The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-27

reasonable prices.
The Brooklyn club will train at colum-
bia, s. c.
selec expects to land Pitcher williams
OF the Torontos.
The Boston Nationals will play at At
lanta, April and s.
Buffalo will play at Detroit, April II, l2
and 10.
Jack Barry has signed with the Phila-
delphia Nationals
Jack" Doyle has accepted the terms
the coming season.
Governor Odell of New York has signed
the bill prohibiting pigeon shooting in
that state.
The race between the Junior crews Of
Columbia, Cornell and the University OF
Pennsylvania will be rowed on the
Schuylkill river, May 30.
The Harvard freshman basket ball
game with Yale. scheduled for Saturday
at New Haven, has been postponed.
head coach OF the Harvard lacrosse team.
Candidates will be called out as soon as
the weather permits.
At meeting Of cornells athletic coun-
sci Professor l.. NJ. Dennis was elected
president for the remainder OF the en-
suing year. To succeed Professor H. s.
White, resigned.
The new St Louis grand stand will be
patterned after the one in Washington
but will be much larger.
u. S. Bangs OF Columbia university an
nounced yesterday IL had been decided
the race between the junior crews of
Columbia Cornell and the University OF
PENNSYLVANIA would be rowed on the
schuylkill river on May 80 @
At "A mass meeting OF the students of
Williams college last night Edward NJ.
Kennedy 0l. OF Troy, n. Y. was elected
vice president and assistant manager of
the Williams football association Ken
nedy received 2i6 votes on the second
ballot.
AT "a meeting OF the kiel Yacht club.
held at Berlin yesterday. IL was decided
TO increase the number and value Of the
racing trophies to be competed for at
the kicl regatta next summer. The
yachts booked to participate in this re-
gatta already number $50
The third day of the six-day bicycle
race at Rochester, n. v, ended with
Krebs OF Brooklyn ahd Butler OF Boston
I'm the same relative positions on the
second day. The score OF the five leaders
follows: Krebs, 4e25: Butler. 422.3; Shaw.
1856; Sprague, h4l5; Snyder, 1857.
Treasurer Billings of the Boston Ma
tional league club says dates are being ar
ranged for the spring trip. The players
will begin practice at Thomasvile. Ca.
Monday March "A. and will stay there a
week before leaving to play at various
southern points on the way north.
Thielman. the Manhattan college pit |
cher. signed for New York by Horace
FogeI has just attained his majority.
He Is five feet ten inches tall. weighs lSC
pounds. is strongly built and. most OF
all. is rather intelligent. Theman's
curves arc deceptive and speedy and he
has cool head at every stage of the
game.
In it's game yesterday the Princeton uni |
Versitp basketball team sustained its first |
defeat in the intercollegiate series, being
beaten by Yale, by score OF 2S TO 20. |
Princeton was penalized five times and |
Yale II times for fouls. LaHgdon and |
Whitehouse for Princeton and Hyatt and |
Lockwood for Yale, played the best game. |
There will he meeting of the execu- |
tive committee Of the n F. A. r. A. at !
the r. A. A. tomorrow night al $50 to |
consider the advisability Of holding the /
annual regatta of the n. a. A. O., on the I
Charles river next summer. Wor- |
cester is also anxious TO secure this fix |
appointed 20 provide ways and means.
The Williams athletic council has re- |
engaged Charles Camel OF Boston the |
catcher. to coach the Williams team this |
year. CANCEL has coached the nine four !
years, and the steady Improvement of the /
team has won for him an envable place I
In the estimation OF Williams men. The I
season begins about the middle of April. |
and Camel will arrive late I'm March or
early in April to take charge OF the can f,
didates.
Captain n. IT, Hargravc OF the Yale
track team that will represent Yale In /
the Pennsylvania relay races I'm Philadel- !
pha this evening. ms follows: w. II. Wes- |
ton. '8: H. c. stevens. OPS: c. Jacobus. /
'O5. and -. W. Franchot '03S. All OF these
men arc veterans except Jacobus who Is /
a freshman. Tho team Is regarded as n |
strong one
Mrs. oliver az. T. Belmont's handsome
cup. which is accd for periodically by /
the l2-oared crows ~ the Nortb Atlantic /
squadron. - Bow held hF the crew of the
battlcship Alabama Information comes
to Newport that cup was raced for iu
Guantanamo bay Feb. ~. the Alabama
crew on that occasion winning from the
crew of the nagshp Kearsarge. which
challenged tho Alabama boys for the
trophy
Willie Fem ran away az the finish OF /
the third instalment OF two hours I'm the
siX-day race nt Atlanta. Ca. last night
Fem displayed grand form. ard clever
hcadwork did the rest. Rutz gave him
battle. hut was driven back 60 second I'm
the last lap FDrty-four miles one Tan
was ridden tonight. the total score bcin.
1873 miles s laps All seven teams Fenn
aud Caldwell. Rutz and Bennett. Wal
thour and Fielder, HadGeid and Calvin
Lake Nnd Turvillc, Lawson and Harclav |