The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-19
Brown Defeats the Holy
Cross College Team.
Worcester Aggregation Just
Escaped WhiteWaSh.
Made One Run In the Closing Inn
ing-Features OF the Game.

CloudleIs skies, n summers sun, per-
feet diamond aud an enthusiastic crowd
Of spectators lent an additional charm To
the second game OF the Brown Holy Cross
series played at Lincoln Field yesterday
afternoon, ana Brown won handsomely.
Those Who Were There.
The grand stand was brilliant with fair
ladies In bright costumes, while many
gentlemen prominent la social circles
were witnesses of the contest Among
those in attendance were:
Miss Anna Thompson, Miss Katherine
Kendall, Ned Corliss Miss Eliza Chaplin,
Miss Ethel Chaplin, Miss Helen Ballou,
Miss Carrie Harrington, Miss Amy AL
drch. Miss Helen Barstow, Miss May
Nightingale. Miss Jeannette Nightingale,
Miss Bessie Aldrich, Miss l. Brown, Miss
Ethel Studley, Miss Green, Miss Cook.
Miss Smith, Miss Alice Mason, Miss
Tucker, Miss Molly Brennan, Miss Ethel
Parks, Miss Abby Aldrich, Miss Ruth
kimball, Mrs. Parks, Miss Madeline God
dard, Miss Alice Cook, Miss Molly Cook.
Miss Mary Fisk, Mrs. Chandler, Miss
Edith jackson, Mr. Gus George, Mr. lru-
man Gross, Dir. William Comstock, Mr..
Ghean Cilrut. Mr.. Stewart Aldrich, Mr.
a. Chaplin, Mr.. Franklin Nugent, Harry
Pierce, Mr.. Watson, Mr. Samuel Olney,
oir. Eugene Mason, ucneril henunli'
MIR. James Burt Prof. Appleton. Mr..
Russell Baker, Mr.. Burgess, Mr. Ralph
Lyman, Mr.. Fred Hartwell. John Night
ingale, Mr. Ralph Heath From
Worcester: DIR. McGillicutty, Father
Howard, manager Of the team of 80, DIR.
Carroll, class of '97, and Mr. Buckford
of Bostons, crack shortstop played on team
in "a
Batting Order of the Teams.
At four o'clock the play began with
Holy Cross at the bat and the teams fac
ing each other In the following batting
order:
BROwN-Phillips. short stop; Fultz,
second base; Cook, right field; Lauder,
third base; Gammons. center field Rod
man. first base Gurney, catcher; Boyd.
left field; Sedgewick, pitcher.
HOLY CROSS w. ii. Fox. short
stop; LAWN, left field Curley, second
base; Maroney, right field McTigue.
first base; Captain w q. Fox, third base;
McAllster, center teld; Brennan, catch
er; Mckenna, pitcher
Hly Cross Opens at Bat.
Promptly at o'clock play began at
Umpire Murray's call with Fox facing
Brown 5 colt battery, Sedgwick and Cur
ney, In the presence of 3C00 people.
strike. then IA sharp hit To Lauder and
Fox was retired at first in pretty form.
LAWN followed with clean single 10
right field and then stole second on one
of Sedgwick's slow high balls. Curley
took first on four balls and with two men
on bases the Holy Cross rooters went
wild. At this point Of the game LAWN
attempted TO steal third, but was nipped
on throw of Sedgwick's to Lauder.
Curley then stole third on n wild throw
of Sedgwick, but no harm was done as
Maroney went out on pop fly To Sedg.
wick. Holy Cross 0.
Run for Brown Forced In.
Phillips opened Brown half Of the first
by touching up kid Mckenna for "A
single and was advanced To second Oh
FultZ's sacrifice bunt Then Cook went
To first on balls and on Mckenna's wild
ness Lauder walked and the bases were
filled. Gammons followed, but Holy
Cross seventeen -year-old pitcher was
still as wild az march hare and run
was forced in when Gammops was pre-
scnted with four balls. The agony drew
to a close, however, when Rodman flew
out to LAWN and Cook was caught at the
plate on the throw in.
Brown /.
Again Shut Out.
McTigue opened the second for Holy
Cross with a scratch drive 10 Lauder but
was beaten out at first and retired. Cap
tain Fox hit directly 20 Phillips. Babe
Fox was safe at first. McAllister went
out on difficult foul fly To Lauder.
Brennan put life into the game by driv
ing the ball sharply to right field for a
single on which Fox advanced to third
and he went to second on an attempt To
catch Fox. With two out and two on bases
Mckenna settled Holy Cross chances tor
the moment by striking out, Holy Cross
o.
Brown Gets a Blank.
SANDY" Gurney opened the last half
of the second for Brown by driving the
ball in "a half hearted manner TO Alcken-
ma, who found no trouble in retiring him
at first. Boyd, 'the man who lost the
Yale game went out To McAllister on n
deep hit to center Mckcnna lost con-
troll of the ball here and presented Sedge-
wick with first OIL balls aud then repeated
the performance by doing the same with
Phillips. EultZ settled all chances of "a
run, however, by striking out in NEST
inexcusable manner.
Fine Infield Work.
With the score one To nothing In
Browns favor. Holy Cross started the
third determined to bang out "a run and
tie the score or do better. Possibly they
would have succeeded were IL not for the
magnificent iniield work Of the Brown
men. Both Fox and LAWN were retired
at first OF indeld plays, aud then Curley-
heavy hitting Curley--followed ard sur.
prised his friends 10y hitting an easy one
only to be retired at first
Holy Cross--0.
Cook opened the third for Brown on an
easy fly which fell into Maroneys out
stretched paws. Then Lauder slammed u
hot one TO third. but was unable Co beat
the ball TO first. Gammons made the
inning one two, three one by flying out
C. LAWN.
Brown o.
The fourth inning opened With Maroney
fouliug out to Lauder, McTiguo flying TO
Gammons and Fox being retired mt first
OH LADDERS quick handling of his hit
Holy Cross ..
Another Run fJr Brown.
II the Browns had only been batting In