The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-25
DIAMOND DUST
NTH straight defeat.


Seventh straight defeat
The Grays won six straight games. but
now have gone this one better In defeat,
Harvard took sweet revenge on Yale
yesterday for the defeat administered
class day at Cambridge.
Clarkson did a great deal towards win
ming his own game. contributing a double
and two triples. in addition to his fine
work In the box. -
Fosters great slump in batting is the
talk OF the fans. For the past fortnight
he has done very little with the stick.
On Monday the What Cheers defeated
the Dublin Stars by a score of TO s. The
lineup: Jarafona. c.: Pettine. p. Vene-
ziale. lb.; Castonio, s. g.: Lynch. 2b.; Ce-
saretti, 3b. Farraie, |. T.; Mucan. c. T.:
Fetty. r. Z. They would like to hear from
teams. 10 to IL years OF age. Send chal-
lenges TO Ruberto Pettine. 80 Spruce
street. city.
New York is so hopelessly In last place
and Pittsburg holding hrst beyond the
the National league race is very sick, and
its early demise is expected. 1t would be
wise for the National 10 end its season
on the night OF July L.
Big Bill Smink. formerly OF Rochester,
Is catchint and playing right field for
Lewis Bacon's Troy team. Hamburg and
Rafter. also former Eastern leaguers, are
playing on the same team.
The race in the New York State league
is a very close one for several positions.
On Monday Schenectady and Syracuse
were tied for first place Binghamton and
Albany tied for fourth. and Troy and
Utica tied for seventh. Johnstown Is on
the tail end having won but four games
out OF rs played. The percentage OF games
won of this club Is but l43. the lowest of
any league club In the country.
Cargo, a former Eastern league short
stop is playing on the Albany team and
has been dubbed Chic. being familiarly
known as Chic Cargo.
The National league managers must be
thinking seriously over the report that
Wagner and O'Conrbr are TO jump the
Pittsourg club at the close OF the present
season. The men are paid big money but
II the American league offers them hlore
they will jump. The same is true or the
other stars.
The minor leaguers are making war on
rowdyism. President Lucas has suspend
ed three managers of the Pacific league
for Ave days each since the opening of
the season for kicking at umpires. They
are McCloskey OF Butte, Andrews Of Ia
coma, and Vigneaux OF Portland. Presi-
dent Sexton fined Manager Kennedy OF
Evansville. SIS and Manager Walters OF
Terre Haute. s15 for assaulting Umpire
Hogan, and dismissed that official for In
competency. First Baseman Townsend OF
the Syracuse club was debarred from
playing for assaulting an umpire and re-
sisting police officers who removed him
from the grounds on his refusal to obey
the orders of the representative OF the
New York league. The summary steps
taken by the directors OF the Eastern
league to preserve order on the field and
10 protect umpires and players has borne
good fruit, and clean playing will be the
order of the day In the future.
BY Voorhees,. once an Eastern league
star has found the pace in the big league
too hot for him. and has been released by
Philadelphia.
Buffalo has lines out for Pitcher Miller
OF the Detroit American league club.
Al Wagner and George Sullivan, former
members OF the Toronto club. received
the glad hand In that city yesterday.
Any l6-year-old team desiring a game
with the c. A. A.. Jr., should address
Frank Smith. Zone street, city. The
nine is as follows =. Doyle, C.: A. Ny
stedt. D.; +. Smith. h.; c. Cooper. 2b.: E.
Terrieo. 3D.; J. Murray. 8. g.. A. Nystedt
T. T.: A. Heron, c. T.: r. Miller. !. (.