something to be wondered at and
II the Grays are defeated they will not be
disgraced. 1t Is the first time they rave
been on the diamond together and to
jump onto the field and play a winning
game with a team like the Holy Cross
College boys who have been practising all
winter in the gymnasium, besides playing
several games already this season would
be phenomenal II the Grays are defeat
ed there will Of course be those who will
grumble, but Ii there were no kickers and
grumblers the game would lose half its
charm. But II on the other hand the
Grays are victorious then they can own
the town, or that part of it ut least which
the crauks have any say about.
Tomorrow the team goes to New Haven
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play to 5000 people at the least calcula-
t.oa IL it's a good day." 1t is Good Fri
day aud AZ legal holiday in Connecticut.
Every place of business Is closed aud
everybody will turn out to see the ball
game. This has been The record Of Good
Friday In years past and there 10 no rea-
son to believe that 1t will be otherwise
this year.
The team plays at New Haven again on
Saturday, and then comes home to play
she Burkes Of Lowell at Adelaide Park
on Tuesday.
Prof. Davis Farewell Reception.
There was a small attendance last even
ing at Music Hall at the farewell recep-
ton of Prof. Felix B. Davis, the fencing
instructor. Prof. Davis leaves soon for
N extended tour of the country when he
will meet all the best fencers. The small
attendance last evening did not begin to
represent the number of tickets sold and
those present witnessed a very skillful ex-
hibition Of fencing and broadsword exer-
else. The bouts were as fellows: Profs.
G.. Fousinquer and Davis; III. Ortiz and
II. Mayberry; B. S. Webb and T. Easton;
l. Morelli and A. Packard; l.. Claverie
and A. Ginnti; II. Blackinton and A.
Packard;. Miorelli and Giunti; Claverie
broadswords). After the exhibition the
floor was cleared and a dance program of
twelve numbers was enjoyed to the music
OF the Alpine orchestra.
Brown Baseball.
The Freshmen nine played the Provi-
dence High School team yesterday after
noon winning the game by a score OF 26-6.
The anne on both sides was miserable
from beginning to end. For some reason
the Hign School boys could not succeed
IN hitting White safely.
The Freshmen battery Cook and White
played the game for the Brown Boys.
The fielding on both sides was very poor.
score by innings:
s HIT eSSsoi..::. cSsStssSf--es
rb hsrns si.e r S1. -FTspsh%snl s ! Home run .c9Cs:
rSLpdw,g. Cooke. fe ley 2, oponneI, steerc, Clark.
!. i + re base SEQ on az bs IaseiHr Ts'hssn o. b nlskR i Ssaooi,
Dr.. base on rySSs.FTsssmep high School. /.
Whore viii the Regatta b. Held?
There has been no bid made as vet for
The spring regatta OF the n. r. A. n. A. |
Is frequently mentioned, but it
3 doubtful IL money enough will be raised
that city. For the past few years the
'pring regatta has been held on Lake
Quinsigamoud. outside of Worcester. The
course Is all that Is TO be desired, but the
'ity OF Worcester has not shown the
interest it should In the regatta. Last
'ear the regatta was held at Lawrence on
July 4, and was a succ IS.
There II a movement on loot In Boston
o have the regat a held OIL the Charles
liver on June IL. The strong argument
ifered Ia that the day Is a holiday in
aud that alode assures plenty of
interest. The N. Y. A. II. A. has many
among the business men OF Boston.
a sum su ancient TO defray the expen ses
ould be easily raised. A regatta he'll in
'oston on June IL would =. tract entries
New York and philadelphia that
Their cities In the interior Of the State
quill not get. The matter will probably
. eettled at the mex meeting of the
xecutive COMMITTEES OF the N. T.. A. II. A.
Yale win Miss uefeinnger.
Yale will miss her great football player.
who has left college TO enter
be servics OF the Union Pacific railroad.
liz like was never seen on n Yale team.
tt will b manv days befors a man
vii bs found 10 nll his place. He WAS n
over 81 strxngth on the line. anil 20 his
plays Yale owes many Of her suc-
'asseA A en o~rsmsn Heffslhnger was