The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-02

pattlnS ana DuHy Is the lowest man IN
the list. Clarke's percentage is .379 and
Duffy's 1853.
1t Is possible that Hugh Duffy will
manage the Boston team next year.
The club is now paying Duffy large
salary, and he Is on the bench at that.
Duffy signed to play regularly but
Freeman showed up SO well and the
team made such winning squirt sthat
Selee has not made a change. Pre-
vious to the opening OF the season
Selee said that il would probably be inn
possible for him TO manage a team
another season and il is probable that
Hughey will be the man to succeed him
as ne Is well liked by the players and
managers of the club. and is parti-
cular friend of Selee.
Frank l.. Quimby of New York city
has been elected captain OF the Yale
baseball team for 1901. Quimby Is a
junior and plays second base. He comes
OF a baseball family.
tailender.
Cincinnati played 90 games away
from home on the last stretch and won
IL.
The new grounds of the Syracuse club
were turned over to the club owners
last Tuesday morning In the afternoon
RAN and wind storm did hundreds OF
dollars worth OF damage at the
grounds. More than 800 feet Of fence
was blown down, ard part of the grand
stand was wrecked.
President Robinson promised st. Lou
isans the best brand of clean ball in
1900. He spent over s25.00o to redeem
his word and had IL not Isen for acci-
dents and illness which kept four of the
best players OF his club out of the
game. there is little doubt that the Per-
fectos would be among the leaders in
stead of being at the tail end. When
Wallace, Hedrick and McGraw return
to the game and Young Is able to take
his turn in the box, the team will make
up lost ground and secure a respectable
position in the race There is an ex
PLANTATION for the poor playing OF Mr..
Robisons team. but not the least ex-
cuse for the misconduct of the players.
II wonder why IL was" said a base
ball crank that the baseball players
did not make Johnny Ward counsel for
their new organization. Surely he did
more for them than any other ball play
er. His knowledge of the law resulted
arid in all baseball legislation secured
by the players or in behalf Of the play
ers Wards hand can be plainly seen.
Only recently he won Pfeffer's case
without the matter ever being presented
to the jury"
II guess the players have always beer
more or less down on him since the col
lapse OF the Brotherhood" said another
crank. Ward did not lose much by II,
while some of them had their salaries
Topped in two after the crisis came.
They thought that Ward considered
did not serve TO make their relations
any more friendly"
'Ah. II amt that at ALL" interrupted Il
bleacherite. who had overheard the con-
versation. Ward plays golf. and they
have got 1t in for him for that
Jockey Fred Trial is again roundfty
into form and from his recent per-
formances ii is safe to state that he will
soon be seen riding a much better class
of runners than those recently piloted
by him. His recent races have been
perfect pieces Of jockeyship from start
to finish, and his riding has favorably
impressed his many friends.
He has had some fair horses to ride
and by his endeavors has very nearly