The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-17
Other Games.
General Sporting Gossip.

Toronto has released First Baseman
Gutenberg
Joe Hornung has been appointed New
York State league umpire
DIR. Harley Parker, who was with the
Chicagoes last season, is practising in
Cincinnati.
Champion and Linton will meet at the
Seine track, Paris, on May 23, in a 90
kilometer race.
Ben Jordan, an English feathcrweight
has posted $500 at London to fight either
George Dixon or "Pedlar" Palmer at 12l
pounds.
Chairman Matt OF the National Racing
Board of the h. A. w. has received a
check for 800 from Tom Eek, but the
suspension remains.
kid" Curtis of Boston was knocked
out i'm the second round of bout with
Harry KYLE Of New York at the Arena
A. g.. Saturday night.
The Wilkesbarre club has suspended
Pitchers Luckey and George Aeakin.
Meakin H. accused of taking advance
money and not reporting or returning the
money, and Luckey persists In playing
with the Mauch Chunk team.
Umpire Tom Lynch has been driven to
request President Young TO relieve him
from duty in any game in which the New
York club figures This Is on account of
the persistent, senseless and disgusting
conduct of Joyce and his followers.
Wizard Edison states that as soon "a he
can get time to get the machine together
no Will have an most Invisible motor,
which will be constructed Under the axle
of his tricycle., and will have power
enough to carry him up steep incline.
Electric pacemaklng will be provided
in place of tandems, triplets and quads at
the Seine and Buffalo tracks in Paris
during the coming season. Tom Linton
expects 10 make 30 miles within tho hour
with the assistance of the new machines.
Technical Terms of Baseball" is the
title of n new work nv that tireless base
bail scribe, "rathel" Ch ldwick IL is "a
most comulcto comI eluium of all the
phrases used on ths ball field, and con
tains also some oLse 'yations on doubtful
points in the new rules. ~ Is publ shed by
the Amorit an Sports Publishing Com.
pany. New Iork.
Ncxt Augusts National L. A. w.
meet in Philadelphia is having very
beneficial effect on the membership list of
the Pennsylvania division, last week
addition tOtaling 1lS-the largest fur "a
single week in the histury OF the division,
and witain nine of the combined addi-
tions for the week OF the States OF New
YORK, Massachusetts, New Jersey and
Ohio. By August |. Pennsylvania's League
membership will be within sight of tho
20 900 mark.
The recent death Of a. W. Harris, the
English racing man, resulting from a
iah in race on a cement track, has
provoked comment upon the dangers
OF bicycle racing, and asb the use f
cement tracks "A wcl-kuown rider in
discussing this subject ms that cycle
racing Is about tho safes, sport for men
vet invented THIS fact, he claims, is
xeinllified when IL Is taken into cOnsid-
Grafton the hundreds who compete IN
races each week, The terrific speed at
which they travel, the excitement iusepa-
rable for such contests aud the imporieC-
tions OF somo OF the tracks in use Wonder
is excited that there arc not more acci-
dents and that the few which do occur
are not more serious.
Spaldngs Lawn Tennis Annual
for 1897. has just been issued by the
American sports Publishing Company
of Now York. The book is by i. Parmly
Parct an expert player himself and
holder of the championship of the South
ern sta es and of New Jersey, and several
other valuable challenge cups and minor
cham pionships IL h proiuseiy illustrated
with portraits Of the players and views Of
important courts and matches. This
little book forms complete record OF
last season. and contains carefully urc-
pared tables of the victories and percent
ages Of the crack players Rs well ~ the
revised playing rul9s e the game. sChcd
ne OF Official events for 1919 and rules
and valuable suggestions for handicap
ping As Mr.. Psret h. probably the test
authority on lawn tonnis hnndicappirg
in America and Oilicintcd AZ moro 81
these events last season than anyone else
this chapter on handicaLs should prove