The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-27
THE BROWNS WON EASILY.
Boston College Defeated by a Score Of
10 to 3 Yesterday.
WHITE AGAIN ON THE DIAMOND.
Proved . Puzxier-Good batting by
the Brown Team-The Visitors Went
to Pieces-An Interesting Game.

The baseball game at Lincoln field yes
terday afternoon was a walkover for
Brown who had as an opponent the nine
from Boston college. The game was ex-
pected to go that way. but interest CEN
tered in it because the young pitcher,
Dowd. who registered at Brown last fall
Is on this team. having left the college
on the hill because satisfactory arrange
ments could not be made. He did not
pitch, however. during the first part of
the game but covered first, while Craw-
ford twirled the ball with credit to him
self though several safe hits were made
by the Brown boys, which aided by errors
by the Boston boys netted several runs,
while the Browns allowed only one run
for the visitors until the eighth inning.
Brown scored two runs in the first in
ming on Weeks safe hit, sacrifice hits by
Tenny and Jones aided by a couple OF
errors. Boston college got one run in
the same inning on Stacks hit and err
rors by Jones and McLane. In the fourth,
George hit for two bases and came home
on McLane's single, scoring the third
run. In the seventh Sexton hit 10 center
and the ball was muffed by
Farrell, Sexton taking thirl be-
fore IL was recovered. A sacrifice hit
by Weeks. brought him home. Tenny
came to the bat and hit one OF his old
time three basers to right centre and soon
after came home on Emmett's error. In
the eighth inning. Do vd came in to
pitch and Maoill. Green and George
struck out IN order.
In the ninth. McLane struck out and
Sexton hit a sharp one past short. went
10 second on passed ball and scored on
Stacks wild throw to the plate. Weeks
hit for base and stole 81 cond and third
xrotr nYtt htst Cd A~ce
the missed third strike, stealing
second, Steere was presented with base
on balls. The bases were full and Jones
came to the bat He hit slow ball
toward first base, which Crawford came
forward to get. Weeks had got good
start. and itwas impossible to get any
men on the bases, SO Crawford turned to
his own bag. expecting no doubt to see
Dowd guar ling it as he should. Sexton
stood near the base on the coaching line.
and Crawford being trifie ratified threw
the ball to him. Sexton of course
stepped to one side, and the ball rolled
to- to the ,n srand, Grand stand d., Crawford aH.
wild throw to the plate winch
two star plays allowed four men to score.
This peculiar circumstance made Il
necessary to credit Jones with a safe hit
when it should have heen u sacrifice.
In the eighth the Boston Toys scored
Ouc iuore run HIS ny otdC anu VI II
man assisted by base on balls and a
wild pitch. In the ninth they added an
other on a base on balls. Farrell's hit, a
wild pitch and Tenny's wild throw tn
catch Farrell mapping at second. The
final score was 10 TO 3.
White pitched for the first time this
season. remaining in the box only one
inning, as the game was late in starting
and he had to take train. One hit was
male off him In that inning. NcMurray
pitched for five innings and but two safe
hits were made in that time. In the
seventh Sexton began to pitch, and in
three innings four hits were made off his
delivery The Boston boys seemed to
take kindly TO his delivery.
The features of the game were n beau
tiful double play by Steere. Jones and
Weeks in the third inning, the batting
of Tenny and George and the pitching of
Dowd, who struck out six men In the last
two innings.
Tomorrow the Brown team has for op
ponents the strong Dartmouth college
to m with its professional battery.
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