The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-22

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Bostons. The young catcher Is a native OF
the ham city and stands ace high with the
real people. Modest Mr.. Yeager is more
than likely to land gold watch and
chain.
The next game Pawtucket plays at.home
is with Brockton next Friday. Monday
the Maroons play at Fall RIVER; Tuesday v
at Newport; Wednesday at Brockton: (:
Thursday at Newport; Friday at home
with Brockton; Saturday M home with
Newport. i.....,e.
In the big league the Baltimore players
are piling up percentages that temporarily
battle their followers and the pennant Is
already claimed by the city whose citizens
80 years ago mobbed the Sixth regiment
OF Massachusetts,. Anson, and "Buck"
Ewing, those patriarchs of the game,
continue to fret the air. Kelly is dead,
and Lajoie, the Canadian American, and
Sockalex, the only real American 1ndian)
shine among the best. Richley, Stahl,
Geir and Gillen are other sensations, while
the young pitchers are doing puzzling
work.
For q man who is out of the game Fred
Doe receives more press notices than any
man yet heard Of. He smiles when he
reads them, and says when the papers give
up knocking him he will begin to think
he Is indeed gone by. When baseball
items come hard in Pawtucket the scribes
write up something about Doe, but they
never tell about the pennants Doe pre-
vented them from [Brockton
Enterprise. The Pawtucket press has
already paid its respect to the man who is
responsible for the loss of the polo cham
pionship. The presentation honors on
that occasion were performed by Does
man Friday, Mr.. ! rady.
General Sporting Notes.
Harvard's new English shell is looked
upon with disfayor and the crew are prac-
ticing with their old boat.
After pulling and hauling. lasting
portions of several days and much talk on
the part Of lawyers, Porter Ashe has re-
sumed his full legal title to the racer
Ruinart, WINNER of the Burns Handicap.
The general rules are that all fish must
Q) be elastic and firm to the touch-that
IL, when pressed with the finger the i'm
preston should I'LL up again and not re-
main deeply dented; (2) the eyes must be
prominent and bright, (S) the gills red.
It 10 reported in London that Charley
Mitchell has challenged Peter jackson to
fight him 70 or 20 rounds. The Boiling
broke club has offered $4,000 purse for
the pair. Mitchell wants to bet 81, 900
a side Jackson refuses to notice Mitchell's
challenge, ard states he will soon leave
for this country, where he would like to
get on match with Corbett.
Tho seventh annual congress Of the
American Whist league will DO held at
Putin Bay on Lake Erie In July, and q
large attendance Is anticipated. The tour
nament for the week includes IL contests
1t is reported that the duplicate and COM
pass methods are increasing In favor
throughout the country, anu the league is
growing In proportion. New York and
Brooklyn will send teams to the congress
"If the lower part of the bicycle ch..in
sags," says the expert, "and the upper
part is taut, 1t shows that the front
sprocket and the cranks are pulling the
wheel, and the latter therefore must run
harder than the former. II the upper p, rt
OF the chain says and the lower part Is
taut, the reverse Is the case and shows the
trouble to be in the crank bearings, which
should be examined for bad cones, cups,
balls or bad adjustment. Frequently II
happens that the chain used n not running
even-that IL, IL does not run on q level.
II the chain is In good working order, IL
should be perfectly level ct any point be-
tween the two sprockets.
It is said that young Critic 10 much
larger than when he went to jail and may
not now be capable Of reaching . weight
that will Let him In against his former
ring opponents. Whatever he has gained
should DO hard, durable nsdh, and In that
case be win make IL pretty lively Tor who
ever he Is sent against for . timA II the
Sydney lad Is found 10 have Saibsd enough
his backers will possibly attempt 70 sntsr
him for the welterweight ehampionship.
Tommy Ryan iswilling 10 meet him In %
or 2S rounds, weigh In at 10 pounds at
O'Clock In the evening. Critic should try
20 wips out tho defeat gaiaed over him By
Charley MoKeever the drst thing no does