The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-05
EVENTS IN THE WORLD OF SPOF

delphia after losing three straight.
wolverton OF the Phillies has made but
two errors in II games.
Toronto has "a straight games at home
with but one break.
Cincinnati has consented to allow Tim
Hurst TO umpire in that city.
Jed Gulliver says that Flood of the
Cleveland club is the best thing I'm the
Western league I'm a second baseman.
Pitcher Carrick has made but two err
rors In 20 games.
Slagle and Flick are the only ones OF
the Phillies who pave stolen % bases.
Wallace made his first error in 20 games
last week Wednesday.
Chicago is trying to secure Pitcher Mil
Ter OF the Detroit club.
St. Louis and Cincinnati have played Is
games OF their series. and Cincinnati has
won H.
The Boston club turned over half the
receipts of the Syracuse and Lynn Exhi-
bition games TO the players. who. through
Capt. Duffy. will donate this sum. sl75,
to Jimmy Sullivan, the old Boston
pitcher.
Faulkner, who has been twirling in the
Attleboros series is expected TO join the
Worcester team In the very near future.
He is a fairly good man.
laI he lean tnl
bases last season. No player has yet
stolen half that number.
Doyle's home run on Tuesday was his
first of the seSson.
Chicago is a big city. but Chic Cargo is
the smallest man on the ball held.-Wor-
cester Spy.
IT often seems in baseball that the man
farthest from a play thinks he can see II
best, better even thar the umpire, when
the latter Is on top of the play.
Nichols, the Chicago catcher. is playing
an infield position for Minneapolis. while
another new man Is Higgins. believed to
be the same one Detroit tried out last
fall.
jennings made three hits on last Thurs
day. IT was the first time he had made
more than a hit in a game since Aug. IL.
The Pittsburg Baseball Club recently
closed a deal for the pIrchase OF Catcher
"Jigs' Donohue from the Dayton Inter-
state League Club. Donohue VIII join
Pittsburg at Brooklyn.
Wagner was the first league player to
III lxft x..ffh Lat
and Flick third. Flick has now made 10
home runs out of the "a of his club.
II the American league drops Mime
apolis next season as now seems assured,
that city and st. Paul will be taken into
the Western league.
1t is given out that Pittsburg will not
play Sunday games next season.
Ted Sullivan is securing the West for
players for Jim Hart's team.
Slagle Is the only Philadelphia player
who has played in every game.
Charlie thinner has twice made two
triples In games this season. The old
horse is strictly in it, and Is batting In
the 300 class.
Delehanty scored twice Tuesday. Pre-
vious to that he had reached the rubber
once In Il games.
Patsy Donovan has made his Tooth hit
of the season.
There has been more poor throwing by
the catchers at the South End the past
two weeks than is often seen In month.
Chicago has released Catcher Bresna-
han.
Bill Bergen. formerly of Pawtucket, Is
booked to go to Pittsburg next year.
Tom Bannon has led the Torontos In
batting since he Joined the team.
AL Warner of st. Louis, who has been
umpiring I'm the Western association, has
been appointed by President Young TO
take Terry's place.
Frank Sexton. the old Brown twirler,
who used TO send 'em over TO Fred Ten
nav now first baseman for Boston, has