The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-06
EASY VICTORY.

EASY VICTORY.
Boston Found No Difficulty In Walking
Away With Cincinnati
Cincinnati. May 5.--The Reds were un-
able to hit Stivetts consecutively. and
Boston found no difficulty in batting
Foreman, particularly In the last inning.
Two OF Cincinnati's and one of Boston's
errors cost run apiece.
Boston .............2 900 IL 5
Cincinnati ...........0 90 0 0 o p
Base hits - Boston, IL; Cincinnati s.
Errors-Boston. 3: Cincinnati, 2. Bat
teries-Stivetts and Cancel; Foreman
and Vaughn.
At st. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 0; ST. Louis.
s.
At Louisvii,e--Iouisville Is; New York.
IL.
At Chicago-Brookiyn, 7; Chicago. g.
AT Observation-Disclosures S; Pittsburg, o.
At Brockton--Bangor, 4; Brockton. /.
At Observation-Disclosures. IA; Augusta.
3.
At Fall River-Fall River, 10; Lewiston,
At New Bedford-New Bedford, s; Port
land. /.
Yesterday morning main of cocks
was fought between Blackstone and Gen.
trail Falls birds Just across the line in
Massachusetts, Quite a number of well
known local sports attended the main
and several sums of money changed
hands. Atfirst everything appeared to
favor the Central Falls cookers, as their
first and second birds each won their re-
spective battles handily, but in the third
match the running away of their bird
seemed to be an omen OF bad luck for,
from that on they were only able to Sc
cure one cut OF the remlining battles.
The noble game of golf may be said to
have spread with leaps and bounds dur
ing the past half-dozen OF years and now
a-days golf links are as common as the
lawn tenuis courts. To certain client
age golf seems to have thrust tennis in
the background. One reason for this 10
that the doctors now recommend patients
with torpid iivers and lazy blood to try
golf, as IL acts upon tie system as a gem
tie stimulant. But there is another rev
son which TO my mind Is stronger than
the one just given and that Is Dame
Fashions appearance in the realm OF the
merry Scottish game. Golf has one great
charm above many other out door games.
1t can be played alike in summer and
winter. The game has also the advantage
OF being played without violence as Is
football, and is therefore as much the old
mans game as it is the young bloods. 1t
gives just exercise enough 1nd leads n
man 10 walk without being aware of the
fact that lie is walking so far or SO fast
as he In reality is doing. Every available
bit of space suitable for golfing purposes
is being rapidly seized upon and utilized,
as the great objection TO playing upon
public heaths or commons is that there IL
no privacy about Ii and In the second
place the player. however careful he may
be, is liable to injure some one.
This is evidently Providence's star year
In the baseball field. The professionals
are playing in great form. The collegians
are doing equally we'll, and now the
Providence Athletic Association IL to
place team on the diamond which to
say the least has prospects of the bright
est hue. Judging from its personnelle II
seems to me that it is made up of some OF
the best amateur ball players In this part
OF the country and If they can show q
record at team playing equal to their IN
dividual work | would not be bit sur
prise1 to see the pennant OF the =. A. A.
nailed high on the mast OF victory. As a
general thing, athletic clubs are poorly
represented on the diamond, due to the
fact that many OF tine PLAYERS are busi-
ness men and consequently cannot neglect
their duties for the necessary practice,
but in this respect the p. A. A. is favor
ably fixed, as quito a Der of its play
ers are collegians, and can devote more
of their attention to the national game
tDan would otherwise be the case. The
battery of last years strong amateur
Westerly team, who made for themselves
and the team such an enviable record have
been secured. There was some talk OF
Coulihsn making the professionals, but
owing to an abundance of catchers on the
Gray's list Manager Murray could find no
room for Coulihan, notwithstanding that
he is an excellent man behind the bat.
First base will be covered by Edward
Weeks, an old time Brown Varsity
player, during the early part of the sea-
son, and later by Rodman who is At pres
ent holding the same position on the
Brown nine. j. ID. T.. Jones' another
ex-'Varsity man, will play second while
Ralph Farnum, who Is probably tho best
amateur third baseman 10 the State out,
side OF college team, will I'LL his old
position on the newly organized T.. A.
As. William Steers, n substitute on the
Brown '96 Varsity will play short, and
from such promising material as Freeman
foote, Jack Mauran, Lowe, Green and
Clark the prospects for crack outheld
are promising. The men are in excellent
shape and though they have not had the
benefit of team work stA Manager Per-
kins is greatly pleased at the showing
they have made and thinks that the team,
taken In the aggregate, is fully 70 per
cent. better than that of last year.
The management OF the club is hard Mt
work perfecting arrangements for games
with number of prominent athletic
clubs in the East and have up to date ar
ranged to play the following teams:
Nav 9--Boston Chamber OF Commerce
at Adelaide PARK.
May l6- Brown University, at Lincoln
Field.
May 23-zBrown Freshmen, at Lincoln
Field.
May 30 Carriers OF Franklin, at Frank
lin, Mass.