The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-08

last year.
Newpo.t's New Players.
Manager Finn of the Newport Baseball
Club has signed the following new p' "
ers: Frank III. Norcom OF w shing on,
ID. c.; John Merriman of Philad phia, a
second baseman; Lawrence Battam of
Brooklyn, late with the New York club, to
cover third, and X. G. Stevenson of South
Dennis, N. j., for left field. Steven son is
a deaf mute, and played with Norfolk last
year. He was with the Pawtuckets in '95
and led the team on batting.
Spectators Arrested.
Poughkeepsie. N. Y, Jan. S-Over 40
warrants have been issued for the ar
rest of the witnesses to the Catskill-
Flanagan prize fight at Low Point on
Monday last, as a result of which
Flanagan is now lying at deaths door
Twenty-Five men have thus far been
arrested and fined $40 each by Justice
Abbott of Hughsonville. The balance
will be disposed of on Monday.
Yale Harvard Negotiations Resumed
New York, Jan. S.-The Press this
morning prints the following special
from New Haven: Yales athletic
managers yesterday verified the state
ment sent out from Cambridge Wednes-
day night to the effect that negotiations
with Harvard looking to a new athletic
agreement between the colleges have
been taken up with renewed vigor. 1t has
been learned that Walter Camp, who
was at the head of the negotiations
conducted up to fortnight ago, has re-
tired as the leader, and that they are now
being continued by other prominent Yale
advisors. But while Mr. Camp is not at
the head of the negotiations, as now
conducted, he said yesterday that he
was heartily in favor of them.
Gagged From the Spot.
Providence plays at Fall River tonight.
Manager Murray's Grays are becoming
vanishing quantity.
Like Bre'r Rabbit, the Telegram man is
laying low. How about that Ih)to of
Dicky Piercef
ager Murray has designs on Jerry Bliss to
strengthen the Grays.
The Tigers are making no bones of the
TACT they are out for the championship
again. 1t is an open secret.
Three goals were made i'm Fall River In
Wednesday nights game with New Bed
ford in one minute and two seconds.
Pretty rapid scoring that.
Mike Everett leads the league in ore
respect. He holds the record for fouling,
four being chalked up against him ~
Referee Weihl at New Bedford last night.
The Providence cranks are doing some
tall thinking these days. 1t would no be
surprising IL Manager Murray would make
bid for the entire Pawtucke5 team next
year.
last night by a score of 10 to g. Dick Fur
bush, late of the Salems, played his first
game at halfback for Por Lana and put up
| a great defence game.
Manager Murray is wearing worried
look these days. He is as much disap-
pointed as the man who got up in the dark
and took drink of coal oil for the real
stuff. Cheer up, Billy, the baseball season
| Is only about three months away.
There will be blood on the moon at the
Auditorium tomorrow night, when Capt.
Doe and his outfit from New Bedford will
endeavor to wrest game from the Tigers.
Capt. Whiting says that he 10 not losing
sleep over Does ultimatum.
1t Is amusing to observe ths hold that
polo has got on the Bath populace. We
scarcely hear mentioned the important
election which is 30 imminent. Instead of
discussing the relative ability of the dis
tinguished candidates for the Legislature.
1t Is polo, polo, polo. Polo at breakfast
at dinner, at supper, at the Office, the store,
the club, on the street-nothing but polo
everywhere.--Bath Times.