The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-06-10
NDING OF THE CLUB
pRovIDENCE s. TORONTO 4

Fd Dunkle and his trusty right were
again TO the fore yesterday afternoon
al Crescent park and as "A conseauehce'
the sJeedy collection of artists from
Toronto were led into camp TO the tuhe
az 4 10 4 IL was one OF the fastest anu
most excitin1r games or the season and
the 5000 perscnis who were ,tnattendance,
despite the extremely poor service py
boat and rail-. were amply repaid Tor
all their inconvenience.
Dunkle was well nigh invincible anu
the visitors could exc ont but three
lnnelv singles. but his good work was
nearly Offset by Wagner, who was per-
ceptibly affected by the ragged condi-
tion or the ftcfd and made three disas-
trous errors.
McFaI was at the helm for Toronto,
and although he was steady ana iairiy
consistent throughout his mates could
not hit behind him, and he was unable
to steer them To victory. Jimmy Ban
non he of the snowy locks, was forced
10 the bench much to his chagrin, by
Umpire Hunt. for too strenuosly OBJ
iecting 20 one OF the autocrat OF the
diamonds lurid decisions.
The contest was full of interesting sit
nations and sharp plays. and at no stage
did the enthusiasm die out. Schaub.
the National league possibility. displayed
some OF his speed, and was closely sec
onded by Capt. Connor. Cassidy and
Henry
Toronto began the game with a rush
and scored two runs in the opening in
ming Brown reached first on Wag-
ner's slipup. Dunkle then proceeded 10
hit Bannon. putting two on bases. Both
advanced a base on Carrs grounder 10
Cassidy and scored on Bonner's pretty
drive TO left.
The Canadians did not get beyond first
after this until the sixth. but In this Pc
riod, Tort. who had taaen Jimmy Ban
mons place, was given "a pass 10 nrst
and he quickly stole second Bonner hit
slow grounder TO Wagner, which in
trying TO make a hurried play he threw
five feet over Cassidy's head, and Toft
romped home. Bonner going to second.
Bruce stopped an inshoot with his ribs.
but Hargrove famed and Schaub went
out. Connor 10 Cassidy.
loft again started the ball a rolling
IN the eight when he reached first on
Cassidy's ludicrous error. He reached
third on Carr's hit which went by
Henry on a bad bound and stole home
when Cassidy made a beautiful catch
OF Bonners foul, back of the home
teams bench. Dunkle did not expect
the catch and failed TO cover the plate.
The next two men were easy outs and
Torontos scoring was ended for the day.
For Providence, Cassidy opened tho
second inning with a soorching three
bagger TO left and walked home on
Stanord's fine drive for one base Stat
ford was left as the next three men were
easy outs. One moro run went up on
the board In the third after two were out.
Wagner got life on Bonner's absurd
throw. which went 10 the fence allowing
him TO get TO second. TIe reached third
on a putout and scored on Bannon's err
ror. The fourth saw one more on Cas-
sidy's hit and two errors. Another was
made in the NTH on Dunkle's double, a
sacrifice and Bruce's error and
the fifth and last in the sixth on
Cassidy's third safe one sacrifice
Henry's putout and a singing drive 10
left by Connor. The two teams will
meet this afternoon at Adelaide park
and Silver Braun and Nick Altrock will
probably oppose each other. The score: