The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27
BROWN DEFEATED GRAYS.
Sexton Was Only Hit Hard In One In
ming Under The Old Pitching Rules.
TROY AND ERIE WERE WINNERS.
Poston Defeated Washington I'm a Hard
Hitting Game-Other National League
Games-Amherst Defeated Dartmouth
I'm a Canter-Eastern League Standing

The game Of baseball between the
Providence Grays and the Brown Univer-
sity team was as was expected n great
struggle from start to finish. The Browns
led up to the seventh inning when the
score was tied by good work on the part
of the Grays and they had no sooner done
80 than the Browns went in and batted
out three more runs which proved the
winning of the game. Sexton pitched a
splendid game but Madden was hit some
what harder. The pitchers went TO the
old distance on account Of the college not
having adopted the new rule and TINS
act cunts in a great II easure for the fatt
that the Grays could not bat as freely as
usual.
The Grays started in with a rush.
Friel flew out to McLane, but Cooney
bit past Sexton over second base. fettit
one to short right field Swartwood put
one where Steere, the shortstop, could
not touch It. Four hits, and as pretty
batting rs was ever seen on the grouhus.
Hornung few out to Jones. Campion got
q base on balls and the bases were fuli
with two runs already scored aud two
out. McKeough smashed one to right
field that puzzled Steere for a mo nent,
but he finally got hold Of 1t and pulled
IL down.
Sexton opened with a hit for Brown,
Steere put one between Bass TT and third
base AID Sexton It 10 third. Steere
started for second aud Sexton s arted
homo but was caught at the plate. Steere
going 10 third. Jones came to the bat
aud lifted the ball ovor the LETT field
fence. The ball looked foul from the
grand stand, but IL went about three
Inches fair. aud it was apretty home run.
Steere trotting in before. Magil was
ball, aud wens to third on Georges
slow hit to Petit. Bastard hit TO Bas-
sett who threw TO SCI DAD for a double
play and retired George, but the latter
was in the way and Pettit's throw to
first was wild. the ball going TO the
b,eachers. Magill scored and BASTARD
went 10 third on this error. A wild
pitch let BASTARD score and McLane
struck out. Score 4 to 2. Brown leads.
No runs were made by either side for
five innings after the first, the Gray be-
ing unable TO get a single safe hit. Nc
Lane hit safe IN the fourth aud Magill in
TIE sixth, but they were left. In the
seventh Frlel led of with a single. went
TO second on Cooney's sacrifice, third on
the first passed ball OF tue game and
was thrown out at the plate by Magill
when Bassett tried to hit through
the diamond. Petit, whose third strike
came on the passed ball, got first
stole second and came home when
INslaru inuued SCeeres easy tnroW 10
catch Swartwood at first. Bassett also
scored on the same error, after stealing
second. Hornung struck out anu the
score was tied 4 10 4.
Brown could not score In the seventh
and Providence could not in the eighth.
George came to the bat in this
inning when two were out. and
inspired by tho cheering OF the
col eye boys In all parts of the
grand stand he made a safe
hit. This was followed by four in
succession by BASTARD, McLane, Steere
aud Lang, and three earned runs were
the result Steere tried to score and vas
the third out.
it'll "A lead Of three rs staring them
in the face. the Grays tried hard TO tie
the score. Conway struck out. Ptttlt
hit safe, Bassett got a base on balls and
Petit stole third and scored on Swart-
wool's sacrifice. Hornung went out at
fIst and the Browns had won. Too
much canuUJ he said If the plucky man
rer in which the Freshman catcher,
Lang. held the sN lift delivery II Sexton,
fer had it been otherwise the result
would have been very different. At
tendance 1000. The score: