The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-27
THE NEWS PROVIDENCE. r. L, FRIDAY JULY 27 1900
THE WORLD OF SPORTS

and Jimmy In the game. heaven help the
umpires. IL will be awful. They are
known as the never out family"--Mon-
treal Herald.
The lead held by the Grays has been
looks as though a lighting finish is likely
after all.
The Worcester players knock each other
numerically on their return from the
field after a dumb play on a bad error.
President Dreyfuss. OF the Pittsburg
team, has engaged grounds at Hot
Springs, ark, for his team netx spring.
lie will send a groundkeeper To the place
early In February 10 get the grounds In
proper shape.
Norwood Gibson. the Cincinnati's new
pitcher, helped Notre Dame TO win the
Western championship. he losing but one
game out OF nine pitched.
Manager Davis has decided TO farm out
Pitcher Doheny. The story to the effect
false.
Homer Smoot is not receiving the best
OF opportunities TO show his ability with
the Worcester club. With Sharrotts re-
turn TO the garse Smoot will probably be
dropped.
The veteran Roger Connor has pur-
chased several more shares of stock in
the Waterbury Base Ball Association.
He now owns a controlling interest in
.ae club.
1t is rumored that Napoleon Lajoie is
TO soon join the Reds. II is stated that his
release has been for sale for some little
time. and conferences between Brush and
Rogers have given life to the rumor
mentioned.
Manager Burns Is going TO give Cy
Ferry of Pittsheld, trial He is a pit
cher by profession. but whether or not
he is fast enough for the Eastern league
as IL stands today is question.
The Boston boys saw Catcher Yea
ger in Chicago. Yeager said he had
signed with a GLIB. but would not say
where he was going.
Dundon has been released by Youngs-
town. His fielding has been poor. Meth
er was his batting up TO the standard.
II is said that in Syracuse, Captain
Smnk calls the team together every
morning for practical lessons in the art
OF playing baseball according to the
Smnk system. Dummies are rigged. and
the player who can't knock the stuffing
out OF dummy in one punch gets call
down from Captain Smink.-Worcester
Spy.
Felix of Montreal. Donovan OF Hart
ford. Hemming OF Hartford and Woods
of Springfield are the winning twirlers
of the Eastern league this season. Woods
is the property OF rittsburg. Donovan of
Brooklyn and both Felix and Hemming
are about certain TO land in faster COM
pany next season.-Hartford Globe.
What's the matter with Daniel Friend,
o. Providence, X. i.
The question as 10 who is the best all
round man is again agitating the fans
in some sections. The best, undoubtedly.
is Rhode Islander. Lajoie. of Woensock
ct The big fellow can play every posi-
tion except pitch and do IL well. Besides
he is something Of a slugger.
Kitty Bransfield missed playing his
first game OF the season the other day.
Rickert and Kittredge are now the only
men OF the Worcesters VINO have par.
ticipated in every game played by the ex-
agriculturalists.
The Pittsburg players TO man are
out to win and play for every game.
When Jim Williams learned that his in
jury wouldn't allow him to accompany
the team on its eastern trip he cried like
a bapy. There are few men in the league
that would mind laying off month on
full pay.
Rochester and Providence have each
released but one player since the season
opened. This may partly account for
their good standing. as changes, even
though apparently for the better, are apt
TO work as much harm as good Montreal
had similar record up to a few weeks
ago. when its losing streak scared Dooley
and he has since been making shifts right
and left
"On the theory that an overdose Of
poison counteracts the effect of another
see Whisky VS. Snake Bite--we point TO
the passing of the hoodoo at Pittsburg,'
SAYS Capt Delehanty."A game was play
ed on Friday. the 18th. which day and
figure are supposed to be fatal TO any
enterprise. We had lost thirteen games,
Il. Shettsline dreamed OF Christmas trees
in bunk No. IL on the trip from Cincin-
natl. the Quakers had thirteen men In
uniform and Chief Morgan Murphy. OF
the Signal Bureau, wore n new tripe-col-
ored necktie costing 13 cents. Score % IN
s. and we haven't lost anything since"
Exchange.
Woods has won ten out of nineteen
games he has pitched this season. Pap
palau has won eleven out of twenty-one,