The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-29
WRESTLING MATCH.
Championship OF New England to Be De-
cided Monday In This City.

cided Monday In This City.
Frank Herrick, the champion wrestler Of
New England; John l.. Cattanach, Her
rick's trainer, and Peter Maher, the famous
heavyweight pugilist, will arrive In this
city Monday morning. Herrick is booked
for wrestling match Memorial Day with
Joseph Newton, better known as "Teapot"
Newton, champion OF England, at the
Dexter street ball grounds. While in the
city Maher will be the guest Of Thomas
Rock of the Senate.
Bicycle Taxes.
A bicycle, although In many cases .
luxury, Is often a necessity to the working
man and business man as well. A bicycle
rider always suffers worst in . collision.
Cycling Is pursued by rich and poor alike,
and uniform tax would be hard bur-
den upon the poor rider. A tax upon an
instrument not used solely for local pur-
pose would be costly to enforce, and unless
fixed at an oppressively high rate the ex-
pense Of arranging its collection would
seriously diminish the receipts. The i'm
position of tax on a pastime and the en-
forcement Of the law by prosecutions and
penalties are unpopular In sport loving
country. Many riders keep bicycle for
occasional use, and to tax these equally
with the constant riders would not be
equitable. A tax would invariably impose
check upon the pursuit OF healthy and
beneficial pastime.
Great Chess Playing.
At Washington recently Henry Nelson
Pillsbury gave an exhibition Of blindfold
playing at chess, his opponents being the
Austrian minister, Mr. Honglemuller,
Ernest Wilkinson, Horace Wiley, Repre-
sentatives Pearson and Shannon, Ward
Thoron, Truxton Beale and DIR. @. T.
Whiting and Philip Alger, the two latter
playing on one board. The blndfold play
er was seated apart from the other play
ers. He called off his move, which was
made on the board by his assistant, who
in turn announced the move Of the player
facing the broad. 1t was wonderful ex-
hibition, lasting over three hours. MIR.
Pillshury won all the games but one, the
Austrian minister securing draw.
Clipped Diamonds.
name is Sechrist and he comes from Nor
folk.
A deal is on by which Philadelphia will
get Tom Dowd in return for a catcher and
fielder.
Pitcher Hawley has three shutouts to
his credit, two Of these being given to
Pawtucket.
That double play, unassisted, by Capt.
Stouch in the seventh inning brought the
crowd to It's feet.
Manager Burnham has gathered a strong
aggregation and a team that will have q
word or two when il comes to distributing
honors at the close Of the season.
Jovial Patsy Rollins did most of the
coaching for Brockton from the lines near
first base. Patricio made himself solid
with the bleacherites by his witticisms.
Todd OF the Pawtuckets is the best pitch
er in the league. His curves are simply
wonderful, and he has not been hit hard
I'm q sing game. He will be in the big
league next year. Taunton Herald.
Wild throwing has become a fad with
Shortstop Cavanaugh during the past week.
His throw to first yesterday resulted in two
runs being scored. Big Krieg could not
reach the ball with the aid OF step-ladder.
Says the Fall River Globe: "There Is
one good thing about Doe; he infuses
ginger into game and everybody follows
his example. That was noticeable in the
way he coached Rupert on foul flies. Rupe
made some fine catches"
Providence and Springfield will play at
Rocky Point tomorrow. While the Grays
are away the Tauntons will play at Rocky
Point. The Pawtuckcts will be the only
other New England league team that will
play Sunday ball there.
Fall River with Fred Doe In the leading
role, will be the opponents OF the Paw
tuckets on the Dexter street grounds on
Monday morning Memorial day. at 10
O'Clock. A return game will be played In
| Fall River In the afternoon.