The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-01
Makeup of the Providence
GrayS.
Will Be a Stronger Batting
Team Than Last Year.
Polo Paragraphs and Wheeling Notes
Game Laws Go Into Effect.

though last years Providence Baseball Club
~as n rafting good one, still president Dra'
per thinks that with tho material on hand,
this seasons Grays win be equally clever
at fielding, and far superior at the hat This
was Providences weak point IN '95. The stick
work of tho men, taken on an average, was
very poor, and consequently president Draper
thinks that eight or 10 games were lost duo
to this fault.
In the selection of ball tosssrs this year,
however, the manaeement.has been careful to
choose players that can WELD "a bat, as well
as they can handle ball, and the natural
consequence has been that In every change
made new strength has been added to the
team.
The principal change has been the substitu-
tion of James E. Canavan of New bedford for
John Stricken. Canavsn, who will captain the
Grsys, Is an old National League player, and
last season was a member of the Indianapolis
team Ho is a clever base runner, and has
reputation az a second bsseman that Is folly
as.creditable as Stricker's. As to batting he Is
considerably stronger than the ex-Gray cap
tain, his average for the season being .5l5, to
the latter's .2s5.
Drauby Is another acquisition, and in some
respects his work is superior to Rogers
whom he supplsnts at first. In 1898 he ranked
third in the batting list Of the Eastern League
players; in 1894 he led the list, but last year
he dropped down. This was due to his
strained relations with the Buffalo team. with
which he was forced to play.
Among the other new men are Knoor and
Lawrence, a battery of unknown quality.
They have been highly recommended, how
ever, and as they are claimed to be good bat
ters. President Draper thinks that a good
selection has Teen made.
Those are the principal changes made
in the list of players, and the
team is now as follows: Canavsn, captain
and second base Murray, manager and right
field: Drauby. frs, base: Cooney, short stop:
Bassett, third base: Knight, left field Harry
Lyons, center field pitchers, Knoor, Hodson
and Frank Rudderham: catchers, Dixon and
Lawrence. Egan has not decided to pitch for
the Grays as yet, but IL he does not sign In n
few days. president Draper says he will sub
stitute ono of the strongest pitchers of tho
Eastern League, upon whom he at present
holds an option
Another pitcher that the management has
in view is an ex- Princeton man.
PoLo POINTERS.
II is rumored that Canavan and Menard will
be signed with the Providence Polo Club for
the ensuing year in the places Of Leydon and
hewcomb.
Null Smith of the Providence polo team
will spend the summer months tending bar at
Bob ormsbee's Chandler House at Narragan-
sett Pier.
AMATuER BASEBALL.
The Monarchs have organized for the season
with the following players: l.. Smith. pitcher
and captain: q. Freeman, catcher and man
ager; J. Doyle, first base; II. Hooper, second
base IN. Conner. short stop; W. Carey, third
base; J. Lease, left field; T. King, center
field; W. Montague. right field. They would
like TO cross bats with any team under IL
years of age. Address Louis Smith, 10 Ran
dali street, Providence, II. i.