The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-07
SPORTING CIRCLES.
The Makeup Of All the Ball Teams
in the Eastern League.
MCCARTHY TO MEET BURNS.
They VIII Fight Twenty Rounds at the
Coney Island Club on May 30-DIxon
and Johnson Matched by the Same
C~1ub-Cranc tor New York:

The business for which the Eastern
League was convened at A lbany was
finished last night with the drawing OF
the players for the ten clubs. The make
up of the several clubs is as follows:
Providence-Kilroy and Fereitty, pitchers
Murphy and Sheehan. catchers; Tom O'Brien-
h.; Gull, 2b.; Farrell, 3D.; Leo Smith, S.; Freel
leighton and Hornung, ielders,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Milbee, pitchers
Gray and Wilson, catchers; Flanagan, Id.
Basiian, 2b.; Batten, 3b.; Hanrahan. SIS.
shelter. Costello and Lyon; felders.
somers and !ioirord. catchers; Pofer, h.;
Shields, .2b.; Maglore, 3D.; II. Phillips, S.;
Kearns, Cudworth and Messitt, feeders.
Wells and Burke. catchers; Morrissey. ID;
Shannon, 2b.; Hannivan, 3D.; =. Lyons, S.;
Connors. G. Brady, felders:
pitchers; Townsend and Cole, catchers; Lee
Staltz, H.; Griffin. CT; NJ. Manseil, IF.
M ssrss and UeaaSaTa. e sasch ass: J pls'FR sasl' Geo. iS':
William Higgins, 2b.; Doyle, 3D.; Tommy Mil
Ter. S.; Joe Knight, lf.;P. Eagan, RI.
and McMahon. catchers; Fields, h.; Eagan,
2b.; Jones, 3D., Lang, S.; j. Cappen, Knox
and Bader, .ielders.
son, pitchers; Becker aud w. L.. Bowman,
catcbers Drawby, lb.; Pettee, 2b.; II. kappell,
3D.; Monte Cross, S.; Lewis Casey, IT,; Jim
Rochester-Goodali and Manifee. pitchers;
McKeough and Goodfellow, catchers. Shoe
nick, h.: Wise, 2b.; Murlock, 3b. yesterday,
IS; Hoover, McTammany and Joe Somers,
Elmira-Fricken n Sprogell. pitchers;
Heine and Boyd, catchers; Kennedy. h.; De-
laney, 2b.;. Deveney, 3D.; W heelock, S.; Sulli-
van, Lynch and Simon. felders.
A better arrangement Of the players so
far as equalization goes 1t would be hard
to make and the committee which had
this work in charge is to be complimented
their duty. This equalization of players
means good baseball and an increased in
terest such as has not been known here
since the League championship series Of
'S4. The In which the teams are
made up means that with the players in
good condition, one team will have as
good a chance Of winning as the other,
which is the one important thing to keep
up the interest. The public does not care
to see q team that is sure to win every
time, neither will it %patronize one that is
q dead sure loser every day. 1t is the
that keeps up the interest and incident
ally the gate receipts.
The telegraph tells us that Cal Nc
Carthy has accepted the $500 off Of the
Coney Island Athletic Club of which
Arthur Lumiey Is agent, and will meet
Bobby Burns Of this city on May 80: that
he has already signed articles which have
been forwarded to Burns, who is boiling
out at the Hot Springsin Arkansas. There
is little doubt about Burns acceptance.
He has been anxious to meet Mccarthy
ever since their fan-in at the Rhode Ath-
letic Club last fall, and here is the chance
he has been looking for. To Bobby's mind
Mccarthy Is the only man who stands be-
tween him and Dixon. Burns made a
good showing against Ca the last time
was the opportunity of his life to defeat
Mccarthy as he won't catch him in the
same condition again. Mccarthy is far
and away the ~cleverer of the pair, both
with his hands and feet, and can punch
just as hard as Bobby, SO that If the latter
can wiz 1t must be by his endurance. The
laws under which the Coney Island Club
is chartered allows but 2o-round contests
and Burns may be able to last that length
Of time, but the odds will be against him.
fight Fred Johnston, the English cham
pion, at III pounds, before the Coney
Island Athletic Club, on Suburban Han
dicap day, for a purse Of 5000. The ar
ticles call for a 20-round contest, with
five-ounce gloves, at 1l6 pounds, give or
take a pound, weigh in six hours before
entering the ring.
Manager Powers has made an addition
TO the pitching department in the person
Of Crane, who will play the week out
with the Boston Unions.
After signing Crane Manager Powers
gave ten days notice OF release to Sulii-
van, Coughlin and Taylor. Manager
Powers decided to release them now nj n
time when they will have a chance to sign
elsewhere.
Reddy Mack also received ten days no
tice Of release, nd Sharrott will be re-
tanned as utility a
Third Baseman Arthur Whitney caused
q sensation In Philadelphia yesterday by
refusing to accept his release from the
local club, and ~intimating he would stay
here and report all season, n bring suit