The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-22
TITLE CLEAR TO
FIRST PLACE.
|Grays Now Have Lead In the
Championship Race.
DEFEAT TORONTO IN HOT GAME
Friend On tbs Slab Holds Canadians Down
10 Nine Scattering Hits.
DuGGLeBy TOUCHED UP FOR 12 HITS.
SprngtsId Ponies Shut 0ul Tho Rschsstss Hart
ierd Wins From Syracuse SaB Roysls Strike
awIanng Gail Standing Of The tluba
Friend On tbs Slab Holds Canadians Down
10 Nine Scattering Hits.
DUGGLeBy TOUCHED UP FOR II HITS.

Providence scored another victory at
Adelaide Park yesterday afternoon and
again gained clear title to first place.
Both teams played fast. snappy game.
but the locals excelled and won out.
Danny Friend and Duggleby
pitched the game for their respective
teams and both did fairly well, al
though the Providence side-wheeler
easily excelled.
He allowed only nine hits and kept
these we'll scattered in all except two
innings. He gave only two bases on
balls, but hit two batsmen.
Providence hit Duggleby safely IL
times and punched hits in three in
nings.
Only one pass was issued by him, and
he struck out two of the Providence
teams best batters, Davis and Smith.
In the first inning Friend hit Lynch.
Bannon sacrificed him to second, but
he never saw third. as he was caught
between second and third when Carr
hit to Friend. Berte flied out 10 STAFF
ford. The kid" opened with nice
single for Providence and went TO Sec
ond when Duggleby made a motion to
pitch the ball. Ii fooled Parent and he
was caught between bases.
Connor and Cassidy failed to place a
hit and the side was retired.
In the second inning three men batted
for Toronto and were out In order.
Providence broke the Ice in their turn
and scored two runs. Davis led off
with a hit. Stafford sacrificed him to
second and after Walters was second
out, Smith banged out a hit and Davis
scored. Smith scored later on a hit by
McAuley. Friend was third out on a
hit to second.
order and Providence got one run.
Parent led of with a two-bagger and
advanced TO third on Connor's sacri-
flee. and he scored on Cassidy's fly
out to Lynch in right Toronto got one
i'm the fourth. Bannon was first out on
an infield play.
Friend had put two strikes on Carr.
and then tossed over an easy one.
which Carr drove over the left field
fence for a homer.
Berte was given a base on balls, but
was retired on a neat play when Cas-
sidy ran up on Bemis' grounder and
pushed ii to second ahead of Berte.
Rothfuss advanced Bemis to third on
his double. but Parent got Taylor's
high fly and retired the side.
After Stafford had been disposed of
w alters uOuDltu, Dut COulu IfDt du-
vance, as Smith struck out and Friend
was retired on an infield play. In the
fifth the Canucks got their second and
last run.
Schaub led off with a hit. was ad-
vanced to second on sacrifice by Dug
gleby and scored on hit by Lynch.
Lynch went TO second on an error by
the kid" made on Bannon's ground
err. but Carr could not get another ho-
mer. and Berte was out. Cassidy to
Danny" Providence got three runs
in the fifth which ended their scoring.
Parent got first on Schaubs error.
and went to third on Cassidy's hit.
Both men scored on Stafford's triple.
Stafford scored on Walters single and
Smith flied out to left.
In the sixth inning II looked like runs
for Providence. but Bemis fooled Nc
Auley when he made a motion to throw
to secosd and Mac was caught mapping.
In the seventh Davis got n hit. but II
did not count and in the eighth Provi-
dence went out In order
This last inning was the only one In
which Providence did not get at least
one hit.
The teams will plav two games for
one admission this afternoon and to-
morrow the Grays will have the SYRIA
cuse Stars as opporants. Braun and
Durtie will pitcN this afternoon and
'he first game will start at 2:15 O'clock.