The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-09
TIMELY BATTING.
Brown Defeated Fordham n to on LIN
| coin Field Yesterday Afternoon.

Brown Defeated Fordhnm n to 8 on LIN
coin Field Yesterday Afternoon.
The Brown team defeated Fordham yes-
terday afternoon, IL to 5. Many errors
were made on both sides. Two of Phil
lips errors gave Fordham two runs. The
rest OF Browns were not costly, while
Fordham's let in six of Browns runs.
Kelley had poor control of the ball, Civ
ing IL bases on balls, (which greatly assisted
Brown in her run getting. Summersgill
pitched good game, allowing six scatter
ed hits and four bases on balls. The sum-
mary:
Innings. 2 5 6 o
rcwn.............l 3 A 0 Ill
Foruham...... 2 . o. 3
Runs made by, Phillips 2, Fultz, Rod
man, Gammons 2, Casey, Perkins, Sum
mersgill 3, Tierney, Hayes, Barry 2, Nc
Laughlin. Two-base hits, Lauder, Tier
ney. First base on balls, by Summersgill
4, by Kelly IL. Struck out, by Summers
gill 3, by Kelly 8. Double plays, Phillips,
Perkins; Rodman, Perkins; Phillips,
Rodman. Umpire, Gaffney.
Games Yesterday.
AT Newport News-Boston 10; Newport
News 1.
At Providence-B Brown University II;
Fordham 5.
At Worcester-Holy Cross Consolidated
10; Natick High A.
At Richmond, Va.-Baltimore z; Rich
monde.
Games Today.
Boston at Norfolk.
Fordham VS.. Brown at Providence.
Athletics OF Philadelphia at Washington
Pawtucket at Lancaster, Penn.
Cincinnati at indianapolis.
Baltimore at Richmond.
Detroit at st. Louis.
Smith and Choynski to Meet.
NEW YORK, April 9.-Denver Ed Smith
arrived here from Pittsburg early yester-
day morning and in the afternoon met
Joe Choynski at the Police Gazette office
and signed articles for 20-round bout to
take place in this city early in May. Smith
will train at Peter Maher's old quarters at
Sheepshead Bay
Prize Ring Notes.
Jack Everhardt and Charley McKeever
have been matched to box at New York
the latter part of this month.
John Watts, the colored welterweigbt,
who has been doing some good boxing in
the South, has been matched to box Joe
Walcott at New York April 20.
The match between Dave Sullivan and
Patsey Haley which was to have taken
taken place at New York next week has
been postponed till April %, on account
of Sullivan injuring one of his hands.
Baseball Notes.
Catcher Ned Hayes may sign with the
Rockland Club of the Maine State League.
There are five different leagues organized
so far in the State OF Maine. Some of the
teams indicate much strength.
1t is said that Anson and Connor are
the only two men still In active service
on the diamond who were playing ball
in 1876.
Yale will try to win ball from the
New York nine on Saturday. "Gil'
Greenway will probably be in the box for
the Ellis.
Joe Corbett Of the Baltimores, brother
OF the ex-champion, pitched his first game
of the season against Newport News Tues
day, and was hit for five runs In one inn
ing. Hard luck must be after the Corbett
family.
All the players of the Providence team
have now reported except pitcher Knorr,
catcher Dixon and outfielders Knight and
Lyons. The boys are putting in some
good work In throwing and chasing batted
balls at Adelaide Park every day.
The work of raising and improving the
diamond at Adelaide Park is practically
completed. All that remains to be done is
roll the surface and make it hard and
smooth. This will be done with heavy
roller at first and then a small hand roller
will be used daily until the season is well
under way.
Cycling Notes.
Bicycles are now carried free on the en-
tire Pennsylvania railroad system. The
new order went into effect yesterday.
Chairman Mott already has refused four
sanctions for meets on the ground that the
promoters did not keep faith with the
riders last season in the matter of prizes.
The Providence cycle board of trade
cleared upward of $500 by the recent cycle
show in Providence. The question of in
cooperating the cycle board OF trade has
been left over till next fall.
The Narragansetts will hold their first
run Of the season next Sunday. The event
Is called by Capt. Fraak 4. Elliott and
there Is but little doubt that with favoring
weather there will be big turnout. The
run will be down the east of the river to
amp will wind up at Crescent Park by
dinner time. Over thirty men have signi-