The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-27
IN THE WORLD OF SPC


~ straight games on the home grounds.
Dan Murphy made a home run and
two doubles against Brooklyn at Nor
wich Tuesday.
Charlie Hickman has made l3 three
base hits this year.
An Eastern league umpire gets s225
a month.
Robinson, the pitcher OF the Cuban Ex-
Giants is called the "Black Rusie."
The next time Providence and Wor-
cester clash. II will be for ME consecu-
tive games.
The game postponed az Chicago on the
last trip OF the Bostons will be played on
the next trip of the Western men TO Bos-
ton.
Larry Twitchell. the old-timer. is pitch
ing odd games at Cleveland for local
teams.
Manager Dooley refuses TO think OF
such thing as allowing player 10 UNI
pire. and he is about right.
Only 10 American league players are
batting over 300 and all of these are ex-
national league men.
The Pittsburgs have beaten Brooklyn
in eight out of the 10 games. Philadel-
phia I'm nine out OF IL and Boston in 10
out of 10. Thus 27. or one-half of their
victories have been from the teams which
promise to be the biggest factors In this
years race.
Catcher Jacklitz. last year with Mon
treal, and now owned by Philadelphia,
has been recalled from the Minneapolis
farm. Jacklitz will probably be used by
the Quakers soon.
Collins has missed fewer games since
he joined the Bostons than any other
member of the team IL is doubtful IL
there is player In the business who
has worked as regularly in the last
five years as has Collins. He is too ar
tistic baseman to be hurt.
A Springfield, I'LL. man has invented a
contrivance to enable an umpire to in
form the crowd whether he has called a
ball or strike when the aforesaid crowd
is roofing so that they cannot hear.
"CycIone" Ryan. who pitched for a
time with the old Norwich nine. is still
playing ball I'm New York state. He is
now a frst-baseman.
Paul Hines of the old Providence Grays
js now employed in the Department OF
Agriculture at Washington. Ii will be
remembered that Hines was a fielder Of
considerable ability.
Pitcher McGinnity of the Brooklyns
has the phenomenal record OF 20 VIC
tories and three defeats this season. He
says he will retire permanently from
baseball, this fall.
The Pirate pitching corps has the 9TH
ers beaten n mile when IL comes to ef-
fectiveness a whole. Five of the band
are rated among the first dozen OF the
entire league winners.
The Pittsburg. st. Louis, and Chicago
pitchers have registered more strike-outs
the other way.
Manager Shettsline OF Philadelphia, has
his eye on Pitcher Earl Moore of the
Dayton Interstate league team. from
which both Flick and Platt were grad
uated.
Powell OF the Cardinals, Is one OF the
hardest hitting slab artists in the league.
Three doubles. four triples and a homer
are credited in his bingoes thus far.
That American league ball Is more
popular in Chicago than the National ar
ticle is demonstrated by the attendance
In that city. Last Sunday, 1900 people
saw the Chicago-New York game while
10. 500 persons paid admission to Comis-
keys park
Hugh Jennings whose great success on
first followed his shift from the other
side Of the diamond. was originally a
catcher. When he was discovered by
Jack Chapman. he was backstoping for
the Leighton, Pa, team.
The Hartfords arrived in town, yester- |
day, and were somewhat downcast on
account of the two successive defeats at
Worcester. They are full of fight. how
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