The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-08
Lehman Gives a Dinner.

Cambridge. Mass, Dec S.-The newl,
organized varsity crew at Harvard be.
gan work yesterday afternoon on the
river with stiff row of six miles. The
men rowed i'm this order: Stroke Bull.
Z, Goodrich; 6, J. r. Perkins: 5. j. III.
Perkins; 4, Sprague; 3, Hollister; @
Thomson; bow. Boardman. Mr.. Leh-
mann gave dinner at the Algonquin
club last evening to Captain Goodrich
and the men who rowed in Saturdays
race, General Francis Peabody, G. r..
Mumford, last years coach, and ]. j
Storrow. captain of the 'S5 crew. On
Wednesday night the '96 varsity crew
will tender a banquet to Mr.. Lehman
and ex-Coach Mumford.
Portland VIII Try 1t Again.
Portland, Me-, Dec. Sat the annual
meeting OF the Portland Baseball as
sociation. Charles T.. Merrill was chosen
president: Elmer +. Woodbury.. vice
president; NJ. j. Walsh, SECRETARY. and
Charles S. SWEET. treasurer. A COM
mittee consisting OF the president and
vice president and Director Edward
Murphy were directed to attend the
meeting of The New England league in
Boston in January and apply for admis-
sion.
Gagged From the spot.
Fall River plays at New Bedford tonight.
The Tigers draw better in Salem than
any other team.
Results in Maine last night: Rockland,
13, Bath 8. Portland, 13, Lewiston 3.
The Tigers and Whalers played 4 minutes
and 81 seconds in Saturday nights game
without scoring, which is the record for
the season.
Menard has not yet got hardened so as
TO play long and hard game to finish
in good shape. He has no weight to work
of, but he needs few more games to get
into fine form.
Polo is no parlor game. There is moth
ing like mixing things up little for the
excitement that 1t generates. Should the
ideas of certain critics be followed, the
sport would be as tame as golf.
w. Whiting is not fitted for polo; he
should be a bull fighter. This player
seems to think that every time he blocks
man his play is not complete unless he
lays him out.-[Fall River Herald.
Listen to this from Doe: ~ wouldn't
ask better treatment or support from any
crowd than Salem audiences have been
giving me and my team this year. But
when Menard comes to town again, he
will find out what IL is to be cordially
hated by Salem crowd. And he deserves
what he will get"
President Murnane was an interested
spectator OF last nights game at Infantry
hall. The Providence Journal man, who
Is always harping on the matter OF calling
fouls when the Grays lose, says that Presi-
dent Murnane sat and shook his head as
he saw foul plays pass without any penalty
being imposed. II looks as II the Journal
man did not get on TO Tins pitching and
would not know jolly II 1t hit him over
| the head
General Sporting Notes.
Tom Sharkey is rolling around in bed
explaining to his friends how he whipped
Bob Fitzsimmons.
John L. Sullivan has been confined TO
his home. In Boston, the last few days suf-
fering from severe cold, which IL was
thought would develop into pneumonia.
meeting OF the Portland, Me-, Baseball
Association was held last night. There
was large attendance and plans for the
coming season were talked over at consid-
erable length. A committee was chosen
to attend the New England League meet
ing in Boston next month. and appIv fo,