The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-14
Dowd Held Manager Smiths
Aggregation Down 10 Three
Scattering Base Hits.
LNFIELD PLAYING WAS SUPERB.
Az the Pawtucket Players Are in Excellent
SSape and Expect to Down Harvard This
Afternoon-The New Men Are Up to
Expeetations-Sporting Notes
Especial Dispatch to the TRIBssr.

w WoRCEsTsR, Mass, April 1.-THE Paw
tuckets GRO ssed bats with the strong Holy
Cros. tenn on the college grounds here
yesterday afternoon, and lost the game
afte- creditable showing. The Holy Cross
men were in great form, and put up
eorking article of ball. The visitors were
weak at the bat, and their inability to use
the stick was responsible for their loss of
the me. The high wind made ii rather
uncomfortable for the spectators, and
bothered the pitchers no little.
Wei becker was the first man at the bat,
and failed ID connect. Beaumont reached
first and was advanced to second by Smith,
and here they both remained, Whiting
and touch both striking out
The Holy Cross men then took hand,
and Leach gave LAWN his base on balls.
Tha individual was not slow in stealing
second, and Curley took first after being
hit Y Leach. A single by Maroney
brought LAWN in, and McTigue followed
suit with another single and Curley scored.
Maroney having been advanced to third
on McTigue's single, came home on the
play that put out McAllister.
The visitors started in to do a little
scoring on their own account in this in
ming, and it happened in this wise: News
got around to second on wild throw to
first; Gilbert was given his base by Dowd,
Coughlin hit to short and Gaffney fielded
TO second in time to put out Gilbert. In
the meantime News had taken possession
of third. Dowd was rather wild about
this time, and in consequence Mullen went
to first on four balls. The bases were now
full, and News in an endeavor to make a
run was put out at the home plate. A
wild pitch was taken advantage OF by
Mullen and Coughlin and each moved up
base. Weisbecker went to first on balls
and the bases were again full. single
by Smith brought In Mullen and Weis-
becker and took Beaumont to third, but
this was as far az he got for Stouch made
the third out on grounder to first which
reached there before he did. This was the
only inning in which Pawtucket scored
during the game. In their half OF the In
ming the home nine were shut out; during
the inning three men reached the bases.
The third inning was opened by Paw
tucket going out in one, two, three order
McTigue reached irst on Coughlin's error
Fox new out to Stouch, who made a grand
stand catch, and doubled to Beaumont
McAllister hit for base safely, and Gaff-
sey closed the inning by pop fly to stouch.
The fourth inning was rather disastrous
for the visitors who were unable to get
man beyond first base. Coughing wen,
to fret on balls, and the next three mer
failed to connect. The scoring by Hol,
Cross during their half OF the inning wa
the last done in the game. Mullen hi
Kelley, who took first. Dowd struck on
aud was followed by LAWN, whose sacri
fice lift advanced Kelly to second. Curle,
made base hit, and Kelly went to thir
On . passed ball by News, and scored o.
Curley's hit. Msroney was hit by Muller
and a single by McTigue advanced each
base, and Maroney and Curley score,
McAIlister made the tird out on grounde
to Beaumont. No further scoring va
done. and the remainer OF the game va
played more closely that the opening IN
nings had been.
Dowd OF the home team is a very clev'
pitcher, and has considerable speed and
fair control OF the ball. The only two me
on the visiting team that could find hi
were Gilbert, who landed a two bagge
and Smith who hit safely for base on tw
occasions. Mullen pitched a good gam