The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-01

Memorial Day was verify memorable
one IN local athletic circles. No only did
the professional and collegiate baseball
mines sweep everything before them, and
the cyclists show up well at Crescent
Park, but the cutter crew of the Newport
Naval Reserves won their race on the
Hudson from their New York rivals as
well. Judging from this should imagine
that there is more athletic tim Der TO the
square foot in Rhode Island than in any
other section of the country.
The Providence Grays nre starting in
on another home record. They have won
three straight games from Springfield,
and are preparing to repeat the trick on
the remainder OF the clubs.
The "farmingr OF players, that is the
"farming' or loaning of men from one
club to another, is an excellent plan as
far as the ''season farming" goes, but
when player is unconditicnally loaned
and can be called back at a .moment's
notice there exists an unjust state OF
affairs that should be remedied. AT the
Providence-Springfield game on Saturday
morning fitting illustration OF the un-
conditional farming" system was pro-
vided. Tenney, the erstwhile Brown
catcher, who was loaned TO Springfield
by Boston, received from the manage
ment of the National club telegram re-
Questing his immediate return to the
Hub. OF course there was nothing for
him TO do but comply with the dictum
of his employers, despite the fact that IL
left the Ponies crippled at critical time.
1t Is right here that the unjustness of
this system is strongly pointed out, and
il seems TO me that there should be some
way in which the matter could be recti
fed, such as q Today notice, for example,
on the part OF the leasor TO the leasee. AS
matters stand at present the major league
has everything in its favor, and the
sooner the managers of the minor clubs
get together the better it will be for their
interests.
Every member OF the Grays who makes
home run at Adelaide Park this year
gets q box OF cigars and hat. / may be
wrong in stating this, though my infor-
nation came from O reliable source; still
for verification it seems to me TO be a
good plan to ask either Manager Murray
or Baseball Tommy.
The other while crossing West
minister street i could not help thinking
what real and serious danger is caused
by the habit some wheelmen have of
passing street car at considerable speed.
A person crossing the street Is thus ex-
posed to three perils, the car, teams and
bicycles, and although he may guard
against one or two, the third comph-
oates the situation enormously. IL the
car is at rest 1t Is still worse, for people
are coming to or going from 1t, and there
usually are others on the cross walks
who have been stopped by the car and
are impatient to cross. Most of them
have learned to look around the corner
for an approaching team, but IL Is very
difficult to see the bicycle in time to
avoid it, especially IL it is near and COM
ing fast.
Young "Sisto" the Providence bantam
weight is heartily discouraged at his in
ability to arrange q match. In talking
over the matter with me last evening he
said: sit seems to me that there is no
one ready or ANXIOUS to fight: went up
to Boston with Jimmy Boutelle, jim King
and the rest of the sports on May IS with
the intention OF arranging fight with
the winner OF the Kelley-Sears go but ss
the bout was stopped was disappointed.
"Previous to this Mr.. Boutelle went to
New York to see Casper Leon on my be-
half, but no match could be made there.
Tom Murphy, my manager, is now i'm
Boston where he Is endeavoring to fix up
go between either jim Kelley or Mike
Sears. What success he will have / do
not know, but IL he fails Borderick and
myself will try TO arrange with the man
agement OF the Suffolk clab to appear in
the preliminary bouts at the carnival to
be held there on the 10th OF June. III
that proves unsuccessful stand ready to
challenge anyone for the bantam weight
championship of America DOC.