Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-02-19
AMONG THE SPORTS.
The lvnns Easily Defeat the
New BedfordS.
The Bostons Went Down Before the Grays.
Sports OF All Sorts.

Lynn won easily from the New Bed
fords at home Saturday night before a
large audience. The work of the Lynn
team WAS well nigh perfection and the
Whalers were not in the game at any
stage. Pierce scored four goals and Sulli-
van played brilliantly.
Won From Leaders.
ave must win this game now" said
Tommy Cotter TO his qulntette of hustlers
at Infantry Hail Saturday night when the
score was to 8 in favor the Grsys and
only one minute OF playing time remained.
The Providence boys thought differently
and succeeded In carrying their point.
Westerly I3; Athi.tics, o.
The Westerlys won their fourth straight
game In the State series at Infantry Hall
Saturday evening, their opponents being
the Providence Athletics. The boys from
the Granite town put up a great game
and kept the referee busy taking the ball
out OF the Athletics cage.
Sports Of All Kinds.
Stamboul will not appear ON the turf this
season.
John S. johnson offers to skate any anna
teur In the world at any distance up to five
miles.
Pansy McGregor was year months and
days old when she trotted in 2:2SA.
Pugilism and poetry are mixed at Ford
ham, New York suburb, once the home Of
Edgar Allan Poe. The Poe Field club there
recently held boxing contest that was
stopped by the police.
One baseball manager who objects to pu.
gilists AS ball players threatens that in case
Baltimore signs Corbett he will sign ex-
Queen Iiliuokalani to sell score cards.
The Coney Island Jockey club offers
stakes for hurdle racers and steeple chasers
at its June meeting.
Driver Kelly is reported az saying Direc-
tum improved In every race he started in
last year, and this year he will il necessary
lower every record from the 10 mile mark
down to Nancy Hanks.
Tim Sullivan and his clever aggregation
OF poloists will meet the Grays at infan-
try Hall this evening and considera BILE
interest Is manifested in the game as a
victory for the LynDs will put them In
the race. The Kangaroos have pulled up
to threatening position and are the
most dangerous competitors now on the
surface.
Fitzgerald, the halfback OF the New
Bedfords, has been laid of fer insubordi.
nation and will probably not play on the
team for the remainder OF the season.
James johnson OF Hartf rd, Conn, was
in this city Saturday. He has few
superiors as foot ball player in this or
any other country. HIS fine work with
the Wanderers In cup tie contests has
won the admiration OF all lovers OF the
game.
The big dog show in New York opens
tomorrow and many fanciers from this
city will be present. Lambert St8nsteld
will show his coolies which have won
prizes at several OF the leading shows.
Since Keough was placed on the staff OF
referees there has been scarcely any fault
found In that direction. No better pair
OF men than he and O'Malley could be
secured. They know the game and the
players, and they know how to attend to
business.
One needs but to watch the wonderful
work OF Sword OF the Bostons to realize
tnat the tremendous applause bestowed
upon his work is we'll deserved.
IL is almost a certainty that the polo
circuit for next season will he Pawtucket,
Providence, Boston, Fall River, Brockton
and New Bedford.
The Lynn club has been doing fine bust
ness as the effect OF the splendid work Of
the club, especially away from home. II
II can maintain It's present gait, IL is only a
question OF time when It will land in first
place.
Frank J. Sexton OF last years Browns
signed contract Saturday to pitch for
t he New Bedfords the coming season.
The Westerly poloists will wear the
handsome gold medals offered to the cluh
finishing first in the State series, with.
out a doubt. They are a crack aggrega-
tion and when on the surface "saw wood"
all the time.
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