The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-18
FOR A DAYS SPORT.
FIREMEN HAVE an
OUTING AT RHODES.
The Day Spent in sports. OF which Base
ball Formed One Of tho Principal
Figures-who were There, Etc.


Johnston's most active citizens are
members of the world renowned Rough
aud Ready Fire company. Yesterday
the Rough and Ready Fire company.
S cut the greater portion of the day at
Rhodes. and Johnston was left TO the
mercy of the fiery element Of tue tramps
aud the like. Tae fremen did not seem
TO care whether there was "a YES iae o.
the time-honored town left, or not. "a
they were out for good tinie. and they
were bound TO have IL, IL IL cost haif OF
the state. They came 10 the grounds Oh
foot, la express wagons, buggies. 'rry-
ais, dei.'' crat wagons, and last Out NOT
least, moving teams.
Al 1.30 MIR. Rhodes had a delicious
chowder IN waiting for them. after whicl
they tackled the foot b Ills, and IL is safe
to say that no college team ever kicked"
more vicious gam..
The Games OF tho Day.
IL was game for men who were
monume lis of physical end 1rsnce. Then
came the game OF base bail, aud such "A
game. Players went barefootel and
wild over IL. The game was made up as
follows:
q rHosemen: Pete Leonard. |. I. 4; Austin
C.~Ainscott, p Barnes, lb.: Conley, 20;
eastman. 3b.; Myers, s. s.; Brown, r. T.;
GormaL. C. I.
Laddermsn; ,. Carpenter. c.; A. Car
3D.; Davis, s. s.; McKeow, %, Brame, 2o.;
McGoveren, H.; Z. Carpe ter, c. I.
The hos men went to the Dat iirst and
by some UNKNOWN means got score be-
fors the nimble laddermen were aware
OF the fact. and Ia return for this cut,
trick the next time the Datsmen were
struck out by The efficient work Of Ains-
cott.
Then the laddermen proposed to show
their opponents some poin in tn game,
and they did. Capt. Leonard showed
them That he could catch ball
anywhere from SIX to eighteen
feet in the air and he did not
game. O'Donnell. captain for laddermeu.
did not seem TO ne IN proper shape. as he
not only made 10 of errors, but did not
win anything during the day. Police
man Leonard made home run, but for
some reasons that perhaps will never be
known until he next town meeting, was
counted out. Jack Austin made nome
ruu and had sand enough To make IL
count.
Points to be Praised.
The principal points of real merit in
the game were the good work OF GorTan,
Ainscott, the Carpenter brothers, and
the errors of ODonnell. The umpires
were Nuyes. Fiske and Others. There
seemed to he just little smile
on the face Of Noyes when Leon
ard came TO the bat. as Noyes
holds the proud position of driver of
The truck and Leonard is one of the
moving spirits of the hose wagon, and
at the Grant" fire Leonard beat Moves
In responding to the alarm and Noyes
beat Leonard yesterday. Four hotly-
contested innings were " worked" when
the sound of the dinner bell was heard
starvation n ] usl WAS made for tue din-
ing room. where one Of khodes's best
was, served. During the game Conway
aud Lister held the "pipe."
The Afternoon Games.
After dinner came the boat race. which
was won by Walsh, Appelly aud
Plsistead. In the egg race. c.
Carpenter was the best man Sack
race, G. Carpenter was again the
wlnuer. Foot race, Rich and Carpenter
came in ahead. Scrub race, Rounds,
beat everyb body out of sight. Last but
not least came the tug OF war, when
about sixty mer participated. IL was a
clean walkover for Captain Fiske's team,
although there WAS an uneartuly howl
from the ladder men. This was the last
event OF the day and all hau"s
sat around the banks of the Paw uxst or
an hour or more. after whicu tD,
wensed their way for Johnstown. H. d
there been fire last night at least o o
hundred men ofthe company would have
been loo tired to respond.
On the whole IL was Que Of the best
natured parties that has visited this
pretty place SO far this season. and any
one wno did not enjoy himself aud
get good dinner has no one to
blame but himself. Among the prominent
residents present who were there for tn.
express purpose to see that the town lost
none Of its voters by being Kidnapped
white so far away from home wereSenator
Smith. ex-senator Beane. X .pr e ntative
Jonn Kenyon, Farmer F" halste ad, ex-
Councilman Waterman, Councilman
COLLISION, ex-Commissioner w. ID. Harris.
Brown Wood, Henry Cooper" Town
Treasurer Davis, Town Clerk Goffe,
Tnom w. Penney and w. w. F,ske.