The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-18

made up rs foilows:
" NJ. CA Positions Almena.
Elsbree Morgan. 80. Rushers.. Frankln, Cole
Bu aing,on. Centre Braman
4, Half Back .......... Berry
Banou. Goal. .McGeddy
The Y. M c. AS made IS stops in goal and the Al
mcna's %. The Almena's foulod twice. +. A. Ior-
ton was referee, Il. j. Grihin, ir, timer, and H'A.
Cram, scorer.
Six hundred polo patrons saw the
Brockton's defeat the Worcesters at
Brockton last evening, by score OF Ito z.
Worcester started in well, but the shoe
peggers got their "age" and then Worces-
ter was out of the pot.
Providence will play with New Bedford
in Infantry hall tomorrow evening. Then
team proposes to make the visitors look
like "tired men,
1t is said that more women attend polo
games in Worcester than in any other city
In the league.
Wodtke has made more than 100 goals
this season.
Providence plays at Boston this even
ing. Women will be admitted free.
Polo was never played better or cleaner
than il Is at the present time. Therein
largely lies the secret OF its success.
Half back Furbush Of the Providence
club is the heaviest man in the polo
league. His play is peculiar and effective,
oht hlo olJiS ddho lHititDb w iliO Edbits
Baseball.
William Murphy, the famous short
stop OF last years Yale college club is
in demand. New York Is after
him and he has received an offer of big
champions. Murphy is a strong player,
both in fielding and batting, and he
would be of value to any club.
IL is probable that Worcester will be in
the New England baseball league this
season. Taunton may also be included
in the fold There could be
a New England League OF much impor-
tance If the hustling citizens of several
hustling cities got that notion into their
heads.
President Young OF educational League
has issued the following bulletin:
Signed-With Pittsburg, w. M. Earl,
g. Mack, j. w. Glasscock, l.. Bierbauer,
T.; Il. Smith; with New York, Huyler
Westervelt.
Released-By Brooklyn, G. Hatfield; by
Louisville, George Pinckney; by Buffalo,
j. c. Rowe and ID. II. Stearns.
Contracts-With Eastern League, G. l..
Tierney, M. s. Roads, @. j. Conley, VIM.
O'Brien, Frank Lang, ID. Sweeney, +. j.
Floyd, p. J. Mulhall, A. Weddige. w. j.
Sheehan, NJ. ii. Bradley. C. M. Smith, w.
j. Kuehne, George w. Keefe.
The University OF Pennsylvania club
has succeeded in arranging a series of
games with Brown. Two will be played
in this city this year, and next year two
will be played in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Henry Clay Sexton, the father OF
baseball in st. Louis, recently died in that
city. He was the president OF the first
club st. Louis ever had, and the first dele
gate ever sent from st. Louis to attend a
baseball convention. He represented the
Empire club OF st. Louis at the first con-
vention ever held i'm America, which was
in the Cooper institute, New York, March
rs, 1859.
Morgan Murphy OF this city has fully
recovered from the effects OF his sickness
and will probably be the star catcher Of
the national league this season.
Sporting Miscellany.
II there was any surety that Corbett
and Mitchell would arrive at fistic con-
cluslon that the fight would come Off
several local admirers of fisticuff would
go TO Florida. As it now looks tickets for
the South will not be in large demand In
this vicinity.
The Philadelphia Kennel club has
changed the dates OF its proposed show
from April 1913, following the Boston
show, TO March 27-30, following the st.
Louis show, and thus connecting link Is
made between western and eastern dates.
LOWELL, Jan. lion the alleys of Les
Miserab bles club yesterday afternoon j. +.
Herrick, member OF the big 12 bowling
team, made the remarkable single string
total OF 279, by taking IL strikes out of the
possible IL.
Frank Slavin, the Australian fighter, is
serving II days in an English prison for
debt.
The bowling contest OF the West Side
club il attracting much interest. Teams
i and 3will play this evening.