The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-18

game called II SO, but the score would
give one the impression il was q one sided
cricket game. The mines tnat took Part
In the contest, II anything so easy could
be called contest, were composed of
gentlemen OF the Second police station,
who do very effective work for the city,
and are really "the best in their line,b'
but their line, does not appear to be base
ball, and other young men, most OF
whom work OF the paper store ofS James
III. Nolan on Randall square afternoons,
folding the NEWS and the other local
papers for that gentieman's numerous
customers. The score. which is the
thing, stood at the end of two hours play
and five innings, 81 to in favor of the
NolaHs.
Daring the past week some one started
the idea at the Second police station that
there was first class material there for a
ball team; perhaps there was, but alas
and alack, judging by the outcome of
Saturdays game IL must have been down
stairs behind the iron bars.
When the idea OF forming q nine was
broached to The News reporter, whose
pleasant duty ii Is to visit that station,
he was little suspicious and though he
was told OF the place where the first prac-
tice game was to be played, he, out OF the
kindest regards for his policemen friends,
did not state IL in print. After that first
practice game he was told by one OF the
officials at the station, whose opinion of
police work Is generally as sound as Rus
sell Sage's opinion on Wall Street mat
ters, that the men at the station could
play ball, and accepted the dictum as COR
rect. His confidence was rudely shattered
however.
The night before the Saturday game,
more than one policeman figured out for
the writer the number of home runs.
three baggers, assists and doubles, there
wnuld lie n aft he a a
over, and spoke very commiseratingly OF
the other fellows. The latter were more
silent than Appointment candidate for the
Presidency and he is wise man il his
silence has as fine an outcome as had that
Of Saturdays victors.
A big crowd of spectators was present
when the umpires, Lovett and Mccarthy
called game. The game opened with
much spirit on both sides but il was soon
evident that the police team had forgotten
how necessary 1t was to have pitcher
IN order to play the game, and also quite
well for that important requirement.
The makeup OF the two teams was as
follows: Noian's Newspaper Folders
Furgerson, c; w. Cotter, %; McGovern,
Id; Lynn. 90; Conley, 3D.. Parker, s.s.;
j. Cotter, l. f.; Burke, C. I. McClue, r. I.
Second Police Station-Hennessey, c.;
briggs and Company, p; Flynn, lb.;
8. s.; Coyle, |. f.; Hunt, c.f.; Kir by. r. f.
The runs began to pile up on the side
of the Nolans and the police could not
find Cotter at all. This led ! an argu-
ment and Captain Flynn g. the police
nine, who ought to know better, began
ball going over the plate. He was con-
vinced after a while that it did and that
that was Cotter's way of doing things.
Several parties on the grounds though
asked the latter to throw a straight ball.
There were more runs counted up and
Briggs retired and so did Kirby, Fylnn
and McCartir. Then Lenihan offered to
pitch but his aid as<efused and Tommy
Shea went into the box, but 1t was
the same otd story and is runs were got
off him.
Every man of the Nolans found the ball
several times and during one inning the
side batted round three times and home
runs and two and three baggers were SO
numerous that base hits were not counted.
AS for errors they are said to have been
almost as numerorxs as the number of
delegates claimed as sure for Major Nc
Kinley in the bulletin issued by General
Grosvenor this morning.
There Is game known as foot ball that
as once played, required lot of Kicking,
and.judging from Captain Flynn's pro-
tests on behalf of his nine he years ago
must have been an adept at that game.
But the members of the Second Station
ntne, it must not be presumed, cannot
play ball at all; they are fine athletic fell
lows and they only want bit more
training. One of the finest things in
Saturdays game was the long run and
fino catch made by Officer Hunt in center
field, and il made the mem bers of the Noe
Ian team gnash their teeth. Two of the
best players in the defeated nine had the
worst OF luck on this occasion. They
were Briggs and McEiroy. The former
hit sky scraper that seemed good for
Tooleville avenue or two bagger but
which fell into Burke's hands at center
field as softly as piece of squash u lie
would have done. McElroy needed Cog
giles and once he ran back from third
base TO second and forced Briggs out.
Hennessey, however, did good work be-
hind the bat, but his support was sad.
However, Captain Flynn thinks he can
get his men down TO fighting trim by
next Saturday. The great stick work of
the Nolans was the subject of great en-
thusiasn and Cotter and Furgerson made
fine battery, the police getting but
three hits off the former. The only runs
made by the police are to the credit of
Flynn and Hennessey.
1t is related that when the Battle of the
Boyne was won by King William the de-
feated Irish soldiers wanted to change
leaders and fight the battle over, so the
SECOND Station men wanted to change
pitchers and the magnanimous victors
let Cotter pitch one inning and he was a
puzzle for his former friends, not one OF
them hitting. him. Who can say, perhaps
the history of the Emerald Isle would
have been much different had the same
thing been done in King Williams time.
Several distinguished gentlemen viewed
the game, for Gov. Lippitt while driving
by stopped his coach, and forgot for a
while his vice presidential boom in testi-
mony TO the music of Captain Flynn's
voice. Gen. John NJ. Brennan tried to
cheer the blue coats on TO victory, and ex-
Representative -. Il. McOsker loudly
sh outed for the press gang.
The Nolan Newspaper Folders would
like TO hear from any amateur nine in
the State, the Kent-Stanley preferred.
Challenges should be addressed TO Thomas
FinIhan, 15S Charles street.