The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-18
THE SPORTING NEWS.
The Grays Break Even on the New
Haven Exhibition Series.
WANTED : ANOTHER PITCHER.
What Correspondents From Other Eastern
League Cities Think Of tho Outiook--
baseball Mt Ciydo-Notes From Brown
-Fraxier's Manager Complains.

The Grays suffered defeat at the hands
of the New Havens on Saturday. The
Elm City objected to outsiders coming
straights, and b they compromised by
breaking even.
The Grays are at home again and will
play the Burkes of Lowell at Adelaide
Park tomorrow afternoon. The Burkes
are strong aggregation of local players
from Lowell, but the Grays should not
have great deal OF trouble in defeating
them.
Ali the cranks seem to be satisfied with
the makeup of the team as 1t Is now ex-
cept in the box. We are weak there and
there is no use Disgusting the fact. kilroy
is all right but whether O'Connell will
fill the bill or not is u question TO be de-
cided by Burnham and incidentally by
the public. Burnham is bidding for Will
Coughlin, and SD is Elmira and Syracuse.
lie cannot pitch for all three clubs and
two OF the three must be disappointed. We
may be one of that two. The gap will
probably be filled by some one before the
championship season opens week from
Saturday.
What Others Think About 1t.
Rad" the Albany correspondent Of the
Sporting Life, has this to say:
was SspCCioiy W AcoC 4uthC iAii-
roy; regard him as a coming pit tcher, and
if he does for Providence anything like
the work he did for us last season they
have treasure. or course. prophecies
are In order, but the least said now the
soonest mended hereafter. However, re-
gard Philadelphia, Rochester Providence,
Buffalo aud Albany as having the best
teams. Every team has many elements
of strength, bnt there are fewer weak
nesses in these five than in the Others"
The Philadelphia correspondent Of the
same paper sizes up the Athletics as fol-
lows:
Secretary Niles and Manager Hogan
OF the Athletic Club are well pleased in
the main with the team allotted by the
Eastern League. The team is strong in
batting and base running and fair in field
ing. The pitchers, Devlin and Milbee,
for st. Louis, and Milbee made a good
record in the New York and Pennsylvania
League. AS catchers the club has Billy
Gray, who wore Philadelphia uniform
last season, and Wilson, who was given
trial by the Pittsburgs. Flanagan, the
old Athletic Club, will guard first base.
Bastian, another big favorite, who has
hosts of admirers all over the country
and who is wonderful fielder.
will guard second. Third base will
be we'll taken care of either by Joe
oattlu OF ceorRe onocu, V1e ex-SenatOr
Battin is not young blood" but de-
spite his having been through many
seasons campaign, he is still capable Of
doing effective work on the diamond An
effort is being made to secure the assign
ment of Shoch, instead of Battin. he being
q younger man and considered better
batsman. Hanrahau, Of last years AL
bany team, u dashing fielder and base.
runner and goods batsman. will play
short field. The outfield will be taken
care OF by Harry Lyons, Shelter and Cos
tello. The latter came from the Elmira
Club, and Is highly spoken Of. All three
outfelders are good stickers, flee: OF foot
and excellent base runners. Harry Lyons
will probably be appointed captain of the
team"
The Elm city man says: New Haven
Is more than pleased with the players as
signed her by the Eastern League have
not yet met anyone interested in ball that
does not like the personnel o. the team.
True IL is that since the assignment of
the players many changes have been made
by Manager Shannon and the team great
ly strengthened, and in my opinion we
have the equal of any minor league team.
am not claiming the championship.
but IL we do not come pretty near to the
of the ladder will be greatly disappoint-
edn
Baseball at Clyde.
Whether or not Clyde will he represent
ed in the State league this year will be
definitely settled at the meeting OF base
ball enthusiasts to be held az Joseph Law
tons i'm Phenix tonight. At this meet ing
the feeling OF the Valley cranks will be
sounded and 1t will be ascertained how
large "A membership to the association can
be secured and how much money can be
raised. 1t is almost settled thing that
Clyde will have team this year, but
whether or not it will be in the State
league Is not such certainty, although it
is the wish of the majority Of subscribers
that such be the case.
Checkers and Chess.
The standing of the contestants in the
chess and checker tournaments at the
Gorham Chess and Checker Club Is as fol-
lows: