The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-02

AT Washington Yesterday the Washing
ton baseball team beat Norfolk by
score of to :.
Catcher Grim has signed again with
the Broolxlyns He accepted n cut down
OF 800 in his salary, and signed Tor s@ooo.
An exhibition polo game last night Mt
Rockland, Me, between. New bedioru
and Pawtucket, resulted In "a score oI
10 in favor of the former
".Jimm Ryan, the Australian middle
weight champion, will make his debut at
the Broadway Athletic Club on Saturday
night ia 20-round contest with
Tommy" West.
"Tom" O'Kourke wants to get kid"
Mccoy and "Dan" Creedon To fight at
the Broadway Athletic Club, and has
cabled McCoy that he will give good
sized purse if he will fight Creedon.
"Al" Smith, the well known New York
sporting man. has been compelled 90 take
10 his bed. 1t is said that he Is in y bad
way. His physician has given strict In
structions that no one shall see him for
the present.
The lacrosse players of the Crescent
Athletic Club of Brooklyn, y. r., began
"A game with tho stockport club on the
GROUNDS OF tne idtNcf tcain no tiioO pi"'s
Yesterday, but the play was Interrupted
by rain and the game wass decided
draw.
The authorities at st. Francis Xavier
College, New York, rcpudiate tho charge
made that Mat Halpin of the New
York Athletic Club received money from
them for training their athletes, They
propose 10 insist upon the A. y. u. max
ing rigid investigation OF this charge.
Sunny Kelly says he will take rest
OF about n month before he will make any
advances for another fight. Kelly has
engaged i'm number of contests during
the past two years and thinks he Will go
stale If ho keeps in constant training.
Sammy" says he will certainly meet
Dave sullivan, but will wait until he sees
how he fares with Patsy Haley.
"When / first came into the big
league says Mercer, 81 thought L
wasn't the real thing unless l swun 9
this wing of mine around like wind
mill and shot 'em up with speed. In
imitation of Amos Rusie's catapault favor
ite. That Is trick learned in minor
leagues, but / soon found i was making
n Reuben Glue or Josh Whitcomb out
Of myself and by the request OF Mr..
Schmelz, and Bill Joyce, who was then
captain of the team, l cut that speed
unIll tne StitSOn DtRuu. Az ui tiShe
enough to throw 'em over with little
steam once in while during the exhibit
tion games, just to keep your hand In,
| but don't overdo 1t. "
"Charleyr White, who trained "Jim"
| Corbett for the fight with "Fitz" arrived
| I'm New York Wednesday. White still be-
| leves that Corbctt can whip Fitzsimmons,
| and adds that tho fallen pugiljst will
demonstrate this fact If he ever gets an.
| other whack at the victorious Cor
nishman. AL Smith says that White and
! Billy Delaney quarrelcd over Corbett.
| While White does not admit this, he does
| not make any attempt to conceal II. lie
| declares that he was interfered with, but
| will not accuse anyone directly He de
clares that Corhett was in good condition
| and not trained down too fine. He says
| Corbett lost through his carelessness, ant
| also declares that Siler counted out Cor
bett too quickly.
The Oxford University eight were out
| on the Thomas at Putney yesterday
morning for final practice preparatory t.
/ the annual varsity race between that
crew and tne inbridge men tomorrow
| The conditions were very unfavorablc
| owing to the strong northcasterly wind
! choppy water and an almost binding
| fall Of sleet. but the crew INDUCED In
! number of short spurts, making excellen
time. A scratch crew of eight from TIN
| London rowing club were also out on th'
| water and were handily beaten by tb,
oxford men in several brief br,i shes
, The Cambridge crew We're not out, 1
| having been decided that 1t would b
better that they should rest from the hart
work they have undergone within the
last few days.