The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-11
P. A. AS Baseball Pros
poets.
New Grand Stand at Brighton
Beach Race Track.
A Fife Model Yawl Is Being Built at
New Bedford.

Candidates for positions on the Provi-
dence Athletic Association team are in
training and from an article in the last
issue OF The Triangle 1t is reported that the
association will place rattling good ball
team on the diamond. With such men as
Weeks, Jones, steere Farnum and Rod
man. who have in the past done creditable
work for the colleges they have represents
ed, as a nucleus, the prospects are more
than fair. In obtaining the services of
Charles Clancy the association has OBJ
tanned one of the best amateur pitchers
In Rhode Island. Last season CIsncy
twirled the ball for the Westerly Base ball
team and 1t was greatly due to his work
that the club made such brilliant record.
Ii is the purpose OF the Athletic Com
mittee to give its members, II possible,
tirst-class amateur baseball and have the
Il. A. A. ably represented on the field.
To this end the committee have labored
increasingly and games have been arrang-
ed with some OF the best amateur mines
In the East.
The team, es far as can be predicted,
will be made up as follows: Charles
Clancy, pitcher; j. Green and A. Clark,
catchers; Edwin Weeks, Albert Rodman.
Jed Jones, William steere and Ralph
Farnum, In the diamond; j. I. Mauran,
L. 5. Foote, III. X. Lowe and Eugene
Manning in the field.
Ga1nes have been scheduled with the
Brown University nine, Boston Chamber
OF Commerce, the Newton Athletic Club
OF Newton, Mass 1.-THE NewtownS Athlet-
ic Club Of Cambridge, Mass; the New
port Baseball team OF Newport, r. l.;
Carters of Franklin, Mass, and the Gu
ban Giants.
1t is definitely decided that ssTom''
Lovett Will pitch for Rochester next sea-
son. He will leave Providence next week.
Brady, one of the Brown University
pitchers, came from New Bedford yester-
day to sign for this season as did s'Joe''
Burns, the umpire, who came on from
Taunton.
Brighton Beach Grand Stand.
The Brighton Beach Racing Association
will erect new grand stand to replace
the one destroyed by fire last December.
1t is expected to be completed about
July /. The entire building will be con-
structed OF steel Of the highest grade,
and every part, to the merest detail, will
be absolutely fireproof. Not . particle Of
wood will be employed in itS construe-
tion and ii is estimated that the cost will
be in the neighborhood of S10O, ,00O
alThis stand, which promises TO be the
finest in the country, will be $50 feet
long and ga feet wide, with a seating ca
pscity OF 5000. 1t will be supported by
steel columns resting upon granite blocks
and piles driven deep into the sand. IL
will be entirely open, back and front and
at both sides. The total span OF the roof
will be 122 feet with an overbang OF 40
feet in front and IS feet In the rear. Tue
overhang will be of the cantilever plan.
Occupants of the stand will thus be
ar NIL mr. fod tr,af fun In
The new structure will occupy nearly
the same site as the old one but 1t II to
be set back, so that the space between 1t
and the rack will be 116 feet, instead Of
SO, as before. This space will be- sloped
so as to give everybody standing per-
feet view of every part of the race. The
position of the stand, however, will be
such that the home stretch will be
heightened considerable distance BY re-
moving the judges stand further down
the stretch.
A New Fife Model Yawi
The "FIying Cloud,v which is being
built at the Beetles yard in New bedford,
when completed, will be quite an acQuisi-
Her owner, Mr.. William II. HowIand. mad
her designed by Mr.. William Fife, Jr., OF
Fairlie, Scotland, who Is undoubtedly the
most eminent naval engineer and srchi-
tect In the United Kingdom. The new
boat, which is Fife model yawi, while
Yankee, in the lines OF her construction,
still has the customary British lead keel
She has none of the deep lines shown II
last years racers, however, but is COM
paratively quite straight on her keel,
and quite round in section. Her dimen-
sions are as follows: Length over all, So
feet; water line length, 36 feet, 2i9
inches: keel length, % feet. In the ex-
treme at the deck her beam Is II feet,
four inches. She will draw z feet, 3
inches. The keel will weigh tons, 1e
cwt.
The boat will be framed in white oak,
double framed with natural grown and
bent timbers alternatcd at intervals Of 10
inches. The top rlanking will be of
Oregon pine, aud the bottom OF Georgia
pine Is inches thick. She will be
fastened with either copper or Popes
Island metal. The lead keel win be-
bolted on with Tobin bronze bolts ex-
tending through to the keelson. The
large mast, of extra quality spruce, will
be fifty feet long and 7ss inches In
diameter; the smaller one 20 feet long
and 434 inches in diameter There win
be no topmast, hut the topsail will be-
extended upward by pole mast. There
isa short bowsprit, feet long, and .
"bumpkin" aft "a sort OF stern bowsprit
for fastening the jiggersail sheets) o feet
long. All blocks are to be OF lignum
vite with brass sheaves.
The cabin is large and roomy, five feet
In the clear in all parts, and six feet
under the skylight. The cockpit is 6x7
In size. The craft will be steered by .
tiller hitched with a tiller head. The
tiller is to be of steel tubing. fve feet
long and 3-l6 OF an inch thick.
The sail area Is to be about equal to
that OF any ordinary 20 foot yawi. This
is designed In conjunction with the
model OF the hull, to give good power to
the craft, yet sufficiently small that MIR.
Howland can handle her alone II he de-
sires TO do so.
BOSTON l3, PRN7FroN, 4.
At Princeton yesterday the Tigers went
down before the Boston League team I'm
well played game to the tune Of ls to 4.