The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-26

to open the season at Brockton on Sat-
urday.
The owners will put the park in shape
again as rapidly rs possible.
LsjOie Is q Wonder.
Speaking of Lajoie's work for Philadel-
| phia against New York on Saturday, the
! New York Herald has the following: 1.-THE
| games most striking-and this is no joke
feature was Lajoie's batting. He got
only five cracks at Meekin's brands, but
he kept pushing them along. The first
two times up he simply shot singles into
left. Next time he hit the left field wall
80 hard that the ball rebounded and met
Gettig half way, making it q two bagger
on account of to much force. Fourth time
1t was handy three -bagger, and last time
F, of all 1t came within six inches of being a
homer, no one being on bases, and he was
caught at the plate. This big Frenchman
is destined to be the baseball wonder of his
] time"
| Rarvard's Crack Runner Suspended.
Cambridge, Mass. April 26.-Dick
| Grant, the crack Harvard one-mie run
| ner, will not compete in the Harvard and
! University OF Pennsylvania dual games
| on May 9. Last week, after having been
| forbidden by Captain Vincent of the
| Mott Haven team, he participated in the
Marathon run of the Boston Athletic
association, and for this breach of dis
| ciplne he will not DE allowed TO repre-
| sent the college at the games. The
| absence of Grant means the loss of sew
eral points to Harvard.
Definition of an Earned Run.
Washington, April 26.-President Nick
Young of the National Baseball league
makes the following announcement:
To baseball scorers: L have received
several communications asking for an
official Interpretation of the rule (section
| o, rule 7D relative to earned runs. Al
| earned run is a run that reaches home
| base without the aid of fielding error.
| a stolen base cannot cut any figure,
| although there is no chargeable error,
still some one is at fault in one of the
several ways which would not justify
the scoring of fielding error. A base
| runner who makes a base hit and is
| advanced a base by a successful sac
| riiice hit is entitled to the credit of an
] earned run, If he reaches home base be-
fore chances have been offered to re-
| tire his side. The section must be con-
J w
in part, and admits of no other fair in
| terpretation.
! Clipped Diamonds.
Manager Smith spent Sunday with Man
ager Finn at Newport.
Manager Selee was pleased with the
work of Stouch in the Boston game at
Pawtucket.
Wilder says he is getting in better shape
every day, and expects to soon be entirely
free from soreness.
Yerkes, who was released by Pawtucket
last season, Is receiving favorable COM
ment for his work with Scranton.
A large number of Pawtucket enthusiasts
will witness the game at Adelaide Park
this afternoon, and great things are ex-
pected of Pawtucket.
The Bostons were q mighty lot of men
before they left the land of beans and
classics, but they are rapidly going down
hill and Manager Selee Is In a very unen-
viabls frame of mind.
When Weisbecker thinks any of the
team have not played up to the standard in
game he expresses himself in the dress-
ing room In German, and the boys guess
at the drift of his remarks.
-
days game. OF course the team against
him was not strong, but then Todd has
had little II any practice, and this was his
first game. His command of the ball
promises great things In store when he
gets fairly In trim.
The Brookton Times says that IL Paw
tucket Isn't careful, 1t will have q bad
attack OF the disease known % swelled
head. This soliloquy is . case of sour
grapes. Bostons downfall In Pawtucxet
and the poor showing of Manager Burn
hams ''finds" Is the cause of this sad re-
fiection.
Hickey, the brilliant second baseman of
the Portiands, was originally secured by
the Brocktons, but, trouble ensuing, he
threw up his position and signed with the
/ Portlands. The Portlands are able to take
q man thus, AZ they are members Of the
Maine State League, and not under the
national agreement.
Fred Doc has discovered by this time
that his only stock In trade IL that some
managers think he would attract patrons
to the game by his kicking proclivities.
He failed 10 land either In Fall River or
New Bedford, his bicycle track ides
busted, and he is now dickering with the
Taunton management, who have an idea
that II he played with Taunton there would
be considerable rivalry between their city
and New Bedford. The truth of the
matter is that Freddy is about played out
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