The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-17
Amateur Games


Amateur Games
The CentredaIes and a team from Chart
ley. Mass. will play at Centredale on
July 2s. over 1000 paid admissions were re-
corded last Saturday.
The Yorug Haywards defeated the
Young Grays Saturday, by a score OF s
TO 0. The Young Haywards would like to
hear from any team, Is years old. the
Working Boys Home or the Oregons pre-
ferred. Send all challenges to Thomas
Devon, IL Pearl street.
The baseball team OF Waite, Thresher
Co.. No, 2. beat that of William Bens.
Saturday afternoon, by a score OF "a TO
H. They would like to hear from any
teams among the manufacturing jewelers.
for Saturday afternoons. Address all
challenges TO William Cum. care of Waite.
Thresher Co.
The Young America team from Provi-
dence played with the Tigers of No. 2
cottage on Saturday afternoon, and were
defeated by the latter by a score OF Is 10
s. The battery for the Tigers were Wash
ington and Sullivan: for the Young Am
ericas. Mcdonald and Donovan. Umpire.
James Hubbard.
The Belmonts defeated the Regent Stars
Saturday by the score of 46 to Is. The
game was for 1925 side. The feature
OF the game was the playing OF Dowd
and Cooney. The Belmonts would like to
hear from any 16-year-oid team I'm the
state. Send all challenges to j. Daley. 25
Belmont avenue. The lineup is as fol-
lows: Dowd. c.: Newbury. p.: Levett, 1b.;
w. Newbury, r. e.; Cooney, 2b; Daley.
c.; j. McQuiggan. s. s; w. Fricker. b.;
John McGuiggan. l. (.
Two games OF ball were played on Sat-
urday at the Sockanosset School for Boys.
The first was between a picked nine from
among the officers OF the State Hospital
for the Insane and the Sockanosset Grays
of No. cottage, which resulted in
score of % TO IL in favor OF the latter.
The batteries for the Grays were Peck,
Mulligan and Burke. For the State Hos
pital, Ellenberger and Wentworth.
The Banner Boys defeated the strong
Hedley Stars by the score of to o. The
features of the game were the pitching OF
Healy, and the terrific slugging of Rus
sell who secured two OF the three hits
secured of the wonderful pitching of
Healy.
Pickings From The Diamond.
day and then comes east for another
home series.
Pittsburg went into second place again
yesterday. The race for that position is
certainly close.
Duffy is playing with Boston again and
they are showing better form. He made
two singles and q sacrifice in four times
up yesterday.
New York took two out of three from
the Brooklyns on the last series. They
lost the second game by score OF to o.
Swartwood, the umpire. would have
thrashed Dahlen in the New York Brook
lyn game yesterday but for Intervention
by several players.
The Rochester Syracuse and Toronto
Montreal games were postponed yesterday
on account of rain.
The Providence players wore new gray
caps yesterday. These caps were gift
from Managing Director Banigan.
In the last three games pitched by
Donovan the Hartford team has given
him perfect support.
The Hartfords wore black rosettes yes
terday as mourning badges, out of respect
to Manager Barnie. who died Saturday
afternoon. The local club wired condo
lences to Mrs. Barnie and also made ar
rangements to send a suitable floral on
ering to the bereaved home.
Smoots Christian name. singularly
enough, is Homer His baseball name is
also Homer, signifying home-run.
There is some talk among Worcester
players OF developing Smoot into first
baseman. Bransficld could then relieve
Manager Kittredge as catcher IL such
course was deemed necessary.