The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-27
Murray's Crack TwirIer Gave
Fine Exhibition and Had
Great Support.
Eastern Lcaguers Forged to the
Front at Start and Held
the Lead.
DIXON AGAIN DEFEATS GRIFFIN
Aaher Easily Polished Off Steve 0'DonneIl In
Six R5unds-Three Tie Games Played In
tire National League General Notes.

TIL beauty of baseball Is that Ii is full of
would be tame sport-that Is, IL you could
pick winner every time.
The pawtuckets, their friends, and even
the Providence rooters, were treated to one
OF these surprises yesterday, and as a sur
prise ne game was great success.
Since that Boston game the Pawtucket
stock has risen several points, and some of
the Pawtucket rooters imagined that all
the team had to do was to go on the field,
do little hustling, and walk home with
any team In big, minor or small leagues.
Another line that the cranks had on
Providence was the fact that the Grays on
SATURDAY last had a very close call from
defeat 1t the hands of Brown, and 1t was
With confidence of knocking the pro-
verbal tar out of the Grays that the Ma
roons landed in Providence yesterday
afternoon. When they sailed for home as
the sun was setting in the West they
didn't have much confidence IN anything
in the baseball line.
The Providence team received them cor
daily but did not treat them very polite
", for they only allowed them to score
one run, while they made enough for sew
sral games.
The secret of the whole matter was that
the Pawtuckets could not hit the ball
little bit, Providence could, and there you
have IL.
The game opened up in good style with
Horner in the box for Pawtucket for the
hrst time this season. Horner didn't care
ho pitch In the wind and did not find 1t
y'ccessary to do very much speedy work.
Not hall was knocked out OF the diamond
IN the first inning, and the Grays went
cut In one, two, three order.
Wiegand and Bassett both put ground
ers IN Coughlin's district, and Bill just
ate them. Knight followed with a hit to
Stouch and was doubled up In short order.
Then Pawtucket faced Rudderham and
met with no more success than the Grays
did with Horner. Weisbecker put one
DOWN the base line which "Ruddy" and
Drauby attended to. Beaumont sent his
the other way, and Cooney attended to
that, and News popped a fly into Lyons
hands.
The second inning was much the same,
for Drauby and Cooney retired on flies to
Whiting. Lyons got as far as first, and
was lett there on Murray's retirement on
= ball batted to Gilbert, who threw him
out at fret.
= The Pawtucket's half OF the second in
ming Is hardly worth recording, and oc-
cupied very short time. Murray took
care of fly from the bat OF Stouch, and
whiting made the first base hit for his
side. Buelow followed with a grounder
toward second, and the Grays made a
dou BILE play.
Then came a brief season OF sorrow for
the Maroons. Coogan was the first man
up, and flew out to Weisbecker. Then
Rudderham lined out ball that ordi-
narily would have been easy for Coughlin,
but IL went by him, and Weisbecker also.
Then Wiegand got a hit, and while 1t was
being handled Rudderbam came home.
Bassett took his base on balls, and with
the assistance OF Knights single reached
second and came down to third, but get
ting a trife careless was caught mapping,
and was put out between home and third.
knight i'm the -meantime had worked
around To third, and came home or
Drauby's short field hit. Cooney was
struck with a pitched ball, and went to
first, but Horner noticed Drauby taking
considerable room OF third base, and
when he received the ball from Buelow
sent II to Coughlin, and the heavy batting
Grey found himself cut on. This little