The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-31
Game Was Intensely Exciting
and Replete With Nerve
Destroying Situations.
FALL RIVER DEFEATS SALEM.
Wettke Reioined Capt. Cotter's Team Last
Nisht-The Time For Drafting Base Ball
Players Expires Today--Notes.

Tarring a roof on the equator was de-
1ightfully cool In comparison to the battle
for supremacy waged between the Tigers
and Grays at the Auditorium last evening.
1t was by long odds the best game of the
season, and ending as 1t did, in victory
for the home team, the enthusiasts de-
parted for home to dream of pennants and
more championship honors for Capt.
Whiting and his quintet OF shinny
wielders
Determination was marked all over the
wearers Of the gray uniforms. They were
out to win the game, and although they
did not succeed in their efforts, they gave
the Tigers and their admirers scare of
large dimensions.
It was no wonder that the sleighing in
the vicinity of the Auditorium was spoiled,
and perhaps the cause OF the melting pro-
coss We the heat generated within the
Auditorium enclosure. The game was the
hottest thing that has happened in the
jungle this season, and the ancient cranks,
who like to refer to the great deeds OF the
old Kangaroos at the Broad street rink,
were silenced for the nonce.
Il is safe to say that no little red rubber
ball that was ever spotted on q polo sur
face made 90 many lightning trips around
. rink surface. There was no time to stop
and think m attersover last night. When
. Tiger or one OF the Grays got possession
of the ball he faced condition and not a
theory. He had to do something with the
ball and do that something mighty quick.
Capt. Canavan and his men were right on
their muscle and followed the Tigers
around the sinuous passages of the jungle
at merry clip. They took up the scent
for goals with the eagerness' OF blood
hound on the trail and followed every clue
to the furthermost extremities. Every
time o Tiger took the ball Gray suit
loomed up with the proportions OF
freight car, and all the goals scored in the
course of the game were richly earned.
There is no denying the fact that the
morning practice Of Manager Murray's
summer girls is having its effect. IL last
nights gait is the result OF this feature,
Capt. whiting andshis men will have to
devote one day week to practice in the
future. The Grays tried all sorts OF con-
trivances to shake the hoodoo that hangs
over their heads when playing at the Au-
ditorium. Mul Smith put on a pair of
incendiary stockings; AL Sword wore red
pants; Menard's lsnky limbs were COW
cred with one of the Gray suits wore last
season; Dicky Pierce wore his customary
pleasant smile and lCapt. Canavan's silky
hair was set OF to advantage with the cap
he wore last season, when with the Tigers
behind him he was terror to all rushers
who essayed to pass him on their way to
the coveted goal. All these schemes were
fruitless and the Grays had to be content
with the short end Of the argument.
Capt. Canavan did all his smiling In the
FIRST 10 minutes. After that his face grew
stolid, and 1t did not require field glass
TO perceive that the coming second base
man Of the Brooklyns was not very hope
full of the ultimate result. Dicky Pierce
got over the floor with a full head OF speed
during the first two innings and then was
replaced by McPcck, who showed that as
. holder he is strictly up to date. But the
Grays had two fouls chalked up to them
areeoy, ana tnerepy taie.
The Grays scored the first goal after al
most 13 minutes Of the hottest kind OF
work. Menard carried the ball to the side
and hung II up In the netting behind La
tions In magnificent shape. No more
scoring was done In the first period.
The crowd went up in the air after about
10 minutes play In the second period,
when Cunningham sent a long shot TO
Sword that Al met all right, but II became
tangled up In his pedal extremities, and In
the excitement he kicked II into his own
goal Capt. Cansvan said nothing, but
actions spoke louder than words in this
instance. Soon after Cunny, Capt.
whiting and Bone worldd combination
down the rink that resulted In Cunny
whisking II into the Providence cage.
16ors excitement.
: Just before the close the hustlins Paw