The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-29
Ncrld Of 3ports.

served up by the Providence team at the
opening contest at Crescent park yes
terday afternoon was OF decidedly yell
lowish hue. and the fact that they lost
the game to Hartford by a score of 10 TO
2. can not only be attributed 10 their
very much passe playing, but also TO sew
eral weird slipups of the dumb order.
Gordon was on the slab for Providence
and Ia this. his first game of the season
showed up surprisingly poor form.
Hartford grew attached TO his benders in
the very first inning and in nearly every
other period thereafter his slants were
dispatched 10 isolated sections of the out
lying pastures with alarming regularity.
lie was also very extravagant with his
free passes. allowing no less than five
OF the opposing team hitters 10 jog down
the trail 10 first. Twelve singles, five
bases on balls and six errors tells the
story OF the first defeat In a nutshell.
George Hemming, he of the aggregation
frame, pulled up his anchor from the VIZ
cinity of first base and sailed over To the
pitchers box, from where he tossed up
collection of hypnotic, ,comet-iike curves
that completely mystited the Providence
bat weildcrs.
Union-railroad-like. Hemming Is very
chary of Offering free transfers and as a
consequence not man reached tho ini-
tial bag. gratis.
The rays OF old Sol were sufficiently
warm as 10 inveiele over 200 souls into
attending the game. No boats We're rum
ming and only few more cars and how
the big crowd reached the ground only
kind Providence can tell The waits
were long and tedious and when a car
eventually came along in leisurely man
ner, IL was bulging with humanity and i'm
order 10 get "A ride one would have TO
hang OF with his teeth.
The big stands were soon filled up and
the good natured crowd awaited with
breathless interest the opening OF the
struggle. Meanwhile both teams were
cavorting around the saucer-like diamond
with supernuity OF ginger. The track
surrounding the field was a decided men
ace TO the outnelders ana with the rays
of the sun made life very burdensome TO
them. The men who patrol the extreme
envrons of the lot were complaining last
night that they would be unable To shave
them selves with their spikes any more
as the frequent trips mp the sides of tho
steep cement track after sundry balls
had completely dulled the razor-fike edge.
They floundered around the track with
as much grace as a man with a pair Of
fee skates on cobble stones and any slip
mp that may have occurred. should be for
given with a blessing.
Providence started the game with Cor
Tidon in the box and Sutor Sullivan hold
ing down third base. AS Hartford was
in a strenuous mood, however, they were
unable To restrain them and the Nut
meg Graters' sent two tallies across the
plate i'm the first. Tuck Turner. the first
up. placed A pretty single over Cassdy's
head and on Shindle's base on balls went
down 10 second. Campbell drove a hot
one at Connor and Shindle WAS forced at
second but in attempting TO complete a
double play Parents successor threw
wide 10 Cassidy and Turner scored. Con-
nor fumbled Myers liner and the fleet
Campbell scored from first kohns hit
an infield fly and Myers retired and Bill
Crquarhart who WAS playing first. ended
the agony with weak grounder TO Con-
nor.
They scored two more In the second
on Turner's and Shindle's two sackers
and Tofts single. and three more in the |
fourth on Wagners error; Shindle's hit.
Connor's error. Myers base on balls and |
Kohn's screaming double.
No more runs were marked down until |
the ninth when Myers started the ball n |
rolling with two bagger over General |
Staffords head and scored a moment lat |
er on Kuhn's third hit OF the day 10 left |
field The lively shortstop went TO sec
ond on the THROWN and scored on Ur- \
quaharts drive over Stafford's head. |
Fleming popped a fly to McAuley and |
Toft hit weak one TO Corridor and w9s |
thrown out at first Iirquahart in the |
meanwhile. reaching third on the put out
lie scored moment later on Flourney's |
min OF Hemming's high ny. me side was
retired on Turner's bounder Connor.
Providence was blanked until the sew
enth. when Shindle's error and McAuley's |
hit sent Connor across the plate Cassi- |
dy made the circuit In the ninth on hit.
Stafford's two sacker and Sullivan's fly |
To right field.
beautiful one hand catch of stafford's |
IN deep centre and one hand catch OF
red hot liner by Corridor were the fea-
lures OF the day and were the only time
the crowd was able 10 enthuse. The
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