The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-09
in SPORTING CIRCLES.
Providence Loses the Third Game
Of the Series to Buffalo.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.
Albany and Rochester the Eastern League
winners The NsrragAnsett Wheel
men TO Have an Annual Road Race
for q MedaI-Races and Other Sports.

Yesterdays game at Adelaide Park be-
tween PROVIDENCE and Buffalo was an
exhibition of the national game that
made the cranks howl. There were about
1000 spectators and it is safe to say that
while the two clubs were drawing fifteen
blanks there was more enthusiasm than
has been shown by the same number OF
pc ople at. any game on the groundhs, hs
hardest kind OF hard luck coupled
with foolish playing in one instance the
game would have gone 70 PRovIDENCE.
STAFFORD pitched for the Grays and Tor
once his support was ali that coulu De ae-
sired, his two wild pitches In the hrst IN
ming being responsible for two OF the
'PRovIDENcE was blanked for six inn
ings, only sending twenty men to bat IN
that time. For Buffalo, Griffin led OIL on
n hit but was forced at second by Don
nelly. A hit by Daily placed Donnelly
at second, a wild pitch by, Stai-
ford advanced each q base d ana Ken, zen
bases. Another wild pitch allowed
Dopnelly and Daily to score, and Ken
nedy. wnc had reached third, started Tor
home also. Gray got the ball close to the
third base bleachers and made beautl-
full throw to Stafford, who was waiting
Tor the ball and Kennedy on the base nne:
Kennedy ran right between the ball and
stafford. however, and Stafford could not
touch 10. Mack and Farrar were
backing up, but the ball came past
Stafford so swiftly and unexpectedly that
neither could get hand on 1t and the
three runs were made In less time than IL
takes to tell it. shannon and Messlts .~ni
pitched a brilliant game in no inning
allowing more than one hit or more than
one man on the bases:
In the seventh Petit started the batting
for PROVIDENCE with fly out to Griffin,
knowles hit safely, Farrar's base on balls
placed him safely at second and Leighton
came up to sacrifice. He hit q slow ball
to Kennedy which the latter fumbled,
Knowles meantime stealing home with
the first run. Smith struck out and the
cranks sighed. Gray, however, came to
the rescue with a clean single which scored
Farrar. Stafford flied out to Daily.
In the eighth Friel got hit, but was
easy outs. In the ninth Farrar put the
bali to the fence for two bases. and when
leighton knocked a single past first base
could have scored the tying run but Tor q
foolish piece of base running The ball
was Just out of reach of the fielder, aud
Farrar. who had good start Tor
third. ran inside the base and did
not stop to touch the bag. He stopped on
the base line to see II 1t was going to be
hit or q sacrifice, and when it became
hit he put for home. Connolly, however,
had been watching him and when Don
nelly put the ball on third Farrar was de-
clared out for not touching the bag. This
seems inexcusable for he had plenty of
time Smith fouled out, Gray got hit
and Stafford struck out, ending the
agony.
There were 700 out of the 1000 present
who were ready to swear that they saw
Farrar touch third base, but he did not II
his own word can be relied on. The